Pac-Man almost made it to Brawl per Miyamoto's suggestion

[Ryan.]

Oh that's cool. Pac-Man would have been a great addition to Brawl, but I'm just glad he's in this time around.

 

[Ragna22]

I think the most surprising thing here is that someone actually denied a suggestion by Miyamoto.

 

[skylanders fan]

Oh that's cool. Pac-Man would have been a great addition to Brawl, but I'm just glad he's in this time around.

agreed it makes the newcomers of this game 10 times more awesome

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

Overall, I'd say I'm glad that Sakurai denied Miyamoto's request for Brawl. If Pac-Man weren't a newcomer in this game, I'd have next to no newcomers piquing my interest this time around. I already liked almost all of Brawl's newcomers as it was.

 

[Arcadenik]

I, honestly, would've saved Pac-Man for SSB4 rather than Brawl.

Same here. If Sakurai added too many popular characters in one game, there would be a shortage of popular characters to add in the next game.

 

[DonkaFjord]

By Sakurai's wording on how he thought of incorporating Pac-Man into Brawl, sounds like he never touched any of the Pac-Land or Pac-World games until now.

I'm a little bit surprised that someone with as much knowledge of the gaming industry as Sakurai had a hard time imagining Pac-Man working in Smash Bros. From the way his response was worded, I get the feeling that he was unaware that Pac-Man has ever been anything more than a pizza shape.

I've played the World games, but your honest first impressions when you think pac man are of his retro beginings. I think it was smart they mixed the two in his moveset (I am a bit saddened that he doesn't get more moves from the world games...)

 

[Deleted member]

Pac-Man almost made it to Brawl? Interesting, but you know, like the rest, I'm glad he got in SSB4 and not Brawl, it was the perfect choice. 4 = Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, and Mega Man.