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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures announced for the Wii U and 3DS
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May 14, 2013, 19:52
 
As well as the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Read the press release below, watch the announcement trailer, and let us know what you think about this game!

SAN JOSE, Calif., (May 14, 2013) Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is thrilled to announce that Pac is back! PAC-MAN™ and the Ghostly Adventures will be coming to North and Latin American retailers in fall 2013 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Wii U™ system from Nintendo with an exclusive side-scrolling version of the game coming to the Nintendo 3DS® fall of 2013. Built upon the timeless and wildly successful PAC-MAN® legacy, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will boast an entirely new and exciting gaming adventure that is currently under development.

PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures follows the exciting storyline and charming characters from the highly anticipated PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures animated series created and produced by Avi Arad, acclaimed director and founder of Marvel Studios. The animated TV series, based on NAMCO BANDAI Games’ classic PAC-MAN property, will begin airing on Disney XD®. The game revolves around the vibrant universe of Pac-World, where Pacworlders lived in peace until the mischievous Netherworld ghosts, led by their wicked leader Betrayus, escaped from their ghoulish domain to forcibly take control of Pac-World. Pac-World’s only hope lies in the last surviving yellow Pacworlder, our hero with a voracious appetite.

Not only will PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures feature a revamped PAC-MAN universe, but it will also hearken back to PAC-MAN origins with classic elements such as Ghost encounters. The Ghost-chomping mechanics return from the original PAC-MAN but with exciting powered up variations in PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, creating an innovative yet familiar gameplay experience.

“The PAC-MAN franchise has touched millions of gamers and non-gamers since its humble beginnings more than 30 years ago,” said Carlson Choi, Vice President of Marketing and Digital Sales at NAMCO BANDAI Games America. “With its long-standing history, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures emerges as a new and reimagined PAC-MAN universe that still retains classic gameplay elements that will appeal to a whole new generation of gamers.”



SOURCE: Bandai-Namco press release

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05/14/13, 19:52   Edited:  05/14/13, 19:52
 
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I bet people will eat this up. (lol)

Probably not though...

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 19:58
It looks like an odd mash-up of The Munchables (a Wii game that Bandai-Namco released a while ago) and Pac & Roll...not sure how I feel about it, but I'll reserve judgment until we see a more complete build.

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 20:41
Ehhhhhhhhhh.


Looks really clunky off the bat. It's a shame because I love Pac-Man.

Also...what's up with that 'biting' sound effect? It sounds awful. At least not for a standard biting sound effect. They couldn't make something that remotely sounds like his familiar "wak-wak-wak" sounds?

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 20:55
Hmmm... I like the idea. But it looks like it'll control pretty badly.

Still, fingers crossed. When it comes down to it, I've probably never cared about a video game character as much as I cared about Pac-Man as a little boy. Pac-Man bed sheets. Pac-Man spaghetti-o's. Pac-Man commemorative glasses.

And this:



Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 21:06
Where are the mazes? Please, someone tell me, where are the mazes?

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 21:21
I think I'm gonna stick with the NES game (until the glorious day will arrive when I'm able to build an old-school, Pac-Man arcade machine). But hey, it would be cool if this turned out to be good, so here's hoping.

Speaking of Pac-Man, I stumbled upon this song from Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness just now:



Holy crap, it's so catchy it hurts! I never got to play this game since it seems the N64 version never hit PAL territory, but now I really want a copy.

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 23:18
They get allllllllllllllllll the games, even the ones that don't fit their fucking market, but we don't get THEIR games when they "don't fit the market".

Fuck off videogame industry with your bullshit bias.

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 23:23
@carlosrox

"Funny" how that works, eh? What hypocrites.

Also, thanks for always fulfilling Negative World's F-bomb quota for the month, lol.

Posted by 
 on: 05/14/13, 23:49
@GameDadGrant
Noooooooooo fuckin' problem :)

Posted by 
 on: 05/15/13, 05:35   Edited:  05/15/13, 05:36
I hope this turns out to be decent. I can never have enough 3D platformers in my life.

Posted by 
 on: 05/15/13, 06:25
Meh. Rather just replay Pac N' Roll.

Posted by 
 on: 05/15/13, 06:52
Imagine if this is their big E3/Direct Megaton.

That'd never happen.

Posted by 
 on: 05/15/13, 08:14
This pretty much guarantees that Pac-Man will be in Smash Brothers.

Posted by 
 on: 05/16/13, 02:40
@Mop it up
Why?

Posted by 
 on: 05/16/13, 03:18
@carlosrox Because now he'll have been in a recently-released game, and his inclusion can also double as an advertisement.

Posted by 
 on: 05/16/13, 03:24
@kriswright
Is that Pac-Man Fever? Yes!

I always say this, but I had the cassette.

Do the Donkey Kong!

Posted by 
 on: 05/19/13, 01:30   Edited:  05/19/13, 01:31
@Anand

It's actually a weird-ass "story and songs" kids' record from back in the day. Very odd. I'm considering doing a Top 10 on it, but it requires a bunch of work and I'm lazy.

Posted by 
 on: 05/19/13, 04:18   Edited:  05/19/13, 04:20
@kriswright
Do a feature!

I'll do an accompanying musical analysis of the Pac-Man Fever album.

No, I won't.

Posted by 
 on: 05/19/13, 18:06   Edited:  05/19/13, 18:07
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