Creepy teeth Pacman? Have you an artwork? I can't remember what he looks like.
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PacMan Revealed for Smash. Bros
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Neoriceisgood
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Byronic Hero
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He sounds as bad as he looks.
This ... thing.
Charles Foster Kane
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Riposte
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I don't really see the whole relation between PacMan plus Megaman or Sonic (or those together with each other even). It's not like Mario plus Sonic or Mario plus PacMan. When Sonic was popular, PacMan was like Mickey Mouse status of relevancy. I just see four videogame characters, from slightly different eras in this case.
Mario = face of Nintendo
sonic = face of Sega
Mega man = face of Capcom tho capcom lols at that
Pacman = face of Namco
Saintguine
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Why not PAC-MAN pops the pills?
Holy shit, he looks like a sex offender or something
This ... thing.
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Deleted member 125677
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No, he looks like a yellow blub with creepy teeths
They're all classic gaming mascots. Lupinko's summarised it well.
peanutbutterlatte
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Fantastic. Far more deserving than Snake, and just makes so much more sense.
They are pretty much the mascots of Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, and Namco, so it makes sense to have Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, and Pac-Man pose together. That's probably also why Sonic is the only 16-bit character in the Pac-Man artwork, though they really should have used the Master System/Game Gear sprites for Sonic so he'd be just as 8-bit as everyone else.
Riposte
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I see. That makes sense. When people talk about a "quadrinity", I was thinking a set pantheon representing something (like an era), when really you could switch in/out half these guys to achieve a similar effect (different companies, different reps) or to capture a more specific thing (early arcade, 8-bit, etc). Mario vs. Sonic has a special kind of history because of the console war stuff, but this doesn't feel like a four way version of that, because they only have some sort of connection with Mario, if that.
Yeah in recent years or since the late 90s Capcom started using Ryu more as its face, tho they sold Ryu and SF to Capcom USA years back. And now Capcom is really going through an identity crisis at the moment.
http://youtu.be/JN1Lgh-EC4A
http://youtu.be/JN1Lgh-EC4A
RIP Hudson
peanutbutterlatte
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Nah. This is pretty much the pantheon of third party characters.
Jawmuncher
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Between the Keifer shake-up and current Big Boss not being on a Nintendo console (although I suppose he's in MGS3DS) and his less anime / mascot aesthetic, I'd rather he didn't return. He's got an inelegant moveset that I feel betrays both his own games and a Smash fluidity. BUT if he did he may rep some Phantom Pain music / levels, and I'm all for previews and MGS music, so I'm ambivalent.
To be fair, Ryu is perhaps more iconic than Mega Man since he is the face of the Fighting Game genre, just that he lacks the history with Nintendo that Mega Man has. I certainly would not mind him in a Smash game... but not over Mega Man.
MisterGrey3000
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Ryu in Smash would be pretty amazing, he's such an awesome and iconic character.
JB-the-Hunter
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I think the Street Fighter franchise is more iconic than the Mega Man franchise, but as far as characters go, I think Mega Man has the edge.
I was hoping he'd make it into PSAS. That's the kind of third party presence the game needed instead of freaking Isaac Clarke and Big Daddy.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I just noticed that the PacLand stage has no "defined" floor.
Waluigilicious
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Bomberman was and still is my most wanted character from the start! Nice to see Pac-Man too.
peanutbutterlatte
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"Need" is a funny sort of word. And not applicable here, I feel.
Didn't know I wanted Pacman, saw the trailer and this pic:
and I knew I was wrong to doubt in the pac.
Pac Kirby looks like someone's creepy uncle (shudders).
Shotgun Kiss
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Whether we'll get Snake back or not is a toss-up, but I don't see us getting any more new third-party characters.
They also represent eras of gaming:
Pacman = Arcade-Era
Mega Man = 8-Bit-Era
Sonic = 16-Bit-Era
Still missing:
Rayman = 32-Bit-Era (Face of Ubisoft)
Shotgun Kiss
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I pray we get some Pac-Man Collector's Edition (DX +) music tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe1TISDoSgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5I3wr9Lbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKEQ3b2wyV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe1TISDoSgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5I3wr9Lbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKEQ3b2wyV0
Don't forget Game & Watch man.
Absolutely. I think that the Mario & Luigi costumes in Legends were absolute forebears to Rayman (with a Globox assist) appearing in Smash Bros.
sorakirosaki
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does anyone know the music that was being played in pacs trailer? its really awesome so upbeat and full of energy xD
Jawmuncher
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His Veteran status at this point is more than enough I feel.
peanutbutterlatte
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He's as much a veteran as Mewtwo or Dr. Mario was. And entirely irrelevant to Nintendo. Wouldn't be mad if he came back, but would completely understand why if he didn't.
Jawmuncher
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Considering hes what got the ball rolling for third party characters I think thats a little unfair.
Plus the whole relevancy thing is moot after being in brawl considering sakurai didnt even need to bother if he really wanted to.
With that said I know hes still sitting at a 50/50 chance. while I want him back dearly, I wont say the game will be lesser without him. But at the very least a very fun moveset and original moveset would be gone.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh yeah what was PacMan's recovery, is it the one where he becomes "limbless" and eats pellets upward?
sorakirosaki
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yeah but iirc u can use it up to 3 times in 3 different angles or something (ir someone mentioning it u can change directions or something like that at the round table)