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[UnemployedVillain]

That's $600 worth of hardware.

To replicate Pac-Man Vs. at the time you'd only need roughly $260 worth. ($100 GC, $100 GBA, 2 extra $30 controllers)

Why are you using those respective system's at their cheapest (the GC at least)? And you could probably use pro controllers or just a pair of joycons without a second system, too. I was just proposing one way it'd work

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

And a house (~$200,000) 3 prostitutes to simulate friends ($400-$???)

We're close to a quarter million dollars here, guys.

If you have to pay prostitutes to play videogames with you that opens a whole new can of worms.

 

[Nategc20]

and here you are in a Switch game thread

It was when I written Nintendo off. Not stop reading threads about them.

 

[foltzie1]

Technically it was Luigi

Mario Chase and Luigi's Ghost Mansion both seem to be takes on the Pacman VS formula.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Why are you using those respective system's at their cheapest?

Pac-Man Vs. launched in 2003. By this time the Gamecube and GBA would have been $99.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Pac-Man Vs. launched in 2003. By this time the Gamecube and GBA would have been $99.

Regardless, a Switch ($300) + joycon pack ($80) would be cheaper

 

[Nyx]

Wait, Rolling Thunder on Switch?

Day one!

 

[MaverickHunterX]

So I take it this confirms no physical release in the states?

Pacman vs is awesome though

 

[Sp3eD]

Maybe it will have phone support a la jackbox for the off screen.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Regardless, a Switch ($300) + joycon pack ($80) would be cheaper

You need two individual screens to play Pac-Man Vs.

Since there's no known 3DS or Wii U Gamepad connectivity, you'll need a second Switch to pull off Pac-Man vs, plus a second copy of the game since the Switch doesn't support Download Play as the GBA and DS versions did.

Maybe it will have phone support a la jackbox for the off screen.

Pac-Man with touch-screen buttons? Fucking yikes.

 

[lyrick]

Regardless, a Switch ($300) + joycon pack ($80) would be cheaper

You can't play this game with the ability to screen peak. This is a Dual (to four+) screen affair.

Maybe it will have phone support a la jackbox for the off screen.

That would actually make sense. A little data intensive (broadcasting actual video to a mobile device) best case Pacman has the Cellphone.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Is this an actual system-level limitation or just an assumption because of how Mario Kart handled it?

Just Mario Kart, games like Bomberman R could support 8 joycons at once.

 

[Berordn]

Pac-Man with touch-screen buttons? Fucking yikes.

Pac-Man 256's swipe scheme works pretty reliably.

 

[Geno Breaker]

Pac-Man with touch-screen buttons? Fucking yikes.

Lol you act like Pac-Man is super intense and it requires buttons and physical feedback. A touchscreen is completely fine for Pac-Man.

 

[Yukinari]

I kind of wish they would just charge 60 bucks and make a Namco Museum 1-5 collection with all the games and bonus content intact.

We kinda need more of the sequels of Namco games and not just the originals.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

You need two individual screens to play Pac-Man Vs.

Since there's no known 3DS or Wii U Gamepad connectivity, you'll need a second Switch to pull off Pac-Man vs, plus a second copy of the game since the Switch doesn't support Download Play as the GBA and DS versions did.

Is the TV not a screen? You have the ghosts on the TV and the player on the Switch.

edit: NEVERMIND. I confused myself somehow. Just ignore everything I said

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Lol yeah, forget what I said. I have no idea why I got so confused, considering I own a Switch >_>

 

[Man God]

Pacman Vs, by the way, is a phenomenal game. Good enough to turn Namco Museum from a skip to a must buy for me.

 

[Bronetta]

Is the TV not a screen? You have the ghosts on the TV and the player on the Switch

You can only use one at a time. Either the Switch screen or the TV screen.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Is the TV not a screen? You have the ghosts on the TV and the player on the Switch.

I'm convinced you don't actually know how this works.

.

 

[CrAzY FiNgErS]

I was getting this game anyway. Glad to see this addition. I used to play this game on GCN so it will be great to have this back in my collection.

 

[Zekes!]

You know what this means

Square-Enix, where's my Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles remaster at, les go!

 

[Man God]

You know what this means

Square-Enix, where's my Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles remaster at, les go!

I'd pay the money necessary for 5 switches in my house if this were to happen.

 

[qko]

Technically it was Luigi a bunch of Mii's in a Luigi Mansion setting

No, he means the Mario Chase mini game. It's exactly the same.

 

[levious]

No, he means the Mario Chase mini game. It's exactly the same.

No the luigi mansion game is more similar to pac man vs.

Holy shit this is amazing. Never thought Pacman VS would get a second chance


Online play plz

This is actually the third chance.

Everyone try out Pac Man Battle Royale on PC/360/ps3 if you get a chance. Basically four player championship edition.

 

[Berordn]

No the luigi mansion game is more similar to pac man vs.

Er, how? Mario Chase is literally Pac-Man Vs. minus power pellets.

 

[levious]

Er, how? Mario Chase is literally Pac-Man Vs. minus power pellets.

I guess it's debatable, but luigi had pac man style levels and mario chase was a more wide open playing area.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Holy shit this is amazing. Never thought Pacman VS would get a second chance

Third actually. Pac-Man Vs. appeared in Namco Museum DS as well, with download play support for multiple DS systems.

 

[Patch13]

No, he means the Mario Chase mini game. It's exactly the same.

No the luigi mansion game is more similar to pac man vs.

Er, how? Mario Chase is literally Pac-Man Vs. minus power pellets.

Apparently, I should have mentioned them both

It's been a long time since I've played Pacman Vs., but I remember it playing more like Mario Chase -- quick and frantic. Luigi's Nintendoland entry is a bit more slow paced and cerebral (for some value of "cerebral"). It definitely is more thematically similar, though.

 

[Sp3eD]

Er, how? Mario Chase is literally Pac-Man Vs. minus power pellets.

Matio chase had a star that appears midway through the round that acts as a power pellet.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I missed this news. Happy to see the formerly gamecube exclusive get another chance to shine.

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

Looks like it's confirmed Pac Mac Vs. requires 2 Switches:

https://twitter.com/Babylonian/status/880477810728370177

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Looks like it's confirmed Pac Mac Vs. requires 2 Switches:

https://twitter.com/Babylonian/status/880477810728370177

Doesn't seem like too big a deal. I know 6 people in real life with Switches. Shouldn't be too hard to try out.

I never had the opportunity with the Gamecube original.

 

[Ridley327]

Looks like it's confirmed Pac Mac Vs. requires 2 Switches:

https://twitter.com/Babylonian/status/880477810728370177

Man, if anything cried out for the Switch to have a download play feature, it's this game.

VS. is a lot of fun, but buying two different copies to be able to play it isn't the greatest solution.