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Pac-Man is the first really huge video game mascot. His historical significance alone makes him perfect for Smash. Also Namco is working on the game, it just seems like a no-brainer. He even appeared in the arcade Mario Kart Namco worked on, so there's even precedent for Namco throwing him in. Bring on the Pac Attack.  
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Apr 14, 2014 21:12
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PantsBandit posted:He just doesn't really have any personality other than "eats dots and ghosts." Mario is a blank slate who jumps on things and yowls in bizarre pseudo-English. I think NES Megaman actually has more personality than him.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:13
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And then there's Samus who thanks to Other M has tons of personality! 
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Apr 14, 2014 21:14
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Pacman just seems like a better assist trophy to me, where a giant Pacman chomps around the screen and sends people flying. Make the bear from tekken a fighter.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:14
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Wind God Sety posted:Wow I'm surprised people are so anti-Pac-man. He's got plenty of moveset potential from his 3D platformer games, and he's one of the most iconic video game characters ever. I think he'd work great in Smash. Noooo they gotta add my
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Apr 14, 2014 21:15
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PantsBandit posted:He just doesn't really have any personality other than "eats dots and ghosts." Look at this motherfucker that has never played Pacman two.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:15
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PantsBandit posted:He just doesn't really have any personality other than "eats dots and ghosts." The Pac-Man game mechanics would translate so well to a stage and a final smash, though. The stage would be a Pac-Man maze, but vertical, and his final smash would obviously be everyone turning flashy and blue and unable to do anything except run away from Pac-Man, who then eats them. It should be the pacman with the black eyes, though, not the blue-eyed abomination that isn't even the real Pac-Man because The real Pac-Man died fighting a ghost genocide or something Bass Bottles fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 21:15
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I was on the gently caress Pac-Man Train, but I think he would have a pretty funny moveset, and it would be neat to see such an iconic video game character represented alongside new babbys like Greninja.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:15
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Quest For Glory II posted:Pacman just seems like a better assist trophy to me, where a giant Pacman chomps around the screen and sends people flying. Oh you mean his Final Smash?
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Apr 14, 2014 21:15
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They could remove Sonic and give Pacman his moveset very easily. In fact, I think this is a good idea and they should go with it.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:16
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Put Pac-Man in the game, but you can't directly control him and have to lead him around the stage by shooting a slingshot controlled by the wiimote.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:16
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My beef with Pac-Mac is how (seemingly) hard Namco has tried to keep him a relevant thing. It's sort of like how Sega's tried really hard to make/keep Sonic edgy and cool. Only worse because I don't think Pacman ever seemed cool to anyone, or has any notable games beside the original arcade? I wouldn't say he'd be entirely out of place in Smash4, but something about it feels like it'd be weird or tacky, like MUGEN.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:17
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Masahiro Sakurai posted:"Just because the game is being cooperatively developed with Namco Bandai involved, that doesn’t at all mean that they’d be given any special consideration for having characters in the game," Sakurai said. "Smash Bros. can still be considered as an all-star collection of Nintendo characters. Just like with Mega Man or any other third-party character, it would have to be a very special situation." I do not think that Pac-man of all characters would be special enough to get into Sakurai's fighting party game. Who knows, though.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:17
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nintendo has a billion other properties that would drum up more excitement for the game and that I'd be happier to see in the game (pretty much all of them, including Krystal or Baby Bowser) and there aren't that many spaces for fighters. He's not even the best namco character even. Ask yourself about the cost of including another third party character in the game vs the amount of hype it would bring Does Pac Man drum up enough excitement to sell enough games to pay for himself?
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Apr 14, 2014 21:17
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I don't like any design of Pacman that isn't a pixellated circle mouth, he looks like a weird clowny jerk.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:17
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Quest For Glory II posted:Pacman just seems like a better assist trophy to me, where a giant Pacman chomps around the screen and sends people flying. There's really only one Tekken fighter fit for Smash 
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Apr 14, 2014 21:19
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A Pac-man stage would be great, at least I can agree about that. But I think a lot of Namco arcade games could make for interesting stages. Mappy with its trampolines, Dig Dug could have above ground and underground fighting, Point Blank has goofy set pieces, Time Crisis could be the castle from that game but an AI is randomly shooting at the players. I'd prefer if Namco characters were just assist trophies though. And I think that would still be neat. And I'm pretty sure there are Namco items like the Galaga ship.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:20
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Reiley posted:There's really only one Tekken fighter fit for Smash Gon is not a Namco character, but he is a manga character. Goku is also a manga character. In short, put Gon and Goku in the game.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:22
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If they put in Goku and not Simon Belmont, somebody's hosed up.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:24
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Pac-Man was already in three Mario Kart games so I'll be surprised if he's not in this but if he makes it in and Snake doesn't, I'll blame him. (I know that's not how character decisions probably work.)
SeANMcBAY fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 21:25
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:I do not think that Pac-man of all characters would be special enough to get into Sakurai's fighting party game. Who knows, though. Pac-Man is one of video gaming's earliest mascot. I think he is pretty relevant. Pretty much the only relevant Namco character that I could ever see in Smash, anyway. Edit: forgot to write Namco
Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 21:25
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IMO it would be hilarious if Pac-Man is a playable character at the direct expense of Waluigi/Ridley/Lucina or whoever else people are pleading for ceaselessly. I have no dog in this fight (though I'd never play Pac-Man personally) but the gnashing of teeth would be great 
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Apr 14, 2014 21:25
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I'd like to see Waluigi take Wario's slot, 'cause I never much used Wario.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:27
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Pac-Man works because Video Games, unlike most media, you can get away with have a limited or 1-dimensional personality and still be endearing because if their games are fun or engaging it can make up for it ways other forms of media can't. He's like the anti-Waluigi, people want him in because of what he represents to video games as a whole, rather than they find themselves personally attached to the character. Also, how many rock songs and Major Disney Releases have you been featured in. I thought so
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Apr 14, 2014 21:27
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Alright, I'll accept it if they give him the smug walk cycle from the slingshot game.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:33
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Rich Uncle Chet posted:He's like the anti-Waluigi, people want him in because of what he represents to video games as a whole, rather than they find themselves personally attached to the character. Whoa.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:34
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Monkey Fracas posted:Alright, I'll accept it if they give him the smug walk cycle from the slingshot game.  I would be happy if there was an assist trophy where he does this and just walks off the edge.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:36
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What the gently caress is this?
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Apr 14, 2014 21:36
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I think the tricky thing with Pacman is that his original sprite design is extremely iconic and recognizable the world over: ...while his official design is really, really not: 
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Apr 14, 2014 21:37
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Pac-Man has literally already been in multiple non-dot-chomping games including a fighting game. I don't understand why people are so bewildered at the idea that one of the most iconic video game characters of all time could probably work out a basic moveset that would be fun, interesting and iconic. Often the same people asking for Ridley and Waluigi. I mean, I'm sorry, Pac-Man's a much much bigger deal than Mega Man ever was from a video game history standpoint and from a sales standpoint. If you can figure out why Mega Man got into the game, you could figure out why Pac-Man did. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 21:38
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Supercar Gautier posted:I think the tricky thing with Pacman is that his original sprite design is extremely iconic and recognizable the world over: Except most people who aren't brain dead can look at that and see "Yeah that's Pac-Man" mostly because that's always been his design.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:41
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If you're gonna put in the most iconic mascot of videogames, put in Doom Guy.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:42
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ImpAtom posted:Pac-Man has literally already been in multiple non-dot-chomping games including a fighting game. I don't understand why people are so bewildered at the idea that one of the most iconic video game characters of all time could probably work out a basic moveset that would be fun, interesting and iconic. Often the same people asking for Ridley and Waluigi. ridley is cool, waluigi is pretty funny, both have characters from their own franchises in the game already, we've all played and enjoyed games with those characters in them, pacman is neither a giant pteranodon nor a funny crotch chopping rear end in a top hat, they were representative of their own games whereas pac man just sort of guests in things It's a complicated thing to understand I know
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Apr 14, 2014 21:42
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I feel bad that I can't remember a single namco franchise that isn't either the souls games, tekken, or soul calibur. I mean it'd be awesome to get Sun Bro as a playable character, but that'll never happen and be pretty stupid.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:42
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Bass Bottles posted:What the gently caress is this? It's from Pac Man 2: The New Adventures, where you literally don't control Pac Man, but instead alter his mood by bringing his attention to things with a slingshot and hope that he doesn't get himself killed. He usually does and there are hundreds of ways for him to die. It's hilarious.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:43
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Quest For Glory II posted:If you're gonna put in the most iconic mascot of videogames, put in Doom Guy. In 2014, I think approximately 100 trillion more people would recognize Pac-Man first.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:43
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Rita Repulsa posted:ridley is cool, waluigi is pretty funny, both have characters from their own franchises in the game already, we've all played and enjoyed games with those characters in them, pacman is neither a giant pteranodon nor a funny crotch chopping rear end in a top hat, they were representative of their own games whereas pac man just sort of guests in things Pac-Man has literally been in more solo games than Ridley and Waluigi put together. Edit: And has been in Mario games before! He was literally in a game with Waluigi already!
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Apr 14, 2014 21:45
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Zain posted:I feel bad that I can't remember a single namco franchise that isn't either the souls games, tekken, or soul calibur. Wait, Dark Souls is namco? Why the gently caress didn't anyone say something about that, in any other video game thread dark souls would be like the first thing brought up! A dark souls stage or assist trophy or even a character would be great!
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Apr 14, 2014 21:46
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I dunno exactly why, but I just hate the new Pac-Man design. Can't really put my finger on it but it seems like there's something inherently annoying about it.
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Apr 14, 2014 21:46
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Yeah, Pac Man is a long way from being a guest. He's really only well known for those two games in the eighties but he's been in a ton of games straight through in to the 3-D era.
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