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Pac-Man Back At E3, Courtesy Miyamoto?

Posted by simoniker on from the chain-smoking-blinky dept.

Daetrin writes "IGN.com is reporting that Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo will be showing a new Pac-Man game at E3, developed with (some) help from original Pac-Man creators Namco. It seems to have a very interesting method of utilizing the connectivity between the GBA and the Gamecube. In one of the modes, one player controls Pac-Man using a connected GBA, which shows the traditional top-down view of the maze. The other players use normal Gamecube controllers to control the ghosts, and see a 3D view from inside the maze on the TV screen, which can be split up to three ways for the three player-controlled ghosts." That crazy banjo-playing Miyamoto chap strikes again, eh?

10 comments

  1. Hmm by Isbiten · · Score: 1

    I wonder how well this will sell, it's not like it will have the most interesting gameplay for a game released in this century :)

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    1. Re:Hmm by Brandon+Sharitt · · Score: 1

      While it may not satisfy blood thirsty UT2K3 gamers, it does look like a rather fun game. While it may not win some kind of game of the year award, it should at least be fun to play with your friends when endless LAN party slaughter become boring.

  2. What's all this about pot? by Rhinobird · · Score: 1

    Oh I see, underneath all that pot, is a link to the story.

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    1. Re:What's all this about pot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've always wondered about the big ass pot ads on IGN... seems so out of line with the usual big commercial entity policies of which advertisers to accept.

  3. Do the ghosts have guns? by KDan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Big guns? Realistic guns? Ghost Recon guns? >:-D

    Daniel

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  4. I'm really excited about this by AtaruMoroboshi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've run the concept past a few people, and everyone is pretty excited about it. It's simple, yes, but it's amazing that after 20 odd years, there's actually innovation to be had with Pac-Man.

    I don't play 4 player games all that often, but this certainly sounds like a good excuse to get some people together. And after we're all Pac'ed out, we'll play Chu-Chu Rocket!

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  5. Obligatory post by Kleedrac2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And now I (im)patiently await monday's obligatory Penny Arcade cartoon about this as Gabe is a little nuts about the little yellow dart there.

    Kleedrac

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