Pac-Man Back At E3, Courtesy Miyamoto?

Posted by simoniker on Saturday May 10, 2003 @01:35AM 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?

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I'm really excited about this by AtaruMoroboshi · 2003-05-10 02:50 · 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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