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Miyamoto's Pac-Man Oddity Gets GC Bundled

Posted by simoniker on from the blinky-upset-at-not-being-standalone dept.

Thanks to GamerFeed for the news that Shigeru Miyamoto's remake of Pac-Man for GameCube/GBA will make it to consumers through a variety of bundle deals. The title, shown at E3 this year, has "...one player onto a Game Boy Advance and three players on the GameCube. The GBA player plays as Pac-Man, and he or she has a view of the maze similar to the one featured in the classic arcade maze game. The three GameCube players control the ghosts. The ghosts can see only their immediate surroundings, which makes tracking down Pac-Man a bit of a mystery." It's been announced that the GameCube exclusive "...will be packaged with Namco's upcoming [budget re-release] Pac-Man World 2... [and given] to gamers who pre-order the game I-Ninja... [and given to those who] buy the game R: Racing Evolution."

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  1. Thats... not... right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the article: "The game is played on a GameCube and a GBA. One player takes control of Pac-Man, while other players can use the GBA to take control of the ghosts."

    From what I remember it's the other way around. Pac-Man is on the GBA and the other 3 players use the Gamecube (standard gc controllers) to control the ghosts.

    Cool tho, thanks to this bundle, I'll definately be getting R: Racing Evolution when it comes out!

  2. They should go one further.... by August_zero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This idea of "Privileged information" on a console game, that is information unique to each player is probably one of the best potential uses of the GBA link on the cube. The Dreamcast tried to do this with the VMU's, but the idea was never really embraced and the tiny screens were limited. What Nintendo and Namco should have done, or still should do rather, is create a "Namco museum" type app with lots of old Namco games like Dig-Dug for example, and incorporate this kind of game play. I could see such a collection being a worthwhile addition to a library if you're going to be playing in group situations. Sort of puts a "Scotland Yard" type spin on some old classic games.

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