Template:SSB4 to SSBU changelist/Pac-Man

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Aesthetics

  • Change As with all veterans returning from SSB4, Pac-Man's model features a more subdued color scheme; the yellow of his body is now much lighter compared to the saturated shade used in SSB4, being more consistent with his appearances outside of Smash. His boots now have well-defined soles on the bottom.
  • Change Like most of the cast, Pac-Man is more expressive, no longer being limited to simply smiling and surprised expressions. He now shows an angry expression during his forward smash, down smash, back aerial, and the end of his dash attack. He will also look disappointed if his grab misses, and will appear panicked while drowning, and becomes stunned when falling underwater instead of maintaining his grin. His mouth also briefly opens when he stands up from a crouch.
  • Change Pac-Man's on-screen appearance has been slightly altered, now doing a slow chomp in his classic 2D "wedge" form, before jumping into his modern form. In Smash 4, the chomp is quicker and stops once Pac-Man opens his mouth once.
  • Change Pac-Man's taunts have been altered:
    • Change Namco Roulette's animation is faster. Its roster includes the exclusive characters from both the Wii U and 3DS versions. Additionally, Heihachi Mishima from Tekken and The Prince of All Cosmos from Katamari Damacy have been added.
    • Change Side taunt has been altered to show Pac-Man alternating chomps left and right twice, instead of twice on one side before turning.
    • Change Pixelated fairies from Pac-Land appear during Pac-Man's down taunt in place of Blinky and Pinky.
  • Change A fairy now appears in his Pac-Land-inspired victory animation.

Attributes

  • Buff Like all characters, Pac-Man's jumpsquat animation takes three frames to complete (down from 5).
  • Buff Pac-Man walks faster (1.045 → 1.097).
  • Buff Pac-Man dashes faster (1.52 → 1.672).
  • Buff Pac-Man's air speed is slightly faster (1.04 → 1.092).
  • Buff Pac-Man has significantly more traction (0.045 → 0.116), going from below-average in Smash 4 to above-average in Ultimate.
  • Buff Spot dodge has slightly less ending lag (FAF 26 → 25).
  • Nerf Forward roll grants one frame less intangibility (frames 4-16 → 4-15).
  • Nerf Back roll has slightly more startup lag (frame 4 → 5), grants slightly less intangibility (frames 4-16 → 5-16), and more ending lag (FAF 30 → 35).
  • Buff Neutral air dodge grants more intangibility (frames 3-27 → 3-29).
  • Buff Neutral air dodge has less significantly less landing lag (22 frames → 10).
  • Nerf Neutral air dodge has significantly more ending lag (FAF 33 → 56).

Ground attacks

  • Neutral attack:
    • Change Neutral attack's first hit is now a hook rather than a jab.
    • Buff Neutral attack transitions faster (frame 9 → 7).
    • Buff Neutral attack's first and second hits no longer use set knockback, instead possessing minimal knockback scaling (22/16 (set) → 25/15 (base), 25/20 (scaling) (hit 1), 26/15 (set) → 30/35 (base), 30/35 (scaling) (hit 2)), and all but one of its hitboxes launch at a more consistent angle (80°/361° → 361°/361°/180°/361° (hit 1), 80°/361° → 361°/361°/361° (hit 2)), allowing both hits to connect into each other more reliably and jab lock.
    • Nerf Neutral attack's first hit deals slightly less damage (3% → 2%).
    • Nerf Neutral attack's first and second hits have increased hitlag multipliers (1× → 1.6× (hit 1), 1× → 1.2× (hit 2)), giving the opponent more time to SDI each hit.
    • Nerf Neutral attack's first and second hits have had their two larger hitboxes replaced with smaller ones (4.2u/3.5u → 1.5u/1.7u/2u/2u (hit 1), 4.2u/3.5u → 2.5u/2.8u/3u (hit 2)), giving them less range.
    • Nerf All hits of neutral attack have shorter durations (frames 4-6 → 4 (hits 1 and 2), 4-7 → 4-5 (hit 3)).
  • Dash attack:
    • Change Dash attack hits four times instead of three.
      • Buff All hits after the first one have less startup lag (frame 20/30 → 19/28/37) and the last hit has comparatively less ending lag (FAF 42 → 46).
      • Buff Dash attack deals more damage if all hits connect (9% → 10%).
    • Buff The looping hits have drastically less hitlag (2x → 0.6x), making them much harder to SDI out of.
    • Nerf The last hit deals less damage (5% → 4%) with knockback scaling partially compensated (60 → 65).
  • Forward tilt:
    • Buff Forward tilt has altered hitboxes (4u/4u/3u → 4.8u/3.6u/3u) with the outermost hitbox being larger and positioned further out (X offset: 6 → 7), improving its range overall despite the middle hitbox being smaller.
  • Up tilt:
    • Change Pac-Man has a new up tilt: a quick upwards punch.
    • Buff It has more vertical range.
    • Buff It has much less ending lag (FAF 34 → 25), improving its combo potential.
    • Nerf It deals slightly less damage (7% → 6.5%) and much less knockback (50 base/100 scaling → 43/68), noticeably hindering its KO potential.
      • Buff However, its reduced knockback further improves its combo potential.
    • Nerf Pac-Man's fist has one less frame of intangibility (frame 6-10 → 7-10).
    • Nerf Its hitbox is located on Pac-Man's fist. As a result, it is generally smaller overall (6.5u → 5.5u/3.2u), and has much less horizontal reach, missing most characters on the ground even if they stand directly next to him. Due to the same factors, Pac-Man's new up tilt can no longer be used to knock Fire Hydrant backwards.
    • Change It launches at a slightly higher angle (96° → 93°).
  • Down tilt:
    • Buff Down tilt has less ending lag (FAF 29 → 27).
    • Change Pac-Man returns to his original position after attacking, rather than moving forward, improving its safety, but worsening its utility for tech-chasing.
    • Change It has more base knockback and less knockback scaling (50 base/80 scaling → 65/50), making it safer on hit at lower percents, but hindering its KO potential.
  • Forward smash:
    • Buff Forward smash has less startup lag (frame 18 → 16) with its duration increased (frames 18-28 → 16-29, 11 frames → 14).
      • Nerf Its FAF remains unchanged, giving its strong hit more comparative ending lag and making it less safe on shield.
    • Buff Forward smash's ghost has a bigger hitbox (4.8u → 5.4u (early), 4u → 4.3u (late)) and extends vertically (Y offset: 5 → 5.4-4.2), improving its range.
    • Buff Forward smash's early hits deal noticeably more base knockback, greatly improving its KO potential despite having less knockback scaling (25 base/99 scaling → 40/97).
  • Up smash:
    • Buff Both hits of up smash have less startup lag (frame 13/16 → 11/15) with its duration increased on the second hit (16-26 → 15-28, 11 frames → 14).
      • Nerf Its FAF remains unchanged, giving its strong hit more comparative ending lag and making it less safe on shield.
    • Buff Up smash's ghost has a larger hitbox (6u → 6.2u (clean), 4u → 4.5u (late)).
    • Change Up smash's first hit now uses set knockback (95 base/20 scaling → 125 set/100 scaling) and launches at a lower angle (115° → 135°). This improves its linking ability into the second hit and now allows it to be used to knock a Fire Hydrant backwards, but significantly worsens its reliability as a follow-up option off of Bonus Fruit's Bell.
  • Down smash:
    • Buff Down smash has less startup lag (frame 18 → 15) with its duration increased (18-28 → 15-28, 11 frames → 14).
      • Nerf Its FAF remains unchanged, giving its strong hit more comparative ending lag and making it less safe on shield.
    • Buff Down smash's ghosts have larger hitboxes (6u → 6.2u (clean), 4u → 4.5u (late)) and extend vertically (Y offset: 6 → 5.3-5.8), improving its range.

Aerial attacks

  • Buff All aerials have less landing lag (12 frames (neutral) → 7, 16 (forward/up) → 10, 22 (back) → 13, 20 (down) → 12).
  • Neutral aerial:
    • Buff Neutral aerial deals less knockback (20 base/100 scaling → 45/70). Coupled with its lowered landing lag, it can combo consistently.
    • Buff Its later hits deal more damage (6% → 8.5% (mid), 3% → 6% (late)).
    • Change Its angle on all hits was changed (361° → 50°). This increases its combo potential, but removes its ability to lock.
    • Buff It has larger hitboxes (7.0u → 7.6u (clean), 5.0u → 7.0u (mid), 3.5u → 4.5u (late)).
    • Nerf Its lowered knockback removes one of Pac-Man's former KO options, as it can no longer KO until around 180%.
  • Forward aerial:
    • Buff Forward aerial deals more damage (5.3% → 7.65%).
    • Buff It has much more base knockback, but much less knockback scaling (7 base/90 scaling → 70/29), increasing the percent range in which the move can combo.
      • Nerf Due to the changes to its knockback, forward aerial can no longer lock opponents.
  • Back aerial:
    • Buff The changes to the Sakurai angle causes back aerial to launch opponents at a lower angle (40°/45° → 38°), improving its KO potential.
  • Up aerial:
    • Change Up aerial has an altered ending animation.
    • Nerf It now pushes Pac-Man back down to where he would have been as the move ends. In order to use the floating effect to boost his recovery, the player must repeatedly interrupt the ending animation of the move with another up aerial.
  • Down aerial:
    • Buff Its hits transition faster, with 1 frame less lag between each one.
    • Buff Its multi-hits are larger (5.5u → 6.2u) and have gained an additional hitbox against aerial opponents, improving its range overall.
    • Buff It has much less ending lag (FAF 60 → 50).
    • Buff Down aerial deals more damage (1.5% → 2% (hits 1-3), 6% → 7% (hit 4), 10.5% → 13% (maximum)) with knockback compensated on the final hit (90 scaling → 80).
    • Buff Its multi-hits deal more set knockback (10 → 35 (grounded), 10 → 22 (aerial)), and launch aerial opponents at an altered angle (100° → 130°), improving its linking ability overall.
    • Buff Its final hit sends at a more horizontal angle (65° → 45°), granting it edgeguarding and KO potential.
    • Buff Its final hit always launches in the direction Pac-Man is facing, improving its combo potential while also making it more consistent for edgeguarding.

Throws and other attacks

  • Grab:
    • Nerf Dash grab and pivot grab have more startup lag, no longer the same as his standing grab (frame 12 → 14 (dash), 12 → 15 (pivot)).
    • Buff All grabs have significantly less ending lag (FAF 76 → 59 (standing), 76 → 67 (dash), 76 → 62 (pivot)).
    • Buff Grab has two long-lasting hitboxes instead of multiple short hitboxes (frames 12-14, 22-24, 32-39 → 12-33 (standing)/14-35 (dash)/15-36 (pivot)).
    • Buff One of grab's hitboxes extends alongside the tractor beam's animation, removing its notorious blindspots.
    • Change Grab's tractor beam has a smoother extending and receding animation.
    • Change If the grab misses, Pac-Man will look disappointed.
  • Pummel:
    • Buff Pummel deals more hitlag (5 frames → 14), but has much less startup (frame 16 → 1) and ending lag (FAF 25 → 7), shortening its duration.
    • Nerf Pummel deals much less damage (3.25% → 1.3%).
  • Change All throws excluding down throw are now weight-independent.
  • Forward throw:
    • Buff Forward throw deals more damage (6% → 8%) and has more base knockback (48 → 55), improving its edgeguarding potential.
  • Back throw:
    • Change Back throw has a visible wind-effect while Pac-Man spins.
    • Buff Back throw releases the opponent earlier (frame 28 → 25) and has significantly less ending lag (FAF 72 → 60).
  • Up throw:
    • Buff Up throw has less ending lag (FAF 45 → 38) and base knockback (60 → 55), granting it combo potential.
  • Down throw:
    • Change Down throw's animation has been sped up significantly.
    • Nerf Down throw releases the opponent earlier (frame 39 → 34) with its duration unchanged, increasing its ending lag.

Special moves

  • Bonus Fruit:
    • Buff All Bonus Fruit except the second and third fruits cycle significantly faster (frame 54 → 52 (apple), 78 → 72 (melon), 102 → 92 (galaxian), 126 → 112 (bell), 150 → 132 (key)).
    • Buff Bonus Fruit has a shorter charge cancel animation (8 frames → 4).
    • Buff As with other charge specials, Bonus Fruit can be jumped or air dodged out of while charging.
    • Cherry
      • Buff Cherries deals slightly more damage (4% → 4.3%).
      • Change They deal slightly less knockback overall (40 (base)/80 (scaling) → 41/71)
      • Nerf Their lifespan can no longer be extended by keeping them in the air for longer, and they will despawn after a set amount of time.
      • Nerf They deal less shield damage (0 → -2.1).
    • Strawberry
      • Change Strawberries deal slightly less knockback (40 (base)/80 (scaling) → 41/71)
      • Nerf Their lifespan can no longer be extended by keeping them in the air for longer, and they will despawn after a set amount of time.
      • Nerf Strawberries deal less shield damage (0 → -3).
    • Orange
      • Nerf Oranges deal slightly less damage (8% → 7.5%)
      • Nerf They have altered knockback values (50 (base)/76 (scaling) → 51/68), which, combined with the lower damage output, drastically weakens their KO potential.
      • Nerf Oranges deal less shield damage (0 → -3.2).
    • Apple
      • Buff Apples deal slightly more damage (9% → 9.5%).
      • Nerf They have reduced knockback values (60 (base)/100 (Scaling) → 61/91), KOing slightly later despite the increased damage, and more favourable launch angle (75˚ → 80˚).
      • Buff However, the higher launch angle makes it less susceptible to DI, and makes LSI impossible, improving the consistency of the Apple's KO potential.
      • Nerf Apples deal considerably less shield damage (0 → -4.7).
      • Nerf Apples have a shorter maximum duration (240 frames → 180).
    • Melon
      • Nerf Melons deal less knockback (40 (base)/100 (scaling) → 39/94), hindering their KO potential.
      • Change Melons launch at a slightly higher angle (55˚ → 60˚), slightly improving their vertical KO potential, while slightly worsening their horizontal KO potential.
      • Nerf Melons deal significantly less shield damage (0 → -6).
      • Change Melons move more slowly (initial speed: 1 → 0.85), and accelerate downward more quickly (gravity: 0.005 → 0.006).
    • Galaxian
      • Change Galaxians deal slightly less knockback (40 (base)/80 (scaling) → 41/72).
      • Nerf Galaxians deal considerably less shield damage (0 → -4.5).
    • Bell
      • Nerf Bells deal slightly less damage (8% → 7.5%).
      • Change Bells deal more knockback at low percents, and much less knockback at high percents (30 (base)/120 (scaling) → 70/54). This also means they paralyze opponents for longer at lower percents, but the paralysis duration increases much more slowly.
      • Nerf As a result of the above changes, Bells are now incapable of KOing at realistic percents.
      • Buff When Z-dropped, Bells can now still paralyze the opponent.
      • Nerf Bells deal slightly less shield damage (0 → -1.9).
    • Key
      • Buff Keys deal more damage (15% → 16%).
      • Buff Keys travel faster (speed: 3.6 → 3.8), and thus have more range.
      • Nerf Keys have altered knockback (40 (base)/90 (scaling) → 55/68), KOing later, despite the increased damage.
      • Change Keys launch at a lower angle (55˚ → 48˚).
      • Nerf Keys deal less shield damage (0 → -4).
    • Buff If Pac-Man grabs a fruit he's previously thrown or dropped, Bonus Fruit is able to be recycled through the items again. This allows him to store his items in a similar manner to Pocket, create possible setups from his Bell to his Key, reduce the opportunities for his opponents to use his fruits against him, and keep up pressure with his more powerful fruits for a longer period of time.
      • Buff Bonus Fruit's new recycling mechanic allows fruits to be caught again if they are charged slightly before throwing, as they are considered a newly generated item.
    • Buff Bonus Fruit's toss has less ending lag (FAF 45 → 42).
    • Change Bonus Fruit's items can only be Z-dropped once before being unable to be caught by anyone. This limits Pac-Man's combo potential and removes his zero-to-deaths, but makes it harder for other players to limit his usage of Bonus Fruit.
    • Change Dropped fruits (either from being thrown or if an opponent knocks it out of Pac-Man's charge process) will only bounce once before disappearing instead of lingering on the floor for around three seconds. This makes it difficult for anyone to take advantage of dropped fruits, and significantly limits fruit-catching methods.
    • Change Bonus Fruits that hit an enemy pop into air for a much shorter time. This makes it much harder to recatch fruits after they hit enemies, but it also makes it harder for the enemies to grab it in the air.
    • Change The sprites used during Bonus Fruit have been redrawn with thinner outlines. If Pac-Man tries generating a fruit while one is in play, a pixelated "pop" effect will display instead of a puff of smoke.
  • Power Pellet:
    • Buff All variants of Power Pellet travel further, with the fully-charged version traveling almost the full length of Final Destination.
    • Buff Power Pellet has less ending lag when colliding with a wall, and no longer makes Pac-Man tumble onto the ground when the Pac-Dot trail is aimed at the floor. Instead, he will move along the ground in the last horizontal direction he moved in during the attack.
    • Nerf There is now a weak hit right at the start of the dash triggered by grabbing the Pellet, which deals just 1% damage and weak knockback.
    • Nerf Pac-Man's trajectory in the air after grabbing the Pellet now curves downwards, slightly weakening its recovery potential.
    • Change Pac-Man's afterimages when using Power Pellet go from yellow to orange and then red. Pac-Man also flashes white and red after eating the power pellet.
  • Pac-Jump:
    • Change Pac-Jump's trampoline has a hurtbox.
      • Buff This means Pac-Jump's trampoline can be used to block projectiles.
      • Change The trampoline can be attacked by other players, but not by Pac-Man. Based on the power of the attack, the trampoline's uses will be reduced, from as little to one use or all uses.
    • Buff Pac-Jump has a longer duration (frames 4-17 → 4-21).
    • Nerf Pac-Jump's trampoline comes out on frame 10 rather than frame 1, so the move is no longer unblockable.
    • Change Pac-Jump's attack damage increases with time, similar to Dr. Mario's neutral air (Early: 7% → 5%, Middle: 6%, Late: 5% → 7%).
    • Change Pac-Man's afterimages when using Pac-Jump are more visible and go from yellow to white.
    • Change At the peak of each jump, the damage increases.
  • Fire Hydrant:
    • Change Fire Hydrant has altered physics, acting heavier and losing more height and speed from each bounce.
    • Buff Fire Hydrant's heavier physics makes it easier to hit grounded opponents.
    • Nerf Fire Hydrant's new physics significantly reduce its overall coverage and distance when bouncing.
    • Nerf Aerial Fire Hydrant has more startup lag, matching the grounded version's startup (frame 9 → 12).
      • Buff Its total duration was unchanged, reducing its ending lag.
    • Change Fire Hydrant's fall attack has a reduced hitlag multiplier (1.5× → 1×).
    • Buff Fire Hydrant's hitbox extends further downwards when falling (Y offset: 6 → 6-2).
  • Super Pac-Man:
    • Change Super Pac-Man has been changed. Pac-Man still transforms into a two-dimensional sprite to launch opponents, but automatically moves forward and loops around the screen, slowly building up speed. His trajectory can be adjusted by aiming him up or down. He will also eat items he runs into during the move. Aesthetically, the move resembles Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, featuring pulsating lights in the background and a rising pitch as the move progresses.
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