Pac-Man (SSB4)

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Pac-Man in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Pac-Man
Final Smash	Super Pac-Man

“	Pac-Man Hungers for Battle!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Pac-Man (パックマン, Pakkuman) has been confirmed to be a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4, revealed on June 10th on Nintendo of America's Twitter account. His abilities involve throwing fruits at other fighters and eating power pellets, along with basic punching and kicking abilities for close-range moves. He is noted within the trailer for being, along with Mr. Game & Watch, among the oldest characters in the game, first appearing in 1980 (earlier than Mario's debut in Donkey Kong). While Pac-Man is introduced in his classic "wedge" shape, within the game he mostly takes his 3D "ball" form that appeared in game cabinet artwork and advertising but first appeared in-game in the Japanese version of Pac-Land.

Moves

• Bonus Fruit, a move where he summons 8-bit fruit. This has been confirmed to be his neutral special. [3]
• A move where he turns into his ball form and chomps on a chain of pac-dots. The player appears to be able to control the path of the dots, therefore controlling the direction of the move.
• A move where he spawns a Fire Hydrant that shoots water with a push effect. It can also be launched with an attack into players.
• A jab consisting of two punches followed by a kick.
• His up air appears to be the aerial flip kick from Pac-Man World 2.
• Turns into his ball form and dashes forward, possibly a dash attack.
• Multiple moves that spawn 8-bit ghosts, likely his smash attacks.
• A move where a tractor beam is emitted from Pac-Man's hand, with an appearance similar to those of the Galagan Bugs.
• A move where Pac-Man spawns a trampoline that can be bounced on by other players, similarly to Sonic's Spring Jump and Mega Man's Rush Coil.
  • The trampoline seems to change color each time it is used, moving through blue, yellow, and red. This is similar to trampolines appearing in another Namco game, Mappy. Like in Mappy, each time the trampoline was touched, the color traverses in that order. If it was red when touched, whoever touched it then will fall through and enter a helpless state.
• A move or taunt where he summons classic Namco items, characters, and enemies, similar to Bonus Fruit.
• A move, most likely a directional final smash, where Pac-Man turns into a giant 2-D version of his 8-bit form and goes straight forward.
• He seems to have items from other Namco games such as Galaga, Galaxian, Mappy, Dig Dug, and Xevious.
• Pac-Man can wall-jump. [4]

Trailer

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Gallery

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  Pac-Man's poster used on the official website.

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  Pac-Man's introduction image.

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  Pac-Man with the other third party characters, Sonic and Mega Man.

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  Pac-Man with Mario, Sonic, and Mega Man.

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  Pac-Man and Zero Suit Samus.

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  Pac-Man kicking a Pooka.

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  Pac-Man and Mario on the Pac-Man stage.

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  Pac-Man's neutral special move, Bonus Fruit.

Trivia

• Pac-Man's trailer is the first newcomer trailer that shows footage of a newcomer on the 3DS version.
• Pac-Man is the oldest third-party character to appear in a Super Smash Bros. game.
  • Overall, he is the second oldest Super Smash Bros. character, as his debut was one month (in Japan; 6 months in North America) after Mr. Game & Watch's debut.