New Pac-Man game on the way to celebrate 30th Pac-Manniversary

[xtop]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/06/ne...-manniversary/

Hirokazu Yasuhara, who designed much of the original Sonic the Hedgehog at Sega and worked on Jak games and Uncharted for Naughty Dog, is now at Namco Bandai, and working on a new Pac-Man game, to celebrate the beloved circle's 30th anniversary in 2010.

Namco Bandai America's Makoto Iwai told Gamasutra that "As a group, we feel like we should do something to make him come back. So, there's one project that we started working on, and [Yasuhara is] part of it." Iwai said that the new game design was "sort of meeting his wish 100 percent, in a sense," referring to an earlier statement by Yasuhara that he wanted to make a new character action game.

Does Pac-Man's original maze-style gameplay count as "character action," or do we have a new Pac-Land sort of affair to look forward to? After the last Pac-Man game, we will eagerly devour whatever delicious fruit (by which we mean games) Namco Bandai sends out into the maze (by which we mean, um, the retail or downloadable market).

i'm not sure what they could do to make it anywhere close to the original, but hey..try it i suppose

[phranctoast]

wouldnt mind a ms pacman. Always found that one better.

[Pepelutivruski4]

very interresting. thanks you! keep us updated if yuo can.

[jkwest]

I'm so very glad it wasn't you who made up that word, xtop...talk about cheesy...Manniversary...

[quexos]

A new Pac-Man ? that's cool, It was one of my favorite games as a child so yeah I'm all for it.

[Stephie_is_a_dork]

Michael Jackson is auctioning off many of his possessions, including a vintage Ms. Pac Man arcade cabinet for $1,000

[Hedchekr]

A new Pac Man might be cool.

Hey jkwest whos your avatar?

[quexos]

Originally Posted by Stephie_is_a_dork

Michael Jackson is auctioning off many of his possessions, including a vintage Ms. Pac Man arcade cabinet for $1,000

Auctioning ? means that the final price will certainly be much much higher than that. Plus expenses to import it to Europe for me, nah can't afford it but an actual Pac-Man arcade machine, would have been kind of neat.

[The Bear]

Cool one of my fav i hope they also put Pac-Mania In there.

[Mr.White]

Wocka,Wocka,Wocka!!!