This is gonna be a huge post, discussing not only the sick release of new Pac-Man games, but also the lack of communication Namco has with their fan base.
Mysterious Pac-Man Game Release #1 - See that arcade machine on the left, that brand new "Pac-Man's Arcade Party" cabinet is now out in bars, arcades, hotels, Chuck E. Cheeses and available for sale. I had no idea this arcade machine even existed. No word. Nothing even on the Namco Networks Blog, which BTW hasn't been updated since April 6th.
Mysterious Pac-Man Game Release #2 - Pac-Mania is a fun and interesting take on Pac-Man, which adds the ability to jump over ghosts in a 3D isometric mazes. It was released on the iPod Touch/iPhone on November 17th without mention on Namco Games. It's available for $1.99 and I'm sure it's a blast. Thanks Namco for the 411?!?!?!?
Mysterious Pac-Man Game Release #3 - Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is out now on the PlayStation Network and X-Box Live. It was barely mentioned on internet video game news sources before it's release, I stumbled upon it's existence literally days before it came out. Again, wouldn't it kill Namco to throw out something on their official homepage a month or two to get the fan base excited?
Mysterious Pac-Man Game Release #4 - Pac-Man Championship Edition for the PSP/PS3 is available in Europe as a MINI title. Somehow this completely dodged yesterday's North American PSN update. In fact, we haven't heard anything about this title since the summer of E3 2010. I don't even know if this game will come to North America and there hasn't been any word on it on the North American PSN Blog. Oh look! Here's a trailer...
Mysterious Pac-Man Game Release #5 - The Namco Museum Megamix was just released and is an updated version of the original Wii's Remix edition. It features a nice collection of arcade classics including Pac-Man and Pac-Mania and some new Wii crap. It was released with very little fanfare and I stumbled upon it at Wal-Mart for $18.99. Nice price! Once again, modern Namco Museum collections do not include the arcade game Ms. Pac-Man. Namco just hates the game for some reason and I don't know why?
The only game that was released with knowledge and a bit of hype, was the Wii release of Pac-Man Party. Which is out now.
Well there you have it, you can finally start your Pac-Man 30th Anniversary celebrations at the end of 2010! Now go get some Pac-Man games and have fun.
BTW Namco, could you please inform your fan community about what is going on with your beloved mascot?!?! You could easily do it at your own 30th Anniversary Pac-Man Website. I believe you, the reader, easily understands the situation here. A crap load of brand new Pac-Man content has just come out and no one, absolutely no one in the fan base knew about it.
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