Pac-Man World 3 Announced - briefly
(hx) 08:16 AM CET - Mar,23 2005
- Post a comment Developer and publisher Namco Hometek Inc. sent out
a press release announcing Pac-Man World 3, the latest iteration of the
classic series. The game is slated for Q4/2005 and will be available for the
PS2, Xbox, GC and PC.
The world was first introduced to Toru Iwatani's yellow dot muncher in 1980.
Shaped like a pizza missing a slice and making a wocka wocka wocka sound,
Pac-Man exploded onto the video game scene and never looked back. 25 years
later, Pac-Man has starred in dozens of games and has been the inspiration for
more than 400 different products from cereal to watches to air fresheners and
even a cartoon.
In a mad search for power, evil genius Erwin creates a machine that can
penetrate into the world of the Ghosts...the Spectral Realm! But now the
Spectral Realm is collapsing into the real world, and this will bring about a
massive catastrophe that will plunge the world into a state of devistation for
years to come!
After mysteriously having been transported out of Pac-Village and into this
strange and different land, it is up to Pac-Man to uncover Erwin's plot and save
the world. Along the way, Pac-Man will meet a host of unexpected "old friends,"
and in order to defeat the ultimate enemy, he might just have to turn his old
foes into allies!
While combining contemporary platform game mechanics with traditional Pac-Man
play principles, Pac-Man World 3 features Pac-Man staples including Power
Pellets, Pac-Dots, Pac-Chains and fruit while adding new elements such as a
Pactrometer, power-up smoothies and several new special moves. Players will even
get to play as Pinky and Clyde, who each have distinctive special abilities.
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