Can of Nothing Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is an upcoming cartoon made by Avi Arad and 41 Entertainment made in 3D for Disney XD. It takes a different take on Pac-Man than previously established - Pac-Man is shown as a teenager, (...teen... man...? ..My head's been hurting for months.) he befriends the main four ghosts; ie. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde, and he's the only yellow Pac-Worlder (ugh, 'Pac-Worlder' reminds me of the old Hannah-Barbera cartoon...) on his world and thus the only one being able to eat ghosts, as well as being the only perfect circle. As per series tradition ever since Pac-Man World 2, there's a new villain of the week: Betrayus, cliched name as usual. It seems that the Power Pellets are now berries - that give you unique powers depending on its appearance - as well, (seriously, make up your mind, Namco. One moment they're dots, the next cookies, the next fruit.) though apparently Pac-Dots remain as cookies and normal fruit exist. Pac-Man seems to have undergone a revision that looks like it takes a few cues from Sonic - An upbeat gung-ho teenager who wants to make the world a better place and have fun from it. He also has a redesign that was foredone with Pac-Man Party, getting sneakers and blue eyes with whites. As with that, the whole cartoon in general seems to be relatively aimed towards kids - the writing is rather cheesy- no, scratch that. Pac-Man in this cartoon was cast by a giant talking cheese, and the rest of the cast are just painted cheese. I mean, seriously? Doctor Buttocks? Fuzzbutt- I mean, Fuzbitz? Seriously? The best thing I see from this is the music - and no, not the intro theme, that's horrible - the orchestrated/techno (they swap depending on intensity of the scene) Pac-Man arrangments are extremely awesome, and being a fan of the classic Pac-Man themes, (Yes, themes. Please play Pac-Mania and Pac-Man World and you'll get what I mean.) it was like... some kind of feeling when you eat a strawberry and cheese? I dunno, but my point is, the arrangements are awesome. Just skip the intro, and you'll get what I mean. Also, there's a video game being made as well - for just about all the 'mainstream' consoles out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abominal Taz Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 I saw the first episode for this show. I found it...somewhat entertaining. I was pretty confused when Pac-man, (Pac-Teen, Pac Boy, make up your minds...) ate some pellet or fruit as you said and turned into Super Sayian Fire Pac-Teenboy. I mean what happened to just chompin' up the ghosts like usual without a hairdo. And he's friends with the ghost antagonists from the original game, yet battles them and Betrayus, (oh I get it because he was a "Pac-Worlder...")...Yeah I dunno about this show too much. Plus 3D cartoons like this kinda have a little lifespan problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Can't wait for this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can of Nothing Posted July 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 I saw the first episode for this show. I found it...somewhat entertaining. I was pretty confused when Pac-man, (Pac-Teen, Pac Boy, make up your minds...) ate some pellet or fruit as you said and turned into Super Sayian Fire Pac-Teenboy. I mean what happened to just chompin' up the ghosts like usual without a hairdo. And he's friends with the ghost antagonists from the original game, yet battles them and Betrayus, (oh I get it because he was a "Pac-Worlder...")...Yeah I dunno about this show too much. Plus 3D cartoons like this kinda have a little lifespan problem. Call him Pac, it'll save your brain from a bit of trouble. That's what I do, anyway. There are still the normal Power Berries - as shown in Episode 1 - The Adventure Begins (Sonic 4, anyone?), and Pac can still eat the ghosts without any additional powers, if the pilot shown years ago still holds as canon - it's just that it's so horribly ineffective, and that he can't enter the Nether-world without any berry powers. However, as the other berries come with added benefits, ones that the non-Yellows can use as well, it's more effective to use them. As for the ghost gang, they're actually rather benevolent and not very evil at all (apparently - might back-stab depending on circumstances, but doesn't like Betrayus anyway), and they're basically helping Pac-Man out to get a chance to become alive and live in Pac-World again. I'm not even sure if it's possible in-universe. Anyway, Betrayus, on the other hand, is President Spheros' brother, who rebelled against him, lost, was killed and now is ruling the Nether-world. ...I know too much about this show than is healthy for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abominal Taz Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Haha Wow. I need to catch up on my Pac-Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MykonosFan Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Wasn't one or both of the Colors/Generations writers on for this? All I know about this show is that I wore a Pacman shirt to a Walmart, and had some very tall employee (I'm 6 feet, this guy had a few inches over me) towered over me, mentioned this show, said that the ghosts eat the world and slugs or something so Pacman can't eat them I don't know he also said "and frankly" a ton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abominal Taz Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Wasn't one or both of the Colors/Generations writers on for this? All I know about this show is that I wore a Pacman shirt to a Walmart, and had some very tall employee (I'm 6 feet, this guy had a few inches over me) towered over me, mentioned this show, said that the ghosts eat the world and slugs or something so Pacman can't eat them I don't know he also said "and frankly" a ton He right about the slug eating part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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