I tried playing the 99-player battle royale 'PAC-MAN 99' that keeps eating until Pac-Man is the last one on Nintendo Switch.



In 1980 Namco 'was released arcade game from the (now Namco Bandai Entertainment)

Pac-Man a', the 'PAC-MAN 99' that evolved in battle royal game to fight up to 99 people is the last one, 2021 It was distributed free of charge to Nintendo Switch Online members on April 8. I was really curious about how to fight with that Pac-Man, so I actually played it.

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The movie that PAC-MAN 99 actually played is as follows.

Battle royale 'PAC-MAN 99' that keeps fighting with Pac-Man until 99 people become the last one is like this-YouTube


Launch the game. The title looks like this.



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If PAC-MAN 99 is basically free, you can only play online battles with 99 players. Select online battle mode from the main menu.



Matching starts when you select the online battle mode. If the connection with the opponent player is successful, the left and right frames will be filled.



It looks like this when 99 people are gathered. The game starts when everyone is together.



The basic operations and rules of PAC-MAN 99 are almost the same as Pac-Man. While controlling the moving Pac-Man, you can eat more and more yellow dots (cookies) on the maze-like stage. However, the enemy 'ghost' is wandering around on the stage, and if you hit it, the game will be over.



And the big point in the cookie is 'power cookie'.



When you eat a power cookie, the enemy will turn blue for a certain period of time, and you will be able to eat it with the power-up Pac-Man. A bar indicates the remaining power-up time in the center.



Cookies and power cookies disappear from the stage when eaten, but when you eat the fruit that appears when you eat more than half of the cookies on the screen, the cookies and power cookies will reappear on the stage.



If a yellow line extends from another player to the 'Ojama Gauge' at the bottom of the screen, it means that you are being targeted by your opponent. In addition, 'Selection of Pac-Man enhancement' is displayed on the left side of the screen, and 'Selection of attack destination' is displayed on the right side of the screen.



The official website explains how Pac-Man is strengthened and what the attack destination is. Identifying the battle situation and choosing the right strategy is very important to survive until you are the last one.



When attacked by the opponent, the Ojama gauge extends, and the transparent Pac-Man 'Ojama Pac-Man' appears on the stage. There is no damage if you hit it, but the moment it overlaps, Pac-Man's speed will slow down. If a large number of Ojama Pac-Man appear on the stage, the ghost may catch up and the game may be over. In other words, 'sending Ojama Pac-Man to the opponent's stage by eating cookies and ghosts so that the opponent is at a disadvantage' is an attack on the opponent.



However, the Ojama Pac-Man on the screen disappears when you eat the power cookie.



Attacks on the opponent are triggered by eating cookies and ghosts. Also, if you eat the 'sleep ghost' that appears on the screen ...



Ghosts connect to one of the enemies on the screen, creating a large line. If you eat this line at once when powering up, a combo will occur and you will be able to attack your opponent at once. Up to 32 sleep ghosts can be lined up at a time, and the pleasure of the moment when Pac-Man powers up the longest line of ghosts and scatters them all at once is considerable.



If you hit the red Ojama Pac-Man that appears as the game progresses, the game will be over as well as the ghost. Red Ojama Pac-Man does not disappear even if you eat power cookies, and you cannot erase it unless you eat fruit.



With that kind of feeling, I will continue to survive while predicting the course of the ghost, going around the stage, eating cookies and fruits ...



When the effect of the power cookie expired, I caught a shot from the ghost and the game was over.



The result was 5th place. The original Pac-Man becomes more difficult as the speed of ghosts increases little by little, but in addition to that, the timing of taking power cookies becomes even more important for PAC-MAN 99, and attacks from opponents, combos, and strategy switching Therefore, in addition to the original game characteristics, advanced information processing is required. Therefore, it can be said that the action is higher than the original and the sense of speed is also exploding.



PAC-MAN 99 is basically free to play, but you can play online matches with passwords, CPU battles, score attacks and time attacks by purchasing additional paid content. You can also change the appearance of the game to a custom theme with the motif of Namco's masterpiece game. For example, the following movie was played under the theme of Namco's masterpiece shooting game '

Xevious'.

The theme of 'Xevious' of 'PAC-MAN 99' is like this-YouTube


Not only the appearance of the stage, but also the own machine changed from Pac-Man to Solvalou. BGM and SE are also changed to those of Xevious, and they are quite built.



Released in 1982, '

Wonder Momo ' is a side-scrolling action that operates a tall high school girl idol, unlike the round Pac-Man.

I played with the theme of 'Wonder Momo' of 'Pac-Man 99' which reproduced 'Wonder Momo' with Pac-Man --YouTube


The theme of 'Wonder Momo' exactly reproduces the background of the arcade, and the ghost has also changed to a combatant of the Phantom Corps. In addition, there is also a production that 'If you take a transformation item instead of a power cookie, it will change to BGM when transformed into Wonder Momo'.



And the following movie was played with the theme of Namco's masterpiece action 'Mappy'. The custom theme not only changes the appearance, but also reproduces the original game in detail, which is a nice point for game fans of the past. Other themes such as 'Galaga ', ' Dig Dug ', ' Genpei Tomaden ', and ' Bravoman ' are prepared with the motif of Namco's masterpiece game.

When Namco's masterpiece action 'Mappy' becomes Pac-Man, it looks like this-YouTube


PAC-MAN 99 is for download only on Nintendo Switch and is basically distributed free of charge. However, in order to download it, you need to be registered with Nintendo Switch Online, which is charged monthly. In addition, you can purchase an additional mode unlock for 1650 yen including tax, each custom theme for 220 yen including tax, and a DX pack that includes an additional mode unlock and all custom themes for 3190 yen including tax.

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