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Pac-Land and PAC-MAN Collection Hit NA Wii U Virtual Console

by Carmine Red - June 11, 2014, 2:03 pm EDT
Total comments: 10 Source: Nintendo eShop

The NES and GBA games sneak onto the eShop to join the current 30% off sale.

Pac-Land and PAC-MAN collection snuck onto the Wii U Virtual Console in North America yesterday, and are available for a "special introductory price." Even though they weren't officially named in the current 30% eShop sale, the game's appear to be similarly discounted until June 16.

Pac-Land, originally on the NES, is available in the US for $3.49, suggesting a regular price of $4.99. PAC-MAN Collection was a GBA title, and is available for $4.89, suggesting a non-discounted price of $5.99.

The surprise release of the two titles (most Wii U digital releases are made available on Thursdays, not Tuesdays) was likely timed to coincide with the reveal that Bandai Namco's iconic PAC-MAN will be playable in Nintendo's Smash Bros. games for the Wii U and 3DS.

Talkback

AVJune 11, 2014

i want updated pacman vs for wii u damn it! Include championship editions too and i'll easily give them my money

Quote from: AV

i want updated pacman vs for wii u damn it! Include championship editions too and i'll easily give them my money

+1

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorJune 11, 2014

I want the Game Boy Virtual Console Pac-Man to be updated to activate the multi-player. :(

Is Ms. Pac-Man in that collection? It's easily my favorite in the series and it'd be a much tougher sell for me if it's not in there. Or even better, bring VC Arcade to Wii U and let me buy the actual arcade version.

azekeJune 11, 2014

Quote from: NWR_insanolord

Is Ms. Pac-Man in that collection?

No. The other thing -- on GBA collection you either palying in squashed mode, or have to deal with scrolling because of GBA's low resolution.
Still GBA collection has some very cool modes.

MagicCow64June 12, 2014

Is Pac-Land supposed to be any good? They seem to have based a whole Smash stage on it . . .

pokepal148Spencer Johnson, Contributing WriterJune 12, 2014

I'm so happy namco has decided to... un-Pac

YEAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Namco, while you're in a Pac-Man kind of mood, how about throwing Pac-Man Vs. up on the Wii U eShop?

AdrockJune 12, 2014

I always wanted to try Pac-In-Time (puns!), but that cartridge was extremely difficult to find. This is coming from someone who has Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and EarthBound on SNES. I originally mistook it for Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures which was awful.

CericJune 12, 2014

Quote from: Adrock

I always wanted to try Pac-In-Time (puns!), but that cartridge was extremely difficult to find. This is coming from someone who has Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and EarthBound on SNES. I originally mistook it for Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures which was awful.

Hey now, Pac-Man 2 I will grant was not that good of a game but, it did have its amusing moments.

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