Hot off the heels of Pac-Man's announcement as a playable character in the new Super Smash Bros, two Pac-classics have popped up on the North American Wii U Virtual Console, and you can snag 'em for 30% off as they join Nintendo's eShop promotion for E3-related games: Pac-Land on NES (on sale for $3.49) and Pac-Man Collection on Game Boy Advance (on sale for $4.89).
Pac-Land, originally released to arcades in 1984, is notable for its North American Virtual Console appearance because it never got released on NES; it's a Famicom import. 2001's Pac-Man Collection is a compilation of four Pac-titles: Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, the Pac-Man remake Pac-Man Arrangement, and the puzzler Pac-Attack – it looks to be the best bang for your buck if you want to pick up some pellet-chomping goodness.
We'll be sure to review both games in the near future, but in the meantime will you be picking up either of these Namco classics? Let us know in the comments below!
Thanks to the ever-vigilant Ryan Millar for the tip!
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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Please review quickly before the sale ends June 16! Having never played these, I don't like to buy without knowing, even if it is an established IP like Pac-Man.
I might pick up Collection, it seems like too good of a deal to pass by. But I'm gonna wait first because Capcom has the VC stream tonight, and hey, you never know...
Pac-Man collection is an easy recommendation. I lost the Gameboy Advance cartridge so I will be downloading this the second I get home tonight.
Aw come on! Arcade Pac Land would've been WAY more desirable!
Now please, bring us Pac Man VS on Wii U! It's THE ideal system for one of the most fun multiplayer games ever! And do so worldwide!
Wow, the amount of hours I logged into Pac-Man Collection as a kid...
Coincidentally, I also happened to play it yesterday.
Why are none of these E3 promotions hitting Europe? It's a worldwide event.
AWESOME
If there's an area of Nintendo consoles that still needs work this E3 is the Virtual Console... and this does nothing for me. I'm optimistic, though.
No EU love?
Probably going to get that Pac-Man collection
Wow, nice. I could use some more Pac-Man in my life.
More interesting than all of Nintendo's new games.
I owned Pac-Man collection. I still play Pac-Man Arrangement from time to time.
I'd have downloaded the GBA game if it had come to Europe,
Why isn't Europe getting a sale?
I have the GBA game. It's a solid title...at least for what it is (a 4-game compilation with very set limits and boundaries).
Next E3 better be full Retro. They'll be talking about Virtual Arcades, GBA, DS, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Neo Geo, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, SNES, and N64! Furthermore, cross-buy will be implemented.
In addition, for 3DS, one could use Download Play (consoles with more than one controller) or the classic "Local Multiplayer" (Game Gear, Game Boy) across the Internet! For Wii U, one could also use "Local Multiplayer" via the Internet to other Wii U's OR 3DS's. Also, purchases could be made without accessing the eShop via 3DS or Wii U.
Also, there will be a Record button on the Home menu so that one could record up to 30 minutes of footage WITH the option to plug-in a microphone through the jack slot in order to record voice as well!
All of this will be next E3!!
... there goes my imagination again ... :/
So, I downloaded both Pac-Land and Pac-Man Collection to my Wii U. I heard that the controls for the former is odd. Movement is usually done by pressing A to move right and B for Left. Guess where the jump command is assigned. That is, unless you play as Player 2, as the controls are typical for any platformer.
Pac-Man Collection is fun esp. for the puzzle game, but the screen is very cramped for the other 3 games (you can only see a small part of the total board at a time). for those games you'd be better off getting one of the console collections, like one of the namco museum collections for wii, imo.
Of course since Pac-Man's design is from Land and the Wii U stage
might have to get these
Grabbing both!! I hope this is finally the start of the wii u vc picking up the pace!! Bring on namco museum so I can grab some ms pac-man which has been absent on a nintendo platform since GameCube!!! Yo SEGA!! Where are you? I'm waiting!!
Yes!
Hmmm when you get to break time for some odd reason there is a church in the background. Well a building with a cross on top anyway. Maybe that's why it was never on the Nes.
@Shambo Straight up.
Instant download for me! (Well, Pac-Man Collection, that is.) I owned it on the GBA back in the day and played the crap out of it. A+!
@JCnator
B=Left, A=Right, and any-direction-on-the-D-pad is jump! This is the same control scheme on the Turbo Graphx version.
It sounds crazy, but they were trying to simulate the arcade version that only had buttons for left and right (and jump)
I'll have to try the Player 2 thing, though. Didn't know that.
I own the original PacLand Famicom cart, so yes, instant buy for me!
@JakeShapiro Pac-Land and Pac-Man Collection have just been released on the EU Wii U eShop with Thursday's update, along with the alreadly announced stuff (at least in the UK). Both have 30% off until 19th June.
I wish Pac Land was on the 3DS VC. Maybe it will be at one point
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