Pac-Man DLC Launches For Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Alongside Version 2.20 Update

LET'S GOOOOO, FINALLY ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP LIVING, I WOULD TAKE A BULLET FOR THAT YELLOW CIRCLE AND NOW HE'S IN MONKEY GAME WITH THE BLUE SPIKY GUY, DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!!!!!!!!!

(I assure you this isn't sarcasm.)

I'm only just now learning there was a Dole promotion so I didn't get to experience it, but that's fun. Would've made more sense to have happened a few years ago when Banana Mania was new, though.

Anyways, here's to getting all my hopes up for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac being announced in one of the two upcoming Nintendo Directs! If it doesn't happen, I'm going to have an emotional episode.

Okay okay, this is my last comment, I swear! I promise to stop spamming the comments!

But now that I've actually watched the trailer, I see that he doesn't make the "waka-waka" noise when he eats the pellets. His model also looks a little off to me. Like, the mouth is too wide and the proportions of his limbs seem a bit weird. Hopefully this is early footage subject to change. If not... my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

(Edit: Nvm, it's out now, so probably final. Downloading it right now to make sure.)

...Y'know, I never really thought I was on the spectrum before now, but this 30-second footage of yellow munchy man has floored me to such an unhealthy degree I'm beginning to question it. 😆

@Not_Soos Yo I thought Pac Man World Re Pac was already on switch?

u love to see it. shame about dole tho.

I'll be honest, its late, it took me 15 seconds to remember Pacman and Super Monkey Ball are not from the same company.

Uh, I'm just happy this game presumably didn't bomb if they're still putting out DLC for it, because I was worried it did. I would be very sad if Sega put out a remake to justify putting out another remake to justify putting out a new game only for that new game to not even sell.

@BASEDSAKRI If you want the Dole stickers back, slap your monkey into the Dole logo ball the game gifted us (assuming I am understanding the patch notes correctly)

@kkslider5552000 My anecdotal evidence suggests the game is thriving right now. When I first started playing the game after the holidays, most of my online matches were all bots. I was lucky to see 2 or 3 nongeneric usernames during online matches. The last couple of weeks it has flipped around and I only see 3 or 4 generic bot names in matches.

@NintonicGamer It is, I meant to say Pac-Man World 2, my bad. I've edited my comment.

@Wisestfool Hey, hey, hey! This is a family site! You can't be talking about slapping your monkey here!

That….does not seem like a lot of content for that much money.

Surely the bananas should be replaced with Pac-Dots

I feel like the missed opportunity here is not having Pac-Man himself AS the Ball you move around.

I don't particularly care about getting this game any time soon (maybe in the future when I've run out of other things to play), but I just wanted to say... I think it's good to see Pac-Man is back to using his classic look these days. If this is the version we see in cross-promotions like this, then that means Namco considers this the design with the most appeal for their brand.

...I'm thinking about that "Ghostly Adventures" redesign from the Wii U days, and how it took Super Smash Bros for 3DS to get the classic Pac back.

I have to wonder, had Sakurai not insisted on using the classic Pac-Man design for Smash Bros, would Namco have kept the Ghostly Adventures redesign going forward?
...Or would it be more like Sonic Boom, where the designs were primarily for the sake of the TV show and it was always going to go back to normal afterwards?
I'm not sure. The fact that the 2014 "Pac-Man Museum" release used the Ghostly Adventures design despite otherwise being completely unrelated to the show makes me wonder what Namco had in mind at the time.

I didn't know there was a Dole promotion. Maybe I'm revealing my age bit here, but back in the day, a game would launch with that promotion, and stay that way. I know there's benefits to patches (and they far outweigh the negatives), but man, it always sucks when they remove something cool... Like Suezo and Morgana in Banana Mania...

@EarthboundBenjy Who knows. If I remember correctly, the "Ghostly Adventures" design actually started in 2010 with Pac-Man Party which was announced along with the cartoon at E3 2010. The Ghosts I believe also used their GA designs in that game.

I'm gonna say it was for the sake of the cartoon but Namco probably intended it to be "Modern" Pac-Man, kind of like Classic and Modern Sonics.

Now that you mention it, I'm currently playing Pac-Man World Re-PAC, never did I stop to think how much I'd like it if they used the GA designs instead of the Classic ones.

Anyway, about this collaboration. SEGA/Monkey Ball (and to a certain extent, Sonic) got Pac-Man, what will Namco/Pac-Man get? Hopefully a cameo/crossover in Pac-Man World 2 Re-PAC (If that happens)

I remember when SEGA and Bandai Namco collaborated in the 2010s and had a Sonic-themed maze (complete with Sonic instead of Pac-Man) in Pac-Man Mobile, while Sonic Dash got Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and the original boss Bash.

@HammerGalladeBro I think Namco was in the running to buy Sega in 2004 or so before Sammy picked them up.

@KayFiOS @JohnnyMind @BASEDSAKRI

I can confirm the patch notes, the Dole collab is still present in the game as long as you use the Dole DLC ball. I did not see any other Dole cosmetic items, but if Dole stickers plastered everywhere is that important to you then having one on your monkey ball should be a no-brainer.

Really was sxpecting this to be on sale by now. Will get it sooner of later. Due to jon i just bought sega siperstart and eye toy for the pa2 since it
Contains monkey ball...