Pac-Man (SSB4)

Pac-Man in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Pac-Man
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Super Pac-Man
Tier	E (46)

“	PAC-MAN Hungers for Battle!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Pac-Man (パックマン, Pakkuman), rendered in-game as PACMAN in the Japanese version and as PAC-MAN in all other versions, is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4. Initially revealed on June 10th, 2014 to attendees of the E3 2014 Smash Bros. Roundtable, he was later confirmed to the public on Nintendo of America's Twitter account alongside Palutena and the Mii Fighters. Pac-Man is one of six third-party characters in SSB4, alongside Capcom's Mega Man and Ryu, Sega's Sonic and Bayonetta, and Square Enix's Cloud, as well as the third third-party character revealed.

Pac-Man's moveset involves signature aspects of his home series, such as throwing fruits and eating Power Pellets, while also referencing numerous other Namco games in a few ways, most notably via his up taunt. While Pac-Man retains his classic "wedge" form, he only uses it occasionally, such as for his down tilt and his side taunt. Instead, he mostly uses his "ball" form that appeared on game cabinet artwork and advertising before it debuted in-game in the Japanese version of Pac-Land.

Pac-Man is currently ranked 46th out of 58 on the tier list, placing him in the E tier. This makes him the sixth lowest ranking low-tier character and the lowest ranking third-party character. Pac-Man has possibly the most combat-effective projectile in Bonus Fruit, which can produce different kinds of effects depending on the used object, allowing for a myriad of set-ups, edgeguarding, or KO options. He additionally possess a very useful tool in Fire Hydrant due to its ability to punish enemies from below, work as an obstacle, function as a KO option, and even act as a combo breaker in the air or on the ground by stalling his descent and using the hydrant's water, respectively. This combines well with Pac-Man's effective damage racking potential, as his attacks' mostly fast speeds and low base knockback allow for combos or jab resets at low percentages. Pac-Man also boasts good recovery thanks to Power Pellet and Pac-Jump covering great distances alongside his ability to wall jump.

However, Pac-Man is not without his flaws. His grounded mobility is only average at best, which gives him issues with approaching faster characters. Despite the aforementioned coverage Pac-Man's overall recovery possesses, it is quite predictable, slow and easily interruptible. His KO options are particularly lacking, due to his strongest ones (smash attacks) being hard to land and easily punishable, while they and his other options (clean neutral aerial, clean back aerial, Bonus Fruit's key and flying/tumbling Fire Hydrant) have low base knockback, making it very difficult for him to KO before his opponent gets to a significantly high percentage.

Finally, Pac-Man has two unique and significant issues: his grab game and double-edged special moves. While he has a long tether grab and is tied with Mario for having the second most damaging pummel in the game, his grabs are notoriously laggy overall and his throws have little combo potential in general. This gives him problems with opponents who overuse shields, while granting him little reward from landing his grabs. Secondly, all four of his special moves can be turned against him, such as by being reflected or even being used by his opponents; one particularly disadvantageous matchup is with Rosalina & Luma due to their Gravitational Pull.

As a result, Pac-Man's heavy reliance on item control makes him quite a rarity in tournaments. However, several of his mains, such as Tea and Zage, have shown that he can perform item combos like item set-ups and shield breaks to devastating effect, even at high-level play.

Attributes

Pac-Man's attributes are that of a typical middleweight, although he is also rather floaty. This includes average walking speed, air speed and air acceleration, slightly below average dashing speed, falling speed and gravity, and slightly above average jumps.

Pac-Man, like Diddy Kong, is reliant on his item-producing special moves to control the flow of battle and win in the neutral game. Two special moves, Bonus Fruit and Fire Hydrant, grant him numerous mix-ups for almost any situation: each object provided by Bonus Fruit has different attributes, which makes them good spacing, combo, or edgeguarding tools, and even possess early KO potential as a way to overcome his smash attacks' slow speed and low range. This allows him to confuse and force movements from his opponents to put them in disadvantageous positions, especially off-stage. With extreme technical skill, Bonus Fruit can even be used for footstool jump-initiated zero-to-death combos, making Pac-Man one of the few characters with this ability in no-item scenarios.

Fire Hydrant acts like Kirby's Stone when used in the air and is useful for covering landings. Its additional push effect also makes it useful for more than just offense, due to its ability to space, gimp poor recoveries, and force opponents into Pac-Man's attacks. It is also Pac-Man's most powerful projectile when launched, making it an additional finisher. Apart from his projectiles, Pac-Man also possesses a slow, but accurate, finisher in Power Pellet, which functions both as a great vertical recovery and mindgame option, as it can be aimed prematurely and made to curve in creative angles using his Fire Hydrant's push effect. Pac-Jump is an effective vertical recovery should all three trampoline jumps be used, and makes it safe to edgeguard off-stage, as Pac-Man will likely make it back onto the stage.

Outside of his specials, Pac-Man has a good combo game. Though his ground attacks are weak with slight ending lag, his neutral attack and tilts are fast and extend his hitboxes (forward tilt) or slide him forward (down tilt), letting him attack out of shield easily or poke opponents at a safe distance. His up tilt can chain into itself at low percentages, while his down tilt can reliably combo into his dash attack. The latter hits multiple times with nearly no ending lag and allows Pac-Man to follow up with almost any ground move, such as his safe and fast neutral attack. Pac-Man is also capable in the air; his aerials are fast and can chain into themselves, especially his forward and up aerials, his neutral aerial is a useful out of shield option and both it and his back aerial are effective off-stage finishers, making him good overall at damage racking and edgeguarding.

However, Pac-Man has his flaws. One of his biggest issues is his inability to KO early due to the overwhelming majority of his moveset having low base knockback. While his tilts and aerials are fast, only his clean neutral aerial and clean back aerial possess actual KO potential. Even then, they only become reliable at doing so at high percentages; his strongest aerial, back aerial, starts KOing at 138% near the edge. His main KO options, his smash attacks, can KO near the edge easily due to their respectable damage outputs and knockback growth, but are very punishable and predictable due to their mediocre ranges and noticeable amounts of start-up and ending lag.

Another issue is his grab game: his grabs are all extremely laggy, making it considerably riskier to use them for punishes compared to other characters. His throws are also unimpressive, with only his down throw having combo potential, most notably into Bonus Fruit's key, a dash attack, a short hopped forward aerial to neutral aerial. Even then, the latter combo does not work on all characters due to some of them having low hitboxes after missing a tech, making it impossible to land the neutral aerial at low percentages. However, missing the tech can prove to be useful, as Pac-Man can lock the opponent with a short hopped forward aerial at low to medium percentages.

Despite his special moves' perks, all of them can also be turned against him. Bonus Fruit's objects are items that can only exist once at a time, hence opponents can grab them out of the air, nullifying one of Pac-Man's only projectiles so long as they hold onto it. So long as Bonus Fruit is nullified, Pac-Man is disadvantaged at spacing, KOing and mindgames, while a competent opponent can use his own Bonus Fruit against him. This hurts Pac-Man's match-ups against characters able to reflect projectiles, with two particularly notable examples: Villager can Pocket Bonus Fruit for long periods and thus strongly hinder his offense, while Rosalina & Luma can use Gravitational Pull to completely nullify both of his projectiles and render him absolutely helpless at range.

His Fire Hydrant can be turned against him as well; it can be knocked back by opponents, even in the first few frames when it is released, making it possible for Pac-Man to immediately be dealt noticeable damage. Its push effect also affects him, and can cost Pac-Man a stock if he is careless. Despite being strong, Power Pellet is highly predictable and can be interrupted by any attack, which drops a healing Power Pellet that can be used by the opponent, and his Pac-Jump, though giving great vertical height, can also be used by opponents for gimping Pac-Man's own recovery. Due to these possibilities, a good Pac-Man player must keep watch of where the projectiles are to do the most amount of knockback possible at a safer range than his short-ranged normal attacks without these abilities being turned against him.

Pac-Man benefits from his custom moves. Freaky Fruit deals less damage, but each object has its own erratic pattern and thus can provide even greater mix-ups. Lazy Fruit is slower and deals less damage, but the objects stick around for much longer, which enables them to be usable more than once and also provide different mix-ups. Power Pac-Jump only provides one jump, but Pac-Man is launched higher and he hits multiple times upon ascending, making it suitable for offensive playstyles. Meteor Trampoline decreases in height after each jump, but the fourth jump can bury grounded opponents and meteor smash airborne opponents, as its name implies. On-Fire Hydrant does not shoot out as far, but it shoots fire instead of water, shoots three times instead of twice, takes less damage to launch and the hydrant itself deals more damage.

Overall, Pac-Man excels at mindgames and damage racking, but like Sheik, he has trouble scoring early KOs, largely due to his KO options' low base knockback. His specials make him a versatile and unique projectile character, although they can help or hinder him in battle, as one careless move can ultimately decide his outcome for the current stock he is on, or even the whole match itself.

Update history

Pac-Man has received a mix of buffs and nerfs in game updates. Update 1.0.4 increased the ending lag to his up smash and lowered the damage output of Bonus Fruit's Galaxian. Fire Hydrant and Power Pellet had their durability and healing output slightly increased respectively, necessitating players using them even more wisely than before, lest the opponent capitalizes on using their effects to their own advantage. The changes to shield mechanics brought about by 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 enable Pac-Man to utilize some new options for pressuring shields through combinations of back aerial, Bonus Fruit's key and Fire Hydrant. Lastly, update 1.1.5 marginally increased the knockback on his smash attacks and back aerial, which slightly improves his KO potential.

1.0.4

• Up smash's ending lag increased: frame 38 → 50.
• Bonus Fruit's Galaxian deals less damage: 11% → 9%.
• Power Pellet heals more damage: 1% → 2%.
• Fire Hydrant takes more damage to be launched: 12% → 13%.

1.0.6

• Pac-Jump can no longer be Pocketed.

1.1.0

• Fixed a glitch where Pac-Jump could send opponents through the stage.
• The formerly removed glitch where Pac-Man could send Fire Hydrant through stages has returned. This is the first known case of a removed glitch returning to the game.

1.1.5

• Forward smash knockback growth: 97/100 → 99/102
• Up smash hit 2 knockback growth: 95/90 → 97/92
• Down smash knockback growth: 84/90 → 86/92
• Back air knockback growth: 98 → 100

Moveset

• Pac-Man can crawl and wall jump.

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			3%	A one-two combo followed by a backflip kick. Decent range for a neutral attack.
			2%
			4%
Forward tilt			8%	A side kick. Can be angled and is fairly good for spacing. At low percentages, it can jab reset if angled downward.
Up tilt			7%	An upward headbutt. Combos into itself at low percentages.
Down tilt			6%	Transforms into his wedge form and chomps at a downward angle. Its very fast speed makes it a decent surprise attack, as it moves Pac-Man forward with each button press.
Dash attack			2% (hits 1-2), 5% (hit 3)	Transforms into his wedge form and chomps while sliding forward. Due to it having virtually no lag, it can easily combo into his forward, up, and neutral aerials.
Forward smash			16% (clean ghost), 15% (clean arm), 9% (late)	Thrusts Blinky, the red ghost, forward to slam into the opponent. Pac-Man's strongest smash attack, it begins KOing at 88% at the edge. However, all of his smash attacks have noticeable start-up and ending lag.
Up smash			3% (hit 1), 14% (hit 2 clean), 8% (hit 2 late)	Thrusts Inky, the blue ghost, upward to slam into the opponent. Has a weak, initial hitbox that leads into a stronger hitbox, but they are unable to connect unless the opponent is almost touching Pac-Man's body. Begins KOing at 115%.
Down smash			13% (clean), 7% (late)	Thrusts Pinky and Clyde, the pink and orange ghosts respectively, at both of his sides to slam into the opponent. Deals strong semi-spike knockback that begins KOing at 115% at the edge.
Neutral aerial			10% (clean), 6% (mid), 3% (late)	Transforms into his wedge form and backflips. Very fast start-up and moderate knockback, making it a good out of shield option, while its clean hitbox allows it to KO off-stage opponents at high percentages. It also acts like a sex kick and is useful for covering missed attacks.
Forward aerial			5.3%	A roundhouse kick. Has virtually no lag and deals very little knockback, making it useful for damage racking.
Back aerial			11.8% (clean), 7% (late)	A dropkick. Pac-Man's strongest aerial and his most reliable aerial KO option when landing its clean hitbox.
Up aerial			10%	A backflip kick. Has a large arc and is good for aerial protection, although it has a slight amount of start-up. It is seemingly based on his Flip Kick from Pac-Man World 2.
Down aerial			1.5% (hits 1-3), 6% (hit 4)	A series of stomps, similarly to Lucas' down aerial. The last stomp deals vertical knockback, but overall, it is ineffective as a drill.
Grab			—	Emits Boss Galaga's tractor beam from his hand. Oddly, it consists of a series of three hitboxes with short delays in between. This, along with its significant start-up and ending lag, makes it notoriously punishable, and it's often considered the worst grab in the game.
Pummel			3.25%	A headbutt. Moderately slow, but tied with Mario's pummel as the second most damaging pummel in the game.
Forward throw			6%	Shoves the opponent forward. Possibly the weakest forward throw in the game, but it can potentially act as a set-up into Bonus Fruit.
Back throw			11%	Spins twice and then tosses the opponent backward, similarly to Mario's back throw. Pac-Man's strongest throw; it is able to KO at high percentages while near the edge.
Up throw			5%	Tosses the enemy straight up into the air.
Down throw			1.5% (hits 1-3), 6% (throw)	Pins the opponent to the ground and transforms into his wedge form to chomp them. It has combo potential, most notably into Bonus Fruit's key beginning at 0% and up to medium percentages, which results in a total of 25%, or a dash attack at low percentages. At low to medium percentages, if the opponent fails to tech the down throw, Pac-Man can lock them with a short hopped forward aerial, allowing for a potential set-up.
Floor attack (front)			7%	Kicks around himself while getting up.
Floor attack (back)			7%
Floor attack (trip)			5%
Edge attack			7%	Performs a legsweep while climbing up.
Neutral special	Default	Bonus Fruit	4% (cherry), 6% (strawberry), 8% (orange), 9% (apple), 12% (melon), 9% (Galaxian), 8% (bell), 15% (key)	A chargeable projectile that iterates over the fruit from the Pac-Man series and other Namco objects for each level of charge, with each object having distinct properties. Can be used for intricate zero-to-death combos that are initiated by repeatedly using jab resets and footstool jumps on an opponent while dropping any of the objects. While in midair, iterating through the objects also decreases Pac-Man's gravity.
	Custom 1	Freaky Fruit	2% (cherry), 4% (strawberry), 2% (orange), 9% (apple), 13% (melon), 7% (Galaxian), 6% (bell), 10% (key)	Each object deals less damage, but has more erratic behavior. The key meteor smashes aerial opponents. The visual effect surrounding the fruit as Pac-Man cycles through them is now orange, rather than yellow.
	Custom 2	Lazy Fruit	2% (cherry), 5% (strawberry), 8% (orange), 9% (apple), 12% (melon), 3% (Galaxian), 8%/10% (bell), 10% (key)	Each object moves much slower and deals less damage, but stays around longer. It also takes longer to cycle past the orange. The visual effect surrounding the fruit as Pac-Man cycles through them is now green, rather than yellow.
Side special	Default	Power Pellet	10% (start-up), 4% (dash), 12% (ending), 17% (combined hit)	A sideways dash with a controllable trajectory, with Pac-Man transforming into his wedge form in order to chomp onto four Pac-Dots before eating a Power Pellet. This move has super armor after Pac-Man eats the Pellet and deals respectable knockback. Interrupting the start-up of this move drops a Pellet that heals 2% for any character. Pac-Man can act out after the move, but if he bumps directly into a surface during the chomps, the move stops and Pac-Man suffers from a lengthy tumbling animation that can cause him to self-destruct or be punished.
	Custom 1	Distant Power Pellet	10% (start-up), 1% (initial dash), 2% (dash), 6% (ending)	The trail deploys faster and has both increased maneuverability and length, with the trail consisting of eight Pac-Dots. However, it is weaker than Power Pellet.
	Custom 2	Enticing Power Pellet	4% (dash), 15% (ending, full charge)	The last chomp is much stronger and the Pellet pulls opponents towards it, but the trail takes much longer to deploy and it is much shorter, consisting of only two Pac-Dots.
Up special	Default	Pac-Jump	7% (clean), 6% (mid), 5% (late)	Transforms into his wedge form and produces a trampoline to bounce off of. Active on frame 1 and is a good out of shield option. Repeated bounces gain more height, but the fourth bounce breaks the trampoline and renders the attempted user helpless. Pac-Man himself can hit opponents while ascending. In team battles, it is notable for being potentially game breaking, as two Pac-Men could infinitely bounce off each others trampolines past the upper blast line, similarly to the Luigi Ladder. The trampoline originates from Mappy.
	Custom 1	Power Pac-Jump	1.5% (loop), 3% (last)	Launches higher than the first jump of the default version and Pac-Man hits multiple times while ascending, but the trampoline vanishes instantly.
	Custom 2	Meteor Trampoline	3% (jump), 4%/5% (meteor)	Consecutive jump height is reversed, decreasing in height instead of increasing; the fourth jump will bury grounded users and meteor smash aerial ones. There is a weak meteor smash hitbox below the trampoline on start-up.
Down special	Default	Fire Hydrant	9% (drop), 13% (flying), 10% (tumbling)	Drops a fire hydrant below himself that produces non-damaging shots of water. When dealt enough damage, it is launched as a powerful projectile that travels in the trajectory of the move that launched it. The launched hydrant can be used to hit opponents, or potentially Pac-Man himself if it is sent flying by an opponent. If placed on a steep enough slope, it will tumble down the slope until it despawns. Interestingly enough, it can be countered while stationary.
	Custom 1	On-Fire Hydrant	6% (drop), 15% (flying), 4%/5%/6% (tumbling), 6%/4% (flames)	The fire hydrant shoots fireballs instead of water, which can harm opponents and Pac-Man himself. The flames do not fly out as far, but the hydrant shoots three times instead of twice. The hydrant itself deals more damage, but less knockback, and takes less damage to launch.
	Custom 2	Dire Hydrant	9% (drop)	The fire hydrant explodes on impact with an opponent, surface, or after a set distance. The explosion deals low damage and knockback.
Final Smash		Super Pac-Man	15%	Simultaneously eats a Power Pellet and a Super Pellet, transforming into a noticeably enlarged version of his 2D wedge form. Upon transforming, Pac-Man can chomp his opponents, which deals damage and moderate knockback. It is also unique in that, unlike other mobile Final Smashes, it allows Pac-Man to wrap around the screen if he moves off-screen, making it very effective at edgeguarding.

On-screen appearance

• Opens his mouth while in his 2D wedge form, then transforms into his ball form.

Taunts

• Up taunt: Performs a "Namco Roulette", which produces sprites of classic Namco items, characters and enemies, similarly to Bonus Fruit. It is the only taunt in the game with variable visual and sound effects.
• Side taunt: Transforms into his wedge form and chomps to the right and left at varying intervals while emitting his iconic chomping sound.
• Down taunt: Lays down while Blinky, Pinky, and music notes hover over him while an arrangement of the first five notes of the intermission theme from Pac-Man plays.

Up taunt	Side taunt	Down taunt

Up taunt sprites

• King from King & Balloon
• A vulnerable ghost from Pac-Man
• Andor Genesis from Xevious
• A Runner from Metro-Cross
• Valkyrie from Valkyrie no Densetsu
• Clovis from Dragon Buster
• Don-Chan from Taiko no Tatsujin
• The "Hypership" from Gaplus
• A fighter from Bosconian
• A fighter from Galaga
• Galaxip from Galaxian
• Gilgamesh from The Tower of Druaga
• Mappy from Mappy
• A car from Rally-X
• A Paccet from Baraduke
• A Pooka from Dig Dug
• Red Baron from Sky Kid
• A Secret Fighter from Gaplus
• The Solvalou from Xevious
• Topcup from Libble Rabble

Idle poses

• Scratches his head.
• Looks at the screen and winks while giving a thumbs up, similarly to his pose in his official art.

Crowd cheer

	English	Japanese
Cheer
Description	Pac-Man!	Go! Go! Pac-Man!
Pitch	Group chant	Group chant

Victory poses

A remix of the jingle that plays when starting a new game in Pac-Man, as well as completing levels in Pac-Man World 2.

• Chases a vulnerable ghost in his wedge form, then shifts to his ball form and poses akimbo.
• Appears on screen in his wedge form, trips onto the floor and transforms into his ball form, before raising his fist up while sitting down clumsily.
• Drops from the sky in his ball form and lands while a sign displaying 7650 pops up from the ground, before striking a winking, thumbs up pose. This is based on Pac-Land, with 7650 being Japanese wordplay on "Namco".

In competitive play

Official Custom Moveset Project

Character	Custom sets available
Pac-Man	1132	1131	1122	1121	2132
	2131	2122	3131	3132	3121

Notable players

Active

•  Elexiao
•  ForbiddenOne
•  Ginko
•  PEPESPAIN
•  Q
•  Sinji
•  Tea
•  Zage
•  Port
•  POW - Placed 65th at EVO 2016. Ranked 2nd on the Idaho Power Rankings.

Inactive

•  Koolaid (on indefinite hiatus)
•  Abadango

Tier placement and history

When SSB4 was initially released, there were high hopes for Pac-Man. His potential was packaged in various ways, including the ability for massive amounts of stage control with Fire Hydrant, spacing and combo game mix-ups with Bonus Fruit, and a long extendable recovery with Power Pellet and Pac-Jump. Not only this, but Pac-Man could also pull off advanced footstool set-ups in a competitive environment where items could only be produced by a few characters, such as Diddy Kong and Peach. All these factors led many to think that Pac-Man could be a serious high-level threat when mastered, with players such as Abadango, Tea and Koolaid showcasing these strengths during the early metagame.

However, Pac-Man's flaws would quickly become more apparent and, in a turn for the worse, more significant than most would think. Many found out that Pac-Man had a significantly high learning curve, below average damage output compared to most of the cast, and his special moves were problematic, as the erratic movement patterns and various properties of Bonus Fruit's items forced players to learn when to use each item accordingly, while all of his special moves could all be turned against him. He also had lackluster fundamental advantages as well, which were further compounded by his laggy smash attacks, low KOing ability, somewhat poor range and fairly poor grab game. Finally, his reliance on projectiles gave him infamously difficult matchups against characters that are capable of negating them, such as Rosalina and Luma and Villager, both of whom are common characters at high-level play. Altogether, these aspects would lead many to believe that Pac-Man was not as good as originally thought, and would culminate in him being ranked 29th on the first 4BR tier list.

However, with Abadango dropping Pac-Man, Koolaid currently on an indefinite hiatus, and his other main users simply not being as consistent as they were previously, Pac-Man has been recently lacking any noteworthy results overall. This has led to him being ranked at 38th on the second tier list, and eventually at 46th on the third and current tier list, with the latter drop being tied with Ness for the largest between the second and third tier lists. Despite his low-tier ranking, there has been some debate within the community over whether Pac-Man should be even ranked lower than he already is, due to lacking any notable results in order to keep his current placement. Some within the community perceive him as a bottom-tier character, with a notable critic being ESAM. All things considered, Pac-Man's current tier placement is, to an extent, heavily debatable.

Reveal trailer

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Trophies

PAC-MAN

The yellow, circular hero of the game PAC-MAN, which is recognized as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Arcade Game" by Guinness World Records. In Smash Bros., he uses several moves inspired by the original PAC-MAN. Wakawaka your foes by charging up the Power Pellet move and aiming at them.

The yellow, circular hero of the game PAC-MAN, which is recognised as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Arcade Game" by Guinness World Records. In this game, some of his attacks are based on the original PAC-MAN. Charge up his Power Pellet move, then aim it right at an opponent to wakawaka them extra hard.

PAC-MAN (1980)

PAC-LAND (1984)

PAC-MAN (Alt.)

PAC-MAN's Fire Hydrant down special pushes opponents away with blasts of water. You can drop the hydrant on top of your opponents to damage them, but they can also attack it to damage you if you're standing on it! His Pac-Jump up special spawns a trampoline he can jump on three times—the third jump is especially high!

PAC-MAN's Fire Hydrant down special pushes opponents away with blasts of water. You can drop the hydrant on top of your opponents to damage them, but they can also attack it and hit you with it to cause damage! His Pac-Jump up special spawns a trampoline he can jump on three times, and the third jump is especially high!

PAC-MAN (1980)

PAC-LAND (1984)

Super Pac-Man

PAC-MAN's Final Smash turns him into this huge form that appeared in SUPER PAC-MAN. In this form, SUPER PAC-MAN eats his foes to deal damage to them and reduce them just a pair of eyes. He can move freely in all four directions, loop around the screen, and... obtain a score of up to 7,650 points!

PAC-MAN's Final Smash turns him into this huge form that appeared in the arcade game also called Super PAC-MAN. In this form, PAC-MAN can eat his foes to deal damage to them and reduce them just a pair of eyes. He can move freely in all four directions, loop around the screen, and... obtain a score of up to 7,650 points!

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  Classic (3DS)

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  Alt. (3DS)

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  Classic (Wii U)

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  Alt. (Wii U)

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  Super Pac-Man

In Event Matches

Solo Events

• New Challengers 2: Pac-Man is one of the seven opponents fought in this event alongside Greninja, Palutena, Robin, Shulk, Dark Pit and Mega Man.
• The Big 7650!: Pac-Man must use his Final Smash, Super Pac-Man, and land six hits with it within 15 seconds.
• The FINAL Final Battle: The player must defeat Pac-Man, Mario, Sonic and Mega Man.
• Yellow Devils: As Mega Man, the player must defeat a giant Pac-Man, Pikachu and the Yellow Devil.

Co-op Events

• A Fairy Nice Trip: Pac-Man and Link must survive on Pac-Land until the stage reaches Fairy Land as four Kirbies try to hinder the players' progress.
• Food Fight: A damaged Kirby and a damaged King Dedede must defeat Pac-Man, Wario and Yoshi.
• Getting Healthy: Little Mac and Wii Fit Trainer must defeat Pac-Man and Kirby.
• The Ultimate Battle: Two players select a character and must defeat the entire roster.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Pac-Man's poster used on the official website.

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  Pac-Man's splash art.

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  Pac-Man's amiibo.

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  Pac-Man alongside fellow third-party characters Sonic and Mega Man.

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  Pac-Man, Mario, Sonic, and Mega Man fighting on Battlefield.

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  Using his forward aerial against Zero Suit Samus' forward aerial.

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  Using Power Pellet.

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  Using his up taunt alongside Kirby.

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  Using Fire Hydrant on Sheik.

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  On Pac-Land, next to the Mother Fairy.

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  Using Super Pac-Man, his Final Smash.

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  Using his forward tilt on a Pooka in Smash Run.

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  Pac-Man and Mario taunting on Pac-Maze.

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  Pac-Man using Bonus Fruit.

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  Using his up taunt.

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  Pac-Man's up taunt is a "Namco Roulette", which produces various sprites and accompanying sound effects based on various Namco games.

Trivia

Pac-Man's two different head icon styles.

• Pac-Man makes a few references to his home series:
  • During some animations, instead of vocalizing, he emits sound effects highly similar to the ones from Pac-Man.
  • During his Final Smash, he can wrap around the screen like in Pac-Man.
    • When his token in StreetSmash is KO'd, the death sound effect from the original Pac-Man is played instead of being silent.
  • The pose in his official artwork matches the pose in his Pac-Man World artwork.
  • His sleeping animation is a reference to a painting found in Pac-Man World 2.
  • He has alternate costumes that are based on the winged shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
• Pac-Man was noted within his trailer for being one of the two oldest characters among the cast, with the other being Mr. Game & Watch. Both debuted in 1980, a year before Mario and Donkey Kong, which was also noted at the end of his trailer.
• Pac-Man is the only character to have different head icons in both versions of Super Smash Bros. 4. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Pac-Man's arm is exposed, showing whatever armband he is wearing if he has one. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pac-Man is striking a thumbs up with his opposite hand.
  • Each icon also represents one half of his pose in his official artwork.
• Pac-Man and the Mii Fighters are the only characters who do not show panicked facial expressions when drowning. In Pac-Man's case, he drowns while maintaining his grin.
• In an interview, Masahiro Sakurai said that he would have considered dropping Pac-Man from SSB4 if Bandai Namco had required the usage of his design from Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures.
• Pac-Man, Duck Hunt, and Villager are the only characters who have moves based on a series other than their own.
• In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Pac-Man's Alt. trophy shows him using Power Pellet, making it impossible to tell which alternate costume is being used, or if at all. This makes him the only character with this distinction.
• Pac-Man is the only third-party character in Super Smash Bros. 4 that can crawl.