Pac-Man (SSB4)

Pac-Man in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Pac-Man
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Super Pac-Man

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

Pac-Man (パックマン, Pacman), stylized as PAC-MAN (English) and PACMAN (Japanese) in-game, is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4, first shown on June 10th to attendees of the E3 2014 Smash Bros. Roundtable and later confirmed to the public on Nintendo of America's Twitter account. Pac-Man is one of three third party characters in the game along with Capcom's Mega Man and Sega's Sonic and is the third third party character revealed in the game. His abilities involve throwing fruits at other fighters and eating power pellets, along with basic punching and kicking abilities for close-range moves. He is noted within the trailer for being, along with Mr. Game & Watch, among the oldest characters in the game, first appearing in 1980 (earlier than Mario's debut in Donkey Kong). While Pac-Man is introduced in his classic "wedge" shape, within the game he mostly takes his 3D "ball" form that appeared in game cabinet artwork and advertising but first appeared in-game in the Japanese version of Pac-Land.

Moveset

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			3%	Does two punches, then a quick flip kick.
			2%
			4%
Forward tilt			8%	Does a horizontal kick forward.
Up tilt			7%	Swings his head in an arc, head butting the enemy.
Down tilt			6%	Turns into his classic form and bites at the enemies' feet.
Dash attack			2% (hits 1-2), 5% (hit 3)	Turns into his classic form and bites while running forward.
Forward smash			16% (clean ghost), 15% (clean arm), 9% (late)	Shoots Blinky, the red ghost, forward.
Up smash			3% (hit 1), 14% (hit 2 clean), 8% (hit 2 late)	Shoots Inky, the blue ghost, straight up.
Down smash			13% (clean), 7% (late)	Shoots Pinky and Clyde, the pink and orange ghosts respectively, at both of his sides.
Neutral aerial			11% (clean), 6% (mid), 3% (late)	Transforms into his classic form and spins around.
Forward aerial			5.3%	Does a forward kick.
Back aerial		&nbsp	11.8% (clean), 7% (late)	Drop kicks behind him.
Up aerial			10%	Does a flip kick above him.
Down aerial			1.5% (hits 1-3), 6% (hit 4)	Stomps multiple times downward.
Grab			—	Releases the beam from Boss Galaga from his hand, drawing enemies into his grip. It is very punishable if missed.
Pummel			3.25%	Bashes the enemy with the top of his head.
Forward throw			6%	Punches the enemy forward.
Back throw			11%	Spins twice and tosses the enemy, similar to Mario's back throw.
Up throw			5%	Tosses the enemy straight up into the air.
Down throw			1.5% (hits 1-3), 6% (throw)	Transforms into his ball form and chomps on the grounded enemy.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%
Edge attack Edge getups			7%
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 and other Namco objects for each level of charge, with each object having distinct properties.
	Custom 1	Freaky Fruit	2% (cherry), 3% (strawberry), 5% (orange), 8% (apple), 12% (melon), 8% (Galaxian), 5% (bell), 9% (key)	Each object does less damage but has more erratic behaviour.
	Custom 2	Lazy Fruit	1% (cherry), 3% (strawberry), 5% (orange), 6% (apple), 8% (melon), 2% (Galaxian), 7% (bell), 7% (key)	Each object moves much slower and does less damage.
Side special	Default	Power Pellet	1% (dash), 10% (ending)	A sideways dash of controllable trajectory.
	Custom 1	Distant Power Pellet	1% (dash), 10% (ending)	The dash is faster and the trail is longer.
	Custom 2	Enticing Power Pellet	1% (dash), 10% (ending)	The dash is slower and the trail is shorter.
Up special	Default	Pac-Jump	7% (clean), 6% (mid), 5% (late)	Produces a trampoline to bounce off. Repeated bounces gain more height, but the fourth bounce breaks the trampoline and puts the attempted user into helpless.
	Custom 1	Power Pac-Jump	1.5% (loop), 3% (last)	Pac-Man is launched higher, but the trampoline vanishes instantly.
	Custom 2	Meteor Trampoline	3%, 4%/5% (meteor)	Consecutive jumps decrease in height instead of increasing; the fourth hop is a burying meteor smash.
Down special	Default	Fire Hydrant	9% (drop), 13% (flying), 10% (landing)	Drops a fire hydrant downwards that produces non-damaging water blobs, and can itself deal damage if dropped or smacked into opponents.
	Custom 1	On-Fire Hydrant	6% (drop), 15% (flying), 6% (landing), 6%/4% (flames)	Shoots fire instead of water.
	Custom 2	Dire Hydrant	9% (idle), 9% (drop), 13% (flying), 10% (landing)	Explodes.
Final Smash		Super Pac-Man	15%	Pac-Man becomes enlarged and begins moving about the stage in his ball form, eating opponents and being able to wrap around the screen.

Taunts

• Up - "Namco Roulette" - An up taunt where he summons classic Namco items, characters, and enemies, similar to Bonus Fruit, including those from Galaga, Mappy, Dig Dug, and Xevious.
• Side - Transforms into his ball form and bites on either side of him, making his iconic chomping sound.
• Down - Pac-Man lays down while two ghosts and music notes hover over him.

Trailer

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Alternate costumes

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Pac-Man's regular trophy can be obtained by completing Classic Mode with him and his alternative trophy can be obtained by completing All-Star mode with him.

PAC-MAN

NA: 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.

PAL: 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 (Alt.)

NA: 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!

PAL: 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!

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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 and get six hits with it within 15 seconds.
• The FINAL Final Battle: The player must defeat Pac-Man, alongside Mario, Sonic, and Mega Man.
• Yellow Devils: As Mega Man, the player must defeat a giant Pac-Man and Pikachu, along with 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. Four Kirbies will also try to hinder the players' progress.
• Food Fight: Kirby and King Dedede, both with 100% damage, 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.

Gallery

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

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  Pac-Man's introduction image.

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  Pac-Man's amiibo

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  Pac-Man with the other third party characters, Sonic and Mega Man.

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  Pac-Man with Mario, Sonic, and Mega Man.

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  Pac-Man and Zero Suit Samus.

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  Pac-Man in his classic form that he uses for certain attacks.

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  Namco Roulette with Kirby.

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  Pac-Man using his Final Smash.

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  Pac-Man kicking a Pooka.

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  Pac-Man and Mario on the Pac-Maze stage.

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  Pac-Man's neutral special move, Bonus Fruit.

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  Pac-Man holding a sprite of Mappy.

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  Various sprites that can be summoned with Namco Roulette.

Trivia

• Red, Blue, Yellow (Pac-Man's trailer) is the only newcomer trailer that shows footage of the 3DS version.
• Pac-Man and Shulk are the only two characters in the game without a green palette swap.
• Pac-Man's official artwork is exactly the same as his Pac-Man World 2 artwork, but with more details and the addition of heels to his boots.
• Pac-Man is the first, and only, third-party character whose up special causes him to be in a helpless state.