Pac-Man Monsters (パックマン•モンスターズ Pakkuman Monsutāzu) is a mobile game based on the Pac-Man series; it was developed by GREE, Inc. and released on March 31, 2014. The game ceased operations on March 9, 2015[2] and is currently unplayable in any form.
Story[]
Pac-People, Ghosts, and other Monsters once lived in harmony in Pac Land. One day, however, a dark world launched an invasion of Pac Land, robbing the nation of all its food and treasure. Galvanized by the sight of seeing his friends get hurt, and by the loss of the food, Pac-Man resolves to get the stolen goods back. Thus, Pac-Man rallies his friends together and embarks on a long journey.
Gameplay[]
Pac-Man Monsters combines both Puzzle and RPG elements, similar to the Puzzle & Dragons series. The top and bottom of the screen are split; the actions you perform on the bottom playfield affect the characters at the top.
At the bottom, the player swipes their finger across the colored panels. Pac-Man will eat the panels in the direction the player drew the line in. If one of the player's team Monsters is the same color as the eaten panel, they will attack the opponent. More damage will be dealt depending on the amount of each color eaten in a row. Each area is cleared when all enemies have been defeated.
The player's Monster team shares one giant HP bar. If damaged is inflicted on them they will lose HP - but it can be recovered by eating Fruit.
Sometimes Ghosts will appear on the bottom playfield. The panels they are covering cannot be eaten unless the player runs over a Power Pellet, which will allow Pac-Man to eat the ghosts. Eating ghosts will give your monsters Pac-Man Fever, and strengthen their attacks.
Characters[]
Monsters[]
- Main article: List of Monsters in Pac-Man Monsters
The Monsters are characters enlisted into battle by the player. When certain monsters hit their max level, they can evolve into stronger monsters by combining Evolution Seeds.
Other Characters[]
- Pac-Man
- Patra
- Idol Pac (also appears as a Monster, but acts as a tutorial guide)
- Summon Fairy
Worlds[]
- Pac-Town
- Berrylars Flats
- Splash Court
- Broccol Woods
- Tapas Plains
- Conpop Cave
- Rockmeetle Path
- Kraegarash Forest
- Isherbe Lakefront
- Vegeble Fields
- Whip Mountain
- Rainfish Hills
- Chocoral Canyon
- Midnight Halloween
- Lair of Fire
- Lair of Water
- Lair of Trees
- Lair of Light
- Kingdom of Darkness
Special Quests[]
- Monday: Dark Maze
- Tuesday: Fire Maze
- Wednesday: Water Maze
- Thursday: Tree Maze
- Friday: Light Maze
- Saturday: Special Money Quest
- Sunday: Special Money Quest
- Special: Cait Sith Active
- Event: Pac-Man vs. Galaga
- Event: Welcome to Pac-Land
- Event: Sleipnir's Den
- Event: Pac-Man Kart Grand Prix
- Event: Uisge's Den
- Event: Pac-Man vs. Samurai
- Event: Hell's Gate
Trivia[]
- Pac-Man Monsters regularly featured events based off of other Namco arcade games, adding new areas and monsters. This included events based on The Tower of Druaga, Galaga, Rally-X, Genpei Tōma Den, Dragon Buster, and Dragon Spirit; as well as other Pac-Man titles such as Pac-Land. One of the game's Monsters was also based off of Rick from Splatterhouse.
- There were two spelling errors on the game's closing message. The words "an" and "time" were misspelled as "and" and "tine" respectively.[3]
- Most of the game's music is taken from Pac 'n Roll, Pac-Pix, Pac-Man Tilt, and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX.
- Music from Galaga '88 played when fighting Boss Alien.
An image that appears to be concept art for battles.
- Music from Galaga '88 played when fighting Boss Alien.
- Within the game's files is an image that appears to be early concept art for the game. There are several notable differences between the image and the final game.
- The image shows only a battle taking place; the puzzle portion of the game is noticeably absent.
- Blinky, Snow Ghost, Fire Pac, Knight of Skeleton, and Funny Golvis all use different designs than the ones they have in the final game. Most notably, the colors used for Funny Golvis reflect his original design in Pac 'n Roll.
- Blinky is depicted as a Darkness monster, and Rose Fairy is depicted as a Light monster. In the final game, they are classified as a Fire monster and a Tree monster respectively.
- Bearserk, Idmon, and the Ghost Witch of Netor are all depicted as collectable Monsters. These three characters do not appear in the final game.
- In addition, the image also depicts an original monster that seems to have been scrapped from the game entirely. They were planned to be a Tree monster.
Gallery[]
For this page's full gallery, see Pac-Man Monsters/Gallery.
