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Pac 'n Roll
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Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
SeriesPac-Man
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: July 28, 2005
  • NA: August 16, 2005
  • EU: October 28, 2005
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Pac 'n Roll[lower-alpha 1] is a video game developed by Namco for the Nintendo DS. It stars a 3D Pac-Man as the user rolls him through the playing field using the touchscreen. The classic arcade Pac-Man game is also unlockable. It was later released for the Wii on the Namco Museum Remix and Namco Museum Megamix compilation games.

Plot[]

Once when Pac-Man was still young, he spent a summer at the home of the great Pac-Master for training to fight the ghosts in Pac-Land. During Pac-Man's training, Pac-Master's family went to the Power Pellet Harvest Festival with Pac-Man. The Ghosts (possibly young too) decided to summon the legendary ghost, Golvis. He was said to be so strong that he was sent to space by the ghosts themselves. Castle Pac were celebrating the large crop of power pellets gathered, when the Harvest Festival was suddenly disturbed by a UFO from which Golvis comes. In an attempt to save the Pacs, Pac-Master chomped on a power pellet. But while the other ghosts turned blue, Golvis remained his normal colour with only the end of his tail blue. Golvis and his sentient guitar sidekick (named Jack) turned the Pac-People into spheres (they are the same just without arms or legs), and kidnaps them all. With the help of Pac-Land's guardian fairy, Krystal, Pac-Man managed to escape before getting kidnapped. This explains why Golvis' guitar is always out of tune because he was using it to smash Pac-Man into the ground.

Now with the help of Krystal, Pac-Man (who has been put under Golvis' sphere curse) must save Pac-Master's family from the evil Golvis and Ghosts, and their evil plot to turn Pac-Land into Ghost-Land.

Release[]

Pac 'n Roll was re-released on to the Wii in 2007 as part of Namco Museum Remix; it is renamed Pac 'n Roll Remix and instead of the controls using the touch screen, it uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.[1] The story is also removed from this version of the game and the DS version's "Ghost Land" world is replaced with a Wii-exclusive "Golvis's Hideout" world. The Wii version's final boss is also different from the DS version's final boss. This version also doesn't include collectable gems, time trials, challenge stages, the "Pac-Moon" world, or the original Pac-Man. In North America, this version was also re-released again in 2010 as part of Namco Museum Megamix, also for Wii.[2] This version is set to be included in Pac-Man Museum +, scheduled to release on May 27, 2022.

Reception[]

Pac 'n Roll received mixed reviews. In Japan, it sold 15,268 copies by the end of 2005.[9]

Notes[]

  1. Japanese: パックンロール, Hepburn: Pakku n Rōru

References[]

  1. Aaron, Sean (12 July 2009). "Namco Museum Remix Review (Wii)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019. {{cite web}}:
  2. IGN Staff (16 November 2010). "Namco Museum Megamix Now Available for Wii". IGN. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019. {{cite web}}:
  3. "Pac 'n Roll for DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2021. {{cite web}}:
  4. Bettenhausen, Shane (August 30, 2008). "Pac 'N Roll Review". 1UP.com. IGN. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2021. {{cite web}}:
  5. Walker, John (October 19, 2005). "Pac 'n Roll". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2021. {{cite web}}: ; January 21, 2021
  6. "パックンロール (DS)". Famitsu . Kadokawa Corporation. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021. {{cite web}}:
  7. Colayco, Bob (August 22, 2005). "Pac 'n Roll Review for DS". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2021. {{cite web}}:
  8. Harris, Craig (August 22, 2005). "Pac 'n Roll". IGN. Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2021. {{cite web}}:
  9. "Game Search (based on Famitsu data)". Game Data Library. March 1, 2020. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020. {{cite web}}:

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