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Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#31826: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:54:02 AM

The difference between Space Invader and Pac Man is that Pac Man has an actual character and Space Invader has always just been "that arcade game".

EDIT: Wait, we seriously don't have a Space Invader article? Dude, that's criminal. What kind of gamers do you call yourselves?

edited 6th Jan '14 6:54:40 AM by Odd1

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MagcargoMan Hooray! Bubble Party! Since: Oct, 2010
Hooray! Bubble Party!
#31827: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:54:10 AM

People just want him so they can have their Mario/Sonic/Mega Man/Pac-Man match.

[up]Space Invaders

edited 6th Jan '14 6:55:30 AM by MagcargoMan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM
Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#31828: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:55:29 AM

People just want him so they can have their Mario/Sonic/Mega Man/Pac-Man match.
Okay, even as someone who supports Pac Man in Smash, is there seriously anyone who really wants that match?

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Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#31829: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:56:23 AM

[up][up]...And that's bad because...?

I mean, the whole point of the game is basically "What would it be if Mario fought Link?! Or, or Samus?! WHAT IF EVERYONE FOUGHT?"

It's the video game equivalent of when you'd make your toy Spider-Man fight your Power Rangers.

edited 6th Jan '14 6:57:08 AM by Zarek

"We're home, Chewie."
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#31830: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:57:06 AM

Boring is subjective. And there was no explanation to why he was boring. Disregarded until an actual reasoning behind that subjective statement is given.

Pac-Man is not obscure, so that doesn't count. He's very well known.

He's relevant, as has current appearances in media, so that's not much of an argument.

I do like the "there's some other choices I prefer, and here's why" statements. I find those to have some convincing elements to them. Mostly because they're an attempt to convince me why Pac-Man is a bad choice anyway.

[up][up] I'm sure there is. All 4 of them are huge gaming icons. Having a grudge match between them for fun makes sense.

edited 6th Jan '14 6:58:21 AM by Irene

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MagcargoMan Hooray! Bubble Party! Since: Oct, 2010
Hooray! Bubble Party!
#31831: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:57:31 AM

[up][up]Because it's a spur of the moment thing where the novelty will wear off.

[up]His current appearances in media consist of a show barely anyone watches and a crap game based on it.

It'd be like advocating Sonic because of Sonic 06.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:04:54 AM by MagcargoMan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM
Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#31832: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:58:44 AM

The novelty certainly hasn't worn off for four games. Technically five. Ish.

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MagcargoMan Hooray! Bubble Party! Since: Oct, 2010
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#31833: Jan 6th 2014 at 6:59:59 AM

[up]Well I don't play it because I can make Mario fight Link. I play it because I grew up on Nintendo games and I love the gameplay.

Disregarded until an actual reasoning behind that subjective statement is given.

You'd disregard it even if I did explain my reasoning. Like everyone does.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:05:29 AM by MagcargoMan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM
Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#31834: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:04:58 AM

Pac-Man is not obscure, so that doesn't count. He's very well known.
Pac-Man the '80s arcade game is well known. That's about it- Most people are shocked to hear that there were more games after Ms. Pac-Man.

I sure said that!
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#31835: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:05:08 AM

The novelty will never wear off in the end.

But that's because making up scenarios was done since the first game, and no Event Match will cull this. Namely because the Event Matches don't cover every player idea.

[up] But that's my point. People know Pac-Man exist. And others know and may or may not like his latest stuff(I found his show somewhat enjoyable myself). So again, obscurity isn't an issue as I said before.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:07:19 AM by Irene

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TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Craving for fish
#31836: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:07:44 AM

You know, I am probably the only one who has no real character wishlist. Like, I have few characters (likeSimon Belmont and maybe Magnus ), but aside that.

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OdieFromTheOz KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#31837: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:09:31 AM

I want Pac-Man because people get really upset about it and god forbid anyone have any fun.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:10:23 AM by OdieFromTheOz

nyo ho ho
MagcargoMan Hooray! Bubble Party! Since: Oct, 2010
Hooray! Bubble Party!
#31838: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:10:19 AM

[up][up]Mine is more of a half wishlist/half prediction thing.

It has both characters I want (Bowser Jr, Captain Syrup) and characters that are likely (Little Mac, Isacc).

People know Pac-Man exist.

An argument that could be applied to a lot of characters.

[down]THIS!

edited 6th Jan '14 7:13:00 AM by MagcargoMan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM
Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#31839: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:11:18 AM

[up]x4 And I'm saying you're basing Pac-Man's inclusion on two arcade games from thirty years ago. Sonic and Snake are still very active and Mega Man's been an on-going series for ages and plenty of people are clamoring for more even as it gets Screwed by the Network. No one really cares about anything Pac-Man does anymore, because modern Pac-Man is a C-lister at best.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:11:36 AM by Pulse

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#31840: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:20:59 AM

...That really doesn't change my points.

He's relevant(multiple game appearances, a show), he's well known(does it really matter which version they know of? The character Pac-Man is not obscure or unpopular in the long run. All of his versions more or less blend together, save perhaps his Pac-Man 2 version at best. He can move, jump, eat pellets. His basic premise is more or less kept among most of the series and media), he has great potential for uniqueness. I'm not sure what the problem is. He could possibly get in. Which is entirely my point. He has a possibility of getting in and nothing more.

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KSoniK Since: Jan, 2015
#31841: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:21:10 AM

[up][up]Which doesn't mean that Pac-Man has "no chance" as assumed by the person whom I quoted.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:21:28 AM by KSoniK

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#31842: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:21:29 AM

You realize that the 30 year old arcade game is not the only time that game has been made, right? It's been endlessly remade and rereleased since then.

beorc Ridley and Ridley from hither and yon Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: I know
Ridley and Ridley
#31843: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:21:55 AM

How about the fact that Pac-Man is not only Namco's most well-known character, but also their single best-selling video game franchise?

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CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#31844: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:24:02 AM

Honestly, making new renders of characters would just be a waste of resources that they could instead use to make the actual gameplay better or stages more detailed or etc

So seriously, you think the Ice Climbers should be 8-bit? :L

Wait, we seriously don't have a Space Invader article? Dude, that's criminal. What kind of gamers do you call yourselves?

Indeed we do. But official policy is no mainspace redirects. Which isn't really well enforced, but...

edited 6th Jan '14 7:27:52 AM by CassidyTheDevil

OdieFromTheOz KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#31845: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:26:58 AM

Yes.

nyo ho ho
MagcargoMan Hooray! Bubble Party! Since: Oct, 2010
Hooray! Bubble Party!
#31846: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:27:18 AM

It's been endlessly remade and rereleased since then.

And yet Ice Climbers having a GBA port, several Virtual Console releases and remixed versions of their game in NES Remix apparently don't count towards them...

[up]They already did in their Melee Trophy.

edited 6th Jan '14 7:28:04 AM by MagcargoMan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM
TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Craving for fish
#31847: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:29:15 AM

So seriously, you think the Ice Climbers should be 8-bit? :L

Where did you got that idea from? We were discussing about trophies. You know, stuff what don't appear in gameplay? And especially if the thing in the trophy doesn't appear in the game.

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OdieFromTheOz KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#31848: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:29:59 AM

[up][up]Not enough.

nyo ho ho
MagcargoMan Hooray! Bubble Party! Since: Oct, 2010
Hooray! Bubble Party!
#31849: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:30:50 AM

[up]Except people act like those didn't even happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM
ABRICK Hiding a box of scraps from IN A CAVE! Since: Jul, 2010
Hiding a box of scraps
#31850: Jan 6th 2014 at 7:40:11 AM

"Who wants Pac Man in Smash?" Miyamoto would. Pac Man has been stated to be his fave video game character.

A good writer puts in a lot of details in there story. But a great one gets a story from a single detail.

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