{"id":125211,"date":"2022-05-27T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132138"},"modified":"2022-05-27T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:30:00","slug":"pac-mans-family-all-have-very-different-names-in-pac-man-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/27\/pac-mans-family-all-have-very-different-names-in-pac-man-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Pac-Man&#8217;s Family All Have VERY Different Names In Pac-Man Museum+"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32ff83a4f1887\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32ff83a4f1887\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32ff83a4f1887\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Zm7V4YMuOvw\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The second compilation of the yellow puck&#8217;s games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pac-man_museumplus\">Pac-Man Museum+<\/a>, is out today on Switch (and other consoles!), and this collection of 14 of Pac-Man&#8217;s very best games is out there looking to celebrate one of gaming&#8217;s oldest icons. You&#8217;ll get to see him with legs, without legs \u2014 the lot!<\/p>\n<p>The collection comes at the end of Pac-Man&#8217;s 42nd birthday celebrations, and there&#8217;s plenty to celebrate &#8211;including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/check-out-the-new-official-pac-man-theme-song\">a brand new theme song<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/fortnite-and-pac-man-collaboration-launches-in-june\">collaboration with Fortnite<\/a> \u2014 but fans have been spotting something a bit <em>off<\/em> in this compilation that threatens to spoil the party.<\/p>\n<p>In Pac-Man Museum+, you can play all 14 games inside an in-game arcade. Every arcade machine is loaded up with missions that give you coins to unlock all sorts of decorative items for your arcade. It&#8217;s a really neat little way of paying homage to Pack-Man&#8217;s legacy, and we love the novelty of it, especially the old (and best) Bandai logo on the machines. One of the things you can unlock are little gachapon figures \u2014 the popular capsule toys that you get out of machines \u2014 and many of these are replicas of famous Pac-Man characters. Albeit, a few have taken on a brand new identity, as spotted by <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyPacMan\">@DailyPacMan<\/a> on Twitter:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pac-Man Museum+ not only introduces Pac-Mom in place of Ms. Pac-Man, but other members of Pac-Man&#8217;s family have been subject to the following name changes as well:<\/p>\n<p>Pac-Jr. \u2192 Pac-Boy<br \/>Pac-Baby \u2192 Pac-Sis<br \/>Chomp Chomp \u2192 Pac-Buddy<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Professor Pac remains unchanged. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ap3ds9F7YY\">pic.twitter.com\/Ap3ds9F7YY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Daily Pac-Man (@DailyPacMan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyPacMan\/status\/1529839787841970177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sorry, who is Pac-Boy? <em>Pac-Buddy!?<\/em> Has someone kidnapped Pac-Man&#8217;s family? Did Pac-Man remarry?<\/p>\n<p>No, no he didn&#8217;t. This is yet another chapter in the chronicles of Pac-Man&#8217;s legal woes that date way back to the &#8217;80s, and it all kicked off with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/ms_pac-man\">Ms. Pac-Man<\/a>. We covered Ms. Pac-Man&#8217;s legal woes at length back when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/arcade_archives_pac-land\">Pac-Land<\/a> launched on Switch as part of the Arcade Archives collection. But in more recent times, plug-and-play company AtGames reached a deal with GCC \u2014 the creators of Crazy Otto and, eventually, Ms. Pac-Man (under Midway&#8217;s supervision).<\/p>\n<p>While many thought the dispute was over, the release of Pac-Land and Pac-Man Museum+ seems to indicate otherwise. In Pac-Land, Ms. Pac-Man had a totally different hairstyle, and Baby Pac-Man also got a similar, brand-new look. Pac-Man Museum+ has done something similar, giving this new Ms. Pac-Man \u2014 called Pac-Mom \u2014 a hat in some appearances.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30d1\u30c3\u30af\u30de\u30f3\u30df\u30e5\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u30e0+ \u3084\u306f\u308a\u5927\u4eba\u306e\u4e8b\u60c5\u3067\u3042\u3061\u3053\u3061\u5ac1\u3055\u3093\u304c\u65b0\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u300c\u30d1\u30c3\u30af\u30de\u30e0\u300d\u306b\u6b74\u53f2\u6539\u5909\u3055\u308c\u3066\u308b\u3000\u306d\u3048\u2026\u8ab0\u306a\u306e\uff1f\u6016\u3044\u3088\u3049\u30c3\uff01\uff01\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pacmanmuseum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pacmanmuseum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCVMnbPTW8\">pic.twitter.com\/iCVMnbPTW8<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \u305f\u307e\u306d\u3053\ud83d\udc1f (@stama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stama\/status\/1529505268408537088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Given that Baby Pac-Man is also in Pac-Land, she&#8217;s now got a brand new name too \u2014 Pac-Sis. Don&#8217;t worry, her brother \u2014 Pac-Jr., uh, we mean Pac-Boy \u2014 is also here, otherwise that would be a bit weird. And, we&#8217;re sorry, Chomp Chomp is a <em>much<\/em> better name than Pac-Buddy. He&#8217;s not even round or yellow! The only character who seems to have escaped the name change is Professor Pac<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230; except for one instance of a certain character. In this version of <strong>Pac-Man Arrangement 2005<\/strong> (or Arrangement &#8217;05), there&#8217;s a familiar eye-lashed, pink bow-wearing friend in the game&#8217;s credits. Oops&#8230; someone&#8217;s obviously snacked on a power pellet behind people&#8217;s backs.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">UHHHHH <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iFoXeW4yZh\">pic.twitter.com\/iFoXeW4yZh<\/a><\/span>\u2014 KuraGyara (@KuraGyara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KuraGyara\/status\/1529982748600856576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Previous releases of Arrangement &#8217;05 have removed the credits from the game entirely. It&#8217;s not clear what Bandai Namco will do with the credits, but considering every other appearance of Ms. Pac-Man has been altered, it&#8217;s hard to think that this will go ignored. Even if it was missed the first time.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a real shame, as Ms. Pac-Man and the rest of Pac-Man&#8217;s family have all had some iconic appearances throughout the series. But it&#8217;s likely we&#8217;ll never get to see them again.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re playing Pac-Man Museum+, let us know if you&#8217;ve spotted any other changes in the game!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The second compilation of the yellow puck&#8217;s games, Pac-Man Museum+, is out today on Switch (and other consoles!), and this collection of 14 of Pac-Man&#8217;s very best games is out there looking to celebrate one of gaming&#8217;s oldest icons. 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