Pac-Man 99, a brand new battle royale sport set within the Pac-Man universe, has been introduced for Nintendo Switch. The sport will probably be out there on April 7, 6pm PST (April 8, 6:30am IST) free-of-cost for Nintendo Switch Online members. Being a battle royale sport, the idea is self-explanatory however with some key variations. There are power-ups, individual-yet-simultaneous video games, concentrating on choices, and extra. Pac-Man 99, revealed by Bandai Namco, has paid DLC packs as nicely that will probably be out there at launch.
Nintendo of America tweeted on Wednesday that Pac-Man 99 will probably be launched for Nintendo Switch Online members on April 7, 6pm PST (April 8, 6:30am IST). The battle royale sport does issues a little bit otherwise because the 99 gamers who go up towards one another will not be in the identical maze or match however are enjoying their very own particular person matches similtaneously you — like Tetris 99. The final Pac-Man standing wins.
As is typical with Pac-Man video games, it’s a must to gather dots and keep away from the ghosts. There are power-ups that may permit you to eat the ghosts for a restricted period of time. But in Pac-Man 99, the ghosts that you just eat will probably be despatched to a different participant’s sport as a Jammer Pac-Man, making issues harder for them. One of the methods defined within the video shared within the tweet includes “sleeping ghosts” that enable gamers to ship a swarm of ghosts to different gamers’ video games.
Additionally, there are 4 power-ups in Pac-Man 99 together with velocity, energy, commonplace, and prepare. The 4 concentrating on choices embody random, hunter, knockout, and counter which permit gamers to focus on sure opponents with the ghost swarm.
Pac-Man 99 is a free-to-play sport and could be pre-loaded proper now from the Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo Switch as the sport will launch tomorrow morning in India. Unfortunately, Nintendo eShop just isn’t out there in India but. To entry the net retailer in India, you have to to arrange an account with a US handle.
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