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Pac-Man World's ending has been noted for containing darker humor compared to the game's otherwise lighthearted tone. The game's antagonist Toc-Man, the robot impostor who kidnapped Pac-Man's family, is revealed to be Orson, a tearful grey ghost who just wanted to be as famous as Pac-Man, who responds to this by pretending to show sympathy before eating him. According to the game's designer, Scott Rogers, his reasoning for this tonal shift was:
Rogers also noted that they wanted to have Pac-Man respond to Orson's cry of "nobody loves a ghost!" with "I do!" (in the sense of loving to eat a ghost), but this was scrapped alongside Pac-Man's voice as a whole.
Pac-Man World: Re-Pac amends this divisive ending by designating it as a bad ending and adding a new good ending. If the player fails to rescue Pac-Man's family, the ending plays out as it did in the original game, with an added scene where Orson's ghost minions choose to rescue Pac-Man's family themselves, but if the player successfully rescues Pac-Man's family, he opts to forgive Orson.
"If someone terrorized, kidnapped, and imprisoned your friends and family, you'd probably want to eat them too."
Rogers also noted that they wanted to have Pac-Man respond to Orson's cry of "nobody loves a ghost!" with "I do!" (in the sense of loving to eat a ghost), but this was scrapped alongside Pac-Man's voice as a whole.
Pac-Man World: Re-Pac amends this divisive ending by designating it as a bad ending and adding a new good ending. If the player fails to rescue Pac-Man's family, the ending plays out as it did in the original game, with an added scene where Orson's ghost minions choose to rescue Pac-Man's family themselves, but if the player successfully rescues Pac-Man's family, he opts to forgive Orson.
Twitter thread interview with Scott Rogers:
https://twitter.com/DailyPacMan/status/1548088755763888129
Pac-Man World cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8bA-6QNh4
Both Pac-Man World Re-Pac endings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPHuphqr7o#t=389
https://twitter.com/DailyPacMan/status/1548088755763888129
Pac-Man World cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8bA-6QNh4
Both Pac-Man World Re-Pac endings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPHuphqr7o#t=389
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Pac-Mom first appeared in the Arcade Archives release of Pac-Land through graphical modification to the original ROM, and would then be named for the first time in Pac-Man Museum+ alongside modifications to other games that originally featured Ms. Pac-Man such as Pac-in-Time, and would appear again in Pac-Man World: Re-Pac in place of Ms. Pac-Man.
Ms. Pac-Man's final appearance in an original title would be on the Pac-Land stage in 2018's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Lawsuit articles:
https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/26/20886032/ms-pac-man-lawsuit-bandai-namco-atgames-rights-royalties
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bandai-namco-atgames-resolve-legal-dispute
Pac-Mom article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/pac-man-world-remake-replaces-ms-pac-man-with-pac-mom
Pac-Master's Wife/Ms. Pac-Man's mom in Pac 'N Roll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SatrSV4EMW0#t=72
https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/26/20886032/ms-pac-man-lawsuit-bandai-namco-atgames-rights-royalties
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bandai-namco-atgames-resolve-legal-dispute
Pac-Mom article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/pac-man-world-remake-replaces-ms-pac-man-with-pac-mom
Pac-Master's Wife/Ms. Pac-Man's mom in Pac 'N Roll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SatrSV4EMW0#t=72
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The model for Pac-Man when walking around the Museum Hub contains 8 different face models. Only 3 of these are used in the final game, with another 3 appearing to be placeholders, and the last 2 resembling the hurt and dying animations from Pac-Man World. In addition, an unused idle animation used in Pac-Man World can be found in the game’s files, depicting Pac-Man juggling and then eating pellets. These would later be utilized in the 2022 remake Pac-Man World Re-Pac.
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_Museum%2B#Unused_models
Pac-Man model tweet:
https://www.twitter.com/prismcreates/status/1530005907756748800
https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_Museum%2B#Unused_models
Pac-Man model tweet:
https://www.twitter.com/prismcreates/status/1530005907756748800
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Pac-Man's idle animations when controlling him in the arcade are direct recreations of his idle animations from Pac-Man World. These would later be utilized in the 2022 remake Pac-Man World Re-Pac.
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