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Pac-Man Party

Pac-Man Party
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North American Boxart
Developer(s) Namco Bandai Games Namco Networks
Publisher(s) Namco
Director(s) Daisuke Ichihara
Producer(s) Yasuhiro Minamimoto
Designer(s) Hirokazu Yasuhara
Platform(s) Wii
Nintendo 3DS
Windows Phone 7
Release Wii
  • NA: November 16, 2010
  • AU: December 2, 2010
  • EU: November 26, 2010
  • JP: December 16, 2010
Nintendo 3DS
  • NA: November 8, 2011
  • AU: February 9, 2012
  • EU: February 10, 2012
  • JP: March 22, 2012
Genre(s) Party game
Mode(s) Single-player

Pac-Man Party is a party game by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii and Nintendo 3DS and a replacement for the cancelled Pac-Man Carnival. It is similar to the Mario Party series and Monopoly games for the Wii. In the game's story mode, players must retrieve a stolen cookie recipe from Pac-Man's enemies Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde by going to a location called Mirage Oasis and return the recipe to its rightful owner, Mr. Cookie.

The game was released to coincide with Pac-Man's 30th anniversary. A scaled-down version was also released for Windows Phone.

The game includes a story mode known as "Mr. Cookie's Recipe". It also has a party mode for up to four players. It also has over 50 minigames, which when played, allows players to unlock bonus content. It also has a "Classic Games" mode where players can play 50 classic Namco arcade games such as Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Mappy and Dig Dug. The 3DS version of the game allows players to do link-up 4 player with only one cartridge. The Wii version has two extra boards that the 3DS version does not have. A scaled-down version on Windows Phone has 2D graphics and contains 10 mini games. It lacks the "Classic Games" mode that the Wii and 3DS versions have but all three of the games from that mode have been released on Windows Phone as separate titles.

In the game all players start at Mr. Cookie's factory with 1000 cookies. The main object is to collect a number of cookies and get to the cookie factory to win. When a player goes to an empty space or an empty castle, the player can build a castle or claim it. When players go to their own castle they receive cookies (depending on the level). A player landing on an opponent's castle will battle in a minigame (attack and defense). If the attacking player wins, the player takes the opponent's castle. If the defending player wins, the attack player/players lose the number of cookies (depending on the castle's level). If a player lands on a Millionaire Manor, something good may happen. If a player lands on a Tarot Tent, something bad may happen. If a player lands on Dr. Labo's Lab, the player might go to a different space. Should the player pass an exclamation point (!) space enough times, and something major will happen, and then the player will play a boss minigame. The player can then return to the cookie factory to get a cookie bonus along with a castle bonus for each castle gained.


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