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Namco Essentials: Pac-Man Vs.
January 25, 2018 Pete Davison	3 Comments
One of the most interesting inclusions in the Nintendo Switch release of Namco Museum is Pac-Man Vs.
Originally released for GameCube in 2003, it's an unusual title for Namco in that it wasn't developed in-house as an arcade game; rather, it was designed by the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto and developed by Nintendo specifically for the GameCube, which perhaps explains why we haven't seen it rereleased for anything other than Nintendo DS (via that platform's own Namco Museum release) and, most recently at the time of writing, Switch.
It's also noteworthy as one of the first examples of asymmetric multiplayer gameplay, which makes the fact it never got a release on Wii U somewhat baffling. But, well, it's a bit late for that now!
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Essentials, Switch
Switch Essentials: Namco Museum
January 4, 2018 Pete Davison	4 Comments
Interestingly, for a shiny modern piece of technology, one of the most appealing things about Nintendo's Switch is the amount of retro gaming funtimes that can be had on the platform.
While at the time of writing the system is yet to launch a Virtual Console service similar to that found on its two predecessors the Wii and the Wii U, some of the disappointment over this is mitigated by the fact that the Switch eShop plays host to a wide variety of excellent arcade ports, including a number of wonderfully enjoyable (and monstrously difficult) Neo Geo games as well as the bundle package we're concerned with here today.
Namco Museum is a compilation of 10 classic arcade titles from Namco that roughly correspond to the 8- and 16-bit eras of home video gaming, plus a new version of 2003's Pac-Man Vs., which originally appeared on the Gamecube as a game that made use of the Game Boy Advance link cable for dual-screen asymmetrical multiplayer. There's something here for everyone to enjoy!
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