Pac-Man


 * For fighter info, see Pac-Man (SSBWU/3DS).

Pac-Man (パックマン,Pakkuman) is Namco Bandai's mascot and the protagonist of the Pac-Man series of games. Pac-Man is one of the most recognizable video game characters in the world, and he is the 3rd third-party character announced in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. Pac-Man is also the 4th third party character announced to join the Super Smash Bros. series after Solid Snake, Sonic and Mega Man.

Character Description
Pac-Man was created by Tōru Iwatani when he ordered a pizza. When the first quarter of the pizza was cut out, it looked similar to a head with its mouth open. This is what inspired him to create the character that was originally Puck-Man, named after the Japanese phrase "paku paku", an ontomontopeia for the sound of eating. However, that name was never used for fear of American kids defacing the arcade machines and causing an obscenity, by changing the "p" to an "f". The name was re-translated as Pac-Man instead, eventually becoming his official name in all regions. Pac-Man became very popular in Japan and in the United States of America, making him a legendary video game icon.

Pac-Man has little to no dialogue in most of his games, mostly only making sound effects when being injured. However, certain games have given him a voice, such as Martin T. Sherman in Pac-Man World 3, Debi Derryberry in Pac-Man Party and Street Fighter X Tekken, and Erica Mendez in the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures game. In the two Pac-Man cartoon shows, he had two voice actors; in the 1982 cartoon he was voiced by Marty Ingels, and in the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures cartoon he is voiced by Erin Mathews.

Pac-Man's origin has never been revealed in terms of his series' canon. The only known things about him is that Pac-Man is much like Kirby in that one of his favorite things is eating, and that he is also a Father to Pac-Man Jr. and Husband to Ms. Pac-Man. He is also fittingly enough very good at mazes, in which he is usually trapped when encountering Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde who range from being arch rivals to Pac-Man, to being close friends with him.

Abilities
Pac-Man has many natural abilities such as his Butt-Bounce, Pac-Punches, Rev Roll, Flip Kick, and Pac Dot Shooting. He is one of the only three Pac-People that can eat the Power Pellets, which give him the ability to eat ghosts and fly. Pac-Man also has a variety of power ups he can collect, such as the aforementioned Power Pellet, and others including Steel Pellet, Shrink Pellet, and the Electro Shot Power Pellet. There are also many Power Berries that turn him into Ice Pac, Fire Pac, Granite Pac, Rubber Pac, Chameleon Pac, Titanium Pac, Balloon Pac, and Spin Pac.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Main Article: Pac-Man (SSBWU/3DS) Pac-Man is confirmed as a new fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. He appears in his original character design, and makes several call-backs in his move set to other classic Namco arcade games such as Mappy and Galaxian.

Trivia
Link made appearance in Namco's SoulCalibur II for GameCube and Pac-Man did it in Capcom's Street Fighter X Tekken for PS3.
 * Pac-Man, along with Link, Mega Man, Snake, Sonic and Donkey Kong are the only characters to be playable in a different fighting game other than the Super Smash Bros. series. Pac-Man appears as a playable fighter in the PlayStation version of Street Fighter X Tekken (Controlling the mecha-Mokujin).
 * Coincidentally, he, along with Link are two characters, who have appeared in fighting game, which wasn't created by their company;
 * Pac-Man's appearance has been redesigned in Pac-Man Party, but the model chosen for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U is his original character design from an original Japanese artwork.
 * Pac-Man, alongside with Mario, Donkey Kong, and Snake are the only characters to have appearance on MSX.