From switch to heaven
The point is that Pac Man He is one of those characters that have been covered in every imaginable way. From the original arcade to 3D revisions or platforms that many times have not done justice to the trajectory and prestige of the protagonist. And if there is a universal truth surrounding this franchise, it is that the more the new releases resemble the first of all, the more gamers like them.
And that was the case Pac Man 99a title launched in the image and likeness of the classic of a lifetime but to which they added an online element where we must face another 98 players. A pitched battle to survive the ghosts where the last one to survive ends up winning. Such a battle royale (Save for distances, of course) that you can play completely free within Nintendo Switch Online, the Japanese service where we find titles from NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Mega Drive, etc. at the same time.
Well, the good news doesn’t seem like it will last a lifetime and, unfortunately, Pac Man 99 will cease to be part of the serviceas both Namco Bandai and Nintendo itself have announced through a statement.
Don’t worry, you have months ahead.
If you have played with Pac Man 99 you will know what its development is, which is even more fun than the original due to the competitive component of the games between so many opponents, so if you want to enjoy them write down the date they have set on the calendar for the final goodbye: It will be from October 8 when we stop having it available and free within Nintendo Switch Online.
But although that will be the immovable date, there are two others that will mark the entire process of abandoning that showcase where we can play it now. Thus, on August 8, two months earlier, Pac Man 99 will remove custom themes that we can purchase shaped like boards, and on September 8 the same thing will happen with the Deluxe Pack and the DLCs of Mode Unlock.
If you have bought any of these items, you should know that in the case of offline modes they will continue to work for you beyond October 8, so you can continue enjoying Pac Man 99 but without the competitive ingredient on-line. What Namco Bandai must tell us between now and the day of its departure from the eShop is if there will be any payment alternative or the deactivation of the servers will be total and irreversible. Which, if so, would be bad news for those who since 2021 have been devoted body and soul to one of the most devilishly fun releases in the world.
Haven’t you tried it? Well, enter your Switch now and, if you have the paid online service, Download it to find out what we’re talking about.
