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As the title suggests, Pac-Man has a new "Pal" in the game, a green character (who coincidentally resembles Lala from the [[Eggerland|Adventure of Lolo series]]) named Miru (or Mil) who wanders about the maze along with Pac-Man and the ghosts. But this so-called Pal has some behaviors that can easily become a source of frustration for Pac-Man. When Pac-Man flips a card in order to open the gates that lead to fruit or an item, Miru heads toward it and tries to collect it. If Pac-Man does not get to Miru before she deposits the item in the ghost pen, the item is gone forever. This can lead players to question exactly what kind of pal Miru is. Miru is intended to be depicted as an absent-minded, yet well intentioned friend of Pac-Man whose hoarding instinct is not meant to get in Pac-Man's way. | As the title suggests, Pac-Man has a new "Pal" in the game, a green character (who coincidentally resembles Lala from the [[Eggerland|Adventure of Lolo series]]) named Miru (or Mil) who wanders about the maze along with Pac-Man and the ghosts. But this so-called Pal has some behaviors that can easily become a source of frustration for Pac-Man. When Pac-Man flips a card in order to open the gates that lead to fruit or an item, Miru heads toward it and tries to collect it. If Pac-Man does not get to Miru before she deposits the item in the ghost pen, the item is gone forever. This can lead players to question exactly what kind of pal Miru is. Miru is intended to be depicted as an absent-minded, yet well intentioned friend of Pac-Man whose hoarding instinct is not meant to get in Pac-Man's way. | ||
This game was only officially released in Japan, but a variant of the arcade program looks as though Namco may have intended to release the game outside of Japan under the title ''Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp''. In this variation, Miru is altered to resemble Pac-Man's dog from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. As a dog, Chomp Chomp seems a little more suited for the role of someone who absent-mindedly gathers items in one place (such as in a freshly dug hole in the back yard.) However, this version was never officially released. | This game was only officially released in Japan, but a variant of the arcade program looks as though Namco may have intended to release the game outside of Japan under the title ''Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp''. In this variation, Miru is altered to resemble Pac-Man's dog from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. As a dog, Chomp Chomp seems a little more suited for the role of someone who absent-mindedly gathers items in one place (such as in a freshly dug hole in the back yard.) However, this version was never officially released. The game was rereleased as part of Volume 3 of the Namco History Collection for Windows 95 in Japan. In 2006, the original version of the game appeared on Jakks Pacific's Super Pac-Man TV game. | ||
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