Pac-Pix is a puzzle developed by Namco, released 10 March 2005 on Nintendo DS.
What Pac-Pix is
Pac-Pix is a puzzle game developed by Namco and released in 2005. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mischievous magician, known for playing pranks on poor unsuspecting folks, created something known as "Ghost Ink," a fluid that pretty much turns any drawing into evil and vicious ghost monsters. Any ghost created with the ink ends up just as mischievous as the magician. Ink ghosts have invaded books and paintings, causing trouble within those realms, and now it's up to Pac-Man to wipe out the ghost problem by using the "Ghost Pen," a device that allows him to enter the infested books and paintings to clear out the bad guys. Pac-Pix is a game tailored specifically for the Nintendo DS' system capabilities. By drawing Pac-Man characters in a specific fashion (the mouth first, then the…
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Pac-Pix holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Pac-Pix launched on 10 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening.
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