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Pac-Man 99 is taking the pellet munching icon into Battle Royale

In a random move, Nintendo have announced that Pac-Man is back in Pac-Man 99, an all new battle royale game from Bandai Namco, that is exclusive to Nintendo Switch Online members and follows the trend of Tetris 99, check out the trailer below.

This is not your average Pac-Man, there is more than just eating all the pellets, check out some of the elements below.

  • Eat a Power Pellets to turn the ghosts blue and make them vulnerable. Eat them to send Jammer Pac-Man to your opponents! The more ghosts you eat, the more Jammers you'll send!

  • Eat a Ghost Train for a huge comeback!

  • Gain the upper hand by switching between eight different pre-set strategies: speed up, send extra Jammers, and more. Switching at just the right moment could give you an edge over your rivals!

Finally, there are themes that you can buy, or a deluxe pack to get you all of them, there are 20, as well as offline modes and more.

The game will be available to download later today, but won’t be playable until tomorrow.