Is Pac-Man 99 is worth your time, especially if you`re mourning Mario
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Glad that Mario died for this. You`d be hard-pressed to find a round yellow man more popular than Pac-Man. Making his debut in 1980 in arcades, Pac-Man received widespread critical and commercial success, solidifying its titular character as a cultural icon ever since. The world came down with Pac-Man fever, and the only cure was more Pac-Man. Of course, the videogame landscape has dramatically changed since Pac-Man`s heyday. So how does a 40-year-old videogame icon bring in a new audience? By turning into a battle royale, of course. The battle royale-ification of videogames continues with Pac-Man 99, the latest in the series of unique battle royale style games found exclusively on the Nintendo Switch by way of their Nintendo Online Service. Like Tetris 99 and the dearly departed Mario 35, Pac-Man 99 follows the same established formula, but is it worth your time and is it actually as free as it claims? Pac-Man 99 captures the `one more game` spirit of the arcades and the competit...