--- title: Pac-Man Chomps His Way Onto Super Smash Bros. Roster description: Pac-Man was announced as a playable character for both the Wii U and 3DS versions at a Nintendo E3 event Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/2858422/pac-man-super-smash-bros-wii-u/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T16:59:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:29.644Z article:section: Business og:title: Pac-Man Chomps His Way Onto Super Smash Bros. Roster og:description: Pac-Man was announced as a playable character for both the Wii U and 3DS versions at a Nintendo E3 event Tuesday. og:url: https://time.com/2858422/pac-man-super-smash-bros-wii-u/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pac-Man Chomps His Way Onto Super Smash Bros. Roster twitter:description: Pac-Man was announced as a playable character for both the Wii U and 3DS versions at a Nintendo E3 event Tuesday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pac-Man Chomps His Way Onto Super Smash Bros. Roster by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Jun 11, 2014 4:59 PM CUT by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Jun 11, 2014 4:59 PM CUT Mario and company will face a hungry challenger in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games: Pac-Man was announced as a playable character for both the Wii U and 3DS versions at a Nintendo E3 event Tuesday. The iconic yellow orb will mostly play as his anthropomorphic version from the Pac-Man World 3D platformers, but the original 2D version will also make an appearance for some special moves. Pac-Man’s attacks will include the ability to hurl fruit and, of course, chomp down on his opponents. No word yet on whether Ms. Pac-Man will make a cameo as well. Pac-Man, a character created by Namco, joins a growing cast of non-Nintendo characters that will be featured in the new Smash Bros., including Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog and Capcom’s Mega Man. The 3DS version comes out this summer, while the Wii U version will release during the holiday season. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2858422/pac-man-super-smash-bros-wii-u/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2858422/pac-man-super-smash-bros-wii-u/"},"headline":"Pac-Man Chomps His Way Onto Super Smash Bros. Roster","datePublished":"2014-06-11T16:59:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:29.644Z","description":"Pac-Man was announced as a playable character for both the Wii U and 3DS versions at a Nintendo E3 event Tuesday.","url":"https://time.com/2858422/pac-man-super-smash-bros-wii-u/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Nintendo","Wii U","3ds","e3 2014"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2858422/pac-man-super-smash-bros-wii-u/","name":"Pac-Man Chomps His Way Onto Super Smash Bros. Roster"}}]}] ```