Pac-Man World 2

Pac-Man World 2
Developer:	Namco
Publisher:	Namco
Series:	Pac-Man series
Genres:	Platform, Adventure,
Release date(s):	2002, 2003
Number of players	One player
Input methods	Playstation 2 controller, GameCube controller, X-Box 360 controller
Platforms	GameCube, Playstation 2, X-Box, X-Box 360, PC, GBA

Pac-Man World 2 is the sequel to Pac-Man World and appears on Playstation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo Gamecube. The gameplay has Pac-Man go through Pac-Land in a 3-D platform game and has original gameplay from the original arcade game like pac dots and fruit for points.

Story

One night in Pac-Village all of the Pac people are asleep. The Four Ghosts appear and decide to play around. Their mischief had caused them to pick the Golden Fruit off the tree in the middle of the village. Suddenly the sky grew dark and something crawled from underneath the tree. Pinky looked in shock at what she saw. Spooky the ghost is released from his prison. He told the Four Ghosts to take the Golden Fruit and join him to destroy the Pac People. In the morning Pac-Man wakes up and Professor Pac tells him what happened and the history of Spooky. A long time ago Sir Pacalot defeated Spooky and used the Golden Fruit to imprison him under the tree. Pac-Man must now find the Golden Fruit and defeat the Four Ghosts and Spooky.

Gameplay

Pac-Man being attacked by a Pac-Cub.

The player controls Pac-Man in a 3D environment along a linear, yet three-dimensional path with the simple objective of reaching the end. The game has 25 levels and 15 Galaxian mazes in 6 different environments. The plot involves Pac-Man finding five golden fruits that were stolen by ghosts. These fruits were vital to his town. Pac-Man sometimes must fight and defeat enemies in order to progress. At the end of each area is a boss. The boss is always a ghost in a giant machine (the fifth machine holds all four ghosts), excluding the final boss. There are many items to collect in this game including fruit, the traditional dots, and tokens. Each of the levels has eight tokens, as well as a 1st bonus token for achieving 100% completion on the level and 2nd bonus token for completing the time trial. Because there are 19 platforming levels, and because the Pac-Village doesn't have a time trial, you will have beat every part of the game with 100% completion except for possibly the last level if you accumulate 189 tokens. Galaxians, which show up once in most non-boss levels, transport Pac-Man into a 3-D maze, akin to the classic arcade games. Not all levels contain all of the collectible items, nor do they contain the same number of each. Tokens can be used to play Pac-Man, Pac-Attack, Pac-Mania, or Ms. Pac-Man.

Levels

World	Level	Level #	Notes
Paradise Meadows	Pac-Village	1	The center of Pac-Life and the starting point of Pac-Man World 2. Pac-man can encounter a cast of characters here, both old and new, who can help him out throughout his adventures. At the center of it all rests the revered Golden Fruit Tree that once imprisoned Spooky.
	Spooky	25	This also takes place in Pac-Village. It is the last level and FINAL BOSS in the game.
	The Bear Basics	2	This is the level that teaches how to play the game. One can Rev Roll, Butt-Bounce, and kill Pac-Cubs.
	Canyon Chaos	3	This level has the Ghost with a Blunderbuss, some RGMs and a Pac-Bear. Also in this level is the find first Galaxian Maze in the game.
	Pac-Dot Pond	4	Tons of buttons and Pac-Dot Chains. A lot of RGMs and stopping midway in a Rev Roll.
	Blinky's Frog	5	This is the first Boss Level and it's Blinky, the Ghost. He has a mechanical frog.
Tree Tops	B-Doing Woods	6	This is the first place B-Doings are seen, and first level in Tree Tops.
	Treewood Forest	7	Saws are now present on this level.
	Butane Pain	8	This level is pretty much the same as Treewood Forest except for the Butane Grills.
	Inky's Blade-o-Matic	9	The first boss with the o-Matic machine.
Snow Mountain	Ice River Run	10	The first place with the Rev Roll Rams, and slip ice.
	Avalanche Alley	11	Start moving and then a giant snowball will come chase you.
	Blade Mountain	12	Pac-Ranger will give you Ice Skates.
	Pinky's Revenge	13	The second boss with the o-matic machine. This time though, instead of the Blade-o-Matic, it is a Snow-o-Matic.
Volcano	Into The Volcano	14	This is the first place you see the Pookas, Pooka Plants, and Stonys.
	Volcanic Panic	15	Lava, Steel Ball Power-Ups, ledges, darkness, and more enemies! In this level there are 3 main switches that will lower the lava level, and we need to get to the very bottom where Exit is located.
	Magma Opus	16	Here, you are going to have to jump on falling rocks, one red B-Doing, sinking platforms, and go down loopy slides. See how you can do with all of that!
	Clyde In The Caldera	17	The third and last boss with the o-Matic machine. Now though, instead of a Blade-o-Matic or a Snow-o-Matic, it is a Fire-o-Matic. This boss is more difficult and much more difficult than the previous bosses.
Ocean	Scuba Duba	18	You don't have to move forward to go forward, the current brings you forward. As long as you don't touch anything or get close to a bomb, you'll be fine.
	Shark Attack	19	Mostly the same as Scuba Duba. With the difference that there are more Pac-Sharks on the level than previous level.
	Yellow Pac-Marine	20	Now you're in the Pac-Sub. The fruits here appear randomly on this level.
	Whale On A Sub	21	This boss has all for ghosts, Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde in the the giant Ghost-Sub.
Ghost Island	Haunted Boardwalk	22	You'll be on In-line Rollers. Slide across all the bridges, and falling bridges.
	Night Crawling	23	Confusing, Panic, Darkness, Mazes, you can find it all on this level. This is also where B-Doings makes its last appearance.
	Ghost Bayou	24	This level is not like any other level you have seen. It is the Golden Fruit Tree's Brother. He has a Maze for you. The main enemy is Skeletons, and later in the level the Wormwood tests you and asks you to destroy 20 of his "skeletal minions before the sands of time run out in 30 seconds", and if he doesn't, "his time will truly run out" (instant death). There are also short cuts to the end as well.

Mazes Used in Levels

Paradise Meadows

• Canyon Chaos
• Pac-Dot Pond

Tree Tops

• B-Doing Woods
• Treewood Forest
• Butane Pain

Snow Mountain

• Ice River Run
• Avalanche Alley
• Blade Mountain

Volcano

• Into the Volcano
• Volcanic Panic
• Magma Opus

Ocean

• Scuba Duba
• Shark Attack

Ghost Island

• Haunted Boardwalk
• Ghost Bayou

Bosses

• Blinky's Killer Frog
• Inky's Blade-O-Matic
• Pinky's Revenge
• Clyde in the Caldera
• Whale on a Sub
• Spooky

Power-Ups

• Steel Pellet - Round and silver in appearance, once Pacman eats it he turns into steel and is invincible for 20 seconds. In Pacman World 3 it's renamed the Chrome Pellet.
• Power Pellet-once Pacman eats the power pellet he can eat the Ghosts.
• Shrink Pellet-the shrink pellet is pink and small once Pacman eats it he shrinks for 3-6 seconds.

Pac-Man VS

For a short period of time, the game was released with Pacman VS, a game allowing the player to play as a ghost. It is invented by Shigeru Miyamoto.