History VideoGame / PacManWorld2

Cut to present day, the ghosts, Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde, who were causing mischief at night, steal the golden fruit, accidentally releasing Spooky from his prison in the process. Spooky, who intends to destroy the Pac-people once and for all, recruits the ghosts into his EvilPlan, which they happily oblige, stealing the golden fruit in the process.\\

The next morning, Pac-Man ends up learning of the events from Professor Pac, setting him off on a quest across Pac-Land and Ghost Island to retrieve the five golden fruit and to defeat the evil ghost king once and for all.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Played straight with the whale-shaped ocean boss, but inverted earlier on; Clyde, Inky, and Pinky all pilot giant robots shaped like ghosts. Blinky pilots a giant robotic frog.

''Pac-Man World 2'' is the sequel to ''VideoGame/PacManWorld'', released for Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/{{Xbox}}, Platform/NintendoGamecube in 2002, with a Platform/MicrosoftWindows PC port and a Platform/GameboyAdvance remake coming out in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

''Pac-Man World 2'' is the sequel to ''VideoGame/PacManWorld'', released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube in 2002, with a UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC port and a UsefulNotes/GameboyAdvance remake coming out in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

* AncientEvil: Spooky. The Mayor even uses the term word-for-word when telling Pac-Man of the situation at the beginning of the game.

* HeroicMime: Pac-Man again, except in some versions where he comments on the bosses' weaknesses.
* InCaseOfBossFightBreakGlass: Inky and Clyde are defeated this way. Pinky also has a glass hitbox that shows cracks and deformation as she takes damage, but the player can't actually reach it.

* LethalLavaLand: Overlaps with UndergroundLevel.
* TheMaze: Ghost Bayou. [[MarathonLevel It is also the longest level in the game.]]
* MadMarbleMaze: Magma Opus has a section like this near the end of the level.

* OneHitKill: Ghosts in the original release (Pre-Greatest Hits/Platinum Hits/Player's Choice). Later releases {{Nerf}}ed them to only taking off a health point if you touched them, which greatly reduces the difficulty in some areas especially in the last world where they no longer pose much of a threat.
* PlotCoupon: The five Golden Fruit.

* RiseToTheChallenge: Volcanic Panic has a short section at the end that is like this.
* SealedEvilInACan: Spooky is sealed within the Golden Fruit tree.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: So slippery you'll temporarily lose control of Pac-Man if you jump onto or butt-bounce on it.

* DifficultyByRegion: The Japanese version of the game, released after the initial version and its revision, was made significantly easier: obstacles early in the game are made harmless (pits in the first world are filled in and bushes deal no damage), various enemies are removed or downgraded, collectibles are moved into more obvious and safer places, a few levels have sections cut out of them, and bosses have less health and weaker attacks.
* DemotedToExtra: Helivators were a major platforming element that were littered all over the first game, showing up at least once a stage; in this game, they make a grand total of ''two appearances'', across the same level in the same proximity no less!

* CameraScrew: The camera will often refuse to turn at certain moments, even when it obstructs the next platform you need to get on.

Cut to present day, the ghosts, Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, who were causing mischief at night, steal the golden fruit, accidentally releasing Spooky from his prison in the process. Spooky, who intends to destroy the Pac-people once and for all, recruits the ghosts into his EvilPlan, which they happily oblige, stealing the golden fruit in the process.\\

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Subverted. In the cutscene just before the final boss, Pac-Man returns the golden fruits to the tree, causing him to turn gold himself...but his color is the only thing that actually changes, and the boss fight plays exactly like if he wasn't gold.

* PragmaticVillainy: Clyde, taking note of the other ghosts mistakes, made the metal for his HumongousMecha out of sturdier stuff (i.e. metal that won't crumble with a few rev rolls), so the only place you ''can'' hit him is the cockpit, which is ''really'' hard to hit, mind you.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The track for Pinky's Revenge starts off way too cheerful for a boss fight, but then the Film/{{Psycho}} {{Sampling}} [[MoodWhiplash starts up]]....
* StalkerWithACrush: Pinky, despite the fact Pac-Man is already married. Though keep in mind [[WakeUpCallBoss she will NOT hesitate to kill you]]. In the opening cutscene, shes even seen peering into Pac-Man's window as he sleeps while picking at a flower.
--> Pinky: IfICantHaveYou...Nobody will!

* GameWithinAGame: There are classic ''Pac-Man'' arcade games in Pac-Village.

!!The game contains the following examples.

''Pac-Man World 2'' is the sequel to ''VideoGame/PacManWorld'', released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube in 2002, with a PC port and a UsefulNotes/GameboyAdvance remake coming out in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

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