
The way he incessantly follows PAC-MAN earned him the nickname Shadow. A red ghost that chases after PAC-MAN in the PAC-MAN series. When you get further in the stage, he also gets a terrifying speed boost! In Smash Bros., he appears in the PAC-MAZE stage and in PAC-MAN's side smash. for Wii U Blinky A red ghost that chases after PAC-MAN in the PAC-MAN series. His name is occasionally switched with Blinky, making Clyde the aggressive red ghost.īlinky's trophy in Super Smash Bros. In later appearances, he is generally depicted as an easygoing, cowardly ghost.

His movement pattern involves mimicking Blinky's movement until reaching a certain distance from Pac-Man, then retreating to the bottom-left corner of the stage.

All four of them have unique personalities and movement patterns, which are recreated in their Assist Trophy: In Smash, their depiction is based off of the 8-bit sprites from the original Pac-Man. While additional ghosts have been introduced in subsequent Pac-Man titles, the four introduced in the original game have remained the most iconic, and thus have made the most appearances. The ghosts cannot be permanently defeated, as they will return to normal after being eaten, or otherwise after the Power Pellet's duration expires. However, if Pac-Man consumes a Power Pellet, the ghosts will become scared, turn blue, and run away in this state, Pac-Man can eat them for additional points, which causes them to turn into eyeballs and retreat. Starting from the original arcade game, they are persistent enemies that Pac-Man must avoid while eating dots in each maze. The four ghosts are prominent recurring elements in the Pac-Man series.

The attract mode of Pac-Man gives names to the ghosts.
