Cancellation of Pac-Man Adventures

Pac-Man Adventures was a video game that was intended to be developed around 2004. There wasn't really that much to know about this game, but it was a cancelled Pac-Man game.

Background
Pac-Man Adventures was going to be an interactive game where it would feature Don Bluth (An American film director known for some animated films including mh:greatestmovies:The Secret of NIMH, mh:greatestmovies:An American Tail, mh:greatestmovies:The Land Before Time, mh:greatestmovies:All Dogs Go to Heaven, mh:greatestmovies:Anastasia, and mh:greatestmovies:Titan A.E., in which the last two mentioned are now owned by Disney due to their acquisition of 20th Century Fox, especially Anastasia, since said acquisition makes it possible for Anastasia to be added to the Disney Princess franchise.) being involved in the game. The game had concept artwork and storyboards that features various enemy looking characters drawn in a bizarre way. Even Taizo Hori aka Dig Dug was set to appear in the game as shown in the concept art. Namco wanted this game to take the Pac-Man franchise to a whole new level with a significantly dark storyline including some storyboards that feature ghosts protesting, a Pac-Man statue exploding, and a baby crying. The story of the game is still a mystery, but the gave overall was intended to take a much more darker route.

Cancellation and Aftermath
The reason why this game was cancelled was mainly because of financial problems on Namco's part leading to be merged with Bandai in 2007. However, it was reworked into Pac-Man World 3 albeit Bluth was no longer involved. Some elements in Pac-Man World 3 were taken from the game like Gogekka and a character named Erwin who is the main antagonist of the game. Later on, the concept art of the game was shown including a Tweet made by Don Bluth.

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INJIFLGElI8 https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5K8NyKDvqg