Pac-Man 99 is no longer available and has been removed from Nintendo Switch Online

Back in May, Nintendo had informed players of its plans to shut down Pac-Man 99 in October, and now, as scheduled, it has happened.

Pac-Man 99, a massively multiplayer spin-off that allowed up to 99 players to compete against each other, gradually had its features phased out starting in August, with the removal of the option to purchase custom themes.

In September, the ability to buy the Pac-Man 99 Deluxe Pack or the Pac-Man 99 Mode Unlock DLC was also removed.

Now, in the final stage of the shutdown process, the main game and its free custom themes have been removed from the eShop, and the game's online services have ceased.

Players who had previously purchased the game's paid DLC, which included three offline modes and numerous custom themes, can still play the game even after the servers shut down. However, those who had not purchased this DLC will no longer be able to access it.

Pac-Man 99 was added to Switch Online in April 2021, following the removal of the popular Super Mario Bros 35 battle royale game.

Its removal from Switch Online occurred shortly after the addition of what seems to be its replacement, F-Zero 99, offering a similar 99-player online multiplayer experience but based on the original SNES version of Nintendo's racing game F-Zero.

Tetris 99 was the first massively multiplayer game made available to Switch Online members, added to the eShop in February 2019. It remains active, and there are no known plans to terminate it.