u/Cool-Delivery-3773

They're just two versions of the same thing. Both nice and charming in their own right!

I've never found the new textures to be too blurry, especially cause the resolution is exactly the same. It's just a softer art style with more muted colors.

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/after-nineteen-ish-years-of-development-the-original-mother-has-been-remade-as-a-patch-for-earthbound-snes

https://x.com/GBAtemp/status/2066010037877952919

Also the official website of the project is https://ebbr.neocities.org/

https://ebbr.neocities.org/

This fangame has been through an insane development history but it's actually real now.

The idea of taking the normal Pac-Man design and adding more details sounds horrible (and most non-standard Pac-Men prove that) but they cooked here.

He's so expressive, but not so much that it's uncanny (cough Ghostly Adventures cough). I think it works so well because they kept his simplicity. Like he doesn't have defined lips or fingers.

I also love the glow-up on his shoes. He feels like a younger Pac-Man, but still has the spirit of the OG.