Closer to Tower of Druaga than Pac-Man but definitely could get that impression based the box art!Like it is a Pac-man clone or something.
The tweet says it was a retail targetted flyer they were giving out at CES 1987 which is usually held in January. Slalom would launch a few months later in March. Zelda was August, Punch-Out was in October. I don't see any reason to suggest these were mockups or placeholders instead of the first drafts for those two games.Don't think this was "originally planned" per se, the boxes for Zelda and Punch-Out seem to be mockups/placeholder
Yes, but at least he's pointed at the foul undead inside of a dungeon, like a proper Good aligned serial killer/klepto.Link is giving me serial killer vibes
op is really burying the lede by not noting the same flyer also promoted an unreleased sewing machine add-on for the NES.
japan eventually got such an add-on, but it was actually released on the Game Boy rather than the famicom.