The Pac-Man-Conspiracy: Parallels between the TMNT and the Pac-Man-Game

[Coprophagous Beauty]

Hello everybody,

first, the TMNT had red bandages and then they get the exactly colors of the Pac-Man-Ghosts. (April's suit is yellow, her hair is red and Ms. Pac-Man wears a red ribbon and has a yellow body.)

The favorite food of the TMNT is pizza and it is said that Tōru Iwatani got the idea for Pac-Man during eating a pizza.

Further it's not just the color. The characters of the ghosts and the Turtles are similar, too:
The red ghost (Blinky) is called "Shadow" because he's the most aggressive like Raphael. The pink ghost (Pinky) is originally named Speedy but he isn't faster than the other ghosts. But his japanese name "Machibuse" means "ambush" because he's the strategy-guy and the most intelligent ghost (he also got the most complex hunt-algorithm) like Donatello. The blue ghost's name is Bashful (Inky) because he's cautious maybe like Leonardo he takes care of the others and wants to avoid battles. The last one - the orange ghost (Clyde) is called "Pokey" but his japanese name means "Fool" so he's the "fun-maker" of the group and the weakest.

So you see there is some room for interpretations. (Oroku Saki hide his mouth so he is something like an Anti-Pac-Man ).
What do you think - Is it random or a conspiracy?

Does anyone know why the TMNT got these colors?

Thank you for your answers and sorry for my bad english!