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Punch Out Game Review–A Serious Pain in the Shoulder
Again Nintendo prevails on my deeply ingrained sense of nostalgia by bringing a game that I actually recognized from my original straight-eight days of gaming. See, way back when, before Mike Tyson was a gigantic practical joke / train wreck, he was a professional boxer. And a good one, too! So good that Nintendo commissioned a game around him, dubbed Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. As time went on and Iron Mike’s career went wildly off the rails (and his contract expired, unrenewed), Nintendo then sought a way to re-release their game without paying Tyson. Thus, the game was shortened to Punch Out and Iron Mike was replaced with a no-name called “Mr. Dream”.
And now, Nintendo has once again released its Punch Out line, this time for the all too appropriate Wii. You’ll once again step into the role of the Bronx’s boxing sensation Little Mac, looking to make a name for yourself along with your trainer Doc Lewis. You’ll take on a series of outrageous characters with a series of different boxing styles until you face your final opponent. You’ll also be able to completely replay the game in a whole different way by selecting the Title Defense mode, in which you’ve already won the title but are now out to hold onto it against every boxer you defeated. And they’re none too happy about the loss.
The first thing that I have to tell you, if you’re going to try this game is, for the sake of all that’s holy, STRETCH FIRST. It may not be intuitive—stretch before playing a video game? Preposterous!—but you’re going to save yourself plenty of hurt if you stretch your arms and shoulders before playing. The way this game is set up, there’s two ways to play—with the Wii controller horizontally inclined like a normal controller, or using the motion sensitivity features of the Wii to make regular air punches, and believe me, you will be throwing a LOT of punches. The boxers you’ll face are downright turtles in their capacity for blocking, and you can pretty much count on one in every two or even three of your punches landing. That is, of course, unless you’ve studied a walkthrough or videos or even practiced in advance so you already know each boxer’s pattern.
Each of the boxers you’ll face does have a pattern, and generally, it won’t take too long to learn just where to lean and where to block and where to throw punches like a lunatic, but still, in the intervening space you will be wasting PLENTY of motion. All of this can do horrible things to your arms and shoulders if you’re not careful. Trust me, I still ache from my bout with King Hippo.
But still…I’m pretty satisfied with this game. It’s got decent graphics and excellent background musical effects and fun gameplay that’ll actually be a halfway decent workout. That’s the one really interesting thing about the Wii, really—a lot of their games make good workouts. And this is a workout that’s surprisingly plenty of fun, too, making it one of the best kind: the kind where participants will come back.
Tags: boxing, boxing game, little mac, Nintendo, punch out, remake, Sports, sports game, Super Punch Out, Wii
Punch-Out!!’s secret character revealed
Be it a spoiler or not this is big news — It was recently discovered by a gamer who got their hands on Punch-Out!! that the game’s secret character is none other than Donkey Kong.
Check out the above video to see Little Mac duke it out with the massive ape in a 1v1 boxing match.
Punch-Out!!, a Wii take on the popular NES title Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, hit store shelves on May 18th so it’s a wonder why the game’s secret character took so long to be discovered.
Read (GoNintendo)
Boxing dummy rigged up for NES Punch-Out!!
You thought using the Wiimote and Nunchuk for the upcoming Punch-Out!! was realistic? Get a whiff of this –The modder featured in the above video took a Slam Mans boxing dummy, outfitted it with a whole array of different buttons making for a completely unique way to play the classic NES title Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!.
Two buttons on the face for left and right face hits, two in the stomach for left and right body hits, and three in the chest area for dodge, block, and start button for use with star punches.
Honestly though, check out the video because you’re going to have to see it to believe it.
Tags: arcade, boxing, hack, mike tyson, modder, nes, nintendo entertainment system, punch out, retro
Punch-Out!! to utilize Wii Balance Board
Up until now I’ve always look at the Wii Balance Board as sort of a gimicky peripheral. I mean, everything you could do with it (besides Wii Fit) you can do with the Wiimote easier. However, the control scheme for Punch-Out!! has recently been reveiled and the Balance Board looks to be a welcome addition.
As you can see, the player can apply pressure to both feet to duck and pressure ot the left or right feet to dodge either way. Pretty cool, huh? Definitely a step up from Wii Boxing which was bundled with Wii Sports.
Punch-Out!! is set to hit shelves for the Nintendo Wii next week.
Read (Kotaku)
Nintendo Store Featuring Punch-Out Event
While Nintendo has had great success putting out an endless stream of games featuring Mario doing everything from administering medication to traveling through the cosmos (yet never doing any actual plumbing oddly enough) some of their characters have had very few outings. One of the biggest cult sensations on any Nintendo console was Punch-Out of the eight bit era. Players guided underdog boxer Little Mac through his career, with the best players eventually topping powerhouse Mike Tyson. While he’s put in cameo appearances in a few games since then, a SNES Punch-Out title was his only other starring appearance for a long time.
Now Nintendo is putting him back into the ring for the Wii and they’re celebrating this with a special event in the Nintendo store located in Rockefeller Center in New York City two days before the release. Fans of the series will be able to compete against each other in a single round elimination Punch-Out tournament (yes, the Wii version). The winner walks away with a customized World Video Boxing Association trophy, a Little Mac training sweatshirt and some other swag, including of course a copy of the game.
If you’re not interested in making a public spectacle of yourself you can stop by to pick up a copy of the game two days before the official launch, test it out on a kiosk or stroll down memory lane by playing one of the previous games via the virtual console. The event takes place from 1-4 pm on Saturday May 16th at 10 Rockefeller Plaza.
Punch Out!! website goes live
With Punch Out!!’s May 18th Wii release date just around the corner, it would only make sense that Nintendo would put up the game’s official website and today they’ve done just that.
As of now, only Glass Joe is featured on the website with a small gameplay video made available by clicking the stats on the right side of the page.
When the game’s release date gets even closer, expect Nintendo to update this page with more fighters featured in Punch Out!!.
New Punch-out!! trailer showcases gameplay, multiplayer, Giga Mac
Nintendo has recently released a trailer for the forthcoming Wii title Punch-out!!. Contained within the trailer is a ton of never before seen gameplay footage from both multiplayer and single player perspectives.
That’s not all in the trailer as Nintendo has made it obvious that a rather large boxer named Giga Mac is going to play an important role in the game. Perhaps a boss or maybe even the game’s final boss?
Or maybe it’s Little Mac from the first game all hyped up on steroids, I mean he does look pretty damn angry. The game is expected to ship sometime this year.
Punch-Out Details
Nintendo has finally punched out some new details of Punch-Out!!, its upcoming Wii revival of the classic boxing series.
The game is set to include a two-player versus mode, though no online multiplayer functionality was mentioned. Here’s the scoop:
As in the single player mode, you’ll want to land punches at the right moment to build up Star Punch points that translate into almighty haymakers! Landing and dodging blows in Head-to-Head mode also builds up a Giga Mac gauge. Once full, your fighter is ready to inflict some serious damage.
The company added that old characters Von Kaiser, King Hippo and others all return. It is due out exclusively on Wii on May 18.
New Wii Punch-Out!! details emerge
Nintendo has recently released a whole slew of details regarding their upcoming Wii title Punch-Out!!.
Players of the original Punch-Out!! for NES will be familiar with the cast as Little Mac, Glass Joe, King Hippo and Doc Louis just to name a few will all be making a reappearance. A new feature called “Star Punches” will also be included in Punch-Out!! which seem to be your run-of-the-mill special attack.
The biggest announcement, however, has to be the fact that there will be two different ways to play the game. First of all you can play the game using the Wiimotes motion control a la Wii boxing, but the more colorful way would be to turn the controller on its side. What does it resemble? You got it, an NES controller. Players will be able to use the Wiimote on it’s side with the 1 and 2 buttons being used for punches and jabs and the D-Pad for dodging.
The game is due out in May so expecte even more details for Punch-Out!! to emerge before then.
Nintendo’s second quarter release schedule
Nintendo has recently released their second quarter release schedule for all to see. This includes both the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Some titles to look out for include Punch Out!!, because everyone knows Wii Boxing gets boring a bit too quick, and Excitebots: Trick Racing.
Check out the full list of release titles for the second quarter, after the break.
Smash Bros: Little Mac From Tyson’s Punch Out Reeinters The Ring
Yeah, he’s pretty small, but he’s an Assist Trophy so it’s quite fitting. Little Mac reenters the ring in Brawl, having been Champion in Mike Tyson’s Punch Out on NES. Regardless of his small stature, Little Mac seems to be quite the fighter, being able to take on enemies twice his size. He’ll dash, jab, then uppercut the enemy into the air, check out the pictures after the jump to see him pwn Ike.