Long before Punch-Out!! on NES, there was the original game of the same name for arcades. It was also one of the earliest games Nintendo ever made. It may not be as realistic as Nintendo claimed, but come on for 1984 what can you expect? The game had a lot in common with its future…
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Things I Like: Little Mac (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
I wasn’t a big fan of his in Smash 4, though I do think Punchout is a wonderful video game series. But I seemed to have liked him more in Ultimate, for whatever reasons that is. I suppose Little Mac’s problem is that all his special and smash moves seems to work about the same….
Things I Like: Boxing Ring Stage (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
This one was in both versions of Smash 4 and returns for Ultimate. It’s based loosely on the Punchout games. I do like how the screen nicknames characters and has official live stats of what’s going on. The main hazard to look out for is the lights above. You can damage it. And have it…
Fun Fact: How Donkey Kong Invented Punchout
After Donkey Kong’s initial success, Nintendo had created way too many monitors for arcade units. Faced with such a surplus, they decided to make Punchout with two screens.
Fun Fact: Koji Kondo’s First Video Game
Punch-Out was the first game that Koji Kondo worked on with music.