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There’s A New Mike Tyson Boxing Game, And Nintendo Isn’t Invited

In 1987, Mike Tyson starred in Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, a Nintendo boxing game that featured over-the-shoulder pugilism. Now, in 2011, Mike Tyson stars in Mike Tyson – Main Event, a boxing game that features over-the-shoulder pugilism. Only now, there’s no Nintendo.


March 19, 2011
In Real Life

Mike Tyson Will Cure Your Angry Birds Addiction

Can’t stop playing Angry Birds on your iPad and it’s ruining your life? Mike Tyson can help in three one easy step!


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

Punch-Out!! Switcheroo Suspect Gets KO’d By The Law

Let’s say you have no money. What would you do? Get a job maybe, right? One individual in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan hatched a different plan.


December 1, 2010
News

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


October 15, 2010
News

Mike Tyson Gets Another Shot At The Video Game Title

Like an out-of-control boxer tearing off an opponent’s ear, Rock Software rips off Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! series to give Mike Tyson his own boxing video game for the iPhone.


March 12, 2010
In Real Life

It’s Always The Same Old Story For Video Game Villains

It doesn’t matter if you’re Bowser, Mother Brain, Dr Eggman, Hitler or Mike Tyson, the motivational speech is always the same, and it always gets you absolutely nowhere, as this CollegeHumor clip readily demonstrates.


January 13, 2010
In Real Life

Video Games Let Down Mike Tyson On Live TV

If you are Mike Tyson, the former baddest man on the planet, and you are appearing on WWE’s Monday Night Raw, make sure that the boxing video game running behind you doesn’t show Muhammad Ali thrashing you.


December 15, 2009
In Real Life

A Star, Not An Angel, Atop This Tree

Largely Nintendo-themed Christmas tree (with some Sega and arcade), as seen on 8-Bit Fix via Hawty McBloggy.


November 16, 2009
In Real Life

Paparazzi Punch-Out: Dance Like A Has-Been, Bite Like A Felon

Mike Tyson got in trouble this week for, as he is wont to do, smacking someone upside the head. Jimmy Kimmel’s writers jumped on the case and produced this new game.


April 23, 2009
In Real Life

Mike Tyson Blissfully Unaware New Punch-Out!! Exists

As you’re likely well aware, Nintendo is readying a new Punch-Out!! for the Wii. It re-introduces Nintendo fans to classic characters from both the NES and Super NES entries, but does not include Mike Tyson.