The same folks who made that amazing Super Mario Land animation in Mojang’s hit sandbox construction game have come back with yet another homage to an old-school classic.
Confirming our August 8 report, Nintendo confirmed today that Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Mario Strikers Charged and Punch-Out will sell for $US20 starting August 28 as part of the Nintendo Selects line.
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.
Little Mac had a lot to deal with. He was punching massively over his weight, Super Macho Man was an utter bastard and he had to duke it out with Tyson in his prime – but he should count his lucky stars he never had to face off against a frickin’ dragon.
Wii Sports Boxing, everyone asked if that was like Punch-Out!! on Kinect. Fighters Uncaged, same thing. How about we just go ahead and play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! with a Kinect? This guy does.
Fighting in hockey is awesome. It’s more than tolerated – the NHL has no problem with fighting on the ice, nor in the video games it licenses. Know what makes a hockey fight more awesome? Punch-Out!! music.
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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.
While we wait for the proper Scott Pilgrim game, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users can bide their time with Pilgrim’s Punch-Out, a quick little game that’s, well, Punch-Out. Only, with Scott Pilgrim.
