Review: Punch-Out!!
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I played the Original Punch Out!! on the Wii for my first time, not too long ago. My god, what a fun series. I look forward to purchasing the remake, seems like a good investment.
EDIT: Tip to beating Glass Joe: Throw a Goomba in the ring, then just go get a snow cone or something. He'll be K'Oed in No Time.
EDIT: Tip to beating Glass Joe: Throw a Goomba in the ring, then just go get a snow cone or something. He'll be K'Oed in No Time.
Hmmm, the question is not whether or not I should get the game, but whether or not I should go now to get it, or wait a bit...
Party game? Only if you want a room full of drunken, frustrated guests.blipblop said:
Punch Out! was always meant to be a game about failure. The original arcade version, along with the NES port, sent you back to the start of the circuit when you failed. Now that you have handed over your quarters beforehand, you only need to start the current fight over. After the first few fights, you are EXPECTED to fail at least once before progressing.
Regenerating health meters and chest high walls have no place in Punch Out!, you cannot go toe to toe with your opponents, or they will crush you. The reward for winning is not saving the world, it's being able to show the cheatyface computer who's the boss.
I have played the original NES Punch-Out and still do to this day. I don't own the Wii version yet but am going to someday purchase it. I have found that throughout the game Great Tiger is much more difficult than he was in the NES. I have gone to the third Circuit and have reached Bald Bull but haven't fought against him yet. They brought back Aran Ryan from Super Punch-Out and has a head butt attack reminiscent of Masked Muscle except Aran will jump onto the ropes then try to skull bash you.
Overall I truly enjoyed this game and will purchase it soon.
Overall I truly enjoyed this game and will purchase it soon.
well maby, I have never played punch out on arcade only on the NES.randommaster said:
and yes maby the saving system was crap but allmost every NES game had a shity saving system if non at all. and it did´t have anything to do with me puting quarters in my nintendo
anyway what I meant was this game probably is nothing more mediocre
but the 2player look´t ok, not good but ok. possible a nice little party game that you can drink some beers too and smack your friends faces in.
It´s nice, how they keep treating goodies to us nostalgia freaks. I used to play the NES Punch-Out! back in the day, and I liked it. Maybe now the day, when I beat Tyson, will finally come *Shakes fist*.
Nice review. Thanks for this.
Nice review. Thanks for this.
I'm very glad they didn't ruin it by changing the core gameplay...
Honestly, some of my favorite sequels are pretty-much rehashes of the old game with a little more extra stuff (Take the F-Zero X to F-Zero GX jump, for example.)
I'm pleasantly surprised. My friend picked this up and he's actually having a ball of a time.
Honestly, some of my favorite sequels are pretty-much rehashes of the old game with a little more extra stuff (Take the F-Zero X to F-Zero GX jump, for example.)
I'm pleasantly surprised. My friend picked this up and he's actually having a ball of a time.
The save system was directly from the arcade game, which made you start back at the beginning so that you had to go through all the earlier fights before getting to where you were. That was purely for eating quarters, but the NES version retained it for whatever reason. I would have loved to hear about you trying to put quarters in your NES, though.blipblop said:well maby, I have never played punch out on arcade only on the NES.randommaster said:
and yes maby the saving system was crap but allmost every NES game had a shity saving system if non at all. and it did´t have anything to do with me puting quarters in my nintendo
anyway what I meant was this game probably is nothing more mediocre
but the 2player look´t ok, not good but ok. possible a nice little party game that you can drink some beers too and smack your friends faces in.
Anyways, the vs. mode does seem like it would make a good game to play while drunk. Almost as much as someone putting quarters into their NES. What I would suggest is that the two people face each other instead of the screen and simulate the game in the living room.
Here's something I get to brag about: back when this game was in development I was able to test it for four straight hours. In fact, I can only tell you this now because the game existence is now common knowledge; therefore, the agreement with Next Level Games that says I legally must keep my mouth shut is void. I got to tell you, there are few things more satisfying than watching a game designer crap his pants when the game breaks from a massive error that he didn't know about.