Nintendo has announced that Punch Out is coming to the Wii on May 18th.
Not a lot of details have been announced aside from the date and this little blurb from a Nintendo rep:
"It will be interesting to see too how gamers react. I think they're going to react great to the motion control capabilities of the Wii with that game because you're used to hitting buttons and doing your blocks and your throws and kind of dodging out of the way, but now you can do all that with your own body, so it's going to feel you're right there as a boxer." - Charlie Scibetta, Senior Dir. of Corporate Communications, Nintendo of America
So it sounds like they're opting for more of a Wii Boxing style rather than the traditional controls from the NES and SNES. I hope that they do a good job, as I was never 100% impressed with the boxing controls on Wii Sports.
Also the following boxers have been mentioned or shown in previews:
Glass Joe
Von Kaiser
King Hippo
Soda Popinski
No word has been mentioned if any new boxers are showing up, but I really hope so. Half the fun of Punch-Out was seeing what insane boxer was next. But if it's all the same let's just leave Don Flamenco retired.
I made it there after some difficulty with Macho Man (boobs!) and Mr. Sandman. Glass joe beat me! Its like a whole new roster, but using the old one. You are right about Disco Kid, he is channeling his inner Richard Simmons.
The exhibition challenges are going to be a major pain.
That's all the motivation I need to stop playing Bionic Commando and pick up Punch-Out!! again!
I just spent some time with the motion controls + balance board. I don't see myself being able to so much as hold my own against the harder fighters, but for the easier fighters it's actually pretty fun. I went into exhibition mode and messed around with Von Kaiser as I've been unable to win any of his challenges and figured I'd give it a shot. I did pretty well. It has the typical short comings that most of the motion controlled games have, though overall I'd rank it better than most. As long as you don't go overboard with the punches you'll hit every time.
The balance board is works better than most reviews that trashed it, but there's a very important key to remember. Once you've shifted your weight to dodge you have to quickly go back to the center. Little Mac will do it on his own whether you shift back or not, and when you need to dodge again quickly the board has trouble figuring out where you are and what you're doing.
Again I don't recommend it for serious competition, but it is fun and I actually got a bit of a workout using it.
I am at Don Flamenco title defense, damn its tough. My record is so horrible, I am the champ with a record like 20-50.
The game is blast, trying to find everyones new pattern is as fun as ever. The difficulty is just as high as the NES version, but no one on Mike Tyson's level yet.
Exhibition challenges will be the meat of the game, you learn new ways to beat these guys that I would have never thought of.
I am up to Mr. Sandman title defense, what a mission. Bald Bull was the hardest so far, I spent nearly 2 hours on him, Macho Man was a cake walk compared to him. I tried Sandman for a moment, I got TKOed in like 20 seconds.
I bet most people will never really finish this game.
I'm still at Bald Bull. I can't get enough stars on him to save my life. I hate to do it, but since I unlocked the face mask I may need to equip it.
Cheater!
It was a pain to find the stars but here is what I did. The fight starts and he does that double clutch right hook, dodge and punch. The next part is the key, he will do a right uppercut you need to left jab before he throws the punch, the timing is hard, sometimes you will land a hit and it wont be a star. It needs to be precise to get the star. Next is a series of jabs, where he spins his hands, the left side takes longer to punch dont forget that, just dodge and punch. Its three jabs and then he does the right uppercut again, once again counter it to get the star, now you should have two. He will do three jabs again, this time left, right, left; when its done, another uppercut you need to counter to get a star. Now you have three stars.
Next is a right hook, dodge attack, then an uppercut, no need to counter it just smack him, back to jabs, its a pattern. Once you see his life is a little bit below half way, use the three star attack, it should knock him down. Make sure to knock him down before the 1 minute and 30 second mark cause he does a bull rush, you want to save that.
When he gets up he will have new moves, if you are near 1min 30sec just avoid until he does the rush. You should know how to do this, hit his body before he lands and all his life will go down and you get a star. He will stay up and regain a small chunk of life, dodge a few moves, hit him a few times and use the star. Thats KO #2. If you are a badass you may be able to TKO him in the first round but if not try to save some stars for the start of the next round.
After the first KO you will need to be aware of some new moves, but they are much easier to gain stars. He now will have a longer left jab, one where he spins his hands for a longer period of time, leaving his head open for attack, wait a moment and before he raises his hands right jab his head for a star, really easy. The other star attack is his new left hook he will move to his left, he will say something and then come in for the attack. Its a delayed attack the way I got the timing down is that I dodge the moment he starts the move, by the time you are back to your normal position he is still doing his animation and its that moment when you right jab his face for the star. So dodge then right jab. After he starts to use all these moves I never again tried to go for the right uppercut star counter, its just too hard to pull off consistantly, I only do it at the start cause I memorized his entire pattern. I just focused on getting the stars from the two moves I mentioned above. The key is his bull rush, that is how you win the match, it will lower his energy down and you get a star, so its almost like an instant KO.