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.
5 days to go until the release of Punch Out. 12 boxers are listed as opponents. So far 8 have been named:
HurricaneHondaHondoIf you can do your math that means 4 remain. Unofficially Bald Bull and Aran Ryan (another holdover from Super Punchout) have been announced for the game. That leaves two spots to go. If we assume that one of those spots belongs to the final champion (Mike Tyson/Mr. Dream type) that means there's only one slot left. . .
Super Machoman, Soda Popinski, and Mr. Sandman . . . those are the final three contenders. All three of them have multiple appearances in the series. I swear I saw a shot of Soda Popinski early on, but never having seen it since I'm questioning what I saw. Who gets the last spot? Is is one of these three or possibly a dark horse from Super Punch Out?
normally i don't either. this one ... i've been enjoying the nes game more and more in recent weeks and then this came out looking great in all the screenshots and videos and getting great reviews.
i still feel there is not enough to this game to justify a £30 price tag, and i would be much happier getting it for £18 but it's not one of those games which will go down in price any time soon, if ever. so i guess the decision was whether to get it at full price or not at all. having played the NES game i suppose alleviates some of the risk involved but of course this is still far from a safe buy. hope not to regret it
Who wants to touch me first?
Which hand is holding Bionic Commando, so I can avoid it.
Punch-Out is getting such stellar reviews, what a damn shame that I need to rent one of two awesome games hitting this month.
Me! Me!