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.
it looks basic and not very good. i wouldn't even get it as a wiiware game. it may be that i haven't played the NES or SNES games but i just cannot get excited about this at all.
maybe EA will do fight night round 4 with motion plus
I think what the real problem is, is that you guys are just a bunch of whores who know nothing and should just shut their pie holes. Fair enough? The game will be stellar. Any more back talk from either of you and I'm sicking Dvader on you (assuming he can be pryed away from RE5).
Yeah I never played the NES or SNES games either so its hard for me to get excited about it. If it was wiiware I would consider it
It at least needs an online mode.
I am here. Anyone dare say anything bad about my Punch-Out now.
BTW anyone checking out that Best Game Ever contest at gamefaqs, I filled my brackets, I had Tetris and Punch-Out moving from the first round over Donkey Kong. For some stupid reason Donkey Kong beat out Punch-Out, who the fuck likes Donkey Kong?!?! Who the hell sits around saying, oh man I need to play that classic Donkey Kong... NO ONE. Punch-Out is an all time classic that many play to this day, Donkey Kong is a name. Who plays Donkey Kong, seriously!
Donkey Kong isn't so bad, but it's nothing compared to the other two games. DK was one of the first arcade games I ever played so it gets a lot of nostalgia points from me, but I'm right there with you. I don't sit around with my hands in my pants thinking, "boy Donkey Kong would be a lot of fun right now."
Take that back! Punchout fuckin' rules. Shame on you guys for never playing the original. I want this one to be good and not just Wii Sports with a Punchout makeover.
Thank you for proving to me that you're a completely suck-ass whore. How dare you say that.