Punch-Out!! (2009 video game)

Once that number is exceeded, the player will be immediately knocked out with no chance to recover, even if they have not reached the three-knockdown threshold for a TKO.Once Mac wins the world championship title, the game enters the more challenging Title Defense mode; he must now defend his belt against the other fighters, who use new techniques and defenses (such as King Hippo protecting his stomach with a manhole cover).is a standalone spin-off title and prequel, which was released on WiiWare as a Platinum reward for Club Nintendo members in North America on October 27, 2009.was once again made available to Club Nintendo members on February 2, 2015, this time as a purchasable coin prize as part of the service's closing promotion.[18] This led to the studio designing the game with classic NES-style controls by using the Wii Remote turned sideways.As an example of this, Tanabe said that the roster of opponents that are in the game were chosen by people of both studios, Next Level wanting to include more NES characters.[18] Both of the developers wanted to design the graphics in a way that would be immediately identifiable to any person who catches a glimpse of the game.[20] The inclusion of Donkey Kong was a suggestion from an employee of Nintendo of America, and Tanabe also wished to include Princess Peach, but the idea was abandoned because of the possible negative reception of violence towards women.[18] The studio adjusted the difficulty level in order to make the game easier to pick up and play.An anonymously sourced story claimed it was not approved of beforehand and resulted in Nintendo having to quietly pay licensing fees for the rights to feature the Easter egg.[23][22] Nintendo Power's Chris Slate scored the game an 8.5/10 in the magazine's June 2009 issue, praising its similarity to the NES title of the same name.[27] Slate stated "The folks at Next Level Games have created an amazing title that has made the 15 years since Super Punch-Out!![26] Sumantra Lahiri of The Escapist also praised its nostalgic value, but suggested that the stereotypes exhibited by the characters that seemed harmless in the 1980s had not aged well when early 21st century attitudes towards cultural and racial sensitivity were taken into account.
A match between Little Mac and King Hippo
Kensuke Tanabe , seen here at the Game Developers Conference in 2011, was the producer for Punch-Out!! on Wii.
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