Back Punch-Out!! Spanish Punch-Out!! Finnish Punch-Out!! French Punch-Out!! (serie) Italian パンチアウト!! Japanese 펀치 아웃!! Korean Punch-Out!! SIMPLE 拳无虚发系列 Chinese
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| Punch-Out!! | |
|---|---|
 The most recent Punch-Out!! series logo. Based on the title screen logo of the original Punch-Out!! arcade game. | |
| Genre(s) | Sports, Fighting, Puzzle |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D3 (1984-1998) Next Level Games (2009) Nvidia Lightspeed Studios (2019) |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Creator(s) | Genyo Takeda Makoto Wada[1] |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Game & Watch, NES, Super NES, Wii, Wii U, Nvidia Shield |
| First release | Punch-Out!! February 17, 1984 |
| Latest release | Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! October 27, 2009 |
Punch-Out!![a] is a boxing video game series created by Nintendo's general manager Genyo Takeda, and his partner Makoto Wada. It was originally created because Nintendo had too many TV screens lying around in their warehouse, due to buying an abundance of them after the success of Donkey Kong (1981 video game).[2] Genyo Takeda was consulted as to what to make, and he suggested a boxing game.[3] Thus Punch-Out!! was born.
The first game was Punch-Out!! made in 1983 and released in Japan as an arcade unit. The game was then released in the US in February 1984,[4] which was followed by a sequel, titled Super Punch-Out!! (1984). The series was released on home consoles soon after, starting with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! on the NES in 1987 (with a re-release of the game in 1990, which removed Mike Tyson, due to the license for his likeness expiring. His loss of the heavyweight title to Buster Douglas made Nintendo choose to not renew the contract,[5] and Tyson was instead replaced by the fictional Mr. Dream for the final opponent, who was just a palette swap) and Super Punch-Out!! on the Super NES in 1994, which went back to the style of the arcade games.
A reboot of the series entitled Punch-Out!! was released in May 2009 on the Wii, along with a Club Nintendo exclusive WiiWare prequel Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! in October 2009. Both games were made by Canadian studio Next Level Games.
The series also had a spin-off called Arm Wrestling from 1985, which was released only in North American arcades, and was Nintendo's last arcade game they independently developed and released.
- ^ "N-sider.com: Makoto Wada". N-Sider. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ Smallwood, Karl (2018-03-29). "This is Why Punch-Out!! Had Two Screens". Fact Fiend. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Smallwood, Karl (2018-03-29). "This is Why Punch-Out!! Had Two Screens". Fact Fiend. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "The Evolution of Punch-Out!!". stoneagegamer.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Baird, Scott (2020-05-13). "Mike Tyson Is Bringing Back Punch-Out (On His Terms)". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
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