Punch Out - Did you know.......

[Liraxus]

Name Changes

-Soda Popinski, a well known Russian Boxer in the series, was originally known as Vodka Drunkenski, you probably know why it was changed.

-Piston Honda was renamed Piston Hondo is the 2009 Wii title "Punch-Out!!"(Creative, huh?) due to the car company Honda, and the fact that a Piston is part a car. So they didn't want to get sued.

Punch-Outs Origins


(Thanks, Wikipedia)

Punch-out!! was originally an Arcade release that became extremely successful. Unlike Punch-Out!! For the NES, Little Mac was the same size as boxer, but was see-through. This game introduced series staples called Glass Joe, Piston Hurricane, Bald Bull, and Mr. Sandman, along with two forgotten Wrestlers, Pizza Pasta, and Kid Quick.

Later, it got a sequel titled "Super Punch-out!!" Which brought in some new faces which are now series staples such as Bear Hugger, Soda Popinski(Then known as Vodka Drunkenski), Great Tiger, and SUPER. MACHO. MAAAN.

Then there was an arm wrestling spinoff which i don't care about.

Other Interesting facts...

Bear Hugger, a well known Wrestler in the Punch-Out Series, is voiced by Richard Newman in the Wii installment. He also voiced M. Bison in the Street Fighter Cartoon. Guess what that means.




Within Punch-Out!!(2009)'s files, Disco Kid, the only newcomer, has files located in his data titled "kidquick", this implies that Disco Kid was originally going to be Kid Quick. And its not that surprising as the two are both really fast boxers.

According to Nintendo Official Magazine, Glass Joe's only win is meant to be due to an accident with Nick Bruiser, the final boxer of Super Punch-Out!!(SNES release). However, this can be debated, as according to Nick's Win/Loss Ratio, he never lost once.

Apparently, losing 100 times in the WVBA allows you to wear protective Headgear, as shown by Glass Joe in his Title Rematch in Punch-Out!!(2009)

Little Mac is little due to the NES' limitations, as he was impossible to make transparent in the NES port, so they made him small so you can see the boxers.

Also, Little Mac weigh's exactly 107 lb's, Hitmonchans international Pokedex number is 107.

Giga Mac, a version of Mac in the vs. mode for Punch-Out!! Wii, was going to be called Big Mac, but was changed so it didn't infringe on Mcdonalds sandwich.

Doc Louis, Little Macs coach, could be inspired off of the real life African American boxer, Joe Louis, who is known as the first African American Hero.

One of Doc Louis' Quotes in Punch-Out!! Wii where he tells Mac to join Club Nintendo is a refference to one of Doc's original quotes from the first game.

"JOIN THE NINTENDO FUN CLUB TODAY, MAC!"

"Join the Nintendo Fun- i mean, Club Nintendo today, Mac!"
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Whew! That took alot outta me, hope you enjoyed!

[Darkfenian]

I got a few more to add to this.

1. Bald Bull has been featured in more games than any other Punch-Out character (including Little Mac). He was featured in the Arm Wrestling and in Warioware Smooth Moves.

2. Many assumed that Mike Tyson was taken out of Punch-Out due to his rape conviction but in fact it was because he lost the title and wasn't the champion anymore. This is shown because the Mr. Dream version came a year before Mike Tyson was arrested.

3. NES Punch-Out there are many subtle gameplay mechanics.
-Little Mac for can do more damage to the body using his right hand but his left hand is faster.
-On some boxer like Piston Honda and Super Macho Man you can get a quick body shot by using the gutter punch. Tap up on the D-pad then throw a body punch. This often gives you a star.
- When Bald Bull does his Bull charge there is a camera man to the top right of the ring where his flash goes off. If you throw a body punch at the moment you see the flash it will knockdown Bald Bull.
- If you dodge and counter attack it will stun your opponent. If you strike just at the moment they're becoming unstunned then it will do more damage.
- Between Rounds if you hold select then press start you can recover your health. You can do this once per match. If you do it when you're full of health you'll loose half your health.
- Doing a rapid punch then a delayed punch it will cause the clock to stop. Its called the clock stop glitch.

4. Soda Popinski, Bear Hugger, and Rick Bruiser are the only left handed boxers in the series.

[RetroCollector89]

that there are three different versions of the NES installment? The first was pressed as a gold cartridge titled Punch-Out!!, and was a prize for winners of the 1987 Nintendo Famicom Golf Tournament U.S. Course. The second was a worldwide reissue under the name Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, and added one new opponent, Mike Tyson. The third and current version of the game released in August 1990 is Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream, which replaces Tyson's character with the fictional Mr. Dream.

[RetroCollector89]

Glass Joe has also appeared as a Hasbro Action Figure, in a Topps trading card series, and on a Punch-Out!! garbage can. He also made a cameo appearance in Captain N: The Game Master in the episode Videolympics, where he is seen boxing his own shadow, to which he loses.

[DidYouKnowGaming]

Merged the two Punch-out threads together.