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Everlast boxing gloves: Float like a butterfly, look like a chump

Posted Nov 20th 2008 9:15PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Peripherals

Boxing manufacturer Everlast has revealed that it will be joining the burgeoning Wiimote/Nunchuk add-on market, starting with these $30 synthetic leather boxing gloves. Why? Because it's the end times, that's why.

Still, The New York Times seems impressed. "The gloves give you some sense of being in the ring," lies the once-respected newspaper. Obviously, we don't have to tell Wii Fanboy readers that this is tat, but, y'know, inform your relatives/friends or something, before you find yourself wearing these Christmas morning.

Gallery: Punch Out

[Via Go Nintendo]

Nintendo confident core will be satisfied in 2009

Posted Nov 18th 2008 1:47PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Well, we would think, given that there are a bunch of really unique and fun-looking games coming down the pipe next year. MadWorld, Sin & Punishment 2, The Conduit, and Punch-Out!! are just a few of the games that the core are likely excited for. "I think that next year you're going to see the tide turn a little bit, in terms of people realizing that the Wii can have something of interest for everybody," said Cammie Dunaway in a MTV Multiplayer interview. "So, yeah, I think next year is going to be a pretty good year in terms of the breadth of offerings that are going to be out there for a bunch of folks."

The full interview with Cammie hasn't been published yet, but we'll let you know when it does. Frankly, we're interested in hearing more from her on these games, because, well, we're as excited for them as you are!

[Via CVG]

Punch-Out!! developer making WiiWare card game as well

Posted Nov 3rd 2008 2:33PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: WiiWare

Next Level Games, the Canadian developer behind the Super Mario Strikers series, is currently at work on an extremely high-profile game: the Wii update to the classic Punch-Out!! series. According to an OFLC listing spotted by Spencer from Siliconera, they've decided to work on something else while they've got the Wii devkits out: something called Jungle Speed.

Rather than a Donkey Kong-themed racing game (which has been tried on the Wii to little success), Jungle Speed is most likely a Wii version of a card game of the same name, in which players must get rid of all their cards while racing to take possession of a totem.

We suspect that this title will end up on WiiWare: Jungle Speed also has a rating on the American ESRB, which lists its publisher as Playful Entertainment. Playful states on their website that they have "multiple, unannounced titles" planned for WiiWare.

In bonus OFLC news, Mercs, Enduro Racer, and M.U.S.H.A. have also been rated! Awesome games from Sega consoles incoming!

[Via Siliconera]

Wii Warm Up: Your favorite reveal

Posted Oct 8th 2008 8:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

There was a ton of stuff to come from Nintendo's big news day last week. What we're wondering is what your favorite item was? Were you stoked about a certain game more than any others? Are you thrilled to hear about Club Nintendo coming to the States? Was the Nintendo DSi your favorite thing from the show? Nintendo's storage solution? What was your favorite thing to come out of Nintendo's fall media summit?

Wii Warm Up: Opponents

Posted Oct 7th 2008 8:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

There's a lot to be excited about from Nintendo's latest press conference. One of the things we've been extremely excited about is a new Punch-Out!! game. We can tell the game will include a couple of classic enemies, including King Hippo, Von Kaiser and Glass Joe. We were wondering, though, who you'd like to take on in the upcoming game. What boxers from the original Punch-Out!!, as well as Super Punch-Out!!, would you like to take on in the new game? What opponents do you want to topple in the upcoming Punch-Out!! for Wii?

Gallery: Punch Out

Wii Warm Up: Punish-Out!!

Posted Oct 3rd 2008 8:00AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Tough question today, people: Sin & Punishment 2 vs. Punch-Out!! (it just seems appropriate). Ready? FIGHT.

Highlights from Nintendo's big news day

Posted Oct 2nd 2008 9:42PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Features

The last 24 hours have been pretty amazing. We've gotten a dream sequel, a new Punch-Out!! and a new handheld to geek out to. There was a lot of news coming out of Nintendo's Japanese and American fall press conferences. As a recap, find all of the news from the show below, in case you missed something.

Highlights from the American show

Highlights from the Japanese show

And don't forget to check out all of the new screens from these DS games and Wii games!

Gallery: Nintendo DSi

Six of our favorite Media Summit videos

Posted Oct 2nd 2008 8:48PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Video

You've already had the chance to examine scores of wonderful screens from new Wii games announced at the Nintendo Media Summit. This new post is dedicated to displaying thousands of more screens (squashed together to create videos) of some of the bigger titles that have been shown at the event.

We settled on placing Nintendo's official Punch-Out!! trailer at the top of this post, but could have easily led with some truly fantastic Sin & Punishment 2 footage, an impressive tech demo of The Conduit, or Yuji Naka's wacky-looking Let's Tap. Instead, all of those (and more) are past the break, and need to be viewed right now. Before you go, though, one final note: if any game released this year has a funkier soundtrack than Let's Tap, we'll be gobsmacked.

Continue reading Six of our favorite Media Summit videos

Virtually Overlooked: Arm Wrestling

Posted Oct 2nd 2008 7:50PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Virtually Overlooked

I still can't get over the announcement of a new Punch-Out!! for Wii. It seemed like an obvious choice, sure, but Nintendo has avoided cashing in on plenty of obvious choices. To celebrate, I could have written a post about Super Punch-Out!!, but that's no fun at all. Well, actually, it's a lot of fun, but as a game. Instead, I have decided to reach a bit deeper into the tiny Punch-Out!! catalog and talk about ... the one that isn't about boxing.

In 1985, the Nintendo IRD team created a second arcade game for the bizarre stacked-monitor cabinet that housed Punch-Out!! Like that game, it featured a small, nearly featureless competitor facing off against giant, grimacing dudes who happen to be broad stereotypes. But instead of punching the guys out, you ... wrestle ... their arms ... down. I'd be terrible at writing PR copy. And instead of a kid in a black tank top, you're a dope in a blue shirt with a black sweater-vest on. The effect is that of a rejected 1940's superhero sidekick.

Continue reading Virtually Overlooked: Arm Wrestling

Nintendo conference screen mega-roundup!

Posted Oct 2nd 2008 5:40PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Screens

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Nintendo announced a lot of games last night at their Japanese conference. Many of them, like Punch-Out!! here, were brand new. Some, like Supan Smasher and Cosmic Walker, we still don't know anything about. But we've got screenshots. So many screenshots.

After the break, you'll find galleries of all the new games, along with new screens of some upcoming games we've known about for a while. Of special interest to us among the previously-announced Oboro Muramasa Youtouden, coming to the US as Muramasa: The Demon Blade, because it looks super hot, Karaoke Joysound Wii, which appears to have art by Parappa creator Rodney Alan Greenblat, and Takuto of Magic (Wand of Magic), which appears to be a followup to Taito's LostMagic on the DS.

Gallery: Punch Out

Continue reading Nintendo conference screen mega-roundup!

Nintendo unveils new Punch-Out!! for Wii [update]

Posted Oct 2nd 2008 1:41AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Update: Screen grab, courtesy of video from Nintendo's Japanese site here. It looks awesome!

Yes, you read that correctly: Nintendo is reviving the old franchise in an all-new title for Wii. We have no more details than that at this point, other than oh my god it's a new Punch-Out!! But, as soon as more is revealed, we'll let you know.

Maybe it'll be like our re-imagining of the game for Wii?

Born for Wii: Punch-Out!!

Posted Sep 16th 2008 11:45AM by Wesley Fenlon
Filed under: Born for Wii

Sometimes you just have a bad day. It happens to the best of us; even video game bloggers are not infallible. And after a rage-inducing, hair-pulling bad day, you can go home, curl up in a ball and listen to The Wallflowers in surrender, or vent some of that anger. By punching people.

But hold up there, tiger. You can't punch real people. That's, like, illegal. Enter the Wii: the best simulation for punching people outside of the real thing. Unfortunately, Wii Sports Boxing does not offer the realistic experience of mashing in someone's face Stallone style. Worse, no other boxing game since the Wii's release has really delivered a solid boxing experience. That could change in the near future with Facebreaker K.O. Party, forcing me to eat my words like a knuckle sandwich from Rocky Marciano. But if its Xbox/PS3 counterpart is any indication, there's not much chance of that. The same goes for Don King Prizefighter. This shaky reliability just won't do. We need Punch-Out!!

NEXT >>

Gallery: Born for Wii: Punch-Out!!

Every week, Born for Wii digs into gaming's sordid past to unearth a new treasure fit for revival on the Nintendo Wii. Be sure to check out last week's entry in the series, Jet Set Radio, and for more great titles that deserve your attention, take a look at Virtually Overlooked.

Virtually Free: Classics

Posted Jul 23rd 2008 10:15AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Virtual Console, Contests / Giveaways

We know a lot of you are a little bummed after E3. You didn't get what you want. We know how that can feel. In the tiniest of efforts to make you feel better, we're giving away a couple of classics this week as part of Virtually Free. If you don't have them, you should -- and we're going to give them to one lucky reader:

Punch-Out!! (NES, 500 Wii points/$5)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 500 Wii points/$5)

To enter, just leave a comment here (with a valid e-mail address!) and tell us one thing you liked about this year's E3. You must be a legal resident of the United States with an American Wii (sorry, Canadians, we have to leave you out of this one; blame the gifting system and not us!) and 18 years of age or older. You may enter once per calendar day between now and Monday, July 28; the contest comes to a close that night at 11:59 PM Eastern time, and we'll select a winner in a random drawing the next day. Questions? Check out the official rules.

Rumor: Punch-Out!! Wii to be unveiled at E3

Posted Jul 11th 2008 10:35AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Rumors

Ding Ding! Some potentially huuuuge news this morning from the pages of Brit magazine NGamer -- apparently, E3 will see Nintendo uppercutting its competition with a new edition of Punch-Out!! for the Wii. Not only that, but the mag reckons Punch Out!! Wii will ship with Balance Board support to let us ~~float like a butterfly~~ dodge and weave, and that we'll be using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to ~~sting like a bee~~ punch.

Is this the hardcore-pleasing title that Reggie has previously referenced? It could well be, because we're the hardcore, and we're pleased by this!

[Via Go Nintendo]

Punch-Out!!, bongo style

Posted Jul 8th 2008 6:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Fan stuff, Peripherals, Tech stuff, Controller, Video

While we're sure that nobody is going to trash Soda Pop while using the Donkey Konga bongo controller in Punch-Out!!, it's good enough to take down Glass Joe with ease. And, it's a neat way to enjoy one of the best 8-bit games around. Just, uh, skip like the first minute of the video. It's kind of painful to watch.

[Via Joystiq]

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Everlast boxing gloves: Float like a butterfly, look like a chump

Nintendo confident core will be satisfied in 2009

Punch-Out!! developer making WiiWare card game as well

Wii Warm Up: Your favorite reveal

Wii Warm Up: Opponents

Wii Warm Up: Punish-Out!!

Highlights from Nintendo's big news day

Six of our favorite Media Summit videos

Virtually Overlooked: Arm Wrestling

Nintendo conference screen mega-roundup!

Nintendo unveils new Punch-Out!! for Wii [update]

Born for Wii: Punch-Out!!

Virtually Free: Classics

Rumor: Punch-Out!! Wii to be unveiled at E3

Punch-Out!!, bongo style

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