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Everything Old About Punch-Out Is Still Kinda Old



I believe I’ve mentioned that I have not turned on my Wii once since I got my Xbox 360 last summer, and that still holds true. And the only upcoming Wii game I’m even slightly excited for is the update of Punch-Out!, since I have such fond memories of getting mercilessly crushed by Soda Popinsky and the third Piston Honda in my youth. So I was excited about this new trailer, and I realized… I should probably just go play the original Punch-Out.

Seriously. It’s mostly the same opponents. It’s clearly the same fighting system. Sure, it has better graphics, but it doesn’t exactly have Fight Night Round 4-level better graphics. So why shouldn’t I just save myself the money and play the old version instead? I mean, if I’m going to pony up $50-60 for a boxing videogame this year, I bet its going to be the one that looks like this.