Punch-Out! Coming to Nintendo Wii

An updated version of Punch-Out! is being released for the Nintendo Wii on May 18, 2009 and, I cannot lie to you, I’m pretty excited!  I don’t play a lot of these types of games but, back in the day, I loved this game on the NES and SNES.  It’s not that I don’t like boxing on games like Wii Sports but it’s fun to have this classic game make a reappearance.

Of course, Nintendo has made some upgrades.  This newest version will be the first to use three-dimensional graphics and to incorporate full motion video.

Unfortunately, Mike Tyson won’t be available on the Wii version (he only appeared on the NES version of Punch-Out!).  I was also a fan of Bear Hugger but he wasn’t included either.  I am happy to see people like Glass Joe (the way he falls apart cracks me up!).

Here’s the list of characters that have made it to the Wii version:

• Aran Ryan
• Bald Bull
• Banana Bruiser
• Disco Kid
• Don Flamenco
• Dragon Chan
• Glass Joe
• Great Tiger
• King Hippo
• Masked Muscle
• Mr. Dream
• Mr. Sandman
• Narcis Prince
• Piston Honda
• Pizza Pasta
• Super Macho Man
• Vodka Drunkenski/Soda Popinski
• Von Kaiser

I will definitely at the front of the line when this game comes out later this year.   Check out the trailer to see what some of the updated characters look like.

image: Nintendo.com