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I like to imagine, as I watch Little Mac crash to the mat once again, what boxing would be like if the fighters acted like the people in Punch-Out!! Would it be intimidating in the ring if a boxer wiggled their head from side to side before throwing a jab? What if they threw an uppercut by crouching down to the ground and soaring upwards? I must admit, I would pay to watch a boxing match where someone pulled Bald Bull’s rush. Where they just back up into the ropes, hop up and down a couple of times and then barrel forwards.

What you can gain from this is that Punch-Out!! Is not the place to go if you’re looking for a 1-to-1 boxing simulator. Not unless you can point me in the direction of a boxer named ‘Soda Popinski’ anyway. Instead, you go to Punch-Out!! for its tight reaction and timing based gameplay, with a little sprinkling of humour on top. It’s tough, as the majority of games from its era tend to be, but it feels, for the most part, fair. And landing a solid star punch to end a gruelling match is a definite thrill.

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Punch-Out!! (NES)

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