ESRB has given Punch Out!! for the Wii an "Everyone 10+" rating, for "comic mischief" and "cartoon violence." The description doesn't reveal much about the game we didn't know, but it does make it sound a hell of a lot like the Punch Out!! we've all come to know and love. And that's a good thing.
"This is a boxing game in which players compete in boxing matches against a cast of colorful, fictional characters. While players can use standard boxing moves (jabs, hooks, uppercuts), most fights are performed in a comical fashion with an assortment of "dizzy stars," "cartoony" sound effects, and slapstick signature moves (e.g., growling, dropping shorts, conking oneself on the head, twirling, etc.). Boxers' faces show lumps and bruises after taking damage, and some knockouts are depicted in slow motion as players are sent flying across the canvass. One character flexes his pectoral and glute muscles prior to a fight, while another boxer belches during a cutscene."
A new Punch Out!! is something I've been dying to see for a while; the lack of an Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, or GameCube game still keeps me up at night. So I have high hopes for this game, hopes of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
My biggest concern here is how Nintendo will handle the game mechanics, praying that we're not subjected to motion controls simply for the sake of having motion controls. I don't have a problem with turning my Wii Remote sideways and using it like a classic controller, Nintendo. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
[Via GoNintendo]
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1:40 PM on 02.18.2009
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I was gonna.
Please don't fuck this game up!
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How complete are the games when ESRB rates them?
I have a pretty good idea of what I should REALLY expect. It could work, but I've yet to play it. And Nintendo haven't shown us anything final, or said too much about how it's going to play out. I look forward to it, either way. If there are motion controls (and like you said, there will be), I just hope they don't seem "forced." I'm really not interested in playing Punch Out!! like Wii Boxing, you know?
Yeah, well, you'd think they'd know better than, say, to make Mario Power Tennis play like Wii Tennis, but here we are.
@ atastysammich
Personally, I'd love to see an actual Mario Tennis sequel capitalize on motion controls and make a full-featured Wii Tennis game. I'm more surprised that they haven't done it yet.
Did they get an American third party to develop this? If not, what you said may end up being the case.
Apparently, this game is supposed to be a remake so I'm not expecting to too much in the way of new content and gameplay mechanics. As for controls, it's pretty damn obvious that it will use motion control. Hopefully, the game will support the Classic Controller or some other alternative control scheme if the motion controls don't turn out that well.
I wonder if it will even support MotionPlus especially when something like Wii Sports boxing suffered a bit from unresponsive controls.
Let's hope Nintendo doesn't kill it with ridiculous, repetitive motion control!
That would be cool if they mentioned Iron Mike Tyson, in some way or another... Like how he hasn't been the same since his encounter with Little Mac! How that loss forced him into a reckless, crazy world of ear biting and eye tattoos!
Ha ha! =)
Concerning the option to use motion control or not... We all know Nintendo is not big on the options department.
I can't imagine why Punch Out Wii would be any different. that's the way it is with sports games (and I include most fighting games as sports games). They don't evolve over time, just like how professional sports themselves haven't really evolved over time.
I've never thought about it like that but you're exactly right. I like your style.
SF4 definitely isn't just SF2 in 3D, just as SF Alpha and SF3 were different games. I'm not saying that it's not possible that Nintendo will evolve it, but from Nintendo's recent decisions, I'm predicting that it will play exactly the same, but in 3D with motion controls. I'm hoping they prove me wrong and go outside the box, while still holding onto nostalgia.
As a matter of fact, im always with Holmes. Damn this is disturbing.
I demand the wand wielding wiizard to stop toying with my mind like this.
@Mikey - We need to have Holmes in your comic wearing a sensor bar to his chest or as a belt, holding a wii remote as a wand, with telekinetic powers
Sorry it is my second language :)
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