Geoff Keighley and company also revealed a brand new extended trailer for Punch-Out!!, which is coming to Wii this May. Clocking in a nearly two minutes, there's quite a lot of gameplay to be seen, along with a slew of characters both new and old. But the "big news"? Giga Mac, a character available in the game's versus mode that once activated becomes a big, monster version of himself. Think the Incredible Hulk, only with boxing gloves.
I'm not entirely sold on two-player Punch-Out!!, and Giga Mac sounds like some bizarre fish/meat combo burger I'd be able to eat at a Japanese McDonalds. But I loved how familiar Punch-Out!! felt when I played it at GDC, and I can't wait to play more of it. Check out the new trailer after the jump.
Wait...how...huh? How exactly would a 2P mode work in Punch Out? The whole game is reading the AI's tells and reacting to them. You can't do that in 2P mode, really. I'm expecting this to be broken as hell and not fun at all.
Well this also teases us that head-to-head will have a wide roster of characters probably including Super Macho Man, King Hippo and (God, I so hope) Dragon Chan.
Maybe its just that I never grew up on Punch Out on the NES, but I'm still not feeling it with this game. I think I'll be fine with Super Punch Out on the VC should I feel the need to play some Punchout.
Giga Mac. Creepy.
I grew up playing Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!, it was one of the first games I remember getting!! I played tha hell outta that game!! Tyson was one of the first video game "bosses" that really scared me!!
I am very much looking forward to this!! Yeah!!
And the two player mode looks like a nice touch...
Love the music, look and feel of the game, so far.
It's full of retro goodness!! =)
For anyone who played and loved the original, this game is just awesome. I'll give the multi-player bits a shot but I'm really in it for the single player fights. Also, really hope I can turn off that red flash before the fighters attack you cause I don't want/need that obvious a visual cue. I'll keep it old school and look for the flashing gem/wink and work my way to victory.
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8:40 AM on 04.10.2009
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thats pretty awesome
@Askherserenity
You mean it reminds you of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! when you have to block the super shots.
Umm allrighty, this reminds me a bit of The Guy from IWBTG.
I grew up playing Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!, it was one of the first games I remember getting!! I played tha hell outta that game!! Tyson was one of the first video game "bosses" that really scared me!!
I am very much looking forward to this!! Yeah!!
And the two player mode looks like a nice touch...
Love the music, look and feel of the game, so far.
It's full of retro goodness!! =)