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Take to the ring in the Punch-Out!! King Hippo Contender kit photo

What is this Heavyweight Contender kit, you ask? Why, it's a marketing tie-in for the upcoming Wii version of Punch-Out!!. Exclusive to Amazon.com, the kit contains a replica of King Hippo's crown, the King Hippo desktop punching bag, official King Hippo boxer shorts and Doc Lewis' remedy chocolate bar (I hear it heals wounds).

Yes, this is a bit silly, and it doesn't come with an actual copy of the game. Still, I have to admit I laughed when I saw it. It's priced at $34.99 and available here, should you be so inclined. You know, I know it's a shot in the dark, but I think an action figure of King Hippo would go over a bit better than this kit would. Also, if a Soda Popinski figure follows it, I can finally get my revenge by stomping on it and tossing it out the highest window I can find in the city of Miami.








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zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 09:27
zombiekiller13
Why not throw this in as a pre-order bonus? I'd pay a little extra to get it with the game, but not $35 plus the $50 I'm going to drop for the game.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 09:52
Chronic Logic
35 bux?! Hell no! That is way too much. It doesn't even include the game. It'd make more sense to bundle as a limited edition or something.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 10:34
atastysammich
Thirty-five's a bit much. Have they already forgotten that twenty's the magic number? Maybe if they had different sets with varyingly-sized boxers representing a fighter from the respective class, they could pull off $25.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 11:25
GohanGVO
$35!??! Fail_Horn.mp3.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 12:33
Artemus
Last night I downloaded and played the hell outta Super Punch Out!!(Virtual Console) and I really love the series, but this is a bit much...
And the price is ridiculous for a replica crown(?), Hippo boxers(?), a small punching bag(?) and a chocolate bar(?)!
Are they serious?!
A cool set of boxer figures from the series would have been much cooler...
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 13:17
Monodi
I am paying that much if the crown has some serious bling in it.

Even though it sounds like something I would kill for having.
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2009 16:34
Excel-2011
I'm fat enough to pull this off.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 18:15
Occams electric toothbrush
I'd love to have some King Hippo boxers but I'm not paying $35 for what should be premium items included in the elite version (or whatever) of the game. Also, a King Hippo figure would be amazing.
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