A new contender found in the upcoming Punch-Out!! for the Wii has been revealed, and his name is Piston Hondo.
We have to wonder -- is Piston Hondo related in any way to Piston Honda, well-known Japanese boxer of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! fame? Well, both are from Tokyo, Japan. Both weigh 174 pounds, and while we don't know the height of Piston Honda, we can assume he was in the 6'2" range.
Despite the fact that Nintendo says Hondo was last seen in Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (a.k.a. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! with 100% less rape convictions), we're not buying it. Evidence that Piston Hondo and Piston Honda are not the same is in the age. There's no way that Piston Honda could be 28 today, the purported age of Piston Hondo. In the original title, he was 28... and that was some 22 years ago. Using mathematics, that would make Piston Hondo/Honda 50-years-old.
And that right there is why we're not "pissed off" that Nintendo changed Piston Honda's name... they're clearly different characters. Duh.
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10:40 AM on 05.07.2009
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Funny write up though :-D
They have DIFFERENT LAST NAMES.
Some people...
They have DIFFERENT LAST NAMES."
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I believe that in Asian culture, the first name is actually the family ("last") name. So they would both be of the Piston family. That is why Yao Ming has YAO on his jersey and not Ming. Last names go on sports jerseys.
Some people.
The only way to tell is if he can be KO'd in under 11 seconds. Then we'll know it runs in the family.