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{{Short description|1987 video game}}
{{otheruses4|the video game|the earlier arcade version on which this game is based|Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|the boxing term|Punch-out (boxing slang)}}
{{About|the 1987 NES game|other video games of the same name|Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|and|Punch-Out!! (Wii)}}

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{{Infobox VG
{{Infobox video game
|title = Mike Tyson's Punch-Out<nowiki>!!</nowiki>
| title = Punch-Out<nowiki>!!</nowiki>
|image = [[Image:MikeTyson'sPunchOutBoxart.jpg|256px]]
| image = Punch-out mrdream boxart.PNG
|caption = The box cover of the {{vgy|1987}} ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''
| caption = Front packaging of the re-release
|developer = [[Nintendo_R%26D3#Defunct_first-party|Nintendo IRD]]<ref>Calderon, Anthony. [http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=482 The Nintendo Development Structure] [[N-Sider]] Retrieved on 2008-[[March 13|03-13]]</ref>
|publisher = [[Nintendo]]
| developer = [[Nintendo Integrated Research & Development|Nintendo R&D3]]
|distributor = [[Nintendo]]
| publisher = [[Nintendo]]
|designer = [[Genyo Takeda]] <small>([[Game director|director]])</small>
| director = [[Genyo Takeda]]
|released = [[1987 in video gaming|1987]]
| producer = [[Minoru Arakawa]]
| designer = Kazuo Yoneyama<br>Mayumi Hirota
|genre = [[Sports game]]
| writer =
|modes = [[Single player]]
| programmer = Masato Hatakeyama
|ratings = [[ESRB]]: E (Everyone) (Wii)<ref>[http://wii.ign.com/articles/744/744751p1.html IGN Advertisement<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| artist = [[Makoto Wada]]
|platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Nintendo Gamecube]], [[Virtual Console]] ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!#Virtual Console|(see article)]]''
| composer = Yukio Kaneoka<br>[[Akito Nakatsuka]]<br>[[Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1964)|Kenji Yamamoto]]<ref name=ninty>{{cite interview|last=Yamamoto|first=Kenji|last2=Sakamoto|first2=Yoshio|interviewer=Akinori Sao|title=Developer Interview, Volume 3|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-super-metroid/|location=Kyoto, Japan|publisher=Nintendo|date=n.d.|access-date=May 11, 2020|quote=Yamamoto: 'First, I worked on the sound for Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925084427/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-super-metroid/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|media = [[Cartridge (electronics)|Cartridge]]
| platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|requirements =
| released = {{Unbulleted list|'''''Gold Version''''' {{vgrelease|JP|September 18, 1987}}
|input = [[Control pad]]
|'''''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''''' {{vgrelease|NA|October 1987|JP|November 21, 1987|EU|December 15, 1987}}
|'''''Punch-Out!!''''' {{vgrelease|NA|August 1990|EU|1990}}
}}
| genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| series = ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
| arcade system = [[PlayChoice-10]]
}}
}}


'''''Punch-Out!!''''', known originally as {{nihongo|'''''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'''''|マイクタイソン・パンチアウト!!}}, and later re-released as '''''Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream''''' is a [[boxing]] [[video game]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] developed and published by [[Nintendo]] in 1987. It is a semi-port of both the ''[[Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Punch-Out!!]]'' and ''[[Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Super Punch-Out!!]]'' arcade games (mostly inclined towards the latter) with some variations.
{{nihongo foot|'''''Punch-Out!!''''',|パンチアウト!!|Panchi-Auto!!|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} originally titled {{nihongo foot|'''''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''''',|マイクタイソン・パンチアウト!!|Maiku Taison Panchi-Auto!!|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1987 [[List of boxing video games|boxing]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES). Part of the ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'' series, it is an adaptation of the [[arcade video game]]s ''[[Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Punch-Out!!]]'' (1984) and ''[[Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Super Punch-Out!!]]'' (1984). Differences from the arcades include the addition of former [[Undisputed championship (boxing)|undisputed]] world heavyweight champion [[Mike Tyson]] as the final boss. It received critical acclaim, and is retrospectively considered one of the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest video games of all time]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=We rank the 100 greatest videogames|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/13/we-rank-100-greatest-videogames/|access-date=July 20, 2020|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=April 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408160444/https://ew.com/article/2003/05/13/we-rank-100-greatest-videogames/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Development==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Baldbull.png|left|thumb|Little Mac has punched at the right time to defend himself against Bald Bull's "Bull Charge", instantly knocking his opponent down.]]
[[Genyo Takeda]], who produced the arcade versions of ''Punch-Out!!'', directed the NES versions. Because the NES was not as powerful as the arcade hardware, Takeda and his crew realized that it would be too difficult to make the NES port completely simulate the arcade versions. Instead of making the playable boxer wire-framed or transparent to see an opponent, they decided to shrink the playable boxer, so that players could see his opponents over his head easier. And while the playable boxer didn't have an official name, he was called "Little Mac", because of him being small. Nintendo's mascot, [[Mario]], was also added as the referee. Also, developers decided to give Mario [[speech balloon]]s instead of the voice samples of the referee from the arcade versions to save space in the cartridge ROM. Other things added to the NES version that the arcade versions lacked was a plot, a [[background music]] track played during fights, animation sequences and a password system.
''Punch-Out!!'' features [[Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)|Little Mac]], a young boxer fighting his way up through ranks of the World Video Boxing Association.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut">{{cite web|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/mike-tysons-punch-out/3030-4848/|title=Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!|first= |last= |website=[[Giant Bomb]]|date= |access-date=July 28, 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120125549/https://www.giantbomb.com/mike-tysons-punch-out/3030-4848/|url-status=live}}</ref> After facing a series of colorful fictional opponents in three circuits and winning the championship in each, Little Mac enters a final "Dream Fight" against a highly skilled boxer. In the Gold Version, the final boss is Super Macho Man, who was also the final opponent in ''[[Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Super Punch-Out!!]]''. ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' features [[Mike Tyson]], the real-life [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|World Heavyweight Champion]] at the time. After the license to use Tyson's likeness expired, he was replaced by the fictional Mr. Dream.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/>


Little Mac has a limited repertoire compared to most of his opponents. His punches are limited to left and right jabs, left and right body blows, and a powerful uppercut.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/> The uppercut can only be used once the player earns a star, which is typically accomplished by counter-punching the opponent directly before or after certain attacks are launched. The player can acquire up to three stars, but loses them whenever Mac is hit or knocked down. To defend, Mac can dodge left or right, duck, and block punches by putting up his guard.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/>
==Gameplay==
[[Image:Punch Out (NES).png|left|framed|The first match in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! against Glass Joe.]]
The game features a boxer named [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Little Mac|Little Mac]] working his way up the professional boxing circuits, facing a series of colorful, fictional boxers, leading to a final fight with real-life boxer, and then-[[World Heavyweight Champion]], [[Mike Tyson]].


Little Mac has a heart counter, which decreases upon being hit, blocking a punch, or throwing a punch that the opponent dodges or blocks. When the counter decreases to zero, Little Mac temporarily turns different shades of pink and appears tired/exhausted, leaving the player unable to attack but still able to dodge, duck, and block.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/> At this point, Mac can regain some hearts and his normal color palette only by avoiding the opponent's punches. He immediately loses all of his hearts upon being knocked down, but can regain some by getting up.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/>
The game requires good reflexes in reaction to the computer-controlled boxers' moves, as the more advanced boxers give very little indication of their coming moves. ''Punch-Out!!'' incorporates enough variety to be a challenge to even the most experienced of players. Still, many have mastered ''Punch-Out!!'' by learning the computer-controlled boxers' consistent patterns.


A bout can end by knockout (KO), if a fighter is unable to get up within ten seconds after being knocked down; by technical knockout (TKO), if a fighter is knocked down three times in one round; or by decision, if the bout lasts three full rounds without a clear winner.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/> In order to win by decision, the player must accumulate a certain point total by punching the opponent. Some bouts cannot be won in this manner and will automatically result in a loss for the player if the opponent is not knocked out. Mac can only get up three times during any one bout; if he is knocked down a fourth time, he will be unable to rise and thus lose by knockout.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/>
Little Mac has a limited repertoire compared to many of his opponents. His punches are limited to left and right jabs, left and right body blows, and a powerful uppercut. The uppercut can only be used once the player earns a star, which can often be accomplished by counter-punching the opponent directly before or after certain attacks are launched. On the defensive side, the player can also dodge left or right, duck, and block attacks.


When Mac loses his first bout to a ranked opponent, he will have a chance to fight a rematch. However, if he loses a Title Bout, he will fall in the rankings – one place for the Minor or Major Circuits, two places for the World Circuit.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/> Losing a rematch causes him to fall one place (unless he is already at the bottom of his circuit), forcing him to fight his way back up. A third loss, or a loss in the Dream Fight, ends the game.<ref name="GiantBombPunchOut"/>
Little Mac also has a heart meter, which decreases by three upon being struck by an opponent and one upon blocking an attack or an opponent blocking the player's attack. When the heart meter decreases to zero, Little Mac temporarily turns pink and appears exhausted; leaving the player unable to attack, but still able to defend. At this point, the player regains a few hearts and Little Mac reverts to his original palette, but only if Mac is able to successfully avoid his opponent's attacks. Mac will remain exhausted until he has successfully defended against an opponent's move.


===Characters===
[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Doc Louis|Doc Louis]] serves as [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Little Mac|Little Mac]]'s faithful trainer and corner man who will gives advice between rounds on how to defeat Mac's opponent.
{{See also|List of Punch-Out!! characters}}
Little Mac faces a total of 14 opponents: three in the Minor Circuit, four in the Major Circuit, six in the World Circuit, and Mike Tyson or Mr. Dream. All character sprites except King Hippo are reused for two characters each, with changes made to colors, head, or special moves.<ref name="Janet Burns">{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Janet |title=16 Hard-Hitting Facts About Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63640/16-hard-hitting-facts-about-mike-tysons-punch-out |website=[[Mental Floss]] |access-date=November 16, 2021 |language=en |date=May 6, 2015 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155903/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63640/16-hard-hitting-facts-about-mike-tysons-punch-out |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mario]] has a cameo as the referee.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Good |first1=Owen |title=Mario was Put in Punch-Out Without Permission |url=https://kotaku.com/mario-was-put-in-punch-out-without-permission-5333061 |website=Kotaku |access-date=October 14, 2021 |language=en-us |date=August 8, 2009 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155750/https://kotaku.com/mario-was-put-in-punch-out-without-permission-5333061 |url-status=live }}</ref> Three opponents from the Minor and Major Circuits reappear in the World Circuit, with new attacks that force the player to devise a new strategy.


==Development==
** During the rest between rounds, Little Mac can recoup some of his health by pressing the 'select' button on the controller.
''Punch-Out!!'' was developed by [[Nintendo Integrated Research & Development|Nintendo Research & Development No. 3]].<ref name="iwataasks">{{cite web|title=Iwata Asks: Punch Out|url=http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/punchout/0/1|website=Iwata Asks|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=September 13, 2009|access-date=March 1, 2019|page=2|archive-date=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118084247/http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/kirbysepicyarn/vol1_page4.jsp#/wii/punchout/0/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Goggin |first1=Peter N. |title=Environmental Rhetoric and Ecologies of Place |date=July 18, 2013 |publisher=Routledge |page=124 |isbn=978-1-135-92265-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeQdAAAAQBAJ&dq=nintendo+research+%26+development+3+punch-out%21%21&pg=PA124 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155757/https://books.google.com/books?id=WeQdAAAAQBAJ&dq=nintendo+research+%26+development+3+punch-out!!&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q=nintendo%20research%20%26%20development%203%20punch-out!!&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Genyo Takeda]] (the producer of the ''Punch-Out!!'' arcade games), was the director of the NES game.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scullion |first1=Chris |title=The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System |date=March 30, 2019 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-5267-3780-9 |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IE8IEAAAQBAJ&dq=genyo+takeda+punch-out%21%21+arcade&pg=PA129 |access-date=October 21, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155752/https://books.google.com/books?id=IE8IEAAAQBAJ&dq=genyo+takeda+punch-out!!+arcade&pg=PA129#v=onepage&q=genyo%20takeda%20punch-out!!%20arcade&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Because the NES was not as powerful as the arcade hardware, they could not recreate the arcade graphics. Instead of making the playable boxer wire-framed or transparent in order to see the opponent, they made the playable boxer smaller and named him [[Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)|Little Mac]],<ref>{{cite web |title=From Mike Tyson To Mr. Dream, How Punch-Out!! Defined Boxing Video Games |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/from-mike-tyson-to-mr-dream-how-punch-out-defined-boxing-video-games |website=The Sportsman |access-date=October 14, 2021 |language=EN |date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155916/https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/from-mike-tyson-to-mr-dream-how-punch-out-defined-boxing-video-games |url-status=live }}</ref> a 17-year-old boxer weighing about 107 pounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=A cultural history of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3729473 |website=ESPN |access-date=October 21, 2021 |language=en |date=November 27, 2008 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004150313/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3729473 |url-status=live }}</ref> The behavior of each opposing boxer follows a set pattern requiring trial and error and memorization to defeat them.


===Music===
The progression of the game is as follows:
The theme song for ''Punch Out!!'' is "Look Sharp-Be Sharp",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Disrespect |first1=Dr |title=Violence. Speed. Momentum. |date=March 30, 2021 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-9821-5389-2 |page=184 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy_uDwAAQBAJ&dq=Look+Sharp%2FBe+Sharp+March+punch-out%21%21&pg=PA184 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155748/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy_uDwAAQBAJ&dq=Look+Sharp%2FBe+Sharp+March+punch-out!!&pg=PA184 |url-status=live }}</ref> composed by Mahlon Merrick.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rodman |first1=Ronald Wayne |title=Tuning in: American Narrative Television Music |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-534024-2 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wdr6DocKgAC&dq=Look+Sharp%2FBe+Sharp+March+gillette&pg=PA90 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155837/https://books.google.com/books?id=5wdr6DocKgAC&dq=Look+Sharp%2FBe+Sharp+March+gillette&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q=Look%20Sharp%2FBe%20Sharp%20March%20gillette&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> It originated with the radio and TV program ''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1942–1960).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horowitz |first1=Ken |title=Beyond Donkey Kong: A History of Nintendo Arcade Games |date=August 6, 2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8420-8 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3D0DwAAQBAJ&dq=look+sharp+Be+Sharp+March+radio&pg=PA112 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817155749/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3D0DwAAQBAJ&dq=look+sharp+Be+Sharp+March+radio&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=look%20sharp%20Be%20Sharp%20March%20radio&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The opening theme of some characters are classical and folk themes: Glass Joe has the [[France|French]] national anthem, "[[La Marseillaise]]"; Von Kaiser, Great Tiger, and Super Macho Man have "[[Ride of the Valkyries]]" by [[Wagner]];<ref>{{cite journal |last1=English |first1=Jason |title=Three Things I Didn't Know About Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! |journal=[[Mental Floss]] |date=8 February 2007 |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/15820/three-things-i-didnt-know-about-mike-tysons-punch-out |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105130325/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/15820/three-things-i-didnt-know-about-mike-tysons-punch-out |url-status=dead }}</ref> Piston Honda has Japanese folk song "[[Sakura Sakura|Sakura]]";<ref>{{cite web |title=Sakura - Traditional Japanese Song on Koto |url=https://ledgernote.com/blog/interesting/sakura-traditional-japanese-song-on-koto/ |website=LedgerNote |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=en |date=24 June 2015 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031170558/https://ledgernote.com/blog/interesting/sakura-traditional-japanese-song-on-koto/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Kevin |title=8 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!-themed boozy punch recipes, knocked out by the country's top mixologists |url=https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/8-mike-tysons-punch-out-themed-boozy-punch-recipes-knocked-out-by-the-countrys-top-mixologists |website=[[Thrillist]] |access-date=3 December 2021 |language=en |date=18 June 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203170002/https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/8-mike-tysons-punch-out-themed-boozy-punch-recipes-knocked-out-by-the-countrys-top-mixologists |url-status=live }}</ref> Don Flamenco has the prelude to the opera set in Spain, ''[[Carmen (opera)|Carmen]]'' by [[Georges Bizet]];<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gibbons |first1=William James |title=Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-026525-0 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBBQDwAAQBAJ&dq=Carmen+don+flamenco+punch-out%21%21&pg=PA26 |access-date=15 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817160246/https://books.google.com/books?id=WBBQDwAAQBAJ&dq=Carmen+don+flamenco+punch-out!!&pg=PA26 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Soda Popinski has Russian folk song "[[The Song of the Volga Boatmen]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Four Examples of Russian Music in American Popular Culture |url=https://museumstudiesabroad.org/russian-music-american-popular-culture/ |publisher=Museum Studies Abroad |access-date=2 November 2021 |date=16 December 2017 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817160247/https://popkult.org/russian-music-american-popular-culture/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Minor Circuit===
==Release==
===Gold version===
Before the public release of ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'', Nintendo released it in a gold-colored Famicom cartridge titled ''Punch-Out!!'' in Japan, without Mike Tyson, as a prize for participating in the Famicom Disk System's ''Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course'' tournament held in September 1987. 10,000 units were produced{{mdash}}half were given as high score prizes, and the rest were given as a lottery prize.<ref>{{cite web |title=賞品版パンチアウト |url=http://ninten.style.coocan.jp/notsale-punchout.htm |website=Famicom Soft Collection |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912110944/http://ninten.style.coocan.jp/notsale-punchout.htm |archive-date=September 12, 2007 |language=ja}}</ref> Its final opponent is Super Macho Man, who is also the final opponent in the arcade game ''[[Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Super Punch-Out!!]]''.<ref name="retrogamer.net" />


**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Glass Joe|Glass Joe]]
===''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''===
[[File:Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! NES Box.jpg|thumb|right|The initial box art for ''Punch-Out!!'', featuring [[Mike Tyson]]]]
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Von Kaiser|Von Kaiser]]
Around the time the Gold Version was released for Nintendo's US Golf Tournament competition,<ref name="retrogamer.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/punch-out-special-gold/|title=Punch Out Special (Gold) {{!}} Retro Gamer|last1=House|first1=© Future Publishing Limited Quay|last2=Ambury|first2=The|website=www.retrogamer.net|language=en-US|access-date=March 31, 2019|last3=Engl|first3=Bath BA1 1UA All rights reserved|last4=number 2008885|first4=Wales company registration|date=December 19, 2011|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331210924/https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/punch-out-special-gold/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nintendo of America]]'s founder and former president [[Minoru Arakawa]] attended a boxing match during the [[Heavyweight unification series]] that featured its future champion [[Mike Tyson]]. Arakawa became so astonished with the athlete's "power and skill" that he was inspired to use his likeness and the tournament itself in the upcoming game.<ref name="ma-nsider">{{cite web |last1=Bayer |first1=Glen |title=Profile: Minoru Arakawa |url=https://www.nsidr.com/archive/profile-minoru-arakawa |website=N-Sider |date=January 2, 2003 |access-date=May 9, 2009 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817160344/https://www.nsidr.com/archive/profile-minoru-arakawa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tyson was rumored to have been paid $50,000 for a three-year period for his likeness. This transaction was something of a risk for Nintendo, as it occurred before Tyson won the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) heavyweight championship from [[Trevor Berbick]] on November 22, 1986, which greatly increased the profit for the game.<ref name="history">{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=Steven L. |author-link=Steven L. Kent |title=The Ultimate History of Video Games: Volume Two |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=9780307560872 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTrcTeAqeaEC |date=June 16, 2010 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207095416/https://books.google.com/books?id=PTrcTeAqeaEC |url-status=live }}</ref> Nintendo would release the Mike Tyson version of ''Punch-Out!!'' in Japan soon after its North American release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/525246-mike-tysons-punch-out/data|title=Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! – Release Details|last= |first= |website=GameFaqs|date= |access-date=July 17, 2024|archive-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155943/https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/525246-mike-tysons-punch-out/data|url-status=live }}</ref>
**Minor Circuit Title fight: [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Piston Honda|Piston Honda]]


===Major Circuit===
=== ''Punch-Out!!'' ===
''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' was rebranded to simply ''Punch-Out!!'', and re-released in the U.S. and Europe in 1990<ref>{{cite magazine|date=November–December 1990|title=Bulletin Board – Nintendo Classics Reissued!|url=https://archive.org/stream/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20018%20November-December%201990#page/n101/mode/2up|issue=18|page=96|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]}}</ref> and 1991, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! |url=https://nindb.net/nes/mike-tysons-punch-out/index.html |website=NinDB |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125052057/http://www.nindb.net/nes/mike-tysons-punch-out/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> When Nintendo's license had expired with Mike Tyson, his likeness was replaced by a fictional character named Mr. Dream.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Caty |title=Mike Tyson Doesn't Seem to Know Nintendo's License to Use His Name in Punch-Out!! Expired in 1990 |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/mike-tyson-doesnt-seem-to-know-nintendos-license-to-use-his-name-in-punch-out-expired-in-1990 |access-date=October 17, 2021 |work=USgamer |date=April 4, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817160309/https://www.vg247.com/mike-tyson-doesnt-seem-to-know-nintendos-license-to-use-his-name-in-punch-out-expired-in-1990 |url-status=live }}</ref> His visual likeness and undefeated record are based on [[Rocky Marciano]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Kevin |title=Every Punch-Out!! Opponent, Ranked |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/01/every-punch-out-opponent-ranked/ |website=Kotaku Australia |access-date=October 27, 2021 |language=en-AU |date=January 5, 2016 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102044349/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/01/every-punch-out-opponent-ranked/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> This version of the game was used in all major re-releases, including the [[Virtual Console]], ''[[Animal Crossing (video game)|Animal Crossing]]'' for GameCube, the [[NES Classic Edition]], and on the [[Nintendo Switch Online]] subscription service (which Mike Tyson humorously contested).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Tyson takes issue with Nintendo's re-release of 'Punch-Out' having Mr. Dream as final boss |url=https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/mike-tyson-takes-issue-with-nintendos-re-release-of-punch-out-having-mr-dream-as-final-boss/ |website=CBS Sports |access-date=November 11, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111182733/https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/mike-tyson-takes-issue-with-nintendos-re-release-of-punch-out-having-mr-dream-as-final-boss/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Reception==
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Don Flamenco|Don Flamenco]]
{{Video game reviews
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#King Hippo|King Hippo]]
| NES = true
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Great Tiger|Great Tiger]]
| WII = true
**Major Circuit Title fight: [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Bald Bull|Bald Bull]]
| ACE_NES = 920/1000<ref name="ACE">{{cite magazine |title=Console Wars |magazine=[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]] |date=October 1989 |issue=26 (November 1989) |page=144 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d9/ACE_UK_26.pdf#page=144 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610164925/https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d9/ACE_UK_26.pdf#page=144 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| CVG_NES = 94%<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |title=Complete Games Guide |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=October 16, 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611004221/https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot_WII = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Navarro |first1=Alex |title=Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/punch-out-featuring-mr-dream-review/1900-6169232/ |website=GameSpot |access-date=March 1, 2019 |date=April 17, 2007 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817160409/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/punch-out-featuring-mr-dream-review/1900-6169232/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Gen4_NES = 90%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=PUNCH OUT |url=https://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=27&num=394&album=oui |magazine=[[:fr:Gen4|Génération 4]] |issue=7 |date=December 1988 |access-date=March 1, 2019 |pages=24–25 |archive-date=September 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916153819/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=27&num=394&album=oui |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Mean Machines]]''
| rev1_NES = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Takoushi |first1=Tony |title=Mean Machines |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=August 16, 1988 |issue=83 (September 1988) |pages=122–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-083/page/n121/mode/2up}}</ref>
}}


More than {{nowrap|2 million}} copies of ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' were sold in North America by 1988. It is one of two NES games to reach this sales milestone that year, along with ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lindner |first1=Richard |title=Video Games: Past, Present and Future; An Industry Overview |date=1990 |publisher=[[Nintendo of America]] |location=United States |url=https://archive.org/details/06Kahle001551}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheff |first1=David |title=Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children |date=1993 |publisher=Random House Incorporated |isbn=9780679404699 |page=172 |url=https://archive.org/details/gameoverhowninte00shef/page/172 |url-access=registration }}</ref>
===World Circuit===


''Punch-Out!!'' was well received by critics. In 1989, ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine said the NES version of "the great boxing arcade game" had "big, brilliantly drawn and animated sprites, a brilliant control method and utterly superlative gameplay", making it "definitely THE best boxing game available on any machine".<ref name="CVG"/> ''[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]]'' magazine in 1989 listed it as the second highest-rated NES game, after ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' They stated it bashes "the proverbial s@*t out of any other home boxing game on any other console or computer" and it proves "that even if Nintendo's hardware may be technologically naff, they can still squeeze an excellent game onto a cartridge".<ref name="ACE"/>
**Piston Honda
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Soda Popinski / Vodka Drunkenski|Soda Popinksi]]
**Bald Bull
**Don Flamenco
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Mr. Sandman|Mr. Sandman]]
**World Circuit Title fight: [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Super Macho Man|Super Macho Man]]


A ''[[GameSpot]]'' reader poll ranked it as the 6th greatest NES game. ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine ranked it as the 17th best game for a Nintendo system in its Top 200 Games list.<ref name="NP Top 200">{{cite magazine|date=February 2006| title=NP Top 200| magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|volume=200|pages=58–66}}</ref> In August 2008, ''Nintendo Power'' listed it as the sixth best NES game, praising it for putting arcade-style fun over realism.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 2008 |title=Nintendo Power - The 20th Anniversary Issue! |volume=231 |magazine= [[Nintendo Power]] |issue=231 |page=71 |location=[[San Francisco, California]] }}</ref> Historian Steve L. Kent called it the second major game of 1987.<ref name="history"/> Author Nathan Lockard cited the graphics, violence, controls, and the variety for making it a "true classic" and one of the best NES games.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lockard |first1=Nathan |title=The Good, the Bad, and the Bogus: Nathan Lockard's Complete Guide to Video Games |date=September 1, 1994 |publisher=Adventure Press |isbn=9781881583042 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KOCsc1h-o4C |access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> In 2005, ''Punch-Out!!'' is on ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s list of the greatest games of all time.<ref name="Gamespot">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6122838/index.html|title=The Greatest Games of All Time: ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''|website=[[GameSpot]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007124852/http://www.gamespot.com/features/6122838/index.html | archive-date=October 7, 2007}}</ref> Editor Shawn Laib of ''Den of Geek'' ranked it 7th out of the 15 Best NES Games of All Time,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Laib |first1=Shawn |title=15 Best NES Games of All Time |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/best-nes-games-all-time-ever/ |website=Den of Geek |access-date=December 9, 2021 |date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107163603/https://www.denofgeek.com/games/best-nes-games-all-time-ever/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'s Dom Nero and Cameron Sherrill ranked it fifth.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nero |first1=Dom |last2=Sherrill |first2=Cameron |title=These Are the 15 Best NES Games of All Time. Period. |url=https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/g28567881/best-nes-games/ |website=Esquire |access-date=December 9, 2021 |date=August 1, 2019 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227020652/https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/g28567881/best-nes-games/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Dream Bout===


''[[GamesRadar]]'' ranked it the 11th best NES game ever made, calling it a "brilliant puzzle game [disguised] as a sports game".<ref>{{cite web |author1=GamesRadar Staff |title=The best NES games of all time |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/best-nes-games-all-time/ |website=[[GamesRadar]] |date=April 16, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630014007/http://www.gamesradar.com/best-nes-games-all-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Game Informer]]'' ranked ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' as its 14th favorite game ever in 2001. The staff noted that no boxing game since has been as "beloved".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100) |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071214/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2009 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |last=Cork |first=Jeff |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2013}}</ref> ''IGN'' named it the 7th best NES game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 NES Games |url=https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-nes-games/7 |access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' ranked the game 74th in a list of greatest Nintendo games.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7206 |title=80 - 61 ONM |magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine|ONM]] |access-date=September 9, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223134335/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7206 |archive-date=February 23, 2009 }}</ref>
**[[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Mike Tyson|Mike Tyson]] or [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#Mr. Dream|Mr. Dream]]


==In media==
===Another World Circuit===
On ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' on October 29, 2014, Mike Tyson was challenged by host [[Jimmy Fallon]] to play the game on live TV.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kastrenakes |first1=Jacob |title=Watch Mike Tyson fight himself in the 1987 'Punch-Out' for NES |url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/10/29/7088753/mike-tyson-plays-punch-out-against-himself-tonight-show-clip |access-date=October 20, 2021 |work=The Verge |date=October 29, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817160322/https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/10/29/7088753/mike-tyson-plays-punch-out-against-himself-tonight-show-clip |url-status=live }}</ref> The virtual Tyson defeated the real Tyson in the first round by TKO.
*King Hippo
*Great Tiger
*Piston Honda
*Soda Popinski
*Bald Bull
*Don Flamenco
*Mr. Sandman
*Super Macho Man
*Mike Tyson / Mr. Dream


While interrogating a murder suspect in ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''{{'}} Season 5 episode "The Box", Detective Jake Peralta laments the difficulty of beating the Punch-Out!! character Great Tiger as he teleports around the ring. To which the accused confidently asserts, "I beat him every time. You just punch him when he gets dizzy."
==Other versions==
This game was inspired by the [[1984 in video gaming|1984]] [[arcade game]] ''[[Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Punch-Out!!]]'', also by Nintendo, as is its sequel, ''[[Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Super Punch-Out!!]]''. Neither arcade version used Tyson's image or name, but several of the other characters were taken from one of the two arcade games. Glass Joe, Bald Bull, and Mr. Sandman are from ''Punch-Out!!'', while Great Tiger, Soda Popinski, and Super Macho Man are from ''Super Punch-Out!!''. Furthermore, Piston Honda is similar to ''Punch-Out!!'''s Piston Hurricane without visual alterations, while Bear Hugger was replaced by King Hippo, due to Bear Hugger's appearance being too detailed to convert to the NES version.


== Notes ==
During the release of ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' in North America, Nintendo released it in a gold-colored Famicom cartridge simply titled ''Punch-Out!!'' in Japan, without Mike Tyson in it, as a prize for the Golf U.S. Course Famicom Tournament. This version's final boxer was Super Macho Man. When ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' sold well in North America, Nintendo later released the Mike Tyson version in Japan, in order to let more people play it.<ref>[http://www.famicomworld.com/Games/Game.php?dbid=717 Famicom World - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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==References==
===''Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream''===
{{Reflist}}
[[Image:Punch-out mrdream boxart.PNG|right|thumb|Front cover of ''Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream'']]
Towards the end of the NES's run, Nintendo's license to use Mike Tyson as a special ''Punch-Out!!'' character expired. Therefore, Nintendo replaced Tyson with a fictional and official character by Nintendo, [[Mr. Dream]]. A popular myth is that Tyson was removed due to his [[rape]] conviction, which did not occur until a year after the changeover. In reality, he had lost the [[List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight|Heavyweight Championship]] to [[James Douglas (boxer)|James "Buster" Douglas]] by the contract expiration, and Nintendo made no attempt to negotiate a new one with him.


==External links==
In August, [[1990 in video gaming|1990]], the game was re-released simply as ''Punch-Out!!'' (or ''Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream'' according to [[Nintendo Power]]) only in [[North America]]. This later became the main version of the three NES Punch-Out!! titles, which was later ported to several other things in Nintendo media. For some examples, in ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', the Mr. Dream version was one of the unlockable NES games, as well as one of the rarer ones available in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] title. This was also the first time the Mr. Dream version made an appearance outside of North America. It was also released through [[Nintendo]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service on [[March 30]], [[2007]] to the European and Australian regions, [[April 3]], [[2007]] in Japan, and in North America on [[April 16]], [[2007]]. Only the ''Punch-Out!!'' version (with Mr. Dream) is available. Reports have surfaced stating that when the game is played in [[progressive scan]], the Virtual Console version of ''Punch-Out!!'' suffers from a lag in controls, which significantly raises the difficulty level compared to the NES version.<ref>[http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/04/post.html#more Punch-Out and Crippling HDTV Lag | Game | Life from Wired.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* {{Moby game|id=/mike-tysons-punch-out}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100626035701/http://www.nindb.net/game/mike-tysons-punch-out.html ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''] at [http://www.nindb.net NinDB]
*[https://gizmodo.com/hacked-nintendo-punch-out-game-finally-lets-you-fight-1848023336 Hacked Nintendo Punch-Out!! Game Finally Lets You Fight Mike Tyson Using Motion Controls] by Gizmodo
* [https://www.nintendo.com/jp/famicom/software/hvc-pt/index.html ''Punch-Out!!''] on the [[Famicom]] 40th Anniversary page {{in lang|ja}}


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==Reception==
With its unique playability, graphics, and characters, ''Punch-Out!!'' is highly regarded as one of the greatest Nintendo games of all time and greatest video games in general.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} It was rated the 17th best game made on a Nintendo System in [[Nintendo Power]]'s Top 200 Games list.<ref name="NP Top 200">{{Citation|year=February 2006| title=NP Top 200|periodical=Nintendo Power|volume=200|pages=58-66}}.</ref> [[GameSpot]] has also placed it among the best games of all time.<ref>Na, Alex [http://www.gamespot.com/features/6122838/index.html The Greatest Games of All Time - Punch Out] [[GameSpot]].com. Retrieved on June 6, 2008.</ref> The title has been a source of satire<ref>Matt [http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0702/ Mike Tyson's Punch-Out: Little Mac's Boxing Diary EXPOSED] [[X-Entertainment]].com. Retrieved on June 15, 2008.</ref> and nostalgic tribute<ref>Matt [http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/16.html Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Vintage Nintendo Game Tribute] [[X-Entertainment]].com (April 6, 2002). Retrieved on June 15, 2008.</ref> throughout the several years following its release.


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==Other appearances==
''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' was featured in the comic book series, [[Nintendo Comics System]]. A few stories are based around Little Mac, Doc Louis, and other boxers from the NES version, and Mac briefly appears in the comic that introduces the story of ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''. Mac doesn't appear in the ''Captain N'' stories himself; however, [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers#King Hippo|King Hippo]] is featured as a villain. Also, in the opening sequence of the ''Captain N'' TV series, the protagonist Kevin Keene was seen playing ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' before being forced into a vortex that formed in his television's screen.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Little Mac appears as a regular Trophy and an Assist Trophy. He sports a more textured look and performs punches and uppercuts.<ref>[http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/items/assist/assist10.html Smash Bros. DOJO!!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the same fighting game, the music from the [[Manhattan]] skyline scene in ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' can be heard in the song titled "Famicom Medley."

In the upcoming [[Wii]] game titled ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'', Little Mac appears as a supporting character.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpYyLjdSt9w YouTube - キャプテン★レインボー 「あっさりダイエット失敗！の巻」 ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ Captain★Rainbow "The Failure of the Light Diet" ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Power Punch II==
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Soon after the release of the game, [[Beam Software]] began developing a sequel starring Mike Tyson with manager [[Don King]]. Originally titled ''Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch'', the game was supposed to take the series into [[outer space]] where Tyson would participate in an intergalactic boxing tournament against various space aliens. The game's production ran into immediate trouble, however, following Tyson's incarceration for the rape of [[Desiree Washington]].

Beam changed Tyson's name to Mark Tyler and modified King but did little to change Tyler's in-game character sprite. Soon after, Nintendo saw the title and disliked what they saw, refusing to publish it. Eventually, [[American Softworks Corp.]] published the title, and the game was released on the NES as ''[[Power Punch II]]'', despite the fact that there never was a first ''Power Punch'' title. The game was documented on the video game website [[ScrewAttack]] as part of the [[Guru Larry's Retro Corner]].

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{GameFAQs|id=525246|name=''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!''}}
* {{GameFAQs|id=563452|name=''Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream''}}
* {{Moby game|id=/mike-tysons-punch-out}}
* {{StrategyWiki|Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!}}
* [http://www.screwattack.com/Europe/GLRC/PunchOut2 ScrewAttack's Video Retrospective ''Power Punch II'' & its comparisons to ''Punch-Out!!'']
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Latest revision as of 14:06, 9 January 2025

This article is about the 1987 NES game. For other video games of the same name, see Punch-Out!! (arcade game) and Punch-Out!! (Wii).

Punch-Out!!
Front packaging of the re-release
Developer(s)Nintendo R&D3
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Genyo Takeda
Producer(s)Minoru Arakawa
Designer(s)Kazuo Yoneyama
Mayumi Hirota
Programmer(s)Masato Hatakeyama
Artist(s)Makoto Wada
Composer(s)Yukio Kaneoka
Akito Nakatsuka
Kenji Yamamoto[1]
SeriesPunch-Out!!
Platform(s)Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • Gold Version
    • JP: September 18, 1987
  • Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
    • NA: October 1987
    • JP: November 21, 1987
    • EU: December 15, 1987
  • Punch-Out!!
    • NA: August 1990
    • EU: 1990
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemPlayChoice-10

Punch-Out!!,[a] originally titled Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!,[b] is a 1987 boxing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Part of the Punch-Out!! series, it is an adaptation of the arcade video games Punch-Out!! (1984) and Super Punch-Out!! (1984). Differences from the arcades include the addition of former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson as the final boss. It received critical acclaim, and is retrospectively considered one of the greatest video games of all time.[2]

Gameplay

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Little Mac has punched at the right time to defend himself against Bald Bull's "Bull Charge", instantly knocking his opponent down.

Punch-Out!! features Little Mac, a young boxer fighting his way up through ranks of the World Video Boxing Association.[3] After facing a series of colorful fictional opponents in three circuits and winning the championship in each, Little Mac enters a final "Dream Fight" against a highly skilled boxer. In the Gold Version, the final boss is Super Macho Man, who was also the final opponent in Super Punch-Out!!. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! features Mike Tyson, the real-life World Heavyweight Champion at the time. After the license to use Tyson's likeness expired, he was replaced by the fictional Mr. Dream.[3]

Little Mac has a limited repertoire compared to most of his opponents. His punches are limited to left and right jabs, left and right body blows, and a powerful uppercut.[3] The uppercut can only be used once the player earns a star, which is typically accomplished by counter-punching the opponent directly before or after certain attacks are launched. The player can acquire up to three stars, but loses them whenever Mac is hit or knocked down. To defend, Mac can dodge left or right, duck, and block punches by putting up his guard.[3]

Little Mac has a heart counter, which decreases upon being hit, blocking a punch, or throwing a punch that the opponent dodges or blocks. When the counter decreases to zero, Little Mac temporarily turns different shades of pink and appears tired/exhausted, leaving the player unable to attack but still able to dodge, duck, and block.[3] At this point, Mac can regain some hearts and his normal color palette only by avoiding the opponent's punches. He immediately loses all of his hearts upon being knocked down, but can regain some by getting up.[3]

A bout can end by knockout (KO), if a fighter is unable to get up within ten seconds after being knocked down; by technical knockout (TKO), if a fighter is knocked down three times in one round; or by decision, if the bout lasts three full rounds without a clear winner.[3] In order to win by decision, the player must accumulate a certain point total by punching the opponent. Some bouts cannot be won in this manner and will automatically result in a loss for the player if the opponent is not knocked out. Mac can only get up three times during any one bout; if he is knocked down a fourth time, he will be unable to rise and thus lose by knockout.[3]

When Mac loses his first bout to a ranked opponent, he will have a chance to fight a rematch. However, if he loses a Title Bout, he will fall in the rankings – one place for the Minor or Major Circuits, two places for the World Circuit.[3] Losing a rematch causes him to fall one place (unless he is already at the bottom of his circuit), forcing him to fight his way back up. A third loss, or a loss in the Dream Fight, ends the game.[3]

Characters

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See also: List of Punch-Out!! characters

Little Mac faces a total of 14 opponents: three in the Minor Circuit, four in the Major Circuit, six in the World Circuit, and Mike Tyson or Mr. Dream. All character sprites except King Hippo are reused for two characters each, with changes made to colors, head, or special moves.[4] Mario has a cameo as the referee.[5] Three opponents from the Minor and Major Circuits reappear in the World Circuit, with new attacks that force the player to devise a new strategy.

Development

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Punch-Out!! was developed by Nintendo Research & Development No. 3.[6][7] Genyo Takeda (the producer of the Punch-Out!! arcade games), was the director of the NES game.[8] Because the NES was not as powerful as the arcade hardware, they could not recreate the arcade graphics. Instead of making the playable boxer wire-framed or transparent in order to see the opponent, they made the playable boxer smaller and named him Little Mac,[9] a 17-year-old boxer weighing about 107 pounds.[10] The behavior of each opposing boxer follows a set pattern requiring trial and error and memorization to defeat them.

Music

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The theme song for Punch Out!! is "Look Sharp-Be Sharp",[11] composed by Mahlon Merrick.[12] It originated with the radio and TV program Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1942–1960).[13] The opening theme of some characters are classical and folk themes: Glass Joe has the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise"; Von Kaiser, Great Tiger, and Super Macho Man have "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner;[14] Piston Honda has Japanese folk song "Sakura";[15][16] Don Flamenco has the prelude to the opera set in Spain, Carmen by Georges Bizet;[17] and Soda Popinski has Russian folk song "The Song of the Volga Boatmen".[18]

Release

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Gold version

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Before the public release of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Nintendo released it in a gold-colored Famicom cartridge titled Punch-Out!! in Japan, without Mike Tyson, as a prize for participating in the Famicom Disk System's Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course tournament held in September 1987. 10,000 units were produced—half were given as high score prizes, and the rest were given as a lottery prize.[19] Its final opponent is Super Macho Man, who is also the final opponent in the arcade game Super Punch-Out!!.[20]

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

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The initial box art for Punch-Out!!, featuring Mike Tyson

Around the time the Gold Version was released for Nintendo's US Golf Tournament competition,[20] Nintendo of America's founder and former president Minoru Arakawa attended a boxing match during the Heavyweight unification series that featured its future champion Mike Tyson. Arakawa became so astonished with the athlete's "power and skill" that he was inspired to use his likeness and the tournament itself in the upcoming game.[21] Tyson was rumored to have been paid $50,000 for a three-year period for his likeness. This transaction was something of a risk for Nintendo, as it occurred before Tyson won the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship from Trevor Berbick on November 22, 1986, which greatly increased the profit for the game.[22] Nintendo would release the Mike Tyson version of Punch-Out!! in Japan soon after its North American release.[23]

Punch-Out!!

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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! was rebranded to simply Punch-Out!!, and re-released in the U.S. and Europe in 1990[24] and 1991, respectively.[25] When Nintendo's license had expired with Mike Tyson, his likeness was replaced by a fictional character named Mr. Dream.[26] His visual likeness and undefeated record are based on Rocky Marciano.[27] This version of the game was used in all major re-releases, including the Virtual Console, Animal Crossing for GameCube, the NES Classic Edition, and on the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service (which Mike Tyson humorously contested).[28]

Reception

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More than 2 million copies of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! were sold in North America by 1988. It is one of two NES games to reach this sales milestone that year, along with The Legend of Zelda.[34][35]

Punch-Out!! was well received by critics. In 1989, Computer and Video Games magazine said the NES version of "the great boxing arcade game" had "big, brilliantly drawn and animated sprites, a brilliant control method and utterly superlative gameplay", making it "definitely THE best boxing game available on any machine".[30] ACE magazine in 1989 listed it as the second highest-rated NES game, after Super Mario Bros. They stated it bashes "the proverbial s@*t out of any other home boxing game on any other console or computer" and it proves "that even if Nintendo's hardware may be technologically naff, they can still squeeze an excellent game onto a cartridge".[29]

A GameSpot reader poll ranked it as the 6th greatest NES game. Nintendo Power magazine ranked it as the 17th best game for a Nintendo system in its Top 200 Games list.[36] In August 2008, Nintendo Power listed it as the sixth best NES game, praising it for putting arcade-style fun over realism.[37] Historian Steve L. Kent called it the second major game of 1987.[22] Author Nathan Lockard cited the graphics, violence, controls, and the variety for making it a "true classic" and one of the best NES games.[38] In 2005, Punch-Out!! is on GameSpot's list of the greatest games of all time.[39] Editor Shawn Laib of Den of Geek ranked it 7th out of the 15 Best NES Games of All Time,[40] and Esquire's Dom Nero and Cameron Sherrill ranked it fifth.[41]

GamesRadar ranked it the 11th best NES game ever made, calling it a "brilliant puzzle game [disguised] as a sports game".[42] Game Informer ranked Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! as its 14th favorite game ever in 2001. The staff noted that no boxing game since has been as "beloved".[43] IGN named it the 7th best NES game.[44] Official Nintendo Magazine ranked the game 74th in a list of greatest Nintendo games.[45]

In media

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On The Tonight Show on October 29, 2014, Mike Tyson was challenged by host Jimmy Fallon to play the game on live TV.[46] The virtual Tyson defeated the real Tyson in the first round by TKO.

While interrogating a murder suspect in Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Season 5 episode "The Box", Detective Jake Peralta laments the difficulty of beating the Punch-Out!! character Great Tiger as he teleports around the ring. To which the accused confidently asserts, "I beat him every time. You just punch him when he gets dizzy."

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: パンチアウト!!, Hepburn: Panchi-Auto!!
  2. ^ Japanese: マイクタイソン・パンチアウト!!, Hepburn: Maiku Taison Panchi-Auto!!

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