Punch-Out!! going to the Next Level on Wii
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 at 11:59pm by Derek
Rocky, Pelé, what’s the difference?
IGN is reporting the upcoming Wii revival of Punch-Out!! is being developed by Next Level Games.
The Canadian studio is best known for its Mario soccer games: Super Mario Strikers on GameCube and Mario Strikers Charged on Wii.
The new version of Punch-Out!! is tentatively scheduled to release in the first half of 2009. The most recent game in the classic Nintendo series was Super Punch-Out!!, released in 1994 for the Super NES.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Well at least we know they’ve made some FUN games before so we can trust that they can continue to do the same. So long as the controls are great and not merely gimmicks, then we’ll have ourselves a good time.
For the record, I find the “waggle” tackle to be fun to do in Strikers (and a bit cathartic to be taking out virtually as opposed to merely pressing a button).
October 10th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Yeah, Strikers was fun and looked pretty good too. Punch Out should be in good hands indeed.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Yeah, until Super Mario Galaxy came along, Mario Strikers Charged was my pick for ‘best looking’ on Wii. And I totally agree with Liraco about the waggle tackles being very cathartic.
Hmm .. will we see Wi-Fi Connection for Punch Out?
October 10th, 2008 at 9:51 am
@David: Wi-Fi connection would be great. But I would suspect online leaderboards like Megaman 9 before 1 on 1 fighting, unfortunately. Aussuming they keep the same scoring/time scheme.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Balance Board support?
October 10th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
No?
October 10th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Retro-outsourcing seems to be a trend. Like Konami’s C4 done by Way Forward.