Playlist:    • [60 FPS] PunchOut!! (Wii)  

Now King Hippo can truly say he has an iron stomach!

This one was a learning experience. King Hippo has strapped a, uh... he's strapped a manhole cover onto his belly. Yeah. You can see me figure this one out as I go. He's got a few more mixups for his attacks, but they all are fairly straightforward. So, once you've removed his defense, you just need to look for an opening! Literally. His mouth. When it is open, SMASH it!


Go for the knockout punch! It's PunchOut!!(!) This title is a truetoform reimagining of the classic PunchOut!! titles! And 60 frames per second will let you see the animation to the fullest! You've got the simple and rhythmic dodge/punch controls, your star punch, and a superstereotypical array of contenders to bash! You can just feel the love that went into making this into a game to be cherished by the fans of the series! (It's good for newbies, too! This was my first!)

Your goal is to knock out your opponent, and to do so you need to look for openings! If you just throw punches at random they'll be blocked. In general, you'll dodge a single or series of punches and then when they're open for retribution you respond with your own! There are other methods of attack, and the game will introduce a few to you as a key method for attack, but in general it's "Dodgepunchpunchpunch"! You'll often get stars for a star punch (a more powerful attack) if you take advantage of these more secret techniques.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention! You have two ways of healing yourself! If you knock the other fella down, you can mash the punch buttons to regenerate health as long as they are on the floor. There's also the supersecretchocolate bar! Press "" between rounds to heal a LOT of health next round. Only can do once per match!

I played through this game once in the past using the Wii Remote/Nunchuk scheme throwing punches left and right, so this time I'll try the more classic method of the Wii Remote held sideways, buttons only.

I'll see you all in the ring! Never give up!


A couple technical notes:

This is being played on a Nintendo Wii U, a system backwardscompatible with Wii discs. The Wii U has the same hardware builtin as the Wii. The Wii U will automatically upscale your Wii games based on your selected resolution and output via HDMI in Progressive Scan for a clean image.