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Little mac

Little Mac as he appears in the Wii game Punch-Out!!

Punch-Out!! is a series of boxing games by Nintendo starring the young boxer named Little Mac. The first episode in the series was released in 1984, and the last was released in 2009. In these 25 years the series has been rebooted two times, so it can be divided in three sub-series.

Video Games[]

  • Punch-Out!! (July 31st, 1984) for Arcade and Nintendo Switch (as part of the Arcade Archives series)
  • Punch-Out!! (September 3rd, 1984) for Game & Watch Micro Vs. Actually a re-release of Boxing.
  • Super Punch-Out!! (December 1985) for Arcade and Nintendo Switch (as part of the Arcade Archives series)
  • Punch-Out!! (April 1st, 1987) for Famicom. Only released in Japan as a prize for a competition.
    • Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (October 1987) for NES. Identical to the original game, but Mike Tyson was added as the final opponent.
    • Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (August 1990) for NES, Wii Virtual Console, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, NES Classic Edition, and Nintendo Switch Online. A version of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! featuring the titular character changed to the original Mr. Dream, released after the rights to use Mike Tyson's name and likeness expired, this version was also released outside Japan simply as Punch-Out!!.
  • Super Punch-Out!! (October 1994) for SNES, Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, SNES Classic Edition, and Nintendo Switch Online
  • Punch-Out!! (May 18th, 2009) for Wii, Wii U eShop, and Nvidia Shield TV
  • Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! (October 27th, 2009) for WiiWare. Only available for Club Nintendo Platinum members.

Comics[]

A series of Punch-Out!! comics have been published on issues 5 and 9 of Nintendo Comics System.

Merchandise[]

A series of action figures and a series of trading cards based on the NES game were released in 1989.

A series of live action commercials promoting Punch-Out!! for Wii aired in 2009. These present the characters as being broken down since the 80s and 90s, after the events of the NES game, and now preparing for a come back for the new game.

Links to Other Series[]

Note: games with a gameplay similar to Punch-Out!! such as Teleroboxer and Wade Hixton's Counter Punch are not considered linked to this series, unless they feature specific references.

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4 Mario 19840731 July 31, 1984 Mario and Luigi make an appearance in the audience in the arcade game Punch-Out!!; Mario is also the referee in Punch-Out!! for the NES.
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4 Donkey Kong 19840731 July 31, 1984 Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. make an appearance in the audience in the arcade game Punch-Out!!; Donkey Kong is a secret opponent in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
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4 Game & Watch 198493 September 3, 1984 The Game & Watch Punch-Out!! is a re-release of Boxing.
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4 Boxing (G&W) 198493 September 3, 1984 The Game & Watch Punch-Out!! is a re-release of Boxing.
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Arm Wrestling (Nintendo) 19855 May 1985 Arm Wrestling is a spin-off of Punch-Out!! starring the same protagonist; Bald Bull from Punch-Out!! also makes an appearance.
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Frank Bruno's Boxing 198512 December 1985 Frank Bruno's Boxing is based on the arcade Super Punch-Out!!.
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Golf (Nintendo) 19870401 April 01, 1987 The Famicom Punch-Out!! was originally given out as prize for a Golf US Course competition.
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5 Captain N 19890909 September 09, 1989 King Hippo is a recurring character in the Captain N TV show, while Glass Joe makes a cameo in the episode "Videolympics". Little Mac makes an appearance in the Captain N comic.
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Power Punch 19920612 June 12, 1992 Power Punch II was originally created as a sequel to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!.
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5 Tekken 19960329 March 29, 1996 The PlayStation version of Tekken 2 features a secret mode that uses the same gameplay as Punch-Out!!.
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5 Fight Night 20050228 February 28, 2005 The GameCube version of Fight Night Round 2 features Little Mac from the SNES game Super Punch-Out!! as an unlockable boxer.
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5 Scott Pilgrim 20060524 May 24, 2006 Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness features a character looking like King Hippo from Punch-Out!! in one of the extra strips.
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5 Avatar (Nick) 20060505 May 05, 2006 The Big Bad Hippo from the episode "The Blind Bandit" of Avatar: The Last Airbender may be based on King Hippo. 3
5 Tingle 20060902 September 02, 2006 The fight with Captain Stalfos in Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland is based on the arcade Punch-Out!!
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5 Wario 20061202 December 02, 2006 A microgame version of the NES Punch-Out!! is featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
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5 I Wanna Be The Guy 2007105 October 5, 2007 Mike Tyson as he appears in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! appears in I Wanna Be The Guy. 2
5 Super Smash Bros. 20080131 January 31, 2008 Little Mac from Punch-Out!! appears as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and for Wii U with a stage based on the series.
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5 Captain Rainbow 20080828 August 28, 2008 Little Mac from the NES game Punch-Out!! makes an appearance in Captain Rainbow.
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5 Sailor Moon 2009518 May 18, 2009 In certain versions of Punch-Out!! Wii, the manga Piston Hondo reads is Sailor Moon. 2
5 Animal Crossing 20090522 May 22, 2009 In a DLC for the European version of Animal Crossing: City Folk, Little Mac sends a letter and a gift to the player's character; Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream is also featured as an unlockable playable game in Dobutsu no Mori+ and its revisions.
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Super KO Boxing 2 20091001 October 01, 2009 Super KO Boxing 2 is based on Punch Out!!. 3
5 3D Dot Game Heroes 20091105 November 05, 2009 3D Dot Game Heroes features a loading screen based on Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!.
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5 Video Game High School 20130809 August 09, 2013 The "High School Video Game" shown in the Video Game High School episode "Double XP Weekend" features a level based on Punch-Out!!. 3
5 NES Remix 20140424 April 24, 2014 NES Remix 2 includes challenges based on Punch-Out!!. 2
5 The Goldbergs 2014429 April 29, 2014 The Goldbergs episode "The Age of Darkness" features Barry developing an obsession for Punch-Out!!. 2
5 Amiibo Tap 2015423 April 23, 2015 Scanning an Amiibo in Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits can give you access to playing a demo of Punch-Out!! 2
5 The Irate Gamer 20150424 April 24, 2015 The Irate Gamer reviews Mike Tyson's Punchout!! on NES 2
5 Plok 20150529 May 29, 2015 The comic Plok: The Exploding Man features a reference to Punch-Out!! 3
5 Nintendo Badge Arcade 2015924 September 24, 2015 Nintendo Badge Arcade features badges from the Punch-Out!! series. 2
5 Persona 2016915 September 15, 2016 In Persona 5, you can obtain cartridge of a parody of Punch-Out!!. 2.5
5 Kunio-kun 20170227 February 27, 2017 Paul from River City Ransom: Underground bears a resemblance to Little Mac from Punch-Out!!. 3
5 Pop Team Epic 20180121 January 21, 2018 There's a minor reference to Punch-Out!! in episode 3 of Pop Team Epic. 3
4 Luigi 20191031 October 31, 2019 A Punch-Out!! poster appears in Luigi's Mansion 3. 2
5 Meat Boy 20201223 December 23, 2020 The Chapter 3 warp zone from Super Meat Boy Forever is a parody of the King Hippo fight from Punch-Out!!. 3