Arcade Archives Super Punch-Out!!

User Rating
6.6/10 (17 ratings)
Release Date
14th Aug 2020
No. of Players
1 (Single Player)
Genre
Action, Arcade, Fighting, Sports
Publisher
HAMSTER
Developer
Nintendo
Content Rating
ESRB/Everyone 10+, PEGI/12
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About

“SUPER PUNCH-OUT!!” is a sports-action game released by Nintendo in 1984.

The main character participates in heated 3-minute matches against world-class fighters.

With the same dual-screen punching action from prequel, and the new "Ducking" defense move, you could feel that you are actually on the boxing ring even more.

The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.

Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.

Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

Reviews 1

Nintendo Life said:

Another key title in Nintendo's arcade history making its way to the home for the first time, Super Punch-Out!! is more eminent than it is entertaining. It's still a fun enough game for a while, but it's probably the weakest in the series: play the SNES Super Punch-Out!! on Switch Online first, and only get this if you're itching for more.

6/10

User Reviews 1

JJtheTexan said:

It's great, and important, that Super Punch-Out!! is available to play today. The Punch-Out arcade games are unique and important titles in Nintendo's history. With that in mind, I definitely recommend trying one or both, but only for historic interest.

The most important thing to know here is that this game is not much like the SNES title with the same name. It has some of the same characters, and it's still a boxing game with an over-the-shoulder point of view, and some visual similarities as well.

Otherwise, this is a very iterative successor to the first arcade game in the series. It is superficially similar to the NES and SNES games in terms of gameplay, but the difficulty is cranked up significantly.

If you've already played the first arcade Punch-Out game, there's not much reason to download this one as well. Regardless, it's frustratingly difficult and probably not worth playing today, except to see where the series got its start.

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