You may remember late last year that Mike Tyson himself showed off his own skills at Punch-Out!! on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. While this was an entertaining moment, it served to prove that this classic NES boxing game is no pushover. You'll need to train hard to beat Iron Mike (or indeed Mr Dream!).
Up-and-coming contender Jack Wedge obviously didn't get the memo, as he can not only beat the game in one sitting, but he can even do it blindfolded. In an amazing feat of memorisation and concentration he punches his way through the entire game.
Take a look at the video below and let us know what you think. Do you think you could last even one round against Iron Mike blindfolded?
[source youtube.com]
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Impressive .... But since it is based off memorization, I'd be more impressed if he beat Mario or Zelda
@uhhhhhhhh I've seen someone beat the water temple in Ocarina of Time by sound alone, using the hookshot to determine distances.. Of course, that could have been fake... As well as this.. But honestly there's too many things like this that may turn out fake after all.. Like what if what we see on screen was actually a recording of a previous run-through and he's just pretending to play.. The internet is magical that way..
Didn't you know about this? Old... and real...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvzIb53Lcno
Not the same guy, but it shows it is possible.
@Sherman See that's much MUCH cooler, and since it's in front of an actual crowd there's no doubt it's legit...
@uhhhhhhhh In Punch-Out you can memorize everyone for the most part up until Mike Tyson.
Tyson is the only fighter in the game with true RNG in the dynamite round (1 knock down punches). He has a randomize for his punches between 1-4 seconds and then another set of randomizing the number of punches he makes.
Knowing what he's going to do is one thing, knowing which combinations of punches and pauses he uses is strictly luck based. If someone can get through round one blind folded, the rest of the match is pretty easy to predict.
This also happened during AGDQ 2014 and the runner got to Tyson and explains why it's basically luck based to get a good run at him blind folded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvzIb53Lcno
@B3ND3R, I know, right? Blindfolded, live, speedrun, and to fight cancer. It is as @OneBagTravel says, yet, not an easy game to beat though, and you just posted the exact same video I did XD
My Blind Brother beat it when it first came out.
So, exactly how is he playing "Mike Tysons" punch out ... with the wiimote? Seeing as that version isn't available on the Wii VC or Wii U eShop. That's honestly the first thing that popped in my head when watching this. Impressive stuff, though.
I love how he can beat this game blindfolded but can't drink his soda without looking.
Even if it is "just memorization" that's still impressive nonetheless
@uhhhhhhhh And how would blindfolded Mario or Zelda not be based on memorization?
@hcfwesker Good catch. Only Punch-Out is on the Wii VC. The video states is an emulated version of MT-PO. Hmmm.
I've performed the two biggest short cuts in Mario Kart 64 (Wario Stadium, and Rainbow Road) blindfolded. Of Course, that just takes Muscle memory...
back in the 90s i took tyson down in the ring in real life.
Yeah, but can he try and fail to solve mysteries with Mike Tyson and Pigeon?!
Reference aside, this is very impressive and makes me tremble. I could never beat Tyson/Mr. Dream.
Pssshhh, I can do this without even using a blindfold!
@hcfwesker exactly, that's why I think it's not real. I think someone else who's really good at it is actually playing.
Also watch his thumb, he appears to be pressing right on the d-pad (because I notice when he punches upward he moves it from the right of it to the top), but Little Mac moves left....
Nice try Wedge, but I'm not buying it.
@MrL1193 those games would require a tremendously greater level of memorization kinda like those people who memorize 3000000 digits of pi
@uhhhhhhhh There are people who have actually done blindfolded runs of Ocarina of Time. They have many techniques to make it a much more practical feat. Doing these challenges is all about working smart, not working hard!
I think I may be the first person to watch that whole video while blindfolded.
@kurtasbestos LOL. Now that would have been news. There are a handful of these videos and some have been there for years and many are for real. The guys at Nintendo Life seem to have just discovered You Tube, probably prior to the announce of the creators program, they didn't know what YT was, they must have thought it was a Nintendo Channel or Nintendo Video rip-off. They've been showing too many "weird" videos lately. Dumb theories, old videos of feats and bad beginners editing trying to be funny, really guys? You should use that little app that's been on your Nintendo consoles since the Wii. I guess the next "Wierdness" will be sonic.exe or AVGN.
I have the next one for you guys: Wierdness: Kids in schools make flipnotes using their notebooks instead of Flipnote Studio.
Considering that I never beat the game without being blindfolded like this guy, my inner proud gamer in me is sad
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