Why won't Nintendo bring back its greatest franchise?

[Catholic Light]

PUNCH-OUT.

Other than Punch out and super punchout, iirc there arent any other games in the series.

Ive been outta touch vgames for like 2 yrs, but with wiis special control abilities and the zany characters, I t could rock.

Did the games not sell well or does Nintendo just underestimate the want for another installment like sega and Streets of rage?

Thoughts?

[Septimus Prime]

Punch Out would be awesome on the Wii.

[ChairHome]

Well, I know its not the same, but Little Mac was in the last version of Fight Night (I think it was Round 2) that was on Gamecube.

I think if it did come out for Wii, the controls would have to be something other than 1:1.

[DS]

Get a copy of Victorious Boxers 2. That's Punch Out x10. It's that hard.

[celcius]

Punch Out would be awesome on the Wii.

QFT
I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't thought of this already.

[Mechanica]

QFT
I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't thought of this already.

I bet they have, just haven't said anything about it. Of course they've thought about it.

[Shizuma_15]

fuck that i want starcraft 2 :annoy: :sad:

[arcticninja]

"greatest franchise?"

what the hell, there was only two games. (Punch Out and Mike Tyson's Punch Out are the same game).

[_MJ_#R]

it'll probably suck..

[terracotta]

i'd like to see Punch Out revived actually because.. well, it's a first person fighter that happens to be fun.

i hope a Wii version isn't too realistic though. that'd be hella demanding on the average joe's cardiovascular levels.

[DevilJin 01]

Wii Boxing??

Now that I think about it...I really loved that Mocap Boxing game by Konami. I would go to the local D and B just to play that game for a while and work up a huge sweat and look retarted in front of a bunch of people.

[Christ0pher]

I want to see UNIRACERS brought back. So many great memories playing that game on my Super Nintendo. Oh and ditto on Punch Out!.

[maxx]

fuckin track n field bitches.

[Septimus Prime]

I actually think Wii Punch Out should NOT go easy on the motion controls. Let the scrubs play Wii Sports Boxing (I hate Wii Sports Boxing's controls).

[Lantis]

I thought this thread was about Excitebike. :sad:

[Shinto]

I actually think Wii Punch Out should NOT go easy on the motion controls. Let the scrubs play Wii Sports Boxing (I hate Wii Sports Boxing's controls).

You and every other person with a Wii.:confused:

[final_cut]

fuckin track n field bitches.

aw, I almost broke my hand on that damn game, mashing those stupid buttons!

or wait, did you mean world class track meet? Cause that was the nintendo one, on the power pad. (which my brother would use his hands to play, slapping on that mat like a fat kid)

[Biolink]

Earthbound FTW/

[Wellman]

I want to see UNIRACERS brought back. So many great memories playing that game on my Super Nintendo. Oh and ditto on Punch Out!.

QFT!!

Uniracers was the shit. Sadly I doubt we will ever see its greatness made into a sequel.


I suspect that if they are considering a Wii Punch Out but I expect Track and Field to get a Wii sequel as well.

Does anyone know how Super Punch Out turned out?

[Satomiblood]

I want NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out with Wii controls.

All this talk of motion controls reminded me of something. Does anyone remember the Sega Activator?

[orochizoolander]

Beating The Shit Outta Gabby Jay On The Wii? Hell Yeah Son!

Radracer And Bad Dudes On Wii Ftmfkow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11111 !!!!1 111 !1

[DevilJin 01]

Sega Activator was probably the most expensive and most useless gadget Sega made for the Genesis (along with the 32X/Sega CD). That was back when Sega was just throwing any kind of idea together during a cookout and made it into a product.

[Shade]

"greatest franchise?"

what the hell, there was only two games. (Punch Out and Mike Tyson's Punch Out are the same game).

There was two arcade releases too. 4 games in total.

[Satomiblood]

Sega Activator was probably the most expensive and most useless gadget Sega made for the Genesis (along with the 32X/Sega CD). That was back when Sega was just throwing any kind of idea together during a cookout and made it into a product.

I liked the Sega CD.

Road Avenger, Night Trap, Sonic CD, Final Fight CD, Willy Beamish, Sewer Shark, Ground Zero Texas.

[Serpent]

I don't see how quantity of games beats out quality, but as much as I love Punch Out! SMB3 was an amazing game. SMW gets a lot of love too.

The Wii motion controls piss me off, I find them rather unresponsive/inaccurate most of the time. Either the gimmick takes off, or it'll become a flavor of the month and the system will tank horribly once everyone moves on. I think the 360 will wind up taking this generation once everything settles down.

Also, why not just play Hajime no Ippo on the GBA? It's pretty much punchout with more characters...

[Serpent]

I liked the Sega CD.

Road Avenger, Night Trap, Sonic CD, Final Fight CD, Willy Beamish, Sewer Shark, Ground Zero Texas.

Don't forget Lunar, Lunar 2 (still far superior to PSX remake), Dark Wizard, Shining Force CD, Snatcher, Vay, and probably a few more I am forgetting. A great system generally won't have more than 10 really great games, and Sega CD got their 10 easily. It just didn't have as many total games, but why bother with crap games anyway?

I never played Streets of Rage CD, I think i heard it existed, was it any good? Should I go look for it?

[Omega Viscant]

Punchout is easily one of my top 10 Nintendo Franchises, but the greatest?

I can think of a bunch of other Big-N branded game serieses that I think are just as good or better.

To name a few: Smash Bros, Warioware, Mother, Advance Wars, Elite Beat Agents

...and that's not even mentioning Mario, Zelda, or Metroid.

...seriously.

[TandeM]

Hajime no Ippo Revolution is the new Punch-Out? Should be out in Japan this summer.

http://moura.jp/frames/ippo_revolution/round1/index5_1.html

[surewhyyoucan]

I want to see UNIRACERS brought back. So many great memories playing that game on my Super Nintendo. Oh and ditto on Punch Out!.

Uniracers on VC is my request to the big Ninty.

[DragonSama]

fuck that i want starcraft 2 :annoy: :sad:

Then you are bitching up the wrong fucking tree. Starcraft was made by Blizzard not Nintendo.

[R | C]

I would love punch out for the DS.

Multiplayer would rock.

[Ukyo Tachibana]

"greatest franchise?"

what the hell, there was only two games. (Punch Out and Mike Tyson's Punch Out are the same game).

Don't forget Super Punch Out for SNES.

[Vynce]

Pshh. Punch-Out(!) is old news. Bring on Power Punch III!

[maxx]

aw, I almost broke my hand on that damn game, mashing those stupid buttons!

or wait, did you mean world class track meet? Cause that was the nintendo one, on the power pad. (which my brother would use his hands to play, slapping on that mat like a fat kid)

haha track meet sry.

[Lantis]

Don't forget Super Punch Out for SNES.

And the arcade version of Punch Out, too (which originally introduced characters from Super Punch Out like Piston Hurricane).

[ShinAkumax]

Rocky Legends is what I would expect a next generation punch out to be like. People under rate this game.

[Wellman]

Crazy the timing of this thread.

READY 2 RUMBLE RETURNS (http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=7520)

And this time legendary AKI (WWF Wresltemania, No Mercy, Def Jam Vendetta, etc.) are apparently involved.

[Hitaro0]

Don't forget Super Punch Out for SNES.I'm pretty sure the "two games" he was talking about were Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out.

And I want Mischief Makers. The one time I played it was awesome.

At least bring it to VC...

[SFFanatic]

Crazy the timing of this thread.

READY 2 RUMBLE RETURNS (http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=7520)

And this time legendary AKI (WWF Wresltemania, No Mercy, Def Jam Vendetta, etc.) are apparently involved.

AFRO THUNDER RETURNS TO THE FUCKING RING

Wow, this excites me. Seeing a man with a giant afro beat the shit out of Michael Jackson is too damn broken.

[white shadow]

I'm pretty sure the "two games" he was talking about were Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out.

And I want Mischief Makers. The one time I played it was awesome.

At least bring it to VC...

Mischief Makers for the N64 was too much fun.

[Mycah Leonhart]

Punch Out on Wii would be too good, maybe even a special Boxing Glove type of setup ala Duck Hunt's Pistol Grip?

[SpicyNinjaCat]

I was mislead by the thread title. I thought it was implying the dual Nintendo Super Mario Bros./Zelda cereal :(