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NE writes: "Did you know that the original Punch-Out!! has a 22-year-old secret? Well, apparently it does, and Nintendo is finally ready to share it with gamers."
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In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, producer Ken Yeeloy said "I would love to make a sequel. I think with this first product, we wanted to make sure there was a definite, undeniable connection to the original. The sequel would be our opportunity to evolve the franchise further and add some cool, new things."
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
Remember back in January when Indiana mom Rachel Jones heard the Nintendo DS game Baby Pals say, "Islam is the light?" It's happened again and the offending title this time around is the recently-released Nintendo Wii title Punch-Out!!, which according to self-styled conservative pundit and long-time gamer Del Riley features a Turkish character named Bald Bull who utters the phrase "Allah Akbar."
BeefJack writes: "Fresh off the success of the Street Fighter IV tournament, Gamestop is going to host tournaments for Nintendo's newest "fighting" game Punch-Out! for the Wii. 2,000 stores nationwide will be participating in the event starting May 30th.
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to the Wii remake of the classic NES boxing title Punch-Out!!, which reviews describe as "a solid, addictive, finely polished game." Punch-Out!! currently earns a score of 89 out of 100 at Metacritic.com.
Kensuke Tanabe, Nintendo producer and developed on Punch-Out!! believes that the game will be able to reach fans' expectations.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Steal Princess, Punch-Out!!, Puchi Puchi Virus, Jagged Alliance, Takt of Magic, and Happy Star Band.
The undefeated former world boxing champion Joe Calzaghe will visit HMV's flagship Oxford Street store in London's West End, on Sunday 24th May 2009 to help launch Nintendo's new release, Punch-Out!! on Wii by competing against members of the public on the store's main stage.
The endless amount of Wii-mote add-ons continues with Gamestop capitalizing on the release of Punch-Out!! with their very own Wii Boxing Gloves. They're green too matching Punch Out!! start Little Mac's signature gloves.
Wondering which character has taken the final roster spot in Punch-Out? Somewhat surprisingly, it's actually a Nintendo character.
Here's this weeks Video Games released for Europe. There's a couple of highlights this week; Punch Out! for the Wii, UFC 2009: Undisputed and Bionic Commando for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
This week's new videogame releases (5/17/09, US):