I punch you right in your stupid face yo!

The Charge:
Little Mac is Back!

Opening Statement:
If there ever was a case of a video game developer catching lightning in a bottle, it would be Nintendo with their late 80s exultant ode to pugilism, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! on the original NES.  Picture the sweet science cranked all the way to 11, and that pretty much sums up what Punch-Out!! was all about.  Yet despite the simplicity of the game play, in 22 years, never again has a video game so depicted boxing with the same level  of success  as that beloved little NES title, not even its own sequel Super Punch-Out!! seven years later seemed to measure up.  After skipping two whole console generations, Little Mac and co have spent the past 15 years training for a comeback.  Following a brief flirtation with digital fisticuffs in Wii Sports Boxing, the Wii seemed like the natural stage for said return performance.  But is this once proud champion truly ready to step back into the squared circle, or is Punch-Out!! one fighter that should’ve spent a little longer in the gym?

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