Punch-Out!! is a boxing video game series created by Genyo Takeda and Makoto Wada, and published by Nintendo. The player controls a boxer named Little Mac, who aims to become the World Video Boxing Association (W.V.B.A.) champion.

The original Punch-Out!! arcade game was first released in 1984, and was quickly followed by a sequel, titled Super Punch-Out!!. The series received its first home console entry in 1987, with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In 1994, Super Punch-Out!! was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. While not a direct port, it features gameplay more similar to the arcade games, rather than its NES predecessor.

Following a period of dormancy, the series was rebooted with Punch-Out!!, first released in 2009 for the Wii, along with a Club Nintendo-exclusive prequel, Doc Louis's Punch-Out!!. The series has received critical and commercial acclaim, with the NES game selling three million copies alone.

Spin-offs were also released, namely Punch-Out!! / Boxing (Game & Watch) in 1984, and Arm Wrestling in 1985.

Games in this series

Release Date 1984-02-17

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