BIT TALK
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ONE THING THAT SOME GAMERS MIGHT NOT KNOW WAS THAT GAME WAS SORT OF LIKE A RE-RELEASE OF THE ORIGINAL GAME. MIKE TYSONS PUNCH OUT WAS THE ORIGINAL GAME AND IT WAS RELEASED IN 1987. IT WAS RUMORED THAT NINTENDO OF AMERICA’S FORMER PRESIDENT MINORU ARAKAWA ATTENDED A FIGHT AND ARAKAWA WAS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE SAW AND HE PAID TYSON $50,000 FOR 3 YEARS. PUNCH OUT WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES AND NINTENDO DEVELOPED IT WITH WESTERN AUDIENCES IN MIND. IN JAPAN NINTENDO DECIDED TO MAKE PUNCH OUT A REWARD FOR PARTICIPATING IN TOURNAMENTS, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THE GAME WOULDN’T BE SUCCESSFUL IN JAPAN. ON THE SURFACE PUNCH OUT LOOKS LIKE A BOXING GAME BUT IN ACTUALITY IT’S A PUZZLE GAME. EVERY CHARACTER HAS THEIR OWN PATTERN, WHICH OPENS THEM UP AND GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOMBARD THEM WITH PUNCHES. THE RISKIER PLAYERS CAN FIND AN OPENING IN THEIR OPPONENT’S ATTACKS AND INTERRUPT THEIR ATTACK ON YOU. THE PLAYER WILL BE REWARDED FOR THIS RISK BY GIVING THE PLAYER STARS, WHICH EARN THEM EXTRA POWERFUL UPPERCUTS. ONE THING THAT JUMPS OUT TO MOST PEOPLE IS THE SOUNDTRACK OF THIS GAME. THE MUSIC IS GREAT AND IT DOESN’T EVER SEEM TO GET OLD. THIS IS ANOTHER CLASSIC THAT SHOULD BE PLAYED BY ANYONE.