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Punch-Out Wii is so worth the cash (though if you want to get it for a little cheaper it's 40$ on Amazon).

When SFIV came out I was so disappointed in Capcom for essentially remaking Super Street Fighter II Turbo with a couple things taken from other, better games and a lot of unnecessary flash. I was starting to worry that PO would turn out the same since it was also promising a return to basics and a mostly old cast.

Capcom (who are totally reading this post), Next-Level just owned you.

(Pretend everything I'm about to type starts with "in opposition to SFIV") The old cast couldn't have been updated better. They are not just straight copies of their previous versions but an honest evolution of what came before. They all have new moves, music, stories, and personality quirks that actually make you glad they used the old cast since they are updated so fantastically.

Disco Kid does make me sad. Not because he isn't great (he is clearly awesome in both forms), but because if their character design department could create a character as great as him I wish they had made a few more. Hopefully the success of this game and popularity of Disco Kid will spur Next-Level to create a sequel with a crap ton of new boxers as awesome as he is.

Some guys like Aran Ryan are given new life (he's practically a new character) while older guys are made actual fighters (Glass Joe and Von Kaiser, while fun, were so easy they might as well have not been in PO NES) through their Title Defense forms. Hell, TD deserves it's own paragraph.

TD is amazing. All the old fighters come back with new tricks and moves (even Glass Joe managed to take my belt) and some even get back old ones. It's even fun to see the way the fighters train to take their shot at Mac for the belt.

Good choice on bringing back Mac. While Super Punch Out!! is a great game it never had the heart that PO NES had since the Blonde Boxer was nothing more than the player character. Little Mac's story may have essentially have been a retelling of Rocky (young upstart is trained by old champion) but damn it if it didn't work to make you care about this "little fighter that could" character(the training scene and music is probably the most to thank for making him endearing).

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Doc Louis. Doc Louis has been updated as well as everybody else. While I do think they layed on the love of chocolate a bit too much it is a good, fun angle for him. I especially like that Doc Louis actually gives you advice on the fighter you're facing. While I like him in PO NES it always bothered me that the only guys he gave specific advice for were Bald Bull and Super Macho Man. The references to his NES Dialogue are also a nice touch.

Not much else to say. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous (I'm not saying it wouldn't look better on the other systems. I am saying that the wonderful art style makes it look so great I don't care that it isn't HD), the multiple control styles are welcome (try the Wii controls. They work and are actually pretty fun to play with (though I prefer the NES style for "serious" play), the voice acting is great (ballsy decision to make the foreign boxers speak in their native tongue and even ballsier to put in no subtitles (I like it), and the replay is pretty high (unless your a badass like danielsan4610 apparently is).

Get this now (or not. Whatever floats your boat)!

P.S. I know some may want to mention that the Virtual Console description of SPO says that the SPO boxer is Little Mac. However, the creators of this game said in a Nintendo Power interview that he is not.

P.P.S. I do love SPO but I have to say that the characters aren't very memorable. The fact that some of them don't look like boxers (or at least capable of putting up a good fight) really bothers me and held that game back from being remembered as well as PO NES. That said I would approve the comeback of Narcis Prince.