With the new Punch-Out!! released this week (Nintendo Ads on sides, Thanks!), let’s not forget about the true classic title, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!  In the video, some dorks show off their engineering degrees.

You see, this is the reason why a great idea can turn out to be so pathetic that I’d rather someone tell me it then show me it.  When I first stumbled onto this video, I thought “Wow, it would be cool to really punch a dummy that will re-create your Punch-Out!! moves”.  Then I saw this video and it completely ruined that possibility of me creating one or even trying this one that was made for the video.  And losing to Glass Joe just tops the cake!!!

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The ESRB is the Entertainment Software Rating Board and pretty much all released video games need to go through this board to get a game rating such as: Rated “E” for Everyone or Rated “M” for Mature.  It looks like the little fellas out there might have to wait, because the rating of Punch-Out!! Wii are Everyone 10+.  To bad, but I know I won’t have to compete against some little tike drooling all over my Wii-mote.  And no, my loss to Glass Joe did not give him his first win, thanks Refugee!

Rating summary: This is a boxing game in which players compete in boxing matches against a cast of colorful, fictional characters. While players can use standard boxing moves (jabs, hooks, uppercuts), most fights are performed in a comical fashion with an assortment of “dizzy stars,” “cartoony” sound effects, and slapstick signature moves (e.g., growling, dropping shorts, conking oneself on the head, twirling, etc.). Boxers’ faces show lumps and bruises after taking damage, and some knockouts are depicted in slow motion as players are sent flying across the canvass. One character flexes his pectoral and glute muscles prior to a fight, while another boxer belches during a cutscene.

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