I wouldn't call Punch-Out simple fun. It's actually pretty damn hard, unless you've mastered the original game. Which I'm guessing a lot of Wii owners haven't. It's not a deep game in terms of lots of layers to get into. But it's certainly not a game you can beat in 15 mins.
Boom Blox Party Bash is the one I've been waiting for though.
A weekend spent with Punch Out is a weekend well spent. It's a hell of a lot of fun the motion controls, though probably not ideal for the hardcore player are a lot of fun for the casual boxer. So far it's the best boxing experience on the wii.
Where Punch Out works and every other boxing game so far has failed is that they in no way tried to map punch controls directly to the motion control. So to throw a punch you punch with the controllers or flick them, whatever you like. As long as their is some kind of forward movement your boxer will throw a left or a right.
It works every time, and that is critical to a boxing game. You don't get any weird stutters or expect a jab and throw an uppercut or vice versa. furthermore you aren't conflicted with dancing around the ring and any other odd wiimotion movements. Throw a punch on the controller and your boxer throws a punch.
If you want a head shot you push up on the analog on the nunchuck and you'll throw head shots. Leave it in a neutral position and it's body shots. Hold A when you've got your power meter up and you'll throw a super punch. You also use the analog to dodge, duck and block when you aren't throwing punches.
Punch Out is not a boxing sim. But it doesn't pretend to be. This is an arcade boxing game where you trade punches back and forth. There's no dancing around the ring. This is Punch Out afterall. It's almost more akin to a rythm game in some regards. You learn the pattern and then go through the correct motions.
So far this is the best boxing experience on the Wii. It's not a boxing sim but it throws punches like it should. Until Punch Out Wii Boxing was the best and that's not saying much. The other 3 boxing games that came out to the Wii are dismal affairs they aren't sure if they are sim or arcade or what it actually means to throw a punch.
Until Fight Night comes to the Wii, Punch Out is where it's at.
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Then there is no talkin to ya, LOL......
No seriously, its just one of those instantly fun "pick up and play" experiences. Its not that deep, its just simple fun.
Boom Blox Party Bash is the one I've been waiting for though.
Where Punch Out works and every other boxing game so far has failed is that they in no way tried to map punch controls directly to the motion control. So to throw a punch you punch with the controllers or flick them, whatever you like. As long as their is some kind of forward movement your boxer will throw a left or a right.
It works every time, and that is critical to a boxing game. You don't get any weird stutters or expect a jab and throw an uppercut or vice versa. furthermore you aren't conflicted with dancing around the ring and any other odd wiimotion movements. Throw a punch on the controller and your boxer throws a punch.
If you want a head shot you push up on the analog on the nunchuck and you'll throw head shots. Leave it in a neutral position and it's body shots. Hold A when you've got your power meter up and you'll throw a super punch. You also use the analog to dodge, duck and block when you aren't throwing punches.
Punch Out is not a boxing sim. But it doesn't pretend to be. This is an arcade boxing game where you trade punches back and forth. There's no dancing around the ring. This is Punch Out afterall. It's almost more akin to a rythm game in some regards. You learn the pattern and then go through the correct motions.
So far this is the best boxing experience on the Wii. It's not a boxing sim but it throws punches like it should. Until Punch Out Wii Boxing was the best and that's not saying much. The other 3 boxing games that came out to the Wii are dismal affairs they aren't sure if they are sim or arcade or what it actually means to throw a punch.
Until Fight Night comes to the Wii, Punch Out is where it's at.