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Punch-Out leak: multiplayer mode and another classic boxer revealed

• By Dave Rudden
• March 23, 2009 16:53 PM PST
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Nintendo of Europe recently spilled the beans about a handful of new features for the upcoming Punch-Out, including multiplayer, control, and character details.

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On Friday, Nintendo's European press site was updated with details of the company's upcoming franchise revival, Punch-Out. While it has since been taken down, a few sites, like GoNintendo, have reprinted the removed press releases in their entirety. While the two press releases are filled with typical PR fluff, a few hard details have emerged, with the addition of multiplayer chief among them, something we've been clamoring for quite some time.

In the releases, a few details about multiplayer mode were revealed. It seems as though the bouts will only feature the game's smallest pugilist, as the mention of a Giga Mac gauge makes it seem like the only fighter will be Little Mac. This gauge seems to be exclusive to the two-player mode, which should play like the single-player mode in almost every other respect. Speaking of single player, another classic fighter that we'll probably be touching gloves with is Don Flamenco, the rose-toting Spanish skinnyman. The release revealed there will be 13 different fighters in Punch-Out, 1 more than the original NES title, and 3 less than Super-Punch Out. There better not be any palette-swaps then.

THE VERDICT by Dave Rudden

Two-player matches! Don Flamenco! Thank you, Nintendo. Now all this game needs is Bald Bull, and I'm set.

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