Punch-Out!!

Lack of posts here recently... sorry. Quick follow up to the last post: The Melvins were totally sweet last Friday and played an absolute solid set for 2:15. Didn't realize how much the core of the band is King Buzzo and Dale Crover. Well, it rocked, hard, and finished at a good hour. Wish more sets were like that...

So! Last Saturday, Punch-Out!! day at the Nintendo World Store. What this meant was the game went on sale exclusively there, and a tournament was held. Interesting idea in holding a tournament when no one had played the game before... where have I seen this before? Got there around start time at 1pm but was already too late to make the tourney, so we saw walked around, saw the game, and I bought it on spot (they even threw in a free t-shirt and chocolate bar.)

Without getting too reviewish here: if you're a fan of the original or even the SNES release, you'll totally dig this version. At its core, nothing has changed about the game other than a graphical face lift; controls with a tilted to the side Wiimote will feel right at home. Haven't even tried the Waggle control scheme yet!

Yes, there are only 12 main people to contend with, mostly from the original release, with two from the SNES (Aran Ryan and Bear Hugger), but the title bout defend mode where you battle everyone again gives the game plenty of replay time: so far, I've spent as much time on my "second round" of bouts with the Minor Circuit flunkies as I did on the whole first pass through the Minor, Major and World Circuits combined.

To do: multiplayer. Reiko wants nothing to do with this one, so it's up to y'all. Stop on by if you want to play.

Oh, and Doc Louis' famous chocolate bar? The plainest bar I've ever seen. Reminded me of my "FOR BIG MISTAKES" erase from back of the day. Yet, in honor of the late Darren McGavin, "Not a finger!"