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Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
Platform(s) | Micro vs. System |
Release date | July 31, 1984 |
Genre(s) | Sports game |
Mode(s) | Single-player, two-player |
Media | Cartridge |
Input methods | Gamepad |
Punch-Out!! (originally released as Boxing) is a portable Micro vs. System game released on July 31, 1984, the same year the Punch-Out!! series made its arcade debut. On February 28, 1988, months after the series' console debut, the Boxing Micro vs. System was reissued under the name Punch-Out!!. The object of the game is to back the opponent into their corner of the ring and throw a knockout punch.
This game was included in Game & Watch Gallery 4 the Game Boy Advance, where it appears as Boxing. The Modern mode, a mode where the game is remade with modern graphics, has Luigi fighting other Nintendo characters like Wiggler, a Boo, and Waluigi.
Trivia[]

The Pocketsize variant
- The cover of the Pocketsize variant features two boxers resembling Glass Joe and Mr. Sandman.
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Punch-Out!! series | |||||||
Games | Micro vs. System: Punch-Out!! · Arcade: Punch-Out!! · Super Punch-Out!! · Arm Wrestling · NES: Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream · SNES: Super Punch-Out!! · Wii: Punch-Out!! · Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! | ||||||
Circuits | Minor Circuit · Major Circuit · World Circuit · Special Circuit | ||||||
Terminology | Block · Dodge · Duck · Knockout · Technical knockout |