I'm still collecting a few more Next Level Games devoloped games and Punch-Out!! for the Wii was the next on my list. I wanted to get it new as a Nintendo Selects title, but the BestBuy in my area didn't have it, so I had to pick it up at Gamestop for a buck less used. I had to put up will a really pushy salesman too, so it wasn't pleasant.
I remember playing Punch-Out!! in the arcades and thought it was really good. I have to say, I've played very few boxing games, but I always like to see an arcade style cell-shaded boxing game. The only other one I was excited for this generation was FaceBreaker and it disappointed me. I did play Fight Night Round 3 a year or so ago and thought it was excellent, but agian, realistic style boxing games don't appeal to me as much as the more silly ones.
I hope to give Punch-Out!! a try soon, but I am still deeply entrenched in Luigi's Manion: Dark Moon and Lego Star Wars. I got to the first boss in Luigi's Mansion and after several tries beat it and played the first mission in the greenhouse building. The game is just great. The environments are gorgeously detailed and the ghosts really lively as you haul them into your Poltergust 5000, The lighting in the rooms is stunning. I was going down a hallway when lighting flashed and lit up the whole room for an instant and startled me.
I've been playing Lego Star Wars now for 42 hours with a friend of mine. I've been hosting and I noticed that some of the achivements were only showing up for me. I discovered that all the collectable items found and purchases were only saved for the host so achievements for getting all the red and gold bricks, and white and blue mini-kits only unlock for me. This really annoyed me when I noticed it. He still got all the miscellaneous achievements as well as I, but we will now have to replay episodes so that he also gets those other achievements. At first I thought doing this was going to be too tedious and thought about quiting, but as I began playing with my friend as host, I actually still enjoyed the game. There's still a lot of variety in the gameplay, and it's still fun to try and remember where all those hidden items were.
I'm still marveling at how Traveller's Tales has copied the movies frame for frame in certain places while still keeping the pace of the game from getting too slow or sticking too closely to the movies in other places. They inject a lot of humor into the game while at the same time staying very close to the original story and feel of Star Wars. It's fantastic.
I heard that Fight Night Round 3 was kick ass when played online and that's the way to play it. Did you play it online? Was interested on a personal take since I am considering buying it since I love boxing, but not necessarily boxing games. 
No I didn't. I should have tried that though.
Loved Punch-Out. Other than Xenoblade it's my favorite Wii game.
I put Xenoblade Chronicles on a list of mine but it seems it's not available for anything less than $100 on Amazon or Ebay. I guess I should've picked it up last Summer when it came out.
Yeah, I find myself gladder and gladder that I pre-ordered Xenoblade, and I kind of wish I'd bought three copies so I could flip the other two on eBay like a good little scalper and keep one for myself. :)
The same will probably happen for Pandora's Tower.
Punch Out shouldn't disappoint! For me it was the only boxing game franchise I actually enjoyed. (Likely because it was a bit cartoony and over the top.)
Yea, that style appeals to me which is why I was so excited for Facebreaker. I didn't like the controls. It seemed like a pure button masher with no finesse to it. I would block the AI's punches but I still got beat. The only way to win was to punch like crazy. Not fun.
I never played the Wii Punch Out game. But then, I'm not a big fan of the past games in the series. I've played them all, just never could get into them.
Last one I played was in the arcades so it's been a while for me.
I absolutely love Boxing games. I don't know why, but I really do.
I have all the Fight Night games, both Ready 2 Rumble games, Punch Out and Super Punchout (Need the Wii version).
One of my favorites though is probably Real Steel. It was a downloadable game I got via XBL that was based off of the Real Steel movie, and it's just an absolute blast! You can create and customise your robot as well as it's move-set, and you're able to fight up through the ranks with your custom robot and finally face-off against Zeus. And there are still people playing online as well!
Real Steel sounds cool. I might try another Fight Night game sometime as well. FN3 was just fantastic.
I just saw that Real Steel is going to be on sale for 60% off on Xbox Live. Not sure if you have Xbox or PS3, but I just thought I'd swing by and let you know! Here's the source along with other sales for this week and next!
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-14585-This-Week-and-Next-Week-on-Xbox-Live.html
Thanks for the info.
I love Lego games. They can be buggy as all get out (and usually are), the controls can be imprecise, vehicle control is non-existant, yet they're just so fun I'm willing to overlook all these faults time and time again. Have you played Lego Indiana Jones yet? It's my favorite so far.
I've played some of Indian Jones and was getting quickly addicted to it before something interrupted me. The collecting is so much fun in Lego games even though I agree 100% about the inaccurate controls on platforming and really clumsy driving controls. I've now sunk almost 50hrs into Lego Star Wars before my friend finally dropped out. I'm still going though with 10% completion left to go. I really don't get tired of it at all.
Luigi's Mansion 2 is a lot of fun but my son pinched it so I went back to Fire Emblem.
Good game to fall back on. I have to finish that one as well as Etrian Odyssey IV that I bought this year and didn't get very much time on either.
I'm like you. I enjoy the sillier boxing games like this one. I remember the Ready To Rumble games fondly. They were always fun and I could actually do well at them.
Ready to Rumble sounds cool. I'll have to keep it in mind next time I pick up some boxing games.