Power Punch II (NES) Playthrough
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2024
- A playthrough of American Softworks' 1992 boxing game for NES, Power Punch II.
For years, Power Punch II was one of the most obscure games in the NES's library. A few middling reviews and a short-lived ad campaign failed to inspire anything but apathy, and it was almost immediately forgotten by the few who knew that it ever existed.
And then the internet happened and rumors swirled, and Power Punch II somehow became known as the sequel to Punch Out!! that Nintendo disowned. ASC announced "Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch" in the summer of 1991 - more than a year after Nintendo's contract with Tyson had expired - and there doesn't seem to be any evidence out there to support the claim that Beam was working on the game for Nintendo. It seems far more likely that Beam was working on a game "inspired" by Punch-Out!! and thought that Tyson's name would bring in sales, only to rethink the endorsement when the boxer's social stock plummeted a few months ahead of the game's release.
All of that aside, Power Punch II casts you as Mark "Tough Guy" Tyler, the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. He has grown bored with defending his title from the parade of pretenders, so when an alien invites him to participate in the Heavyweight Championship of the Universe, he jumps at the opportunity.
The game features thirteen fights split into three championships, and each championship begins with a training minigame that gives you the opportunity to improve Mark's agility, endurance, and strength for the upcoming fights.
The fights resemble Punch-Out!!'s in several ways: the perspective and the controls are similar, you earn super punches by landing hits on your opponent at specific moments, and matches are broken into three rounds each.
But for all of their similarities, Power Punch II feels nothing like Punch-Out!! to play. Rather than snapping left and right from a neutral position to dodge punches, Mark can slide back and forth across the bottom of the screen, and he'll automatically drift back toward the center if you let go of the d-pad. Your opponents react to your movements by switching up their own routines, patterns, and timings, and since they often don't clearly telegraph their moves, the challenge comes down to memorizing each fighter's patterns and figuring out how to manipulate their behavior to your advantage. The lack of clear visual cues and meaningful feedback can make the game extremely frustrating at first, but once you've figured out how to approach it and how to feel out strategies, everything becomes much, much easier.
Power Punch II is fairly hideous to look at, but I did get a kick out of the monster designs, the awkward punching animations, and the guy in the background whose head bounces up and down when he's excited.
Overall, Power Punch II is too unintuitive and unpolished to have any real mass appeal, and the sloppiness of the controls will likely drive away anyone who'd pop it in looking for a good challenge. It's not terrible - I'd say it's one of better games Beam made for the NES - but it's not very good, either.
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The prototype with Mike Tyson's likeness and name eventually did come out.
Steve Harvey in the background loving every second.
😅 The spitting image
And Rich Evans on the left waggling his arm in apathy.
Remember when Mike Tyson went up against some purple monster with hands for legs?😂
Yeah, and I paid $60 for the PPV!
That fight was fucking fixed, I want my money back
No legs and such big ears!?! No wonder Iron Mike took that fight, no way he losin'
Good old times 😂
Is that what they called coke in the 80s?
The Punch Out sequel really went above and beyond
You never knew what you were getting with Beam Software, until you played it. Sometimes you'd get pure excellence like their NES port of Smash TV, and sometimes you'd get...this.
Mom, can we get Punch Out?
Mom: We have Punch Out at home
Punch Out at home:
I'm fairly certain most people had the real Punch Out at home and this game barely sold.
I can't recall the time where Charles Barkley had his part in promoting Iron Mike. Please fill me in if I've missed something.
So this is supposed to be the follow - up to punch out? Yeiks
My man Bonehead ages 70 years when you knock him down
He's like space Super Macho Man
Surprised there is another NES game where Iron Mike is featured.
But fighting monsters instead of Little Mac? Crazy.
To be fair, this game was being worked on and was released before his rape allegations, imprisonment, ear biting, facial tattoos, and questionable...um, commentary/hype talk.
He HAD lost to Douglas by this time, though. So, yeah, it was the beginning of the end to his aura.
Of course, he has rehabbed his image and spent a ton of time on himself since all of the above. He may not be as universally famous now, but he is a better human.
You mean Mark Tyler.
This game is based off the movie ''Arena 1989''
That's what I was thinking. I actually liked that movie as a kid.
Brutal. The aliens don’t even wear gloves
There better be some ear biting in this....
This game looks a lot like one of these shows that you'd watch on Adult Swim at 3 in the morning.
He bit Zarlox the Destroyer’s ear off!
It's pretty off the rails for a boxing game, no doubt...but I have to say, I'm kinda digging it.
I didn't know this was playable to the point it could be beaten
Mike Tyson: *loses championship title while Nintendo is making this game*
Nintendo: We have removed Mike Tyson from Punch Out and we have stopped production of another game with Mike Tyson.
American Softworks Corp: We don't think so.
and also rounds only lasts 60 seconds as suppouse to 3 minutes in Punch Out in Punch Out though timer goes fast
For how ugly it looks and how sloppily it plays, I still managed to have some fun with Power Punch II. Not copious amounts, mind you, but some.
Perhaps the art style is weird but the details are actually good for a NES game.
I still remember Aqualung reviewing the game in 3 words: "It F___ing Sucks." 😅
@@edwardgaines6561Ayo fellow Aqualung fan!!!
@@stardestroyer81 Yup! Glad he's still around.
Best game of all time, but you are not ready to talk about it.
Instead of being Mike Tyson you are Mark Tyler!
Remember when mark tyler became youngest heavy weight in history!! Or the time mark tyler lost to buster douglas... secret move mark tyler alien ear bite!
How do you go from convicted rapist to lovable family friendly icon?
The passage of time.
Just as an fyi, there's a channel ripping off your gameplay footage (and also ripping off Mobygames for all game descriptions) and getting monetized for it. Check out any NES video that Tigerchainsaw does and you'll see him using your footage.
Thank you for letting me know. I'll check it out.
@@NintendoComplete No probs!
So, Punch Out was immovable then? Also nice alien caterpillar chick this game has
Youd give her some play if she was into it. 😍
Haha eww just imagine someone's whole body leaving a snail trail. That's so nasty.
@NintendoComplete Breasts and mouth are still experience-worthy, the trail may have the sticky consistency and the slick lube feeling, also the intense musk and crushed ants aroma. She may be scheduled to be on Rule34
Hey bro, I saw that you completed all the parts of Zelda on cd-i, could you tell me in what order to play these games, from easiest to hardest? Thank you
I think Wand of Gamelon is probably the easiest one. Zelda's Adventure was the hardest.
@@NintendoComplete thank u so much
What a weird game. I love it! 🤣
Q juego mas extrañó
What in the world?!😮
Another game that was altered at the last moment. The others are:
Journey To Silius (Which was originally a The Terminator game). Instead we have that God awful Mindscape game.
Sunman (Not even released but 100% complete) (Which was originally a Superman game). Instead we have that Mediocre Kemco game.
If this game was developed by Rare it could be a better game.
Cool😎
This is like the precursor to Hybrid Heaven for n64
Such an underated game.
this explains why Mike tyson but off George forman's ear..... must of though George foreman was an alien
Wasn't it Evander Holyfield?
@@NintendoComplete yes it was
Mike Tyson's game about beating up spooky closet monsters may not be real, and this game most certainly is not it, but isn't it?
Ese si que es Metal Gear Solid Snake😂😂😂 🦼😉
workout robot can get it
Amazing that you could produce a boxing game 5 years after the original MTPO and it looks this bad. No clear strategy like the Punch Out - looks to be a total guessing game.
А где Халк😂
This game ain't worthy of the Punch-Out!! name