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Punch-Out!! has a 22-year-old secret

August 7th, 2009 Posted in News, Wii, Written by Valay

Did you know that the original Punch-Out!! has a 22-year-old secret? Well, apparently it does, and Nintendo is finally ready to share it with gamers. Makato Wada, who was part of the development team that ported the arcade versions of Punch-Out!! to the NES and SNES, took part in the latest Iwata Asks interview and spoke about the secret.

Wada
This is a great opportunity, so I have something I’d like to say. In Punch-Out!!, the game gives you a lot of hints about effective timing of punches. There is a big boxer called Bald Bull in the NES version as well and a light flashes to the right in the audience when he charges. If you punch when it flashes you will land a body blow.

Tanabe
What? Really?

Wada
No one has known about that for about 22 years…

Everyone
(laughter)

Wada
I was wondering when I would have a chance to tell people that.

Iwata
You’ve been holding that information for 22 years since the release. (laughs)

Wada
Now that I had the chance. (laughs) There are a lot of hidden elements in the NES version.

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  1. 20 Responses to “Punch-Out!! has a 22-year-old secret”

  2. By Sr.Gabo on Aug 7, 2009

    Maybe there are secrets in the Wii version.

  3. By Dan on Aug 7, 2009

    Wow… let me just get some of this NES off of my dust real quick and try this out..

  4. By gigakain on Aug 7, 2009

    This is not a secret. My Best friend Cody and I knew this back in the day when we used to play Mike Tysons Punch Out in his room. Its so obvious when the light flashes to hit him. Get out the game and look if you are able.

  5. By bob on Aug 7, 2009

    oooooooosht, had no idea about this! gonna have to try it on my NES like dan :)

  6. By Pothead Johnny on Aug 7, 2009

    Cool I see it. One of the audience members clicks his camera just as Bald Bull charges

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_iVHVGqMIU

    I used to know just the timing (we’d count to two or whatever)

    Also if you check it out it is no wonder that it remained a secret. It’s so subtile and it isn’t abnormal for the crowd to use their cameras.

  7. By bignig on Aug 7, 2009

    yeah, this isn’t much of a secret as I thought everyone already knew this anyway.

  8. By Used Cisco on Aug 7, 2009

    Yeah, we knew this back in the day. NOthing new here.

  9. By Grammar Police on Aug 9, 2009

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  10. By John Davis on Aug 9, 2009

    Wow, that is amazing. Well done dude!

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  11. By h0dg3s on Aug 9, 2009

    This isn’t a secret, I knew about this as a kid and all of my friends did too. Quit making stuff up.

  12. By Yauch on Aug 9, 2009

    I always thought the “Another World Circuit” Code was pretty wild. I wonder if there are more things like that…

  13. By h0dg3s on Aug 9, 2009

    Also, if you hit punch right after the light flashes you hit nothing but air. It’s a second after the light flashes. This is really stupid.

  14. By Lil Mac on Aug 9, 2009

    I thought everyone knew that “secret”. Next they are going to tell us there is a camera flash to tell you to dodge before Mike Tyson’s uppercut.

  15. By Crone on Aug 10, 2009

    I always thought the “Another World Circuit” Code was pretty wild. I wonder if there are more things like that

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