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‘Punch Out’: Mike Tyson’s legacy as the ultimate 8-bit boss

Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! Nintendo R&D3 Nintendo NES After attending a boxing match in the early 80’s featuring future heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, Nintendo of America’s founder and former president Minoru Arakawa, had the brilliant idea of porting the arcade hit Punch Out, to the NES. There were several changes made, mostly because the NES wasn’t …

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Nintendo (finally) expands virtual console for Wii U

It’s been a bit of a strange experience dealing with the virtual console on the Wii U. From the dual menus, one that offers games currently available on the Wii U virtual console, and the other only showing games that the player has previously downloaded for their Wii, the system comes across like a bit …

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