Classically trained: Ars reviews Punch-Out for the Wii
There are many, many ways that the Wii reboot of the Punch-Out franchise could have gone wrong. For fans of the series, there was only one way to do it right. Luckily, Next Level Games understood exactly what made the classic so beloved, and stuck with the primary mechanics from the original title. That’s right, two buttons and a digital pad are all you need.
You can also play the game with a Wiimote and nunchuck, punching at the screen and using the analog pad of the nunchuk to control whether your punchers go high or low. Right or left and you dodge, push up without a punch and you block. Do you gain anything by using the waggle? Nothing much, although if you get into it, you can expect to break a nice sweat for your efforts. This is how I played, dancing on the balls of my feet, trying to knock Piston Honda on his ass.
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