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Super Smash Bros.' inclusion of the Slight White Hope—aka Little Mac of Punch-Out!!—raises several interesting questions, from how his natural brawling skills will help him in the game to how his short stature might hinder him. Here to answer it all is GameXplain, with a detailed breakdown of the latest trailer.Read more...

Watch as artist Chris Carlson brings King Hippo from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! to life using nothing but chalk on pavement. Not bad!Read more...

Yesterday we pointed out that the Dallas Stars of the NHL now play Street Fighter themes whenever things get a little rough on the ice. Turns out there's more of a video game connection here than meets the eye.Read more...

Exercise sucks. Exergaming sucks. If you're a video gamer who has set a resolution to lose weight, you have a long, hard road ahead of you in 2014. Or, more likely, you have a very short one before you give up. Read more...

Mike Tyson never beating Glass Joe is one thing. He's the first opponent in the boxer's titular Punch-Out!!, so this means Iron Mike played the game once or twice, gave up, and went back to tending pigeons in his spare time. But not being able to defeat King Hippo is a different brand of shame.Read more...

Glass Joe is the first character you face in Punch-Out. He is, without a doubt, the easiest opponent. Anyone can beat him. But can Mike Tyson? Read more...

The case has been made that, without his freeze breath, super-speed or invulnerability, Superman really ain't that tough. In the famous 1978 Superman vs. Muhammad Ali comic, a de-powered Kal-El had to face up against The Greatest of All Time and got smacked around by the champion. But, when you compare Ali to Little Mac's final opponent in the NES classic, it sure seems like Superman got off lucky. Read more...

#nintendo Two fighting games, a PopCap puzzler, and a minigolf game that's trying way too hard to catch your attention? There's only one place such a diverse lineup could thrive. More »

#minecraft The same folks who made that amazing Super Mario Land animation in Mojang's hit sandbox construction game have come back with yet another homage to an old-school classic. MinecraftA2Z managed to recreate Punch-Out's first bout—where series hero Mac trades blows with Glass Joe—by manipulating millions of blocks frame by frame, in the same manner as the Super Mario Land clip. More »

#punchout In 1987, Mike Tyson starred in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, a Nintendo boxing game that featured over-the-shoulder pugilism. Now, in 2011, Mike Tyson stars in Mike Tyson - Main Event, a boxing game that features over-the-shoulder pugilism. Only now, there's no Nintendo. More »

#kinect Wii Sports Boxing, everyone asked if that was like Punch-Out!! on Kinect. Fighters Uncaged, same thing. How about we just go ahead and play Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! with a Kinect? This guy does. More »

Fighting in hockey is awesome. It's more than tolerated - the NHL has no problem with fighting on the ice, nor in the video games it licenses. Know what makes a hockey fight more awesome? Punch-Out!! music. More »

#punchout Last night, Manny Pacquiao solidified his claim as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, dominating Antonio Margarito for his eighth title. One year ago to the day, Fox Sports told the unknown story of how far he's really come. More »

#iphone Like an out-of-control boxer tearing off an opponent's ear, Rock Software rips off Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series to give Mike Tyson his own boxing video game for the iPhone. More »

You might find College Humor's latest video game parody clip, posted just past the jump, a hilarious look at what might have been had classic games been laughably more accessible. We see it as a haunting vision of things to come. That easy mode included in Mega Man 10? That's how it all starts.

#screengrab Punch-Out!! hero Little Mac now floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee and can blow your fingers clean off with his flaming balls. As seen by Kotaku reader ChillyBilly at an unnamed fireworks vendor. More »

#wii Not only is Ichiro one of Japan's greatest baseball players, he's also one of the most talented big leaguers today. But he likes to unwind like the rest of us — by beating up virtual palookas. More »

Several Joysitq staffers were pleased to discover that the 2009 Club Nintendo rewards have begun to arrive today. For those that need a reminder of what the gifts are, Platinum members got to choose between a real life Mario hat or a download of Doc Louis's Punch-Out!!, a special version of Punch-Out!! featuring Little Mac's trainer, Doc Louis. Meanwhile, Gold members were limited to one gift, a 2010 Nintendo calendar. Check out the gallery below for images of all the different gifts.

Spoiler warning: See how to take down your trainer in this Club Nintendo special edition.

Reader NSiderNDUDE has been working hard to translate the phrases that the boxers of Punch-Out!! Wii spout. The video is a work in progress, but it already has a ton of content.

A portion of a Toronto Thumbs review… The graphic style established in previous games in the series hasn’t been compromised by the 3D facelift, and the updated look suits the franchise perfectly. Don’t let its goofy façade and initial ease of play fool you: Punch-Out!! is a game that even gamers who call themselves “hardcore” can [...]