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Punch-Out!! Event at Nintendo World Store Tomorrow

by Neal Ronaghan - May 15, 2009, 3:17 pm EDT
Total comments: 5

I (News Editor Neal Ronaghan) will be there to check out the event, pick up the game, and revel in all that is Punch-Out!! Hell, maybe I'll be lucky enough to get in the tournament and win something!

Regardless, I'll be taking pictures and updating our Twitter throughout the day.

Nintendo Fans Duke It Out in a Punch-Out!! Boxing Challenge at Nintendo World in NYC

WHAT: Nintendo celebrates the return of one of its most popular video game series by hosting a Punch-Out!!™ Challenge at the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Plaza on May 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. Friends and family members of contestants will gather ringside to support them on their quest to secure the World Video Boxing Association (WVBA) title. Thirty-two participants will face off two at a time in a single-game elimination competition. Instead of strapping on boxing gloves, players will use the motion-sensing Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers to simulate throwing punches. The winner walks away with a customized WVBA trophy and bragging rights as the Punch-Out!! champion. The winner also will receive a free copy of the new Punch-Out!! game for the Wii™ console, a Little Mac training sweatshirt and other prizes.

Fans in attendance will enjoy Nintendo premium giveaways, DJ entertainment and a chance to purchase the game before it launches on May 18. Fans also have the opportunity to play the new game on kiosks, or take a trip down memory lane by playing previous Punch-Out!! games using the Virtual Console™ service for Wii.

WHO: Adults, teens, kids ages 10 and up, video game enthusiasts and loyal fans of the classic Punch-Out!! games.

WHEN: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1-4 p.m.

WHERE: Nintendo World Store 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 www.NintendoWorldStore.com

Talkback

BeautifulShyMay 15, 2009

Great to hear. I think EasyCure said he was going to try and be there.Is Pale going to go?

TJ SpykeMay 15, 2009

Damn, I wish I lived near NYC.

GameStop will also be hosting Punch-Out tournaments on May 30, although the 1st place prize in each store will only be a t-shirt and is limited to 12 players per store.

Invincible Donkey KongMay 15, 2009

I hope to see you all there.  But be warned, as Giga-Reggie I do not play "NES-style."  Get punted at your own risk. :reggie:

BeautifulShyMay 16, 2009

Have you met up with EasyCure?

EasyCureMay 18, 2009

Here's some pics I took of my trip down to NWS:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/ThreeImaginaryBoys/DSC00474.jpg

This is the very first thing I saw when I came up from the subway. I call it "Invisible Man Has Sensitive Feet"

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/ThreeImaginaryBoys/DSC00478.jpg
The main floor @ NWS. It might be a little hard to tell, but they have all three console versions of Punch-Out! playing at once. (SNES, Wii, NES)

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/ThreeImaginaryBoys/DSC00484.jpg
A less crowded shot of the same floor

The floor where the tournement was held on was way too crowded for any good photos, and the way its all set up doesn't really capture a head-to-head type atmosphere. Instead of two people going at it, it was just a bunch of people playing the game at once with a crowd around them. Pretty lame.

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