However, in the game, he is mute and only makes a few sounds such as grunting and hollering. In this new version, he is taller than in the NES version, he has a tan, and he has a different hairdo, as seen on the right. Little Mac returns in his original NES appearance, but this time, it is modified. Because of this the player will encounter many characters from those games. The game is generally considered to be a remake of the original NES games. His goal is once again to climb to the top of the ranks, defeating all of the wacky opponents along the way. In this game he, and all the other characters, are represented in a 3-D cel-shaded manner (similar to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker). The game would, once more, feature Little Mac as the game's protagonist. Little Mac, as seen in Punch-Out!! for Wii.įans clammored for the return of Little Mac, and Nintendo thankfully honored their wish when Next Level Games and Nintendo announced a new Punch-Out for the Wii titled, simply, Punch-Out!!. This version of Mac is referred to as Birdy by fans. With Little Mac returning in his original shape in Punch-Out!! for the Wii, it is unclear what Nintendo's stance in the subject is. Nintendo hasn't confirmed whether or not this is in fact a redesign of the original Little Mac, however, when the SNES version of Super Punch-Out!! was released for the Virtual Console on the Wii, the official game details from the Wii Shop Channel referred to that blond boxer as "Little Mac".
This game claims that this character is "Little Mac" (or simply "Mac" according to the boxers he wears), but as the Fight Night series was not made or released by Nintendo, this is not considered canon. When Fight Night: Round 2 was released in 2005, the GameCube version included Super Punch-Out!! as a playable bonus, and that game's protagonist was also featured as an unlockable character.
Super Punch-Out!! for the SNES featured a new protagonist, a blond-haired boxer that is named by the player. Dream who Little Mac had to defeat in order to become champion.
But when Nintendo's license to have Tyson as a special character expired in 1990, a new and official Nintendo character, Mr. Mike Tyson was a special character added to the game to be the last boxer. Little Mac worked his way up, earning titles from the Minor Circuit, the Major Circuit, and the World Circuit, until finally he made it to the Dream Fight, the fight which determined who would be the new heavyweight champion of the WVBA. Other notable boxers that challenged Little Mac were King Hippo and Japanese boxer Piston Honda. Sandman, and Super Macho Man make their appearances in this game.
Having Doc Louis, a retired pro boxer and former heavyweight champion, as his boxing coach, Little Mac trained day and night for the challenges in the ring. Little Mac was no taller than 5 feet, and barely weighed over 100 pounds, but his ultimate dream was to become the heavyweight champion of the World Video Boxing Association ( WVBA). Because this is the only Punch-Out game where the controlled boxer has a name, all Punch-Out!! games onward have dubbed the main challenger the name of Little Mac.
This is the game where Little Mac gets his name and his background. In 1987, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! was released, and this marked the first game where the challenger whom the player controls gained an identity. Little Mac (right) and his trainer Doc Louis as seen in the original NES game. Punch Out series Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!