The lastest mainline entry, simply called Punch-Out!!, launched for the Wii in May 2009 with a WiiWare game entitled Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! following just a handful of months later. Thanks to the ...

A developer who worked on 2009's Punch-Out game for the Wii has reportedly claimed that the series is unlikely to return due to the "significant" backlash to its stereotypical characters.

was that there was significantly more backlash against the characters of the [Punch-Out!!] Wii game than they expected,” Khan said. “And this team spent a lot of time assuring Nintendo that ...

The Wii controls, combined with how old the game was, made it a perfect fit to make Wii Punch-Out!!" That makes perfect sense when you think about Nintendo, a company that tries to stick gimmicks ...

Next Level Games likely won't revisit the Punch-Out series soon, as it's considered dead due to sales and stereotypes. Backlash over stereotypes played a significant role in preventing the ...