Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Also known as: Punch-Out!!, Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream Developer: Nintendo IRD Publisher: Nintendo Platform: NES Released in JP: September 18, 1987 (Gold Version), November 21, 1987 (Mike Tyson), December 14, 2001 (Mr. Dream, via Animal Crossing) Released in US: October 18, 1987 (Mike Tyson), August 2, 1990 (Mr. Dream) Released in EU: December 15, 1987 (Mike Tyson), August 15, 1990 (Mr. Dream) This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is the NES port/semi-sequel of the arcade game Punch-Out!!. It features Mario as the referee, boxers that are obviously cheaters, and an out-of-place ad for the Nintendo Fun Club (later known as Nintendo Power).

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Regional Differences

To do: There's some different music between the international and Japanese releases.

The original Japanese release, a golden limited-run edition, is essentially a modified prototype: it has Tyson's graphics and coding, but he isn't accessible, with the last fight instead being against Super Macho Man (who had previously been the final opponent in Super Punch-Out!!). When the game was released to the public as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! it had various changes, such as Tyson becoming accessible and the new iconic last boss.

The original Japanese version was eventually released to the public on April 10, 2019 as part of the Nintendo Switch's online service of Famicom titles.

Title Screen

Gold Version	Tyson Version

The title screen had blue text that read "MIKE TYSON'S" added to it at the top.

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

Some Engrish was corrected: "TRAINNER" was corrected to "TRAINER", and the last sentence was cut in half.

Gold Version	Tyson Version

More Engrish fixing. A dashed line had to be removed to fit Tyson's name.

Passwords

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

In the Tyson and Mr. Dream versions, there is a password to view the credits (106 113 0120, then hold Select and press A + B). In the original Japanese release, this password was left unfinished. The original Japanese version contains all six secret passwords and has the routines to check it with the same button codes, but they are never called from the password check routine and there is no code to handle these after checking, as well as the credits display code. The credits text is present in the original Japanese ROM in the same place as in all subsequent releases, but obviously rendered unused.

The credit messages differ slightly, with U.Kaneoka and U.Kuriyama being changed to Y.Kaneoka and Y.Kuriyama in the other versions.

Circuits

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

The HUD and boxing rings in the original Punch-Out!! have a different color palette than the ones in the Tyson and Mr. Dream versions.

Demo

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

The short demo is a bit different between versions and has yet another color palette not seen in-game.

Characters

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

Piston Honda's and King Hippo's skin color were changed from pinkish to yellow, as was Glass Joe's hair.

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

The color palette on the profile images of Honda and Hippo was updated as well.

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

Bald Bull has purple-colored shorts and boots in the Major Circuit, and blue ones in the World Circuit. In subsequent versions, he always wears light blue.

Post-Match

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

Even more Engrish fixing was done to the regular victory screen. The original Japanese version is quite confused on who it should be congratulating.

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

The newspaper at the end of the game was changed to tell the player how to fight Mike Tyson/Mr. Dream, added a password for the Super Macho Man match, had its Engrish fixed, and changed the exclamation mark to be more blocky.

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

You guessed it, more Engrish and second-person fixing.

Gold Version	Tyson/Dream Versions

And here, too.

Music

The "Title Bout" screen has different music between the versions.

Gold Version

Tyson/Dream Versions

Revisional Differences

To do: There's a glitch in the Super Macho Man fight that softlocks the game that was fixed in later revisions.

Mr. Dream

When Nintendo's license to use Mike Tyson's name and likeness expired, a different version of the game was released that replaced Tyson with a generic character named Mr. Dream. While this version is pretty rare on cartridge compared to the Tyson version, the Animal Crossing and all digital re-releases Punch-Out!! use this iteration. Incidentally, the game's inclusion in Doubutsu no Mori + (which was localized into Animal Crossing) was the first time the Mr. Dream version was officially released in Japan, as physical cartridges were only put out in North America and Europe.

Tyson Version	Dream Version

The updated version removes "MIKE TYSON'S" from the title screen, as well as the "MIKE IS WAITING FOR YOUR CHALLENGE!!" screen. A 1990 copyright was added.

Tyson Version	Dream Version

In with the Dream, out with the Mike.

Tyson Version	Dream Version

And here's Mr. Dream himself. He's basically just a palette and head swap of Tyson, although at the same time based on former undefeated record-holder Rocky Marciano.

Tyson Version	Dream Version

The pre-fight stats were changed for Mr. Dream, making them less realistic and more mysterious.

PlayChoice-10

To do: Document default saved times. Get a screenshot of the scoreboard. There are palette differences in the PC-10 version. There may be additional differences between the PC-10 and retail versions.

Among the games available on Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 arcade hardware was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, which had a few differences from the retail version.

• When starting a new game, the player is prompted to input their initials. These are saved to the scoreboard, which is displayed after every fight.
• The scoreboard is also displayed before each fight if the player waits on the intro screen.
• The infamous "training" animation immediately skips to the end in this version, making most of the backdrop unused.

Virtual Console

Piston Honda's quote in the NES versions, "Where is the NHK TV camera? Hello Tokyo!" was changed in the Virtual Console version to "Where is my camera crew? Hello Tokyo!". NHK is an actual broadcasting company in Japan.

Unused Audio

King Hippo's Theme

When used in the actual game, there are sound effects playing as King Hippo opens his mouth, this is the underlying track with no sound effects covering it up.

Soda Popinski's Theme

When played back in the actual game, the first note is missing for some reason.

"Oof" Sound Effect

The "Oof" DMC sample from Kung Fu and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link appears in the sound effects amongst the laugh sound effects. Coincidentally, the laughing sound effect (used for Soda Popinski and Super Macho Man) would be reused for the NES release of Zelda II a year after the release of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Team Credit

Present at 0x1A1BB:

Gold/Tyson Versions	Mr. Dream Version
NINTENDO.1987RD3	NINTENDO.1990RD3