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Spotlight:Super Punch Out! (SNES)
Super Punch-Out!! (スーパーパンチアウト!!?) is a boxing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES). It was released on February 28, 1994 in North America and again in the same region in 1996. It was released in Europe on January 26, 1995 for the same console, and in Japan in 1996 for the Nintendo Power flash RAM cartridge series and the Super Famicom. The game was later released for the Wii’s Virtual Console in Europe on March 20, 2009, in North America on March 30, 2009 and in Japan on July 7, 2009. It is the fourth game in the Punch-Out!! series, taking place after the Punch-Out!! game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
In Super Punch-Out!! the player controls Little Mac, as he fights his way to become the World Video Boxing Association champion. Players, fighting from a “behind the back” perspective, must knockout their opponent in three minutes to win. Players can launch jabs, hooks, and uppercuts against their opponents as well as block, dodge, and duck opponents’ attacks. Nintendo Integrated Research and Development, led by Genyo Takeda, Minoru Arakawa and Makoto Wada, developed the game. It also featured voice acting by Charles Martinet.[not in citation given]
The game received praise from reviewers for its cartoon-like style, its colorful, outlandish opponents, simple gameplay controls, and replay value. The game also featured colorful, detailed graphics, which included the usage of transparency that facilitates the game’s “behind the back” perspective. Other reviewers had said that this game lacked the overall appeal, gameplay, or audience of its NES predecessor.
The Spotlight:NBA 2K10 (PC)
NBA 2K10 is a basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It was released on October 6, 2009 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP and on October 12, 2009 on PC. It was released on Wii on November 9, 2009 in North America. It was released in Europe on November 27th. Kobe Bryant is the cover athlete of the game. The game is the first PSP and Wii release of the NBA 2K series, and the first on a Nintendo system since NBA 2K3 for the GameCube. The Wii version, while containing version-specific controls and nuances, is a general port of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions – including all the modes (online and offline) of the current-gen iterations. The PSP release is essentially a port of the PS2 version, though lacking online play.
