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> Notice something about the title? Yeah, it isn’t Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The game is exactly the same, but you fight a palette-swapped Tyson at the end — th

by zoidb 10y ago

> Notice something about the title? Yeah, it isn’t Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The game is exactly the same, but you fight a palette-swapped Tyson at the end — they made him white and changed his name to Mr. Dream. Sad, really, but how often did you even get that far? Turns out this is a great party game. What a shame :( I wonder how much extra money it would have cost them for the licensing.

thrownblown 10y ago
I don't think it's a license issue, it was more of that Mike Tyson criminal convictions that caused Nintendo to replace him when they re released the game.
- zoidb 10y ago
  Ah ok, guess that makes sense.
- stormbrew 10y ago
  It's both. The licence expired and Nintendo didn't renew for obvious reasons. Also the game was rereleased for the nes as punch out in 1990, so it's still an authentic original nes game.
res0nat0r 10y ago
He was removed from the game because Nintendo didn't want to really be associated with him after the rape case conviction in the early 90s.
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pfranz 10y ago
The NES did have Punch Out cartridges with Mr Dream. Mike Tyson was only part of a 3-year licensing deal Nintendo decided not to renew[1]. So all cartridges sold after 1990 had Mr Dream. Also, it wasn't just a palette swap (but it was similar) [2][3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES)#Punch-Out.21.21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES)#Punch-Out.21... [2] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50d0fc0ae4b0c75e54db0249/t/5178bd3de4b0743cbe984ed7/1366867261955/TysonVsDream.jpg https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50d0fc0ae4b0c75e54db0... [3] http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db528cfd3fffe0773534cadd48ba1b6e.jpg http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db528cfd3fffe07...
hrabago 10y ago
I'm pretty sure I remember getting that far. We even figured out how to actually win. I don't remember now how we got the knowledge - this was waaay before the internet and in a third world country. Good times.

by zoidb 10y ago

thrownblown 10y ago

I don't think it's a license issue, it was more of that Mike Tyson criminal convictions that caused Nintendo to replace him when they re released the game.

zoidb 10y ago
Ah ok, guess that makes sense.
stormbrew 10y ago
It's both. The licence expired and Nintendo didn't renew for obvious reasons. Also the game was rereleased for the nes as punch out in 1990, so it's still an authentic original nes game.

res0nat0r 10y ago

He was removed from the game because Nintendo didn't want to really be associated with him after the rape case conviction in the early 90s.

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pfranz 10y ago

The NES did have Punch Out cartridges with Mr Dream. Mike Tyson was only part of a 3-year licensing deal Nintendo decided not to renew[1]. So all cartridges sold after 1990 had Mr Dream. Also, it wasn't just a palette swap (but it was similar) [2][3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES)#Punch-Out.21.21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES)#Punch-Out.21... [2] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50d0fc0ae4b0c75e54db0249/t/5178bd3de4b0743cbe984ed7/1366867261955/TysonVsDream.jpg https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50d0fc0ae4b0c75e54db0... [3] http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db528cfd3fffe0773534cadd48ba1b6e.jpg http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db528cfd3fffe07...

hrabago 10y ago

I'm pretty sure I remember getting that far. We even figured out how to actually win. I don't remember now how we got the knowledge - this was waaay before the internet and in a third world country. Good times.