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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.