Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! [NES] Opponent Difficulty TIER LIST!
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- čas přidán 3. 02. 2024
- Having some fun here reflecting on my experiences with MTPO. My ranks for each fight are based on overall opponent difficulty. here's a rundown of then 14 bouts in order:
MINOR CIRCUIT
Glass Joe
Von Kaiser
Piston Honda
MAJOR CIRCUIT
Don Flamenco
King Hippo
Great Tiger
Bald Bull
WORLD CIRCUIT
Piston Honda 2
Soda Popinski
Bald Bull 2
Don Flamenco 2
Mr. Sandman
Super Macho Man
DREAM FIGHT
Mike Tyson/ Mr. Dream
Let me know what you think in the comments! Do you agree/disagree with my ranks on the tier list?
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Curious to see how these are ranked. My personal opinion of the game has always been it has a *perfect* difficulty curve... until you get from Macho Man to Tyson. It's a pretty smooth ride up, and suddenly the final boss is twice as hard as the guy before him, wtf. lol
I haven't played the Arcade games but I've got to say, Sandman and Macho Man are absolute nightmares here compared to Super Punch Out and Punch Out Wii.
Both the Dreamland Express and the Super Spin Punch have massive tells in those games, but here it's a mere flash, blink and you'll miss it and you're down for the count, made worse by the fact they can knock you down right after getting up, ruining your momentum.
Soda Pop and Bull 2 took me quite a bit to learn but they were nothing compared to these two final boxers (before Tyson). Not only that but the speed and power they have is higher than any other boxer before them, they deserve their own tier, just below Iron Mike.
Also, Bald Bull 2 is the fourth hardest fight in the game, there is no world in which he is weaker/easier than Honda 2 and his Major Circuit counterpart. He has a pretty complex pattern with tricky timing, with delays and fast powerful blows, the Bull Charge has a much smaller window to counter and the Star punch Gimmick makes this fight one of the most tense encounters in the entire game, they nailed the intmidation and pressure factors perfectly here. If they didn't make Bull 2 beatable by Decision he would be an absolute nightmare, knocking him out isn't impossible, I can do it consitently with both Stars and Bull Charge counters, but there are times where it's much safer to stall to the Decsion once you have over 7k points.
But it's a solid list! That's a bit of a wall of text, I know lol
This is so good why isn’t it viral?
One man once held the world records for all 14 opponents in the game. His name...
Is Matt Turk...
Tyson has a weakness in the 2nd or 3rd round. When you get pink against him there, he almost always throws the same 3 punch combo*. This makes him more predictable. Nobody else has this flaw and it is a very bad thing to get pink against them. But, on Tyson, it is a great thing! The only exception is when he WINK pauses to do his combos in these rounds; occasionally, he'll do that WINK combo even when you are pink. Anyway, dodge his combo and attack. It is also a great place to land a star AT THE END OF YOUR ATTACK.
GREAT LIST...
*It does not work in Round 1...
I thought there was a tried and true pattern for a first round TKO on Tyson back in the day. I can’t remember it now. We got all our shortcuts from Nintendo Power magazine at that time. Which only came out 6x/year
The Super Spin Punch (The one he throws after he gets knocked down) is the hardest punch to dodge before you get to Tyson. Mr. Sandman is a cake walk compared to Macho Man. They aren't even close in difficulty. Once you beat Sandman, you will never lose to him again unless you just have horrendously bad execution. With Machoman, he can just keep spinning on the Super Spin Punch until he gets you.
Let's not forget about Sandman's DLX. It's not as random as the spin punches, but very awkward to deal with at first. I will say that maybe I rated Macho a little low. This is based off feedback from others as well. @k_three has Macho at s tier ;)
@@twinstarMD Once you get the timing down to dodge the dreamland express, you'll easily beat Sandman in the second round every time. The only reason you can't get him in the first round is because he wastes the first minute throwing jabs and he doesn't do the dreamland express after he is knocked down in the first round.
@@twinstarMDdreamland express isn’t too bad, I’ve had fights where I barely dodge any of them and still win
M guy glass Joe got the skills beaten out of him when he faced Nick bruiser and somehow one.
I wonder if there’s a rom hack where instead of Tyson, you fight Muhammad Ali at the end.
I was just thinking about that! Good idea.
Why not glass joe
@@macaronitony6993 LOL
sandman was the toughest