Topic: Punch-Out!! Event at Nintendo World Store Tomorrow

[NWR_Neal]

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blogArt.cfm?artid=18441

  As you may or may not know, Nintendo is hosting a Punch-Out!! Event tomorrow at Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Plaza tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. At this event, fans will be able to participate in a tournament, pick up the new game a few days early, and play all the games in the Punch-Out!! franchise.    

I (News Editor Neal Ronaghan) will be there to check out the event, pick up the game, and revel in all that is Punch-Out!! Hell, maybe I'll be lucky enough to get in the tournament and win something!    

Regardless, I'll be taking pictures and updating our Twitter throughout the day.    

  Nintendo Fans Duke It Out in a Punch-Out!! Boxing Challenge at Nintendo World in NYC    

   WHAT: Nintendo celebrates the return of one of its most popular video game series by hosting a Punch-Out!!™ Challenge at the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Plaza on May 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. Friends and family members of contestants will gather ringside to support them on their quest to secure the World Video Boxing Association (WVBA) title. Thirty-two participants will face off two at a time in a single-game elimination competition. Instead of strapping on boxing gloves, players will use the motion-sensing Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers to simulate throwing punches. The winner walks away with a customized WVBA trophy and bragging rights as the Punch-Out!! champion. The winner also will receive a free copy of the new Punch-Out!! game for the Wii™ console, a Little Mac training sweatshirt and other prizes.    

    Fans in attendance will enjoy Nintendo premium giveaways, DJ entertainment and a chance to purchase the game before it launches on May 18. Fans also have the opportunity to play the new game on kiosks, or take a trip down memory lane by playing previous Punch-Out!! games using the Virtual Console™ service for Wii.    

    WHO: Adults, teens, kids ages 10 and up, video game enthusiasts and loyal fans of the classic Punch-Out!! games.    

    WHEN: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1-4 p.m.    

    WHERE: Nintendo World Store 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 www.NintendoWorldStore.com

[BeautifulShy]

Great to hear. I think EasyCure said he was going to try and be there.Is Pale going to go?

[TJ Spyke]

Damn, I wish I lived near NYC.

GameStop will also be hosting Punch-Out tournaments on May 30, although the 1st place prize in each store will only be a t-shirt and is limited to 12 players per store.

[Invincible Donkey Kong]

I hope to see you all there.  But be warned, as Giga-Reggie I do not play "NES-style."  Get punted at your own risk.

[BeautifulShy]

Have you met up with EasyCure?

[EasyCure]

Here's some pics I took of my trip down to NWS:



This is the very first thing I saw when I came up from the subway. I call it "Invisible Man Has Sensitive Feet"


The main floor @ NWS. It might be a little hard to tell, but they have all three console versions of Punch-Out! playing at once. (SNES, Wii, NES)


A less crowded shot of the same floor

The floor where the tournement was held on was way too crowded for any good photos, and the way its all set up doesn't really capture a head-to-head type atmosphere. Instead of two people going at it, it was just a bunch of people playing the game at once with a crowd around them. Pretty lame.