Punch-Out Movie Trailer

What could be so awesome as to raise MKZ from its stupor? Why, a trailer for a fake Punch-Out!! movie!

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (Later renamed Punch-Out!! when Mr. Tyson's contract expired and no, I don't know why it requires two exclamation points either) was one of the best games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Anyone who says otherwise is misguided or lying. It had such amazing characters that each had personality. So wouldn't a movie based on the game be a sure bet?

That's what the folks at Team Awesome believed and they were correct.

Nintendo had launched its Short Cuts Showcase, an open-call competition that invited aspiring filmmakers to flex their creative skills in a three-to-five-minute Nintendo-themed video or film. A group of filmmakers calling themselves Team Awesome answered the call with this trailer for a supposed Punch-Out!! movie and, for some reason, didn't win the competition.

But they did put together a myspace page for the movie and this, well, awesome trailer:


Classified under: video games, movies, Punch-Out!!