Mike Tyson want to make your own Punch-Out !!, the Nintendo boxing game that featured the presence of the famous boxer in the NES version. The athlete intends to make a new installment of the saga using your own company, Tyson Ranch, A company of cannabis license and brand with which he sells from sweatshirts to grinders.
"Listen, let's start our own game. Punch-Out !! and our own (division of) Tyson Ranch games and bring it back to life, to, "says the boxing star in an interview with Shacknews. "Bring back Mike Tyson's Punch-Out !!! ", expressed the athlete.
Tyson was present at the NES adaptation of the successful Nintendo arcade Punch-Out !!. The boxer appeared as one of the characters, specifically the most difficult to beat. But the controversies surrounding him made the Japanese company decided to stop collaborating with him to avoid damaging your family business image. It did not appear Super Punch-Out !! from Super Nintendo or Punch-Out !! Wii.
In reissues of the Nintendo Entertainment System game, Tyson was replaced by Mr. Dream. When the title added to the Nintendo Switch Online catalog in April 2019Tyson reacted on Twitter: "Mr Dream? Tell everyone of Nintendo of America who you think of when you punch out (sic)".
New Punch-Out !!?
At the same time, Tyson was posting a tweet hinting that Nintendo is creating another game in the series: "I have heard that Nintendo was making the new 'Punch Out' even without contacting me. It was not the same. My K.O.s made the game. That is a coup," he said on the social network last April. Some portal users stepped out to explain that it was not a new game, but rather a reissue of the NES title released in 1987.