Punch-out!! Featuring Mr. Dream FAQ For the Nintendo By Joe Johnson (Jjohnson134@ymail.com) Version 1.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents -FAQ History -About Punch-Out!! -How to Play -Tips -Minor Circuit -Major Circuit -World Circuit -The Dream Fight -Passwords -Rumors and Stuff -Frequently Asked Questions -Contacting Me -Final Words/Notices ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ History Version 1.00 (June 11, 2007) This is my first version of this FAQ. It goes over some tips, enemy strategies, passwords, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.01 (July 4, 2007) Happy 4th of July! I decided to add the minimum scores needed in order to win by split decision. Thanks for looking them up Randomaximus. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.02 (February 14, 2008) Just fixed some typos and stuff. Also, I edited the Mr. Dream section a bit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.03 (July 13, 2008) Added a rumors section. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.04 (July 29, 2008) I am allowing Alberto Lozada to translate My FAQ into Spanish. I’m fine with that, as long as it stays on GameFAQS. I also received some tips on Sandman and Flamenco from Chris Huff and Casey Lemons. Thanks you two! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.05 (August 17, 2009) Fixed some grammar/spelling mistakes and added a link at the bottom of the page to my Youtube channel. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.06 (September 26, 2010) Ahh, a much needed update. Added the Frequently Asked Questions section, and added onto the Final Words/Notices section. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.07 (September 29, 2010) Fixed some small spelling errors and edited Soda Popinski’s section somewhat. I also changed the update numbering from having an update number to a version number. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.08 (July 7, 2011) I have a new email address. Use that to send me your messages. Also added a new section on how to contact me and what to send me. Fixed some small errors as well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE!!! This FAQ is one big group of spoilers, do not continue past this part unless you don’t care about spoilers. You were warned... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- About Punch-Out!! Punch-Out Featuring Mr. Dream has been around since 1990. It's the remake of Mike Tyson’s Punchout, which was made in 1987. It's the same game, only different final matches. You play as Little Mac. A seventeen year old from The Bronx, who tries to take his boxing skills to the top. There are three 3-minute rounds in each match, which will give you plenty of time to defeat your foe. You can win by KO, (when the referee counts to ten) TKO (when your foe gets knocked down 3 times in a row in the same round)or by split decision (you gain points for each hit that you land. So the more points you have, the better your chances of winning by decision) You have to fight a number of opponents before you face Mr. Dream. Think you can do it? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- How to play The controls are fairly easy. Up-Use with A or B buttons to perform a jumping. Down-Hit once to block. Twice to duck. Left-Dodge left. Right-Dodge right Start Button-When you have a star, press to use an uppercut. Select Button-When in between rounds, press to heal. A Button-Right Punch <======= When down, hit these rapidly to get up. B Button-Left Punch ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tips Each opponent you face has a set pattern of moves. If you figure the pattern out, then you should have no problem. In between rounds, you can heal by hitting select. You can only do this once per match so use it when you really need it, Not when you are at or near full health, or else you will lose stamina. When you get knocked down, get up at 9. You will recover more stamina. This is actually kind of risky, since if you start to get up later, you may get counted to 10. So try to start getting up at 8 Use those uppercuts when you get them. They will help a lot. If anyone gets up at 1, they will go down with one uppercut. Also, remember that if you lose 3 matches, its game over for you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor Circuit What to expect: This is the first circuit. It all seems easy at first, but it will get more and more difficult along the way. So you better get the hang of dodging and blocking real quick. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #2: Glass Joe (5000 Points needed) Glass Joe is simple. For the first 40 seconds, he will just stand there. Start by punching him in the face until he starts to block. Then, aim for his gut. Repeat this until the timer hits 40 seconds. He will then jump back, taunt you, then jump forward and start attacking. This is when you want to hit him. If you manage to do this. Then he should go down. If he gets up, wait for him to flash before you dodge his punch. Keep punching him in the face until he starts blocking. He goes down really easily, so you should have no problems at all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #1: Von Kaiser (8000 Points needed) Von Kaiser is also easy, but only a little tougher. You have to wait until he shakes his head back and forth until you dodge him. Or you can wait until he raises his gloves before you hit him in the gut to try to get a star. Eventually, he will try some uppercuts. Just dodge these and you can get a lot of hits on him. Keep this up and you will be up against the minor circuit champ shortly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor Circuit Champion: Piston Honda (Title bout, must KO or TKO) Man, I used to have a problem with this guy, at least until I got the blocking thing down. When you start, wait until you see his eyebrows twitch until you dodge. He will also use some hooks that are pretty easy to spot. Later, he will leap back, sidestep around for a few seconds, and then rush forward to hit you with his devastating piston rush. Either punch him in the gut when he runs toward you, or block 5 punches he throws, then retaliate. Eventually, he should be down, and there will be a new minor circuit champion. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Circuit What to expect: Alright, you seem to be getting the hang of dodging and blocking. In this circuit, you are going to have to memorize your foes attack patterns real fast if you want to get through this circuit. Just relax and pay attention to your foes movements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #3: Don Flamenco (10000 Points needed) Flamenco will just stand there taunting you. Are you going to just stand there and take that? NO! If you attempt to hit him, he will block and attempt to counter your punch. Dodge his punch and you will be able to hit him a lot. He will just do this the whole match, so counter-punching will be easy. When you knock him down. he will attempt to hit you with a fast uppercut. Just dodge this or hit him in the gut and continue the match. After a minute or so, Flamenco should be defeated as long as you keep hitting him. Sent in by Chris Huff: You can defeat don flamenco the first time you meet him by making him swing at you, dodging, then alternating left and right high punches... just hold down up on the d-pad, then push left,right,left,right,left...until his stamina is all the way down. Repeat if necessary, but usually he's down and out the first knockdown. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #2: King Hippo (Must KO) This is another guy I had a problem with. King Hippo will do some some jabs. Dodge, but don't fight back. Wait for him to jump in the air with his mouth open. Hit him in the mouth before he hits you. Time it right, and his shorts will fall off. Hit him in his gut 8 times before he pulls his shorts up. When he falls, he won't get up. Talk about an easy win. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #1: Great Tiger (10000 Points needed) When you start the match, notice all the hearts you have. You probably won't even need half of them. They're still good to have for the following strategy. Great Tiger will start with a few jabs. Watch his turban. When the gem in the middle of his turban flashes, get ready to block, and get 5 hits on him. When he starts to do uppercuts, watch the way he leans. If he leans left, hit him with a left, and vice-versa. You will get some quick & easy stars this way. When you see him leap back and start to disappear, get ready to block 5 magic punches. After blocking 5 in a row, he will stop and have a dazed look on his face. Hurry up and hit him in the face to knock him down. Eventually, Great Tiger will stay down, and you will be up against the champ. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Circuit Champion: Bald Bull (Title bout, must KO or TKO) When I first saw this guy, I was surprised at how big this guy was. But you know what they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.(Unless he beats you, then it's the smaller they are, the faster they fall) Here we go. When you start, Hurry and hit him 2 times in the face for a quick star. Then, watch out when he spins his gloves, this will signal a jab. Counter punching won't stun him, so wait until he moves his gloves up and down, as this signals a hook. You can now stun him and get 3 hits on him now. Very soon, he will start throwing some fast uppercuts, dodge these and you can get many more hits on him. Eventually, he will crouch down and back up. This is the bull charge. when he start hopping toward you, wait until he hops for the third time, then hit him in the gut. If you timed it right, he will be on the floor in seconds, if not, then he will have hit you. If he does so happen to hit you, don't give up. Keep doing this, and Bald Bull will lose not only the match, but the major circuit title. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- World Circuit What to expect: Nice work getting this far. The world circuit is tough, so you are going to have to stay completely focused on your opponent's movements if you want to succeed since no one flashes anymore. Also, you are going to see some familiar faces in the first few matches in this circuit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #5: Piston Honda (3000 Points needed) You're going to be up against Piston Honda again. Not to worry, he is still easy although his moves are slightly different. When you start the match, just wait. Eventually, he will twitch his eyebrows like he used to. Get ready to dodge 3 jabs. After the jabs, he will do some uppercuts. These are pretty easy to dodge. When a minute passes, he will do his piston rush, only he won't dance around like he used to. If you can hit him when he runs back to you, you will probably KO him. If not, then don't worry; just keep going until you beat him. The match may have to be won by split decision, since you can't get many good hits on him. Just keep punching and you should do well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #4: Soda Popinski (10000 Points needed) Did you know that Soda Popinski was supposed to be called Vodka Drunkenski? Nintendo thought that would be offensive towards Russians, so they changed his name. But he still had his quotes left unchanged. This game was made around the cold war, so Nintendo didn't want to tick off any Russians with the whole drunk Russian stereotype thing. Ok, Soda Pop will start with some hooks. You get 6 hits for dodging these. Eventually, he will do some uppercuts. You can actually try to block and he will freeze for a brief moment. Do a quick jab when he's crouched down to get a star. Hurry up and use this to knock him down. You can do this 2 times before he starts dodging uppercuts. Pretty soon he will do a little "dance". When he does this, this means he will do 3 jabs in a row, which will hurt if you are hit. He usually only does this when you run out of hearts. I should warn you that sometimes Popinski likes to sucker punch you without any warning. He will do one of his jabs as if he did his dance. He won’t flash or anything, so you have to watch for him to try for a jab. It’s pretty sudden, so you might end up getting hit. It doesn’t do much damage though. Beating Popinski is easy, as long as you keep your thumb on the left or right control pad button. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #3: Bald Bull (7000 Points needed) If you thought this guy was a pain before, then you are mistaken my friend. Bald Bull fights the same as before, except the only way you can knock him down is by an uppercut or a well-timed jab when he is attempting his infamous bull charge. Also, the only way to get stars is to wait for him to wave his gloves up and down and punch him in the gut. Just repeat the strategy as if you were facing him in the major circuit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #2: Don Flamenco (5000 Points needed) Oh wow, Flamenco actually tries to hit you in this fight. He is still very easy to bring down. Flamenco fights just like Glass Joe, but only a little bit faster. He will start with jabs. Dodge these, and you get 4 hits on him. He also does hooks, which you can get 2 hits on him. Soon enough, he will resort to his taunting technique. It's the same thing, only you may have to punch multiple times until you bait him into punching. Just keep dodging and countering until he is down. Oh, and a quick note. If the match goes on to the final round, then he will do jabs and hooks again, so try not to let the match drag on for too long. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranked #1: Mr. Sandman (Must KO or TKO) Alright. This guy fights like Bald Bull, only he is much faster and much more aggravating to box than Bald Bull. He does the same routine as Bald Bull, except he does not uppercut like him. When you start, get ready to dodge some fast jabs. You can punch after he jabs, but he may block and counterpunch If you are too late. He also is fast when it comes to hooks. When you dodge these, you only hit him in the head once, then hit him in the gut 3 times. When he stops punching, he may try a 3 uppercut combo. If you dodge all 3, hit him in the face, then you can get a whopping 15 hits on his gut. This will probably knock him down if he is below half his stamina. You can beat Sandman easily as long as you dodge and never hit him in the face twice in a row. Sent in by Casey Lemons: This one is for Sandman. It is a little hard to pull off but is by far the easiest way to beat him. Whenever he gets through throwing jabs for however long it is start by throwing a punch to his face. This will cause him to block and counter punch. If you are slow you will get rocked but if you are quick enough then you can dodge his counter and lay way to him the normal way. Just repeat the process and you will be able to knock him down in around the first round. Also if he blocks with no counter be ready for his three uppercuts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- World Circuit Champion: Super Macho Man (Title bout, must KO or TKO) Did you notice Super Macho Man's mugshot before the match? His hair is grey. But when you start the fight, he will have black hair. Weird eh Super Macho Man will fight like Popinski, except for a different special attack. He starts with uppercuts which you get 6 hits if you dodge. You also get 4 for each dodged hook. If he stops punching for a while, then watch him until he vibrates, as this signals a spin punch that can knock you off your feet if not dodged. Every time you knock him down, he will back up, flash, then throw a ton of spin punches. Once you get the rythim of dodging, you will be able to get a lot of hits on him. When you beat him, you will be the new world champ. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dream Fight What to expect: You are going to be up against Mr. Dream, he is your last opponent in this game. He is very hard so you better be able to block and dodge. Also, when he knocks you down, then just get up at 9. This will give you more stamina when you get up, and give you a better chance at beating him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Legendary: Mr. Dream (5000 Points needed) The first round is fairly easy to survive, but you can get only 2 punches in when you stun him. Until the clock hits a minute and a half, he will do nothing but uppercuts. If these are not dodged, you will be knocked down in 1 hit. If you can survive this half of the round, he will stop with the uppercuts and do winking jabs. Just dodge these and quickly counter punch until the round ends. The second round is a little harder. He jabs until you lose all of the hearts you have, and then does a winking jab. After this, he will do 2 uppercuts in a row. Just dodge and counter punch. You can punch 6 times when you dodge an uppercut, maybe 4 more if you're fast enough. Should he happen to raise his gloves and blink his eyes, punch him in the stomach. You will either get a star, or knock him down, depending on your luck. Maybe punching a second or 2 later helps with bringing him down. Be careful though, since he does a piston rush sort of thing after you hit him, or take too long to hit him. The remainder of the round is mostly winking jabs and an occasional 2 uppercuts when he pauses for a second. On to the third round. Unless you beat him already... The third round is basically the same as the second round. He won't start with jabs though. When he pauses before doing 2 uppercuts, keep in mind that he may switch up and do 2 jabs instead. Just as long as you keep on dodging and punching, you should emerge victorious. Beating Mr. Dream Involves luck too, so if you lose, just try again. You never know, you might just get lucky. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Passwords 005-737-5423 will take you to the major circuit. 777-807-3454 will take you to the world circuit. 007-373-5963 will allow you to face Mr. Dream. 135-792-4680 and by hitting A, B, and Select at the same time will take you to another world circuit. This consists of King Hippo through Mr. Dream. If you lose a single match, then you will lose the circuit. This is for players looking for a challenge. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rumors and Stuff I wanted to add this section to show you some of the rumors and other things that I have heard. Rumor #1: There is a way to defeat Don Flamenco real quick in the first match against him. This is true. Look for the strategy in the appropriate section. Rumor #2: If you block Mr. Dream's uppercut in the first round, it won't knock you down. Also true, you will lose almost all of your health in the process. Rumor #3: Luigi can be referee. It's a lie. There would have to be a cheat for such thing, and I have never seen one. Plus, I don't think nintendo would have inserted Luigi into the game for any reason, since Mario is the most popular out of the two. Rumor #4: There is an "alternate ending" if you go through the game without losing a single match. This is a lie too. I've gotten through the game without losing at all, and nothing happened at the end. Just the ending of the game.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Frequently Asked Questions I. Gameplay Q. Are your methods the best/easiest? A. My methods are by no means the best. Though they are very easy. Q. What is the difference between Mr. Dream and Mike Tyson? A. Besides appearance? Nothing. Both fight the same. Q. Why doesn’t King Hippo get up if you knock him down? A. You asked the wrong person. I have no clue. Q. Why do I get a game over screen if I lose to Mr. Dream? A. I guess you could say it’s an all or nothing match. Q. Will Bald Bull stop using his bull charge if I dodge enough times? A. No. He will either stop when you get hit by it, or if you hit him. Q. Help! A. Join the Nintendo fun club today! II. Other Q. How come you made a guide on a game from 1990? A. Because I love Punchout so much. Q. Can I contact you via MSN, AIM, or YIM? A. I don’t use instant messaging often. Q. Where can I find the ROM for this game? A. I’m not going to disclose this information. I’ve heard mixed stories of how emulating games is either legal or illegal. I’m not sure what to believe anymore. Q. Can I put this FAQ on my website? A. Sorry. 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