Ohh, ESRB, what a fine source of informatiion you've become since you started running summaries for games you rate. In this case, it means a nice long summary description of Punch-Out!! is up for free to look at online far ahead of any significant Nintendo marketing for the title. Right now the game's apparent rating is E10+ for Cartoon Violence and Comic Mischief.
While players can use standard boxing moves (jabs, hooks, uppercuts), most fights are performed in a comical fashion with an assortment of "dizzy stars," "cartoony" sound effects, and slapstick signature moves (e.g., growling, dropping shorts, conking oneself on the head, twirling, etc.). Boxers' faces show lumps and bruises after taking damage, and some knockouts are depicted in slow motion as players are sent flying across the canvass. One character flexes his pectoral and glute muscles prior to a fight, while another boxer belches during a cutscene.
There are cutscenes! With belching! Game of the Year 2009 here, people!
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