Wade Hixton's Counter Punch

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch is a boxing video game for Game Boy Advance. Its gameplay has been favorably compared to Punch-Out!!.

Developer(s)Inferno Games, Engine Software
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance, digiBlast
ReleaseGame Boy Advance
  • NA: March 15, 2004
  • EU: October 1, 2004
digiBlast
Genre(s)Boxing
Mode(s)Single-player

Before release, the game was known as Sadistic Boxing and Sucker Punch.[2][3]

Gameplay

you begin your amateur boxing career as Wade Hixton who was denied entry to the Def Jam Vendetta tournament. you press buttons to punch and dodge and characters react to if you hit them or miss and punch at you back then you fight a boss

Development

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch was developed by Inferno Games.[4]

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5] GameSpot named Wade Hixton's Counter Punch the best Game Boy Advance game of March 2004.[12]

See also

References
  1. https://engine-software.com/?page_id=236?game=38
  2. Harris, Craig (December 14, 2001). "First Look: Sadistic Boxing". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  3. Harris, Craig (October 17, 2002). "Sucker Punch". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. Gill, Charlie P. (November 27, 2012). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  5. "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  6. Kato, Matthew (May 2004). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch Boxing [sic]". Game Informer. No. 133. GameStop. p. 108. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  7. Navarro, Alex (March 22, 2004). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  8. GamesTM staff (May 2004). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". GamesTM. Future plc. p. 114. Archived from the original on May 23, 2004. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  9. Harris, Craig (March 23, 2004). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  10. "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". NGC Magazine. Future plc. December 25, 2004.
  11. "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". Nintendo Power. Vol. 176. Nintendo of America. February 2004. p. 155.
  12. Staff (April 2, 2004). "GameSpot's Month in Review for March 2004". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 4, 2004.


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