<s>
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
2009	O
boxing	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Next	O
Level	O
Games	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
and	O
most	O
recent	O
mainline	O
game	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
series	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Punch-Out	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
WiiWare	O
title	O
,	O
Doc	O
Louis	O
's	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
under	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Selects	O
label	O
in	O
2011	O
for	O
North	O
American	O
audiences	O
only	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
through	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
in	O
2015	O
in	O
all	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
features	O
a	O
boxer	O
named	O
Little	O
Mac	O
working	O
his	O
way	O
up	O
the	O
professional	O
boxing	B-Application
circuits	O
,	O
facing	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
colorful	O
,	O
fictional	O
boxers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
boxers	O
from	O
the	B-Application
NES	I-Application
game	I-Application
except	O
for	O
Mike	O
Tyson/Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
return	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Bear	O
Hugger	O
and	O
Aran	O
Ryan	O
from	O
Super	B-Application
Punch-Out	I-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
together	O
,	O
a	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
Balance	O
Board	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
along	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	O
to	O
duck	O
or	O
dodge	O
,	O
or	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
itself	O
and	O
held	O
sideways	O
in	O
a	O
traditional	O
two-button	O
control	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Career	O
option	O
begins	O
in	O
Contender	O
mode	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Little	O
Mac	O
must	O
climb	O
the	O
ranks	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
Video	O
Boxing	B-Application
Association	O
by	O
rising	O
through	O
the	O
Minor	O
,	O
Major	O
,	O
and	O
World	O
Circuits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
Mac	O
loses	O
three	O
times	O
,	O
he	O
retires	O
from	O
boxing	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Career	O
option	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
save	O
file	O
will	O
become	O
disabled	O
,	O
requiring	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
file	O
to	O
play	O
this	O
option	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doc	O
Louis	O
's	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
graphics	O
,	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
game	O
engine	O
as	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
!,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Balance	O
Board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doc	O
Louis	O
 '	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Next	O
Level	O
Games	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
partnered	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
on	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Strikers	I-Application
(	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
wished	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
new	O
iteration	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
studio	O
designing	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
classic	O
NES-style	O
controls	O
by	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
turned	O
sideways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre-production	O
started	O
when	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
was	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
which	O
Next	O
Level	O
Games	O
had	O
experimented	O
with	O
for	O
Mario	B-Application
Strikers	I-Application
Charged	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
's	O
Chris	O
Slate	O
scored	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
8.5/10	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
June	O
2009	O
issue	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
the	O
NES	O
title	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slate	O
stated	O
"	O
The	O
folks	O
at	O
Next	O
Level	O
Games	O
have	O
created	O
an	O
amazing	O
title	O
that	O
has	O
made	O
the	O
15	O
years	O
since	O
Super	B-Application
Punch-Out	I-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
gave	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Sumantra	O
Lahiri	O
of	O
The	O
Escapist''	O
also	O
praised	O
its	O
nostalgic	O
value	O
,	O
but	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
stereotypes	B-Language
exhibited	O
by	O
the	O
characters	O
that	O
seemed	O
harmless	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
had	O
not	O
aged	O
well	O
when	O
early	O
21st	O
century	O
attitudes	O
towards	O
cultural	O
and	O
racial	O
sensitivity	O
were	O
taken	O
into	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
1.27	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
,	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
just	O
60	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
titles	O
to	O
reach	O
one	O
million	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
was	O
re-released	O
under	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Selects	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
