Curious to see how these are ranked. My personal opinion of the game has always been it has a *perfect* difficulty curve... until you get from Macho Man to Tyson. It's a pretty smooth ride up, and suddenly the final boss is twice as hard as the guy before him, wtf. lol
I haven't played the Arcade games but I've got to say, Sandman and Macho Man are absolute nightmares here compared to Super Punch Out and Punch Out Wii. Both the Dreamland Express and the Super Spin Punch have massive tells in those games, but here it's a mere flash, blink and you'll miss it and you're down for the count, made worse by the fact they can knock you down right after getting up, ruining your momentum. Soda Pop and Bull 2 took me quite a bit to learn but they were nothing compared to these two final boxers (before Tyson). Not only that but the speed and power they have is higher than any other boxer before them, they deserve their own tier, just below Iron Mike. Also, Bald Bull 2 is the fourth hardest fight in the game, there is no world in which he is weaker/easier than Honda 2 and his Major Circuit counterpart. He has a pretty complex pattern with tricky timing, with delays and fast powerful blows, the Bull Charge has a much smaller window to counter and the Star punch Gimmick makes this fight one of the most tense encounters in the entire game, they nailed the intmidation and pressure factors perfectly here. If they didn't make Bull 2 beatable by Decision he would be an absolute nightmare, knocking him out isn't impossible, I can do it consitently with both Stars and Bull Charge counters, but there are times where it's much safer to stall to the Decsion once you have over 7k points. But it's a solid list! That's a bit of a wall of text, I know lol
Tyson has a weakness in the 2nd or 3rd round. When you get pink against him there, he almost always throws the same 3 punch combo*. This makes him more predictable. Nobody else has this flaw and it is a very bad thing to get pink against them. But, on Tyson, it is a great thing! The only exception is when he WINK pauses to do his combos in these rounds; occasionally, he'll do that WINK combo even when you are pink. Anyway, dodge his combo and attack. It is also a great place to land a star AT THE END OF YOUR ATTACK. GREAT LIST... *It does not work in Round 1...
I thought there was a tried and true pattern for a first round TKO on Tyson back in the day. I can’t remember it now. We got all our shortcuts from Nintendo Power magazine at that time. Which only came out 6x/year
I've only ever beaten Tyson (or Mr. Dream, as it was for me) once. It was incredibly assisted, as I had to watch all of KoachKrab's tutorial videos from Bald Bull 1 until the end, and it was still an absolute headache. It is a great memory I have of this game.
Wouldn’t it be funny if Glass Joe actually had the talent to become a legendary boxer, but after beating Nick in his first official fight he became so cocky in his next fight that his opponent could hit him hard enough to give him amnesia. Then Glass Joe kept his passion for boxing while forgetting how to fight, but kept fighting because no matter how much he got hurt, he never stopped loving boxing.
The Super Spin Punch (The one he throws after he gets knocked down) is the hardest punch to dodge before you get to Tyson. Mr. Sandman is a cake walk compared to Macho Man. They aren't even close in difficulty. Once you beat Sandman, you will never lose to him again unless you just have horrendously bad execution. With Machoman, he can just keep spinning on the Super Spin Punch until he gets you.
Let's not forget about Sandman's DLX. It's not as random as the spin punches, but very awkward to deal with at first. I will say that maybe I rated Macho a little low. This is based off feedback from others as well. @k_three has Macho at s tier ;)
@@twinstarMD Once you get the timing down to dodge the dreamland express, you'll easily beat Sandman in the second round every time. The only reason you can't get him in the first round is because he wastes the first minute throwing jabs and he doesn't do the dreamland express after he is knocked down in the first round.
Unpopular opinion: i think bald bull 1 is harder than mr sandman. That bull charge is nearly impossible to counter man. Mr sandman is challanging, but once you get the head body combo down on him you are fine.
@@BigDaddyCola I play on my desktop computer. I guess I am the direct opposite cause I think sandman is one of the easiest fight of the game and Tyson, Macho, and Bull the hardest 🤣
Curious to see how these are ranked. My personal opinion of the game has always been it has a *perfect* difficulty curve... until you get from Macho Man to Tyson. It's a pretty smooth ride up, and suddenly the final boss is twice as hard as the guy before him, wtf. lol
only twice?!?!
Sandman is way worse to fight then macho. It’s even worse since you have to fight 4 fights before it
@@Kingmonkey836 thats not really a consideration here. also new players wont know about the macho code until _after_ they beat him
One man once held the world records for all 14 opponents in the game. His name...
Is Matt Turk...
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I haven't played the Arcade games but I've got to say, Sandman and Macho Man are absolute nightmares here compared to Super Punch Out and Punch Out Wii.
Both the Dreamland Express and the Super Spin Punch have massive tells in those games, but here it's a mere flash, blink and you'll miss it and you're down for the count, made worse by the fact they can knock you down right after getting up, ruining your momentum.
Soda Pop and Bull 2 took me quite a bit to learn but they were nothing compared to these two final boxers (before Tyson). Not only that but the speed and power they have is higher than any other boxer before them, they deserve their own tier, just below Iron Mike.
Also, Bald Bull 2 is the fourth hardest fight in the game, there is no world in which he is weaker/easier than Honda 2 and his Major Circuit counterpart. He has a pretty complex pattern with tricky timing, with delays and fast powerful blows, the Bull Charge has a much smaller window to counter and the Star punch Gimmick makes this fight one of the most tense encounters in the entire game, they nailed the intmidation and pressure factors perfectly here. If they didn't make Bull 2 beatable by Decision he would be an absolute nightmare, knocking him out isn't impossible, I can do it consitently with both Stars and Bull Charge counters, but there are times where it's much safer to stall to the Decsion once you have over 7k points.
But it's a solid list! That's a bit of a wall of text, I know lol
This is so good why isn’t it viral?
Tyson has a weakness in the 2nd or 3rd round. When you get pink against him there, he almost always throws the same 3 punch combo*. This makes him more predictable. Nobody else has this flaw and it is a very bad thing to get pink against them. But, on Tyson, it is a great thing! The only exception is when he WINK pauses to do his combos in these rounds; occasionally, he'll do that WINK combo even when you are pink. Anyway, dodge his combo and attack. It is also a great place to land a star AT THE END OF YOUR ATTACK.
GREAT LIST...
*It does not work in Round 1...
I thought there was a tried and true pattern for a first round TKO on Tyson back in the day. I can’t remember it now. We got all our shortcuts from Nintendo Power magazine at that time. Which only came out 6x/year
I've only ever beaten Tyson (or Mr. Dream, as it was for me) once. It was incredibly assisted, as I had to watch all of KoachKrab's tutorial videos from Bald Bull 1 until the end, and it was still an absolute headache. It is a great memory I have of this game.
Nice! Planning on doin one of these for Super Punch out.
Glad I'm not the only one that finds Sandman a bit tougher than Super Macho Man!
M guy glass Joe got the skills beaten out of him when he faced Nick bruiser and somehow one.
Wouldn’t it be funny if Glass Joe actually had the talent to become a legendary boxer, but after beating Nick in his first official fight he became so cocky in his next fight that his opponent could hit him hard enough to give him amnesia. Then Glass Joe kept his passion for boxing while forgetting how to fight, but kept fighting because no matter how much he got hurt, he never stopped loving boxing.
I'm surprised you didn't go over the little blinking fits that Tyson has. And when he throws those quick jobs repeatedly. Still very nice video
I wonder if there’s a rom hack where instead of Tyson, you fight Muhammad Ali at the end.
Why not glass joe
Get stars with Kaiser just uppercut him once then use a star punch he'll make a funny sound and knock him down
The Super Spin Punch (The one he throws after he gets knocked down) is the hardest punch to dodge before you get to Tyson. Mr. Sandman is a cake walk compared to Macho Man. They aren't even close in difficulty. Once you beat Sandman, you will never lose to him again unless you just have horrendously bad execution. With Machoman, he can just keep spinning on the Super Spin Punch until he gets you.
Let's not forget about Sandman's DLX. It's not as random as the spin punches, but very awkward to deal with at first. I will say that maybe I rated Macho a little low. This is based off feedback from others as well. @k_three has Macho at s tier ;)
@@twinstarMD Once you get the timing down to dodge the dreamland express, you'll easily beat Sandman in the second round every time. The only reason you can't get him in the first round is because he wastes the first minute throwing jabs and he doesn't do the dreamland express after he is knocked down in the first round.
@@twinstarMDdreamland express isn’t too bad, I’ve had fights where I barely dodge any of them and still win
Unpopular opinion: i think bald bull 1 is harder than mr sandman. That bull charge is nearly impossible to counter man. Mr sandman is challanging, but once you get the head body combo down on him you are fine.
Did u play on a crt? The bull charge is reliably beatable once you figure out the tricky timing. Non crt screens make it harder
Hell no, Im still stuck in the Mr. Sandman fight.
@@WeirdFreakGuy mr sandman is easily the hardest fight after tyson in my opinion. Macho man is is a fun fight but very beatable and easier to follow
@@BigDaddyCola I play on my desktop computer. I guess I am the direct opposite cause I think sandman is one of the easiest fight of the game and Tyson, Macho, and Bull the hardest 🤣
@@BigDaddyCola Yeah I can agree with that, Macho Man is easy I can beat him with no trouble but it’s Mr. Sandman that is my problem.
I could never 14:04 beat super macho man but with the code I can beat mike Tyson
sandman was the toughest
What game What console and what tv? No mention of having to use a CRT tv.
Mike tyson's punch out
Nintendo entertainment system
Any TV