Wade Hixton's Counter Punch

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch
North American Game Boy Advance cover art
Developer(s)Inferno Games, Engine Software
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance, digiBlast
ReleaseGame Boy Advance
  • NA: March 16, 2004[1]
  • EU: October 1, 2004
digiBlast
Genre(s)Boxing
Mode(s)Single-player

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

Before release, the game was known as Sadistic Boxing and Sucker Punch.[3][4]

Development

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch was developed by Inferno Games.[5]

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[6] GameSpot named Wade Hixton's Counter Punch the best Game Boy Advance game of March 2004.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Counter Punch smacks store shelves". GameSpot. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ^ "Game Details – Engine Software BV".
  3. ^ Harris, Craig (December 14, 2001). "First Look: Sadistic Boxing". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Harris, Craig (October 17, 2002). "Sucker Punch". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Gill, Charlie P. (November 27, 2012). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Navarro, Alex (March 22, 2004). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Harris, Craig (March 23, 2004). "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  11. ^ "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". NGC Magazine. Future plc. December 25, 2004.
  12. ^ "Wade Hixton's Counter Punch". Nintendo Power. Vol. 176. Nintendo of America. February 2004. p. 155.
  13. ^ 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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