Don King Boxing

by 2K Sports

Product Features

• Using the stylus pen to jab, hook, uppercut and even perform stunning combinations on the DS touch screen
• Delivers first-person visceral boxing action with a deep story mode, all in the palm of your hand
• Create your own boxer and put him to the test in four engaging training games
• Go toe-to-toe against boxing legends Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes and more
• Play online over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or challenge your friends and foes to toe-to-toe NDS Wireless gameplay

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013Y1G82
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 31, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,804 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #1 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Sports > Boxing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

Amazon.com Product Description

In collaboration with the legendary boxing promoter Don King, 2K Sports brings you Don King Boxing for the Nintendo DS. Using the stylus pen to jab, hook, uppercut and even perform stunning combinations on the DS touch screen. With this arsenal at you fingertips you can help your boxer find his opponent's sweet spot and deliver that KO punch.

Duck, Dodge, and Punch with NDS Controls
The Nintendo DS uses unique controls, such as the touchscreen, stylus and dual screen, along with feedback mechanisms so that the you'll feel like you're really boxing -- ducking and dodging blows. You can even take advantage of training and exercises to become a better boxer. Designed exclusively for the NDS, Don King Boxing takes full advantage of the one-of-a-kind game play controls offered by Nintendo's unique, handheld platform.

Create-a-Boxer and Battle Boxing Legends
With first-person visceral boxing action in the palm of your hand, it will be easy to immerse yourself in the deep story mode that is accented with licensed boxers and real-life venues. You also have endless create-a-boxer options at your fingertips, along with four engaging training games that are sure to treat you to a lifelike boxing experience. And if you're a fan of classic boxing, you'll love facing the true legends of boxing in 10 fantasy match-ups as you put on the gloves and go toe-to-toe with Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes and more.

Training Exercises and Multiplayer Action
Develop your skills through a variety of exercises and techniques that are employed by boxing's best trainers in a host of unique mini-games. And if multiplayer action is your game of choice, Don King Boxing allows you to play online over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or challenge your friends and foes in toe-to-toe NDS Wireless game play.

Product Description

Experience boxing action both inside and outside the ring. Don King Presents Boxing is equal parts sports simulation and true boxing drama. The action within the squared-circle accurately mimics the sport's tactics and hard knocks by letting you create angles and openings using a full arsenal of true 3D motion captured movement and punch mechanics found only in the real world sport until now. Outside the ring, the drama continues as you are faced with temptations inherent in any professional athletes' life, where you must balance these trappings of notoriety with the hardship of training in order to find the road to glory. As you progress through your career, a live-action documentary tells your story, warts and all.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let's Get Ready to Rumbl-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-e!, April 22, 2009

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Eagle Vision (Southeastern United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Don King Boxing (Video Game)

Don King Boxing is a solid boxing game. As you progress in your quest for more wins, you unlock boxers to fight in Classic Fights and get to use them in exhibition. The most notable boxers are Leon Sphinx, Joe Frasier, Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano.

There are four mini games to include jumping rope, heavy bag, speed bag, and focus mitts. 2 of the games use the X, Y, A, B buttons and the focus mitts and 2 use the stylus. As you beat tasks with the speed bag, jump rope, heavy bag and boxing mitts, you can add 10 points to 4 characteristics of your boxer - making him a formidable fighter. There is no way to add more points once you have performed the milestones of the different skills. This takes a lot of hand eye coordination and there is a pattern to the various tasks. The boxing mitts, heavy bag and speed bag are the easiest whereas jump rope requires multiple button pushes which are more challenging.

The theme music is the same but catchy. On Career Mode, you get to hear the Rocky theme. Practice mode allows you to learn the basic movements around the ring, dodging, blocking, uppercuts, super moves, jabs, straight punches and combinations.

This is a 1st person perspective where you visualize your gloves and face your opponent. Surprising, you have a lot of control to move around the ring (I try to corner my opponent as I pummel him with punches). You can adjust your level for easy, medium or hard. There is a learning curve to being able to box and block so use the practice mode. I highly recommend training your boxer for every opportunity to increase your attributes by 10 points.

Graphics are good for a DS game. I was playing it on a DSi so I noticed none of the 'slowdown' in the heat of battle, as I have heard from some people. Everything is replicated to be pretty 'realistic' such as your coach saying how slow you punch, as you train. There is the introduction of your fighter, the start of the match when the boxers faceoff, and the sound of the bell. Even the detail from your round by round score is posted. As your boxer gets injured, he gets bruises on the face and body on the insert screen. It is odd that the bruises reset after someone is knocked down or when the next round is played. You don't have to worry about blood, since there are no effects of blood splattering.

One of the most interesting effects is when you get knocked down. Instead of rapidly pushing buttons, as you would on this games predecessors, you have to wipe off blood from the screen with your stylus (Very neat effect). As you are about to get knocked out (as I was the first 2 to 3 rounds), your screen turns red as your energy flashes; quite a nice touch.

Gameplay is fun, whereby you navigate through the ring with the cursor pad, block with the L or R buttons and hit by tapping/sliding the stylus. Some have told me about the game slowing down but I didn't notice that on my DSi.

Career Mode lets you battle with one boxer. As you defeat each boxer, a green check mark appears next to the Ring's name. There are no 'rankings' like in conventional boxing. As you win, you unlock the boxers you defeat and you unlock rings in which to fight (and unlock 'classic boxers' from the 30s, 70s and 40s, as stated above). What is not too realistic is your boxer fights in the lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight classes.

This is a very entertaining game and it captures a lot of the essence of boxing from training to fight night to the fight percentages, at the conclusion of the match.

Once you beat all of the boxers, you get to wear Golden Gloves, shorts and shoes. There is no 'title belt' or title defense. Replay is fun but there are a limited number of boxers to fight (you end up fighting the some of the same boxers in different fighting venues).

PROS

1st person perspective boxing

Career mode

Graphics

Game controls

CONS

Limited customization of boxer (color of skin, color of gear, small tattoos)

Limited number of boxers

Great game. I really enjoyed it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEST BOXING FOR THE NINTENDO DS...FIGHT NIGHT STILL BETTER!!, June 27, 2009

By 

S. Dorsey "totalartist" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Don King Boxing (Video Game)

I usually stick to the playstation and PSP for playing games, but figured I'd try out the Nintendo DSi. There is no Fight Night title for the DSi, so I figured I'd check out this Don King boxing game. I'm surprised to find that the game is very fun to play. It has a few drawbacks, but otherwise, I would recommend you give it a try.

The punch controls are great. The screen is split up in four sections and each section represents left and right head punches or left and right body punches. You tap the stylus in one of the four areas for a straight punch or jab, move it left to right for a hook, or up for an upper cut. I have found that the controls are not only easy, but pretty accurate as well. You use the L button to block. You can also use the directional buttons to move around the ring.

What is good about the first person perspective on this game, is also what's bad. When playing games on the Fight Night franchise, you see your boxer, the full body. This is a first person perspective where you are shown the angle of facing your opponent, and you can only see your gloves. The good thing is you can see your punches land easier. The bad thing is that you cannot see where you are being hit, so it's harder to block or cover up. Also, because you only see the gloves, it appears a bit more sloppy because most of the time the gloves don't even appear to be attached to any body at all, they are cut off before the elbows even. Yet, this does not make the game any less fun.

I find the game challenging, and the more you practice your punches, the better you get. You could find yourself having hours and hours of fun with this game. You get to unlock different opponents in the game as you progress. The trainer tells you things between rounds via text on the top DS screen.

The game is no Fight Night game, and it's not perfect, but for the Nintendo DS or DSi, this is as good as it's going to get right now. I have a lot of fun playing this game at 33 years old, and I'm sure you will too. Give it a try...it's one of the best DS games I've played so far.

5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves this game., December 21, 2011

By 

Tracy - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Don King Boxing (Video Game)

My son is five and I was hestitent to get this game for him, however I am pleased with the game and my son loves it.

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