Wade Hixton's Counter Punch

by Destination Software

Product Features

• Face off against 8 cool cartoony boxers, each with their own moves and stories
• Use your power-combos and reflexes to beat everything from African tribesmen to raver girls to demons in the ring
• Great graphics and fun boxing matches for one or two players

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BX87
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 2 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,853 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Game Informer Review

Who's Wade Hixton? Think of him as Mike Tyson without the psychotic chemical imbalance, but with the gameplay that'll happily remind you of Punch-Out!! Although Wade has less than 10 opponents (and you'll have to fight many more than once if you want to make some dough), the game's open structure is inviting. Roam around town and fight for cash, answer the call of your beeper (where you get money for winning under certain conditions), or pay off allies to intercede on your behalf during the middle of a bout. Along the way, Wade Hixton will entertain you with its colorful art style and amusing dialog. It's not often these days that a developer treats the GBA not as an afterthought, but gives us a title that's solidly entertaining.

Rated: 7.5 out of 10
Editor: Matthew Kato
Issue: May 2004




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Product Description

Wade Hixton's Counterpunch takes you into the world of an average guy who takes a strange turn into the weird. Wade Hixton is just a regular guy, who's car happens to break down near the boxing town of Big Piney. To earn money for repairs, he does the only thing there is to do in Big Piney -- jump into the boxing ring. Help Wade fight his way to the top & meet The Champ!

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is now one of my FAVE games of all time!, March 10, 2004

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"hoss69" (Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wade Hixton's Counter Punch (Video Game)

I've never been a huge fan of this type of game, but I was intrigued by the depth of the characters and their beautiful artwork. I also wanted to see how the genre had evolved since the days of Super Punch Out and let me tell you that I was not disappointed - this game rocks!

The game has real depth, although it's as simple to play as one of those incredibly catchy Flash games that you always see getting sent around - like that fabulous Dancing Peanut one!

Anyway, all I can say is that you MUST try this game. I normally play my games on XBox and PS2 and am generally put off by the GBA's lack of processing power, but this game really pushes the wee box to it's limits with addictive gameplay that wil have you coming back again and again and again.

In short, go and get it - you'll not regret it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Do all of you people really believe this is a 5 star game?, March 28, 2004

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cen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wade Hixton's Counter Punch (Video Game)

OK, let's get it out of the way. Yes, this game is great looking. It is not only very flashy with large cartoon looking characters and backgrounds, but it has style too. The game has a lot of personality. It even sounds good, with a bit of digitized voice, and decent music & sound effects. The little story is kind of funny, but its more goofy than funny. This game does not look or sound cheap.

The play control is tight, with good response, and natural button choices (buttons on the left punch with your left arm, etc). And, oh yeah, it's kind of like Punch-Out! There are 3 save game slots to keep your record and money. But this is still a $20 game and they had to cut corners somewhere. Well, actually I don't know if they HAD to, but they did.

This game is very short and can be beaten with relative ease, in the first setting, with the exception of the final boss, Don. That guy is quite hard. The other thing is that while the control is tight, it is also pretty shallow. You have six basic punches, but very little distinguishing one from the other. Anything a left punch will do, a right punch will do as well. The super moves you can buy are not very impressive, but they help improve the depth a bit. Maybe some people out there would stay interested in this game for dozens upon dozens of hours. I am not one of these people.

It's a good game, buy it if it sounds good to you. But it's only a real deal at $20. You can think of it as a really flashy skin put on old Punch-Out! gameplay. Or you can think of it as an incredibly shallow fighting game, that is also very pretty. Chances are you'll start out the former and end up the latter. But, I still say someone in the mood for handheld arcade boxing will enjoy this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favour, just play Punch-Out instead, April 29, 2009

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Jesse Haun (Columbus, MT) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wade Hixton's Counter Punch (Video Game)

Most definitely NOT in the same league as Punch-Out. It's pretty, granted, but the bland, unnecessarily slow-paced gameplay, which relies less on actual strategy and more on ridiculous amounts of endurance, more than counteracts any good the graphics might have done.

Also, "dumb hick" humour has been done to death. This game isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is. A few of the characters have admittedly amusing designs, but without clever writing to back it up, they fail to make any sort of real impact.

Clearly, this game is made by people who liked Punch-Out, yet somehow they've missed out on the elements that actually made that game, y'know, fun. This wouldn't be horrible as a free fan Flash game. As something you're actually expected to pay money for, though....no thanks.