Wade Hixton's Counter Punch
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch is a boxing video game developed by Inferno Games and Engine Software and published by Destination Software. It was released for the Game Boy Advance on March 16, 2004 in North America, and on October 1, 2004 in Europe.
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch
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- 2004
- Genre
- boxing video game
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- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
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Wade Hixton's Counter Punch is a boxing video game developed by Inferno Games and Engine Software and published by Destination Software. It was released for the Game Boy Advance on March 16, 2004 in North America, and on October 1, 2004 in Europe.
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• Title — Wade Hixton's Counter Punch • Developer — Inferno Games, Engine Software • Released — Game Boy Advance'digiBlast • Genre — Boxing • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Game Boy Advance, digiBlast
Gameplay
Gameplay
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch has been compared favorably to Punch-Out!!.
Development
Development
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch was developed by Inferno Games. Before its release, the game was known as Sadistic Boxing and Sucker Punch.
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Wade Hixton's Counter Punch published.
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Wade Hixton's Counter Punch is recorded as published in 2004.
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- Netherlands
Reception
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GameSpot named Wade Hixton's Counter Punch the best Game Boy Advance game of March 2004.
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- “Wade Hixton's Counter Punch”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Counter Punch smacks store shelves. GameSpot.
- 2.Game Details – Engine Software BV.
- 3.Harris, Craig. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. IGN. Ziff Davis. March 23, 2004.
- 4.Gill, Charlie P. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. Hardcore Gaming 101. November 27, 2012.
- 5.Harris, Craig. First Look: Sadistic Boxing. IGN. Ziff Davis. December 14, 2001.
- 6.Harris, Craig. Sucker Punch. IGN. Ziff Davis. October 17, 2002.
- 7.CBS Interactive. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch for Game Boy Advance Reviews. Metacritic.
- 8.Kato, Matthew. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch Boxing [sic]. Game Informer. GameStop. 133. 108. May 2004.
- 9.Navarro, Alex. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch Review. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. March 22, 2004.
- 10.GamesTM staff. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. GamesTM. Future plc. 114. May 2004.
- 11.Harris, Craig. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. IGN. Ziff Davis. March 23, 2004.
- 12.Future plc. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. NGC Magazine. December 25, 2004.
- 13.Nintendo of America. Wade Hixton's Counter Punch. Nintendo Power. 176. 155. February 2004.
- 14.Staff. GameSpot s Month in Review for March 2004. GameSpot. April 2, 2004.
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