Punch Out Wii dev wants sequel

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Ken Yeeloy, the producer of the recent, brilliant Punch Out on Wii has told the Official Nintendo Magazine that he'd "love to make a sequel".

Speaking to the ONM boys in a recent interview, Yeeloy said: "I would love to make a sequel. I think with this first product, we wanted to make sure there was a definite, undeniable connection to the original. The sequel would be our opportunity to evolve the franchise further and add some cool, new things."

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Gameplay lead Bryce Holliday said seconded the notion that a sequel would mix up the formula a little: "The next Punch-Out!! would be different. Hopefully fans appreciate what we've done and that Punch-Out!! gathers strength in the marketplace as well as in pop culture," he told ONM.

"We've seen great online videos and fan content already. When the current title has gathered its new fanbase I would personally love to take the IP and the mechanic and give it a little twist.

"Cooperative, competitive multiplayer support or create-a-boss mode would be places to start but we'd need to come up with a new 'hook' like the motion controllers gave us in this iteration." Sounds like they've already got it all planned out.

You can read the full interview with Next Level Games in a special Making of Punch-Out!! feature in issue 46 of Official Nintendo Magazine, on sale this Friday.

Mike Jackson