Wade Hixton's Counter Punch

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Wade Hixton's Counter Punch
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch.jpg
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 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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Gameplay

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch has been compared favorably to Punch-Out!! . [3]

Development

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch was developed by Inferno Games. [4] Before its release, the game was known as Sadistic Boxing and Sucker Punch. [5] [6]

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [7] GameSpot named Wade Hixton's Counter Punch the best Game Boy Advance game of March 2004. [14]

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