“He’s extremely popular overseas and has been around since the Famicom days. I only learned about him from Captain Rainbow, though.”
Quote from an alternate universe where Captain Rainbow was better-known than Punch-Out!! Okay, maybe it’s Japan and not an alternate universe, but it might as well be.
Some other forum reactions to Little Mac in the new Smash Bros., collected by Legends of Localization:
- I dunno who this is. They should’ve used the guy from Kung Fu instead
- The guy from Punch-Out? Is he really that memorable enough to be in Smash Bros?
- Basically, if you wanna know who this is, you gotta buy Smash Bros.?
In their defense, it’s not like Japanese gamers intentionally ignored Punch-Out!! The game was originally only released as a prize in Japan! The Mike Tyson version came out later, but I guess the re-release didn’t catch on either.
I guess this is basically what I felt like when those Fire Emblem characters showed up in Melee. Image via Revias!
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