Super Punch-Out!! is the fourth game in Nintendo's Punch-Out!! boxing series and the follow-up to the NES Punch-Out!!. Nintendo IRD (R&D3) developed it alongside Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, with Genyo Takeda producing. It came out on the SNES in North America in 1994 and in Europe in 1995; sources disagree on the exact North American day.
The player works through 16 opponents across four circuits, and the fourth circuit opens only for players who have never lost. A hidden two-player mode, unlocked with a button code, was revealed only in 2022 and works in every version.
Japan had the oddest release: there was no retail cartridge, and in 1998 the game could only be written onto a rewritable flash cartridge through the Nintendo Power kiosk service. Nintendo spent US$3.5 million marketing the game, and Electronic Arts included it as an unlockable bonus in the GameCube version of Fight Night Round 2.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Super Punch-Out!!Sources disagree on the day: 24 October 1994 (English Wikipedia) vs 14 September 1994 (Japanese Wikipedia) | SNES | 1994 | Nintendo | 1 |
| NA | Super Punch-Out!!Virtual Console | Wii | Mar 30, 2009 | Nintendo | 1 |
| NA | Super Punch-Out!!Preinstalled on the Super NES Classic Edition | Other | September 2017 | Nintendo | 1 |
| EU | Super Punch-Out!!Sources give 26 January 1995 (Europe) and 10 February 1995 (UK) | SNES | 1995 | Nintendo | 1 |
| JP | スーパーパンチアウト!!Nintendo Power rewritable flash cartridge service only, no standard retail release | SNES | Mar 1, 1998 | Nintendo | 2 |
| EU | Super Punch-Out!!Virtual Console; same day in Australia | Wii | Mar 20, 2009 | Nintendo | 1 |
| WW | Super Punch-Out!!New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console | Nintendo 3DS | 2016 | Nintendo | 1 |
| WW | Super Punch-Out!!Nintendo Switch Online (SNES library) | Switch | Dec 12, 2019 | Nintendo | 3 |
Also known as: スーパーパンチアウト!! JP2
Box art by region
NA Super Punch-Out!! 
EU Super Punch-Out!! 
JP スーパーパンチアウト!!
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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ContentJP
Japan never had a retail cartridge: the game was sold only in 1998 through the Nintendo Power kiosk service, written onto a rewritable flash cartridge.1
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GraphicsPrereleaseFinal
Previews, Nintendo Power coverage and two TV commercials showed a different look for the player's boxer and a different announcer voice from the final game.1
Where to play legally today
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Nintendo Switch Online Subscription
Reception
Reviewers liked the simple controls, colorful opponents, replay value and difficulty curve, though IGN and others felt it lacked the charm and music of the NES Punch-Out!!. GameRankings averaged 84%.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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