Punch OutElectronic Arts and Nintendo announced today that the popular boxing
title, Super Punch-Out!! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, will
be included exclusively in the Nintendo GameCube version of EA SPORTS
Fight Night Round 2. Shipping on March 1, 2005 under the EA SPORTS brand,
the newest addition in the award-winning EA SPORTS Fight Night series is making
its debut on the Nintendo GameCube bundled with an added bonus only available
for Nintendo GameCube fans.

“We grew up as fans of the Punch-Out!! series that delivered hands-down,
the best boxing gaming experience of its time,” said Kudo Tsunoda, executive
producer, EA Chicago. “Now we’re offering Nintendo GameCube gamers double
the boxing excitement with one of the best sports titles of the past as well
as the most realistic and knuckle-clenching boxing game of today with Super
Punch-Out!! and EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2. This is the ultimate match-up.”

The sequel to the best selling boxing title of 2004 will introduce Nintendo
GameCube players to the most innovative and realistic boxing video game on the
market via EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2 as well as bring a sense of nostalgia
to gamers as they step into the ring with Super Punch-Out!!. Players will also
be able to unlock Little Mac from Super Punch-Out!! to duke it out with more
than 30 real world boxers featured in EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2.

“The Punch-Out!! series defined boxing video games,” says George
Harrison, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate
communications. “We have a new contender in the ring that’s changing the
face of boxing games. What better way to introduce our Nintendo gamers to EA
SPORTS Fight Night Round 2 than allowing gamers to experience two boxing franchises
that have had the most impact in this sports genre from the beginning of boxing
games to now.”

EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2 introduces exciting new features to the series
including the EA SPORTS Haymaker, EA SPORTS Cutman, a unique create-a-player
option and an extensive career mode. The game packs in more fearsome punches
and total boxer control so that players can truly dominate the fight inside
and outside of the ring.

For more information on the game please visit: EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2

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