Am I kidding? Maybe...

Back, when i was lad after working 15 hours in't mine, i'd go to the social club and spend my hard earned paper round money on tabs and playing this game. I spent a fortune getting RSI and a growing sense of frustration that lasted until my very late 20s. Little Mac was a courageous pugilist going through the ranks without putting on weight or much muscle. His green gloves a blur, he'd punch and jab and uppercut all who got in his way. It was also incredibly hard, hence the RSI and the paper round.

Or so i remember it. Nostalgia much? Ohh yes.

Snapping this Wii game up at a price of around £15 at the time, I slammed this bad boy into the wii, jumped on to the Wii balance board and took up position ready to crack the collective figurative jaws in a line.

It's been updated and it's all slick but essentially other than the graphics, music and control interface it's much the same game...so quite different then. It's really easy to play but incredibly difficult at the same time. The way forward through the 13 bad ass boxers is to utilise keen observation skills and remember their patterns. Sounds simple no? It's not. I assure you. The character design is faithful to original, I 'spose, and the music is pretty okay but I was concentrating more on the game play which was okay - it's easy for the controls to get a bit iffy as you flail away.

Using the Wii Balance board does give it some extra fun but this game is mostly for the fans of the original and the sequel I'd imagine. It does have a tutorial, which i would heartily recommend that if you purchase this game you go through.

It becomes repetitive faster than your arms getting tired. That's the about the only downside to this game.

I haven't got very far in the game yet, it is as hard with the wii remote as it was with the joystick and four buttons.

So there I was, flailing away and shouting 'MAMA SAID TO KNOCK YOU OUT' at the TV when my housemate walked in during a cut scene; the nostalgia was rich and thick in my blood. She says 'wow, that is so racist' and I stopped flailing...it is pretty offensive in places I guess. You've got german stereotypes, french sterotypes and it goes on...The less we say about Mike Tyson's Punch Out the better.