Tyson rips Nintendo for excluding him from Punch-Out!! re-release
Mike Tyson has some beef with Nintendo.
Tyson called out the video game company in a series of tweets Thursday after learning the Mr. Dream version of Punch-Out!! will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online this month.
@Kotaku @NintendoAmerica should I make my own game now? https://t.co/WW7hzhio2S
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) April 4, 2019
mr dream? everyone tell @NintendoAmerica who they think of when they hear punch out pic.twitter.com/2j51PLt0Em
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) April 4, 2019
The boxing legend was featured in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! in the 1980s, but Nintendo replaced him with the fictional Mr. Dream and re-released the game as Punch-Out!! after its license to use Tyson's likeness expired.
Tyson appears to be under the assumption that Nintendo is releasing a new version of the game, which isn't the case.
heard @Nintendo was doing the new “Punch Out” without even contacting me. it wont be the same. my knockouts made the game. thats whack.
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) April 4, 2019