10 Unexpected Ways To Master Challenging Video Game Mechanics
1. Visual Cues Tell You When To Deliver A Knockout Punch - Punch-Out!!
Punch-Out!! is a famously tough boxing game where battling some of its trickier opponents feels as futile as trying to punch smoke.
While it's been known for many years that there are brief windows of time where players can deliver knockout punches to bosses Bald Bull and Piston Honda, only more recently have the precise "tells" been discovered.
In 2009, Nintendo themselves revealed that when battling Bald Bull for the first time, you should keep an eye out for a camera flash in the right-hand side of the crowd, as this will signal when you're able to throw a knockout punch.
Additionally in 2016, Redditor midwesternhousewives discovered that during the rematch against Piston Honda, there's another tell in the crowd - wait for the bearded man on the left-hand side of the front row to flash his mug. Then is the time to land a KO punch.
It's simply astounding that both of these tricks went unreported for more than 20 years - and in the latter case, almost a full three decades. Incredible.