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UFC 2009 Undisputed & Punch-Out!! Wii

Last night I picked up 2 new games. UFC 2009 Undisputed for my 360, and Punch-Out!! for my Wii.

I was afraid that the UFC game would be as hard as the last one I played back on the Dreamcast, and after my first two matches on-line with a friend, I thought this to be the case. However, I came back and won the next 3 matches. There are a lot of different moves to remember, and the controls take a little getting used to. After my 5 on-line matches, I decided to create a fighter and go through the career. I won all of my first 4 matches, but all by either KO or TKO. I was trying to get a submission, but I have not had any luck doing so. I unlocked 3 achievements during my sessions last night.

Ultimate Knockout: From the gassed state, KO an opponent in any mode.I got this by miraculously taking down “Rampage” Jackson while I was getting my ass kicked.

Ultimate Highlights: Dominate the opponent in all 3 scenes of a replay segment. This is self explanatory. I did this in the career.

Wanted: Flying Mouthpieces: Mouth piece travels more than 3 meters when knocked out. I landed a devastating blow to knock out one of my opponents. I caught him in the mouth with a nice counter punch as his punch just missed.

I threw a little Punch-Out!! in the mix. I only got through the first circuit, and I was really pleased with the motion controls. I didn’t seem to skip a beat. However, I don’t have the balance board to use for dodging. It look a little bit to remember the game mechanics from previous versions, but one I got the hang of it, I was drawing stars and dodging punches. The Disco Kid, who is a new character for this version, beat me the first time around. I then realized that I had to wait a little while before I dodged his punches, and that I needed to dodge in certain directions.