Super Punch-Out!! — stories left

Other reviewers had said that this game lacked the overall appeal, gameplay, or audience of its predecessor.

The reviewer praised the game's good controls, "deceptive challenge", sprite layouts, animations, and sounds which "juice the game's intensity level".

He stated the game's one flaw was "the lack of an easy-to-use two-player mode.

Next Generation reviewed the game, and stated that most everything in the game was "done to perfection", making the game "a great tribute to the original classic.

Skyler Miller from Allgame, like Scullion, praised the game for its simple, responsive controls, for its colorful, detailed opponents, and for its usage of the Super NES's transparent color palette for the fighter, which facilitates the "behind the back" perspective.

In 2018, Complex rated the game number 18 on its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time" list.

The reviewer praised the game's good controls, "deceptive challenge", sprite layouts, animations, and sounds which "juice the game's intensity level".

Electronic Gaming Monthlys two sports game reviewers criticized the game's unrealistic style, but nonetheless acknowledged that "it still has fantastic game play.

Several reviewers praised Super Punch-Out!! overall for not trying to be realistic, for the originality of its different opponents, and for its simple controls.

Skyler Miller from Allgame, like Scullion, praised the game for its simple, responsive controls, for its colorful, detailed opponents, and for its usage of the Super NES's transparent color palette for the fighter, which facilitates the "behind the back" perspective.

Reviewers have praised Super Punch-Out!! for its other unique features and for its rewarding difficulty.

Game Informer magazine praised the game for its time attack mode, which recorded and kept track of the fastest knockouts for each opponent.

Reviewers have praised Super Punch-Out!! for its other unique features and for its rewarding difficulty.