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Arm Wrestling

The player faces off against a beefy Texan, a Sumo, a masked fighter, a robot, and a mutant in a series of arm-wrestling contests. Timing and quick joystick motions are key to victory.

1 May 1985

Arm Wrestling is an arcade developed by Nintendo R&D3, released 1 May 1985 on Arcade.

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What Arm Wrestling is

Arm Wrestling is an arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D3 and released in 1985. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player faces off against a beefy Texan, a Sumo, a masked fighter, a robot, and a mutant in a series of arm-wrestling contests. Timing and quick joystick motions are key to victory.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Punch-Out!! series

Arm Wrestling is the fourth of 20 entries we hold in the Punch-Out!! series. It arrived 8 months after Super Punch-Out!!. The next entry was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! in 1987.

See all 20 Punch-Out!! games in release order →

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When did Arm Wrestling come out?
Arm Wrestling was released on 1 May 1985 for Arcade.

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