Don King Boxing
The most famously successful, enthusiastically coiffured promoter in all of pugilism lends his half-century of experience, wisdom, and name recognition to Prizefighter, a hardcore boxing game with a…
Don King Boxing is a sport, released 1 May 2009 on Nintendo DS and Wii.
What Don King Boxing is
Don King Boxing was released in 2009. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo DS and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The most famously successful, enthusiastically coiffured promoter in all of pugilism lends his half-century of experience, wisdom, and name recognition to Prizefighter, a hardcore boxing game with a role-playing sideline designed to demonstrate the dedication and diligence demanded of heavyweight champ hopefuls, even outside of the squared circle and away from the gym. In the role of their own custom up-and-comer, players must make decisions to balance the boxer's conflicting needs. It takes training to stay sharp, but time spent at promotion may lead to bigger matches, and all work with no play can be bad for a man's mental health. Story development occurs through documentary-style updates…
How it was received
Don King Boxing holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Don King Boxing launched on 1 May 2009, within three weeks of Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Punch-Out!! and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Punch-Out!!, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.
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