Wade Hixton's Counter Punch

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch is a boxing video game developed by Inferno Games and Engine Software and published by Destination Software. It was released for the Game Boy Advance on March 16, 2004 in North America, and on October 1, 2004 in Europe.

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch
North American Game Boy Advance cover art
Developer(s)	Inferno Games, Engine Software
Publisher(s)	NA: Destination Software EU: Zoo Publishing (GBA)
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance, digiBlast
Release	Game Boy Advance NA: March 16, 2004[1] EU: October 1, 2004 digiBlast EU: 2006[2]
Genre(s)	Boxing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch has been compared favorably to Punch-Out!!.^[3]

Development

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch was developed by Inferno Games.^[4] Before its release, the game was known as Sadistic Boxing and Sucker Punch.^[5][6]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	78/100[7]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Game Informer	7.5/10[8]
GameSpot	7.8/10[9]
GamesTM	7/10[10]
IGN	8/10[11]
NGC Magazine	59%[12]
Nintendo Power	4.1/5[13]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[7] GameSpot named Wade Hixton's Counter Punch the best Game Boy Advance game of March 2004.^[14]

See also

• List of fighting games