Super KO Boxing 2 – Mike Tyson Lives

I hope you enjoyed my review last week of Tiger Wood's PGA Tour, still the Gold Standard of iPhone games. Today, I'm reviewing another superb iPhone game in Glu’s Super KO Boxing 2, $4.99. If you were a fan of the classic Mike Tyson’s Punchout on Nintendo, I think you’ll love this game. I remember playing that game for hours and then when you finally got to Mike, he destroyed you. What made that game one of my all time favorites was how well the characters were done, how each had there special punch and the humorous text in-between rounds. This game has all that plus the sounds are entertaining as well.

The goal of the game is to win the title belt by beating 12 other cartoon crazy boxers. You character is called K.O. Kid and you’ll have to will three belts along the way with each opening up the new boxers to face. The first few are easy, but it gets progressively harder as you go. When you start the app there are three modes of play, but you’ll spend most you time in Circuit mode trying to win belts and unlock boxers. Each opponent has a unique look and ability. For example, 15 Cent, seen here on the right, is a bling wearing rapper character that can doge punches with some dance like moves. When he’s introduced his shorts fall down to this ankles and he yanks them up to just above his knees. To taunt you he smiles and then bitch slaps you about 8 times. It’s a really funny game as you can watch in the video below. The controls are natural and easy to use. Dodge left and right and punch high or low. The power meter in the bottom right builds up for you to throw super punches as well. Lastly, touch the KO Kid and he taunts your opponent which is quite important as certain boxers can only be defeated through taunting them. Another plus to the game is its quite challenging. For example, Chief (an American Indian character) was destroying me. After playing for almost an hour I still couldn’t knock him down once. Luckily, there is a site you can goto for help. The trick with Chief is you can’t punch him until you doge a few of his punches first. Then after the first knockdown the only way to beat him is to taunt him. I never would have figured this out. These treads are pretty funny as well as people whine about playing for 8 hours and not being able to beat a certain boxer. Other characters include Dr. Voo Dude, El Diablo, Dynavolt, Shogun and Executioner. It really feels great to finally beat one of these guys after so much time. At this point I’ve been playing for over 10 hours and I’m not even halfway through the boxers. Even with the help site, my guess is it will take well over 40 hours of gameplay to actually win. So if you like boxing games I highly recommend this one. I've included a short video to help you get the feel the gameplay. If you like the video please subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Most my videos are iPhone related, but I have the video on Bud Adams flipping the bird that got half a million views the past 5 days and I'm trying to parlay that into a partnership. Thus, please consider subscribing. Lastly, a quick shoutout to David, the creative one himself, for taking the time to respond to the many emails I've sent him. If you think I can help you with something, please ask.