punch-out notes

measurements for wii punch-out.

as ever, these figures come from a combination of deduction and guesswork, and some are more credible than others.

enemy attack damage

these are based on little mac's energy in career being 1000.

i'm no good at attack names so i've mostly gone for generic descriptions: J = jab (or straight), H = hook, U = upper, O = overhead; L = left, R = right; d = delayed.

i've conflated multiple attacks where they inflict the same damage. for instance, king hippo's many jabs.

headgear damage is often a quarter of the naked damage, but there's considerable variation from this, so it's more like an entire parallel list of damage.

table 1a: contender damage

name	attack	damage	damage (headgear)
glass joe	U	100	50
	J	100	50
von kaiser	J	112	28
	U	125	32
disco kid	J	125	32
	H	167	36
king hippo	J	167	50
	J (rumble)	250	100
	crush	400	400
piston hondo	J	125	32
	H	143	36
	U	167	42
	Hondo Rush	330; 220; 110 (*)	81; 54; 27 (*)
bear hugger	H	140	30
	O	170	50
	Bear Hug	500	334
great tiger	J	150	38
	LU	170	43
	RU	200	50
	Rushing Magic Attack	400	400
don flamenco	U	200	50
	dU	250	63
	H	150	38
	J	200	50
	Rose Flurry	300; 200; 100	38; 38; 38
aran ryan	O	150	50
	H	150	50
	U	200	50
	head	270	200
soda popinski	H	150	36
	U	220	70
	U (angry)	220	220
	H (step)	170	44
bald bull	J	135	34
	U	260	65
	H	180	45
	Bull Charge	1000	1000
super macho man	RU	235	50
	LU	265	60
	H	200	32
	Clothesline	500	500
	Clothesline (super)	500, 500, 500	500, 500, 500
mr sandman	LO	170	38
	RO	220	50
	RJ	165	38
	LJ	215	50
	Dreamland Express	334, 334, 334	334, 334, 334

table 1a footnote
• the hondo rush... i want to think is actually some value of naked damage that's four times the headgear damage. but i can't find good values that fit all the results and still satisfy this. the naked damage looks a lot like 33% 22% 11%, but quartering these gives values outside the possible ranges established for the headgear damage (the first hit can't be more than 81); while the most pleasing values for headgear damage, 81 54 27, when quadrupled, disagree with observations (pair + single + jab downs; but 540+324+125 = 989.)

table 1b: title defense damage (and mac's last stand)

name	attack	damage	damage (headgear)
glass joe	U	150	50
	J	143	50
	dU	190	100
von kaiser	LJ	167	38
	RU	195	43
	RJ	200	50
	LU	240	58
	Spin Attack	1000	1000
disco kid	J	167	42
	LH	200	50
	RH	225	57
	Disco Flurry	180; 100; 60	180; 100; 60
king hippo	J	167	50
	J (rumble)	250	100
	crush/spike	400, 400	400, 400
piston hondo	J	155	39
	H	175	44
	U	195	49
	dU	235	59
	Hondo Rush (4)	328; 248; 168; 88	82; 62; 42; 22
	Hondo Rush (4/3)	328; 280; 236; 192; 144; 100; 52	82; 70; 59; 48; 36; 25; 13
	Hondo Rush (3/5|5/3)	328; 288; 248; 204; 164; 124; 84; 40	82; 72; 62; 51; 41; 31; 21; 10
bear hugger	H	185	50
	O	195	50
	Bear Hug	500	500
	sH	250	75
	sO	260	75
great tiger	J	150	38
	LU	170	43
	RU	200	50
	crush	250	63
	magic (upper/spinout)	334	334
don flamenco	U	240	60
	dU	300	75
	H	200	50
	J	220	55
	backhand	200	50
	Rose Flurry (3)	360; 240; 120	50; 50; 50
	Rose Flurry (4)	360; 270; 180; 90	50; 50; 50; 50
	Rose Flurry (5)	360; 288; 216; 144; 72	50; 50; 50; 50; 50
aran ryan	O	167	50
	H	167	50
	U	250	100
	U (counter)	167	50
	head	250	100
	elbow	250	100
	rope attack	200	150
	final rope	1/3 current	1/4 current
soda popinski	H	165	36
	U	250	70
	U (angry)	250	250
	H (step)	175	44
bald bull	J	180	45
	J (fast)	120	45
	J (slow)	245	45
	U	300	75
	RH	240	60
	LH	250	60
	Bull Charge	1000	1000
super macho man	RU	235	50
	LU	265	50
	H	200	50
	LU (spin)	334	63
	RU (spin)	380	63
	Clothesline	500	334
	Clothesline (super)	1000, 1000, 1000	1000, 1000, 1000
mr sandman	LO	210	50
	RO	250	63
	RJ	210	50
	LJ	250	63
	RH	210	50
	LH	250	63
	U (wink)	334	334
	Dreamland Express	540, 540, 334	334, 334, 334
donkey kong	L pound	250	n/a
	R pound	200	n/a
	backhand	200	n/a
	ground slap	167	n/a
	crush	200	n/a
	ground smash	200	n/a
	leaping spike	334	n/a
	leaping smash	334	n/a

fighter stats

energy here is based on little mac's basic attacks doing 6. many opponents take an inconsistent number of hits from fight to fight, i don't know whether this means they start with different energy or whether mac does extra damage under some circumstances.

energy in brackets is for those who can recover from being reduced to 0. hearts in brackets are for the secondary initial value that applies when you recover from exhaustion.

downs is the number of times you must knock them down to win, without getting a tko or one-hit ko. where possible, this is the knockdowns required for a ten-count.

table 2a: contender stats

fighter	energy	hearts	downs
glass joe	200	20	5
von kaiser	200	16	4
disco kid	210	20	4
king hippo	500 (300)	16	1
piston hondo	215	50 (30)	4
bear hugger	225	19	4
great tiger	240	12	4
don flamenco	240	22	5
aran ryan	215	7	5
soda popinski	220	16	5
bald bull	260	15	5
super macho man	240	11	5
mr sandman	270	13	6

table 2b: title defense stats (and mac's last stand)

fighter	energy	hearts	downs
glass joe	210	20	5
von kaiser	220	16	5
disco kid	220	16	5
king hippo	490	18	1
piston hondo	240	35 (25)	5
bear hugger	300	19	5
great tiger	240	14	6
don flamenco	240	20	6
aran ryan	230	7	6
soda popinski	240	16	6
bald bull	260 (80)	9	6
super macho man	240	11	6
mr sandman	270	13	7+
donkey kong	250	55	5

table 2a/2b notes
• contender bald bull takes double damage from hooks; title defense mr sandman takes double damage from counterpunches to wink-uppers.
• don flamenco takes increasing damage (6, 7, 8...) from the infinite juggle. (this is the basis for saying mac's attacks are 6.)
• title defense mr sandman, assuming you let him recover instead of going for the win, will get up even after six knockdowns. since you can't get a seventh without winning by tko, there's no way to know whether he could get up from more.

miscellaneous

mac downs
• contender: 4
• contender with headgear: 5
• title defense: 3
• title defense with headgear: 4
• head-to-head: 3

heart damage
• block punch, throw blocked punch: 1
• attacked: 3
• attacked, with headgear: 1, except title defense bear hugger, who still does 3
• hit by aran ryan final rope attack: reduce to 1 (even with headgear)
• attacked, head-to-head: 1
• star-punched, head-to-head: 0
• attacked, by giga mac: 3

star punch damage (normal = 6)

	1 star	2 star	3 star
contender	54	108	162
title defense	36	78	120
title defense/bear	24	54	96
title defense/joe	18	39	60

head-to-head
• mac's energy is 260 (44 normal hits @ 6).
• initial hearts are 12.
• star damage is the same as for "contender".
• giga mac damage
  • H: 40
  • LJ: 22 (up to 90 charged?)
  • RJ: 20 (up to 65 charged?)
  • star punches: 60, 150, 260

tower reversed