It's funny how the worst part of fighting super macho man is having to fight Sandman again if you lose

I need the gif of sand man giving mac a "night night" kiss that. is. golden. oh my god

"Welcome to hell." Mr. Sandman in a nutshell.

These characters are so expressive for a nes game.

8:08 sandman only uses that if you've been dodging a lot while he was just standing there, so all you need to do is keep your cool so that way he'll give the tell where he shifts his hands and gives an extra half a second before doing the dreamland express

"But puny hands cannot block uppercut" - soda popinski 2020

Fun fact: the block that increases his uppercut delay is due to an intiger overflow

I never did understand why Super Macho Man was the final boss instead of Mr. Sandman

I like how no one is talking about the $350 four foot Don Flamenco and why he knows how much it costs.

Sandman is actually pretty easy when you figure out that you can repeatedly goad him into trying to punch you by trying to hit him in the face during his idle animation. He’ll dodge then counterpunch, which you can avoid before wailing on him. I actually find macho man more difficult tbh

9:55 "The image of such pectoral perfection will be burned into a players eyes and soul"

Their is a way to beat sandman, and he is easier than you say. You know when he's about to do a 3 uppercut because he'll stop moving his legs right before he does it. Otherwise he's always moving his legs. You can also Punch his face after his jabs while he's moving his legs to make him dodge, then immediatley dodge and you can land some hits on him. If you can't tell when he's about to do his dreamland express, then find out by punching up. If he blocks then that means get ready.

"the punch that pulverized popinski" dat alliteration tho

to anyone wondering how fast the indicator for dreamland express is, its 33 milliseconds... the fastest recorded human reaction speed is 120 milliseconds, or 3.6x slower...

Sandman’s tell isn’t that bad. Top 3: 1. His hands shift position before doing the dreamland express 2. His legs will stop moving. 3. The flash These are the three you should look out for. The flash isn’t even required. Just simply start dodging when the hands shift and you should dodge it easily.

9:29 SUSSUPER MAMAMAMACHO MAMMMMMAN 9:56 pectoral perfection

Something I noticed just some time ago, is that Mr. Sandman's successful punches in the Wii game, have a very distinct sound: Crunching noises. It's certainly not his knuckles cracking. Oh boy, it's something else.

Fun fact you likely know: Super Macho Man and Sandman switch places in the world circuit.

(3:20) Sobd Rorfiski Yeah, that's not how Cyrillic works.

Sandman: Wanna see me telegraph my Dreamland Express? Sandman: ... Sandman: Wanna see me do it again?

“Welcome....to hell” gets me everytime😂

I like the entire delivery of this series. Nostalgia, game designer, quirky script, tight editing, and a real love of the subject matter. I appreciate all the work you've put into these videos. Thank you.

6:39 - Aww =) It's all good. WORLD CIRCUIT FIGHTS: Piston Honda 2 - Surprise, I'm talking about the rematches, too! Piston Honda 2 is probably the least interesting of these in retrospect, but it's sorta neat to see an early game fight fairly easily adapted into a late-mid game one (weird breaking up the structure of a game with such a bloated third act). He probably ends up being the hardest of the Rematches, since you more or less HAD to learn Bald Bull's gimmick to beat him the first time, and Don Flamenco's a special case. Makes for a fairly decent pace setter. Soda Popinski - It impresses me how naturally real world boxing principles were translated into the NES game. Case in point: the player is immediately confronted with a psychological barrier coming up against Sody Popinski because his animations are coming from the other direction than they've been dealing with, owing to his being a lefty (distinctly A Thing© in boxing, as the video covers). I mean, sure, our sloshed Soviet slugger is plenty tough and all, too, what with his in-your-face uppercuts and his rumbling jabs. But I think it's that mental hurdle that makes him most compelling, as well as a nice starting point for the World Circuit as mental chess (like good boxing should be!) Also - probably the funniest hit animation? Something about his beady little eyes flickering makes me think of a slot machine every time I deck his face. Also also - "Soda Popinski" is way funnier than "Vodka Drunkenski" Bald Bull 2 - Bald Bull continues to be the biggest Bluto in the game by taking the main leaf out of Bluto's book, and being a blatant freaking cheater. You thought you had him for sure with that stunlock? Nope, he'll just blatantly recover in your face, tough bananas. It's PlayStation All-Stars Fight Thing rules here, you either take him down with Super Moves or you go home. By consequence, he ends up being substantially easier than most of the other fights here, but he'll still keep you on your toes. FLAMENCO STRIKES BACK! RETURN OF DON! - Surprisingly, one of my favorite fights in the game! Working your way up the ranks, he is of course absurdly easy, even moreso than any other fight in World Circuit. Sure, he takes forever to beat, but he's not too bad. Heck, I beat him on my first run, something I hadn't done since... King Hippo? Maybe even the first Don Flamenco fight? However! If you job to Mr. Sandman or Super Macho Man, then you gotta go back and deal with Don Flamenco's crap again. And lemme tell you, suddenly the pisstake that is Don Flamenco becomes a royal pain when your brain is tuned to the speed of the Dreamland Express or Super Spin Punch. It makes for great pacing in both directions - RETURN OF DON is a breather after Soda Popinski and Bald Bull 2, but just a cruel component of the death spiral after Mr. Sandman and Super Macho Man. Absolutely fascinating to see. Mr. Sandman - I like that among all these crazy caricature characters, Punch-Out consistently has a guy whose gimmick is "normal boxer" (that and going on about DRRREEEAMLAAAAND). Makes him one of the scarier guys to go up against, even when he's not the final boss or nothin'. In addition to everything covered in the vid, I also kinda appreciate that you can ONLY get Stars against him in Round 3, that your means of getting Stars is extremely obtuse (you're mostly going off gut punches, which requires bating him into blocking his face then throwing a body blow in a frame-or-two window), and that the jerk can STILL dodge outta stunlock if you throw too many Star Uppercuts. You wanna fight him, you gotta forget about all them fancy tricks you've been leaning on and act like a damn boxer already. Super Macho Man - I'd be less disturbed by the pec wiggle if it didn't sync up perfectly to the music. Stop taunting me to the beat, man. Super Macho Man is a good deal easier than Mr. Sandman, but he still requires a lot of precise timing, particularly on that Super Spin Punch - and lemme tell you, there's nothing as disheartening as seeing a full health meter drain to nothing after you dodged 6 but not the 7th spin around. Whadda jerk.

Actually, the flamenco 2 infinite only works the first time you do it. After that it gets him down to low health; then it’s always just 5 punches. Also, if you’re having trouble getting him to do his uppercut, I believe that you have to face jab when his hands are up there during the taunt, and otherwise he just blocks it and taunts again.

4:55 A moment of stupidity from Popinski himself

fun fact: soda can be easily knocked down twice by waiting 1 and a half seconds then uppercut as he’s about to hook from the right, then wait half a second to do that again, then do what he says in the video because he will almost always uppercut after the the two counters, then do the block thing 3-4 seconds after the 2nd counter, if you do it to early he will hook you again, then after you have 3 star from the 3 counters, then dodge the next uppercut, then counter punch once then star punch him

That “ole” picture, at 1:31, I need that

ME: Let's look if I can get some advice to Sandman Get Good ... Damn

7:50 Doc Louis: Mac! How’s it going out there?! Little Mac: He’s just standing there... *M E N A C I N G L Y*

I REALLY like the transition you did with macho mans theme to sandman’s then back to macho man in 10:48

Fun fact: even if you dodge the dreamland express exactly when he flashes, you still would get hit due to the hitboxes

By far, the best Mike Tyson's Punch Out tutorial yet. In this part, been cool if you mentioned World Circuit Bald Bull's bull charge at half range if you didge it. Note worthy, Soda Popinski's name is culturally amiss for the more part. Most of the time, the Polish spell the "ski" with an "i" (Popinski) and the Russians spell their "ski" with a "y" (Popinsky). Also, Soda Popinski and Super Machoman look really funny if you knock them down with an abdominal punch. Sry, last thing. Super Machoman has an intimidation factor. If you really start to mess up with him and you go pink from losing your hearts, he'll crouch down and shake his body left and right really fast, then nail you with a super uppercut. But again, great series.

Yes Overall Mr Sandman is harder than SMM in most cases, yet that one fast spin punch macho man does sometimes is (in my opinion) on par with the dreamland express, or at least it was until I found out that there's a dude that shakes his head just before macho does this attack, thanks to that I'll manage to avoid it easily

(8:30) When playing games, I highly recommend finding a screen with low lag on. There are ones with low lag out there that you should be looking for; but a lot of screens with too much lag.

I spend an entire Summer break back in the early 90s basically perfecting my gameplan. I was finally able to beat the game without taking a single punch. I'm sure my strategy isn't even comparable to the speedrunners of today, but back then I considered this one of my greatest video game accomplishments. I also set the high score on Galaga at Funland, Dewey Beach, Delaware. I was on such a roll it damn near felt like an out of body experience.

Tike Myson incoming.

I love the commentary on these videos. He really captures the feels the essence of what it was to fight this lot back in the day. And how rewarding it was to first conquer them

I remember really liking the Sandman fight as a kid. There was no strategy but it was fun to just grapple with him.

The montage of Sandman on the Wii knocking everyone out is the ULTIMATE !

My man from Philly! The first fight that's just downright difficult.

“Only one more fight between you and your greatest prize” *ad for lawn mower plays*

Sandman puts his hads together before the dreamland express. But from what I can tell, he will only do it if you're not trying to anticipate it by dodging.

5:42 current objective, survive

7:39 that’s a derpy bald bull

At 9:00 “now there’s only one thing standing between you and your prize...” Beer ads!😆

Designing For is a channel worth adding to my AdBlock whitelist. Keep up the good work man.

I just want to say, these three videos were amazing and despite not having seen anything else from you yet, they earned you my subscription.

9:29 super macho man

Got me good @7:15 🤣🤣🤣

I'm gonna be honest, the rewind feature from NES Online on Switch may be cheesy as heck, but it really makes Mr. Sandman, and by extent, almost everyone else in the world circuit easier.

This is the gift that keeps on giving. Keep up the good work, have a nice day and don't falter.

4:37 I thought that was Soda Popinski, not Chris Jericho

5:12 soda only goes down instantly via the ducking-confusion stars. If you get a star via punching him while he’s winding up for a hook, he won’t go down instantly

Actually, Sandman's Dreamland Express "tell" is much longer if you don't dodge so often when he is just standing there. You'll be able to see him alter his pose if you keep still while waiting for the Dreamland Express to come and have enough time to react and dodge.

Dude. This video is perfection!

Great, now the amount of nightmares I have about Mr Sandman are doubled

"The world circuit is all about execution" Yeah, that thing Sandman does when I get in the ring with him.

What an awesome vídeo, without a doubt am gonna watch the first two ASAP

sandman's name doesn't mean he will take you to the land of discount mike Tyson, it means he will turn you into sand, he did it to a building

For Mr. Sandman, There's a way to dodge his dreamland express, though it is not always 100% accurate (its more so, 50/50). If you just keep spamming slow dodge (either left or right) when Sandman is standing still, you can: A: Dodge all three uppercuts Or B: You get hit by one Uppercut, but dodge the other 2 That way, you only get hit one uppercut, and limit the damage you take. Or you dodge all three and do massive damage.

It seems like before the dreamland express, sandman's legs go mental

Underrated channel and series. Liked and subbed

Mr Sandman telling Mac a bedtime story got me

I've enjoyed these 3 videos. Explains things I never knew about the game.

I always come back and watch this series every few months.

Really well made video, you made this super entertaining. Subscribed.

As someone said, the que you showed of Sandman is the one if you have been dodging a lot when he is just standing there, once he starts standing keep your cool, and he will do a quick hand shuffle before the que starts giving you like maybe a quarter of a second extra

i absolutely had no fucking idea Popinski had such a weakness. wow lmao. i knew about the delayed uppercut, but had no idea you could counter that and get a star to one shot him.

so I've re-watched this video a few times now and I'm FINALLY able to see the tell just barely. its really just training your brain to fully processes the two frames.

Wow what a great series!

6:45 that’s a tongue twister

Surprisingly I'm really good at dodging the express

1:18 Wait a second.....Is that?! DEMPSEY ROLL!!!!!!

finishing the series up to this point takes about as long as it would for me to beat the game and eat dinner

Sandman on wii is to easy even in title defense but on nes this man is truly the world circuit champion

Thank God that nowadays you can save between matches because I wouldn’t have reached Mike Tyson if I had to repeat Mr Sandman fight every time I lost.

Just watched the first two of these. Realize I'm late to the party but know this is gonna be great so getting my comment in early.

I like the transition from macho man’s theme back to sandman’s 10:53 😊

POV: you didn’t release the bogus

I love all the wrestling references XD a lil bit o' the bubbly!

I love the thing that every intro he just puts food images.

actually ive noticed that if you pay attention to mr sandman he does have a few frames where he doesnt even move before the dreamland express so there technically are more frames before he does it

I really have to wonder if the Soda Popinski Uppercut Block was intended or not, but in either way you explained a possible reasoning beautifully as well as hilariously.

I find it hilarious that the worst part of fighting Macho Man, the champion, is needing to fight Sandman, the one below him, again if you lose.

Great video

I’d say the Infinity Blade series is a very similar style game given how each battle is pretty much a boss and at the end is a “title bout” each needing great timing and in the first game you need a perfectly positioned parry when you want to get a stun, there are many classes of enemies some are out fighters in fighters and giant sluggers, I wish it could still be bought and played some where other than apple tablets

These videos got me through to piston Honda in the world circut

Been loving these videos so far!

I’d love to see a Designing For for punch out Wii because that game is really great

“We’ll come to hell” Me: plays it on switch online Me: gets hit Also Me: holds ZR and ZL goes back and fixes attack movement “I don’t see how this is hard”

Imagine if someone actually tried to do the dreamland express or even super macho man’s spin punch

I actually paused at the right time when he gave the tell for the dreamland express!

Fun fact: the scoreboard is a physical thing because some boxers go over it

i love how in every episode he makes fun of glass joe

I didn't think I needed fan art of Sandman at Mac's bedside tucking him in (and decking the fuck out of him), but here I am.

8:04 no you have basically literally a second to react cuz if he stops moving then ya gotta GET OUTTA THERE and there’s a 90 out of a 10% chance that you’ll dodge all of them cuz YA GONNA GET HIT (idk how I caught that flash also lol ) Edit : but don’t worry if your playing on switch Nintendo entertainment system then you just gotta rewind so you get a second chance or 100 chances 🙂👌

Am I the only one who finds Macho Man harder than Sandman? Damn single-spin

Nice breakdown with popinski

First time you showed I actually reacted to the dream express

7:58 Sandman also gives a tell by not moving for a bit before releasing the Dreamland Express