Punch-Out!! Secret Found 29 Years After Release

by Elise Favis on Apr 09, 2016 at 06:50 AM

It's been nearly 30 years since the NES classic Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! was released, and today a Reddit user has found a secret that's been kept hidden all these years.

Reddit user midwesternhousewives discovered that, during the second fight against Piston Honda, as well as the second Bald Bull fight, a bearded man in the crowd will duck as a visual cue. These fighters can be instantly knocked out if you time Little Mac to punch at that exact moment.

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Punch-Out!! is all about precise timing and keeping a look out for visual cues such as this one. While it's possible some gamers are already aware of this visual cue, it's a secret that has largely remained undiscovered until now.

For more fun Easter eggs in games, check out this clumsy stormtrooper in Star Wars Battlefront and how Harry Potter's bedroom under the stairs appears in Dying Light: The Following.

[Source: Reddit via Polygon]