Punch-Out!! to Next Level

The Super Mario Strikers developer takes control of Little Mac's future. 

IGN has learned that the recently-announced Wii version of Punch-Out!! is being developed by Next Level Games. 

Next Level is best known for its work on Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged, the GameCube and Wii soccer games featuring Nintendo's characters on the football pitch. 

Punch-Out!! is being worked on for a release sometime in 2009. It is based upon the boxing series first released in the arcades, then followed-up by the popular Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! on the NES. The last Punch-out!! title was Super Punch-Out!! produced for the Super NES in 1994.