MTV Movies' Josh Horowitz recently interviewed former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson about the upcoming "Tyson" documentary. I asked Josh to ask some "Punch-Out" questions, which have produced the following revelations: Tyson doesn't know about next month's "Punch-Out" on Wii, stinks at the original and loves "Resident Evil."

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I played "Punch-Out!" for the Wii today. And I was terrible at it. Simple controls, with the nunchuk controlling left-hand punches and the remote handling the right. My problem was that, in the five minutes that I played of the game, I kept forgetting which buttons modified the punches to make them high punches or uppercuts. Sorry, folks! (Thanks to Kyle Gray of 'Henry Hatsworth' fame for being my cameraman.)

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This morning's announcement that "Punch-Out!" is coming to the Wii this May reminded me that I know very little about the game. The boxart and trailer confirm that King Hippo, Glass Joe and Von Kaiser are back for this one. For other details, however, I had to turn to the ESRB... Read more...

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ESPN.com has an article up about the awesomeness of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" for the Nintendo Entertainment System. I was quoted in it.

Do I share my stories about being managing editor of a boxing magazine for several years? Nope.

Recount my times seeing but for some reason never talking to Iron Mike at boxing press conferences? No. I was young and a bit shy and Evander Holyfield was more approachable!

Do I defend the "Mr. Dream" version of the game, which is the only one I ever owned -- and which gets slammed in the piece? No.

I just talk about not remembering how to beat King Hippo. Thankfully the article's author, Patrick Sauer, reminds me in the article. It's a good read, with pro boxers and others reminiscing about the game.

So do we all agree with this line from the piece?

...if there's ever a Hall of Fame for sports video games, it's a first-ballot lock.

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"You ask very good questions!"

That's what Nintendo's lead designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, said to me near the end of our interview last week, before issuing a surprisingly frank explanation of what the wildly praised "Super Mario Galaxy" and "Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" could have done better.

Then, things got even more unusual. He put me on the spot and started interviewing me. He wanted to talk about hardcore games. (Guess which first-person game he lavished praise on?)

And he wrapped it all up with a tease about the new Wii "Punch-Out!".

Read about all of that and more in this third and final part of my interview with Mr. Miyamoto ... right below. Read more...