New Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! World Record Set by Blindfolded Player
The speedrunner Summoning Salt has set a new world record for a blindfolded run of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. The NES title, featuring the classic character Little Mac, has maintained a notably strong popularity since its first release in 1987. In recent years, Nintendo has had to removed Tyson’s name and image from the game's re-releases, although Tyson has since expressed a desire to star in a fighting game once more.
Speedrunning is a popular pastime for gamers. Even just watching a run, cheering on the player, can be a great source of entertainment. In the past, this has led to speedrunning becoming the basis for incredibly sucessful charity drives. Summoning Salt himself has no doubt contributed to this popularity, being a well-known name in speedrunning circles himself. His YouTube channel currently boasts over 1 million subscribers, with most of his videos receiving similarly high numbers of views. As one of the best-known speedrunners in gaming, Summoning Salt has continued to push the envelope for beating games quickly.
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On March 5th, Summoning Salt’s record-breaking time of 19:41.750 was verified on Speedrun.com for the blindfolded run of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!. Summoning Salt is seen to be using a shopping bag to obstruct his vision whilst playing the game. This achievement means that Summoning Salt currently holds first place on five of the six leaderboards forMike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. In the Reddit comments section, SummoningSalt has also made it clear that he intends to surpass this performance, writing «I'm planning to take this run ~2 minutes lower in the coming days and weeks...a round 1 Tyson at the end is the goal». This drive to improve and set a new record is a
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