To everyone who doesn't know: when he bows to Little Mac during the fight, he's not being disrespectful because you're supposed to keep your eyes on your opponent during the fight, especially when you're within striking distance.
@@PairofscissorspngYeah, but in East Asian culture, bowing to someone is respectful, the deeper someone bows, the more respect is given, and in Japan, people are known for being polite.
@@littletinygamer2396 hace años que ocurrio y no lo olvidare las almas de los niños siempre las recordare, odio verlos llorar no logro comprender porque ese hombre a querido hacerlos desaparecer
Aside from his constant eyebrow movement, Piston has to be the most normal opponent character in Punch Out. Even his KO animation in the Wii game is normal compared to the others.
@@BubbleBFDI (Trying to call 911 because a guy is having a stroke) Dam this is hard to do with boxing gloves on.(Runs up to someone to ask for help and gets punched in the face)
What people got from Piston Hondo's TD intro: "He has trained hard and poured his heart and soul into boxing" What I got from it: "Piston Hondo can eat half his bodyweight in sushi"
It is sorta necessary, in martial arts and in any energy-consuming sport you need to eat as much as you can since you release a ton of energy therefore you need to replenish that energy by eating. Edit: plus, Honda fighting style uses up a LOT of calories, you can't rush for hours on end with little energy at hand.
0:00 - NES 1:20 - NES (rematch) 2:30 - Wii(Contender) 4:00 - Wii(Title defense) 5:30 - Super smash bros for Wii U 5:45 - Ultimate NES remix 6:20 - Super smash bros ultimate
This is probably the most respected Boxer you will ever see, nothing he brings to the table is super cheating and with a game series that thrives on the craziest Strategies thought about in the ring. It's nice to have someone like Hondo just following the rules. Given everyone else, that headband can slide.
@@Gongos17 No, he'd respectfully treat you to sushi. I did notice one thing The Video missed, though. He had food in the ring, which I don't think is allowed, even though he didn't eat any of it.
@@StoutShako Since he doesn't eat it, it could just be a prop for characterization purposes. Every fighter in this game besides Sandman is an exaggerated caricature of their nationality after all.
Wii Hondo bows and formally introduces himself. "Well, this this fighter seems like a nice guy." Bows DURING THE MATCH! "A little TOO nice!" I understand that bowing while looking is okay if a foe is within striking distance, otherwise it is a BIG no-no. But this is in the middle of a match! For that matter, the American Brox may not know about the customs... He even gets a star for striking that bow.
@@jadendafinger looking downwards is seen as a show of respect and sportsmanship, he wasn't being sportsmanlike at all so he kinda deserves getting punched in the face
@@arandominternetperson437 Only if you are outside striking distance. If you are within striking distance you are expected to look at the opponent, to show you are taking them seriously.
I'd probably say the only other ones who might respect Mac may be glass Joe and Von kaiser due to them being older and likely not take their losses too badly.
Fun fact about Hondo in the round intermissions on Punch Out Wii's TD match is that he reads an actual manga which isn't seen due to the visuals being obscured... Some Sailor Moon, to be exact, which was changed during the later Japanese release of the game
Why the heck does everyone doesn’t talk about piston honda i mean punch out was created by nintendo and nintendo is a japanese company bruh 1like = 1 respect for piston honda :(
I don't watch jojos or whatever that's from, because unlike you youtube users i'm not a fucking weeb, i actually do something like going out jogs and, going out jogs and other stuff. (Nah but for real you can enjoy whatever you want as long as it doesn't fill your head with the thought of being superior)
I don't get the name change from Honda to Hondo. Obviously it's not a legal issue since Capcom's own E. Honda from Street Fighter never had a name change.
Piston hondo's head band in NES it says Nippon-Ichi which means Japan's number 1,in wii, trophies of ssb, and the Ssbu spirit, it says Ichi-ban which means Number one
It's too bad that nobody's picking up on his lose quote: "Munen..." Literally, it means "[I have] no regrets," but in Japanese period fiction, it's a stereotypical death phrase said by warrior characters. The pronoun he uses to refer to himself is also "sessha" which is associated with old-timey samurai. Hondo's voice performance and visual design are also strongly based on old-school Japanese protags. His face in the remake is even a dead ringer for 1970s actor Hiroshi Fujioka, who's probably the manliest living thing in Japan as of right now. (But that's only because Tatsuya Nakadai humbly bowed out and Toshiro Mifune is no longer with us.)
