Play Wade Hixton's Counter Punch Online

Wade Hixton's Counter Punch came out on the Game Boy Advance in 2004, published by Destination Software. It was a solid little boxing game from a time when the GBA library was full of inventive takes on familiar genres, and this one stood out for its personality and straightforward approach to the sport.

You control Wade, a down-on-his-luck boxer stranded in a strange town, and you fight your way through a series of opponents to earn money and parts to fix your car. The core mechanics are simple: you throw jabs, hooks, and uppercuts with the face buttons, block incoming attacks, and build up a super meter for a powerful counter punch. The fights are screen-by-screen affairs against a single opponent, and the difficulty ramps up quickly, demanding good timing and pattern recognition. It feels satisfying to land a clean combo and watch your opponent stumble, making each victory a small, earned triumph.