King Hippo

Great Chief of the South Island
King Hippo
Real Name	King Hippo
Species	Human
Affiliation	WVBA
Eye color	Black
Age	Unknown
Origin	Hippo Island
Voiced by	Scott McFadyen
Debut	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

King Hippo is one of the more well-known boxers from the NES Punch-Out!!.

Background

King Hippo was apparently the ruler of Hippo Island, a tropical island located somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. He was a gluttonous man and laughed at others often. He was one of the most powerful fighters of the World Video Boxing Association and could knock out Little Mac with several punches. In the NES Punch-Out!!, he was ranked second place in the WVBA's Major Circuit.

His weak point was part of his stomach which was covered with a bandage. He had it guarded at all times. The only way King Hippo would drop his guard would be if Little Mac punched him while his mouth was open in taunting Little Mac. Doing so caused King Hippo's shorts to drop down, and while he was busy trying to hike his shorts back up his stomach was vulnerable to attack. After being knocked out once, he would remain down resulting in an instant victory for Little Mac.

He reappeared in the Wii Punch-Out!, where he fought and could be defeated in the same manner. However, it now took longer to whittle down his health, although he would still fall and stay down after being knocked down once. The accompanying slideshows gave an insight on life on Hippo Island, where he was shown to spend all day gorging on a mound of food and then spending his nights sleeping on a hammock. Unlike in the previous game, he did not seem capable of speech and simply spoke in guttural noises, seemingly demanding food all the time. In this game he was the Minor Circuit Champion.

Other Appearances

• King Hippo made regular appearances in the Captain N animated series, where he and the Eggplant Wizard were bumbling villains in the service of Mother Brain as part of the League of Darkness. He had blue skin in this version.

Trivia

• His shorts are apparently XXX sized.
• He is the only opponent in the NES game without a palette swap character.
• The "Opponent Down" fanfare plays after normally KO'ing him in the NES game but because the Wii version cuts to a scene, it's a little harder to achieve. The tune will instead play while King Hippo is dazed after knocking off his crown.