Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)

Little Mac
Punch-Out!! character
Little Mac, as depicted in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
First game	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987)
Voiced by (English)	Matt Harty (Punch-Out!! for Wii)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Hisao Egawa (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Kosuke Toriumi (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)
Portrayed by	Paul Malignaggi (Punch-Out!! for Wii US commercial)

Little Mac (リトル・マック, Ritoru Makku^?) is the main protagonist in Nintendo's series of Punch-Out!! video games. He first appeared in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. In a commercial for the Wii title, he is portrayed by boxer Paul Malignaggi. He is the smallest and youngest of all the boxers in the games, and his signature attack is the "Star Uppercut". His design was changed for the SNES Super Punch-Out!!, but reverted to his original design in the Wii title. In the NES and Wii games, Little Mac is accompanied by Doc Louis, his trainer. He was originally designed by employees of Nintendo, while the company Next Level Games worked on his Wii incarnation under Nintendo's supervision. Besides his own series, Little Mac has made multiple cameo appearances in and out of video games; video games include Captain Rainbow, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and Fight Night Round 2, while he appeared in a variety of comic books, including those created by Valiant Comics.

Since his first appearance, Little Mac has received generally positive reception; he has been regarded as one of the best protagonists in video games by multiple sources, including Nintendo Power, GamesRadar, and GameSpot. On February 13, 2014, he was announced via the official Smash Bros. website to be a playable fighter for the next game in the series.