Vodka Drunkenski

Soda Popinski
Punch-Out!! character
Soda Popinski as depicted in promotional artwork.
First game	Super Punch-Out!! (arcades)
Designed by	Makoto Wada (Punch-Out!!, 1987) Eddie Viser (Punch-Out!!, 2009)
Voiced by	Ihor Mota (Punch-Out!! (Wii))

Soda Popinski (Japanese: ソーダ・ポピンスキー^?, Hepburn: Sōda Popinsukī) is a fictional boxer from Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series. Soda Popinski first appeared in the arcade game Super Punch-Out!!, where he was known as Vodka Drunkenski (ウォッカ・ドランケンスキー^?, Wokka Dorankensukī). This was changed in the 1987 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (later changed to just Punch-Out!!) to Soda Popinski to avoid controversy. His country of origin was originally the USSR, but this was changed to Russia in the 2009 Punch-Out!! for the Wii due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. He was designed by Makoto Wada in the 1987 release and by Eddie Viser in the 2009 release. He is voiced by Ihor Mota in the latter.

Soda Popinski is a Russian boxer whose first appearance is in the arcade game Super Punch-Out!! in 1985, and again in the NES game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! in 1987 (later re-released as just Punch-Out!!). A version of the game called Frank Bruno's Boxing was released for home computers, where Popinski was renamed "Andra Puncharedov". His most recent appearance is in the 2009 Wii game Punch-Out!!, where he is voiced by Ihor Mota and designed by Eddie Viser. He lives in Moscow, Russia (renamed from the USSR upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991). His first appearance called him Vodka Drunkenski, a stereotype of the vodka-drinking Russian. To avoid controversy, Nintendo of America changed the character's name to Soda Popinski in 1987's NES release.