April 20th, 2008 by David Hinkle
Filed under: News
Personal story time, kiddies. I went out this morning to run some errands and pick up Okami, when, as I was leaving the Target, I noticed something weird about the boxart. I didn’t recall us posting it on the site, so I spent some time glancing at the cover. It was then I noticed something very weird around Ameratsu’s mouth: an IGN watermark.
“No, I didn’t just see that,” I told myself, as I placed the game back into the plastic bag the cashier put it in. Then, when I got back to the office, I checked a second time. And there it was again, sitting right where it was when I first spotted it. I quickly got online to see if anyone else caught this and lo and behold, our cruel overlords had reported on a thread at NeoGAF all about this.
So yeah, now I feel like I want to return it. I know the watermark shouldn’t bother me (it’s pretty lultastic), but … but it just does.
[Via Joystiq]
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November 19th, 2007 by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Imports
Mysterious Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 is a total surprise. The
graphics look great, the
trailer is classy, and now this boxart is just
beautiful. We had no idea
Sega was putting this much money into a dungeon-crawling RPG, and, in fact, we're a little shocked that they would want to. The budget for this must be enough to fund four or five
Sonic Riders sequels. Is the Japanese audience for roguelikes really that large?
We're suckers for great
boxart, which the Wii is sorely lacking. It's not the only consideration for game quality, but we bet more boxart like this would at least draw curiosity from shoppers. And it's certainly nice to look at for free on the Internet!
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October 22nd, 2007 by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Controller
GameCube adapters for PS2 controllers are nothing new, but this $13.70 one from UGame seems targeted to the Wii and, most importantly, has some wacky boxart. You should be well aware by now of our weak resistance to
goofy packaging. They pull at us, whispering cryptic messages into our ears, like dead children trying to give us clues about their murderers.
There are so many odd things going on in this UGame cover:
- The redhead witch in the flimsy blue dress is holding a golden Wii remote with an attached wand. Could it be some sort of Brando accessory that we haven't heard about yet?
- The schoolboy chasing the woman looks too happy for his own good. Perhaps class just let out? Or maybe the leggy sorceress hypnotized the salivating fool, leading him to what will surely be his grisly death.
- Above them, another young witch flies over the scene, straddling a torn PS2 controller cord fashioned into a broom. For reasons never mentioned, she is dressed as PaRappa.
Past the post break, we've got a larger image of the box, a photo of the actual product, and
Clarissa Sabrina, the teenage witch. Wiggle your nose and head over there.
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October 17th, 2007 by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News
A GoNintendo reader who is either a retail employee or a delivery truck robber snapped this picture of the box for the new jacket-included Wii package. On the front, it looks exactly like the old Wii box, which is somewhat of a surprise. Since Nintendo wants so badly for us to use the jackets, we assumed that every Nintendo promotional photo would show a jacketed Wiimote. Nintendo seems to have recognized the importance of their iconic Wiimote design, and put it over the potential danger of suggesting that a Wiimote could ever be used sans jacket.
Speaking of iconic, the back of the box (well, we guess it's the back) has been refocused, removing the Wiimote picture (which is, in fact, already totally covered on the other side) and replacing it with a Wii Sports logo and some little screenshots in circles. Just to make sure that everyone knows that Wii Sports is in there. Could this be a precursor to future Wii packages that reflect different included games in their package designs? Probably not-- this is just Nintendo making sure the Wii Sports presence on the package is as big as possible (while still counting as minimalist).
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August 31st, 2007 by Eric Caoili
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August 30th, 2007 by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff
You know how much we love to discuss
boxart here at Wii Fanboy, so it seemed obvious to us that we should take a look back at past
Metroid covers during our
commemorative week. We've gathered up all the packaging art we could find from Samus's tenderfoot days on the NES to her later outings on the Game Boy Advance, and have posted them all past the post break for you to scroll through. Feel free to queue up Kenny Rogers's "
Through The Years" for maximum enjoyment.
Metroid (US)
Metroid reissue (North America)
Metroid (Japan)
Metroid (Europe)
Metroid (Canada)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (US)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (Germany)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (Japan)
Super Game Boy (US)
Super Metroid (US)
Super Metroid (Japan)
Super Metroid (Europe; sorry for the blurriness!)
Super Metroid (Germany)
Super Metroid oversized (Germany)
Metroid Fusion (US)
Metroid Fusion preliminary packaging (US)
Metroid Fusion (Europe)
Metroid Fusion (Japan)
Metroid Zero Mission (US)
Metroid Zero Mission (Europe)
Metroid Zero Mission (Japan)
Metroid Zero Mission pirated packaging (Japan)
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