You know, I was sitting here and enjoying a nice bowl of oatmeal, when suddenly a small and frightening object came crashing into my office here at Wii Fanboy Estates. It was none other than Joystiq's
Ludwig Kietzmann. "I have something for you, David," he said, shortly before slapping me in the mouth. As the universal Joystiq greeting, I felt obliged to return the gesture, but so hard was Ludwig's smack, I found myself on the floor before having time to react. Clearly, he had put some time in with the company.
"We've got
Metroid Prime 3 boxart!" he said, slamming a sheet of paper down onto my
collection of milk crates I call a desk. As I picked myself up off the ground and looked the sheet over, I stroked my chin in a manner that most people do when they're looking over a sheet of paper. "So ... what game is ...?" I ask, only to find myself slapped again before the last syllable escapes my mouth. Then, Ludwig jams another piece of paper in my face, one that shows off boxart for a
certain Sega title called
Sonic Adventure 2.
"We must warn the people!" he screamed, as he jumped out of the window like a flying rodent escaping a dark underworld. I wondered if he was dead (my office is on the 73rd floor), when just then I saw him atop a flying hyena, off toward the sunset. "That Ludwig," I think to myself. "He sure is one awesome dude."
I then realize my wallet is missing. And so is one of my kidneys.
[Via
Joystiq]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-28-2007 @ 6:41PM
wildweasel said...
Why does it say "Teen Adolescents" on the ESRB logo? Seems a little strange...
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6-28-2007 @ 6:44PM
Zachary Hinchliffe said...
Nintendo makes all of their boxarts multilingual now. Adolescents is the word for teens in another language. (spanish? french?)
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6-28-2007 @ 6:52PM
caffeineman315 said...
Phew....... Im glad it wasn't rated AO
that was a close one
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6-28-2007 @ 8:02PM
JC Fletcher said...
Three different Samuses? Why?
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6-29-2007 @ 2:26AM
icicle0424 said...
someone should become a screenplay writer, lol...
Fletcher, actually there are 37 different "samuses" (sami, btw) in this game (kidding)
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6-29-2007 @ 6:21AM
Fatass of Kickassness said...
@4
The first Samus is the real Samus, the second Samus is the corrupted mirror image of Samus, and the Samus at the top left of the box is Dark Samus/Metroid Prime.
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6-29-2007 @ 7:02AM
a.j. said...
Looks great. I know people are gonna bitch about it but I think the colors are great, it pops. If you were in line at a video game shop and saw that, you'd definitely give it a peep. Can't wait.
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6-29-2007 @ 8:19AM
theLoneYoshi said...
@ Double-0-Seven,
The "Adolescents" on the ESRB rating is actually from the French language rather than the English language. If you look under the "T" and "Content Rated By", you see "Contenu Evalue Par", which is in French.
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6-29-2007 @ 8:36AM
hvnlysoldr said...
Needs more cowbell.
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6-29-2007 @ 8:53AM
willbagner said...
It looks like Spiderman 3 ;)
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6-29-2007 @ 9:03AM
thrillho said...
damnit, i was hoping for wifi...
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6-29-2007 @ 9:51AM
sphetr2 said...
Is the box art confirmation for no wifi?
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6-29-2007 @ 9:57AM
Ed Bouverie said...
'The "Adolescents" on the ESRB rating is actually from the French language rather than the English language. If you look under the "T" and "Content Rated By", you see "Contenu Evalue Par", which is in French.'
True but the fact remains that adolescent is also an English word commonly used here in the Uk.
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6-29-2007 @ 11:25AM
Zachary Hinchliffe said...
Exactly. I'm not stupid, I know that the word "adolescents" is an English word too, but that's not why it's on the packaging. It's the French word for teenagers, so that's why it's there.
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6-29-2007 @ 11:31AM
flameofdoom666 said...
icicle0424,
"Fletcher, actually there are 37 different "samuses" (sami, btw) in this game (kidding)"
How can you correct someone and be wrong?
It would be Samus' (with the apostrophe after the last S. Take an English class before you correct people.)
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6-29-2007 @ 11:52AM
dave said...
Not entirely sure, but wouldn't Samus' indicate plural possession? I don't know a whole lot about this, but I think the other guy was correct with "Samuses" or "Sami".
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6-29-2007 @ 1:23PM
vidGuy said...
David was right - it just looks weird because it is an uncommon name.
"The AP and Chicago stylebooks are in agreement here; to form plurals of common nouns as well as proper names ending in "ch," "s," "sh," "ss," "x" and "z," add "es". Examples:
"the Martinezes" and "the Williamses"."
http://www.editpros.com/news0405.html
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6-29-2007 @ 1:24PM
vidGuy said...
Sorry that was JC that first had it right...
And that makes flameofdoom very funny to read right now.
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6-29-2007 @ 2:43PM
J said...
Samii (sorry)
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6-29-2007 @ 2:58PM
Sonic_13 said...
so awesome!
Aug. 20...I can't wait!
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6-29-2007 @ 4:09PM
drifter said...
what about samus arans (or aranes?)...she's got a last name.
On an important matter, i'm worried that there might not be any wi-fi, but then again it's not halo-like multiplayer we'll be missing.
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6-29-2007 @ 4:42PM
Mr Khan said...
I knew it
No WiFi
Now. Prove me wrong Nintendo!
Either way i don't care, i'm buying this...
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6-29-2007 @ 5:43PM
Gordon said...
prime 1 has the coolest box art butthis is OK, I guess this proves no online...
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6-29-2007 @ 10:01PM
Superpaperlooseleaf said...
i cant believe at gamestop to reserve this its 10 dollars and not 5!!!! o well im still getting it
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6-30-2007 @ 7:15AM
Ghen said...
So wait, you got slapped in the mouth twice, had extreme surgery preformed upon, and robbed? Was it as good for you as it was for me?
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6-30-2007 @ 9:11AM
Wiitard said...
SPIDERMAN 3
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6-30-2007 @ 10:24AM
drifter said...
the best boxart has been the NES metroid.
actually the one from metroid 2: return of samus looks pretty awesome compared to this one, but the retro cartoonish look of zero mission does it for me.
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7-01-2007 @ 1:49AM
Soiden said...
OMG This boxart rocks so much! Love the colors, love the Samus render. The only con I found is Dark Samus. It should be in a better place, not abandoned in a corner :(
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8-08-2007 @ 4:06AM
Double-0-Seven said...
LOL, David, you're such a geek.
At Zachary: "Adolescents" is actually a word in the English vocabulary, buddy. :D
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