Japan isn't getting Metroid Prime 3: Corruption until March, but Nintendo is making up for it (in a gameplay-insignificant way) by releasing the game with a boxart that looks nothing like Sonic Adventure 2's. We're not complaining about the tri-Samused American boxart, just stating that the Japanese boxart is quite nice -- the kind of thing we wouldn't mind having on a poster. The color scheme is unique among Metroid games, as is the decision to feature some characters that aren't Samus.This (arbitrary) Boxart Victory is even sweeter for Japanese Nintendo fans, who have been subjected to some fairly rough Metroid Prime series boxarts.
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1-30-2008 @ 11:27AM
Jonathan Tran said...
Dammit that's about 8x better than the US boxart. Lame.
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1-30-2008 @ 12:07PM
Buntaro said...
Looks very good for an action game boxart.
But it also looks rather odd for a Metroid game, even when considering that Prime 3 was more of action game than any Metroid game before. The latter goes for the US/EU boxart as well.
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1-30-2008 @ 12:24PM
Co said...
I have this sinking feeling that this game will tank sales wise over there. Tank like a new 360 sku! ZING!
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1-30-2008 @ 12:27PM
vidGuy said...
I'm sure I am in the minority, but I prefer the US boxart... by a lot.
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1-30-2008 @ 12:44PM
Mr.Nitemare said...
i agree, this japanese boxart is the best that Japan has received from the Metroid series, however, i too enjoy the US boxart a bit more, it actually incorporates the theme of the game plus the japanese boxart gives me the feeling of pretty much the same cover as the first prime game with the other characters added into the background
1-30-2008 @ 2:32PM
Mr Khan said...
Plus it has more Samus
1-30-2008 @ 12:42PM
ssuk said...
I actually like the US/EU boxart better...
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1-30-2008 @ 12:42PM
Thomas said...
I actually think the Japanese box art is really ugly. The US box art matches the feel of Metroid a bit more I think.
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1-30-2008 @ 12:52PM
Admiral_Mike said...
God I hope theres a version of this with out the logos and writing. I printed off the other box art as a poster and it's pretty damn awesome.
For those of you who like it better than ours, you could just print this one off and slip it over the pic on the US/PAL box.
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1-30-2008 @ 1:04PM
xeleion said...
It's about time Japan got some nice Metroid box art instead of the absolute crap they've been receiving thus far. I don't mind taking an average one so they can get something awesome.
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1-30-2008 @ 1:38PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I don't know guys. It needs more Samus.
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1-30-2008 @ 1:46PM
chad said...
more cowbell
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1-30-2008 @ 4:18PM
seer said...
this is nice... i like the us one too
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1-30-2008 @ 5:12PM
ScoTT said...
I like the U.S. one better. The game centers much much more around Samus's struggle than the other hunters with the brief appearances of Dark Samus throughout. The U.S. box art reflects that better than the Japanese box art, in my opinion.
On a slightly different subject, I never knew that Japan hadn't gotten MP3C yet. It seems that Japan gets first dibs on big releases usually.
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1-30-2008 @ 11:45PM
angelbabe531 said...
The color is gorgeous! It'll definitely look great on a shelf. I don't like all the characters there though, it's not in the Metroid tradition. But I'm sure Japan will be happy simply because they will not be getting another zoomed in picture of only Samus on the cover. Lol, I thought the first 2 Japanese Prime covers looked like carbon copies of each other :P
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1-31-2008 @ 12:38AM
padgon said...
Yes this one, kick ass!
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