[Hero of Legend]

This is one rare case of there being an official game with the ESRB on it to have a different box on it in two different locations, have a look:



Back:

http://i.minus.com/ib20z1VTEhnGoY.jpg

Inside and cart:

http://i.minus.com/iYAdt3oqmLYj8.jpg

Here's what we got:



Back for comparison:

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespo...72011_back.jpg

The cartridge is the same, as is the manual I think.

One other example I think might be Custom Robo for GC, I think Canada got the JP art, while the US got a more generic one just featuring the main robot?



Can Americans confirm that was their box?

As for Zelda, damn I'd love to get that, minus the green triangle on the back cover and obviously the SA label, it's exactly like a NA box. Looks way better than the actual NA box. :( It'd be a nice collector's item as well. :D

[Secret Fawful]

The custom-made cover I use right there. It really is far better.

[JonStark]

The golden box was a gift to early buyers in Europe.

[Supermanisdead]

They used that artwork for one of the months on this year's desk calendar. It's really amazing.

[Hero of Legend]

Shame there's no HQ print of it online. :'( Though someone could easily just tweak the EU box with the ESRB logo...

[Hot Coldman]

I'm pretty sure the Limited Edition cover that came with the Zelda 3DS in the UK had a reversible cover, so you could flip between gold cover and pretty Hyrule Field cover.

I love it.

[dc89]

I like the first box art posted in the OP!

[Het_Nkik]

Ah, slide the insert up a little! It's going to get damaged!

[tamaster92]

Pretty sure that's the art on the uk box I own

[polyh3dron]

WHY YOU NO RIKE US BOX

[hardcastlemccormick]

I saw that picture a lot for the promo materials. Pretty great.

[Wix]

Pretty sure that's the art on the uk box I own

Yup, thats the European box art.

[Hero of Legend]

Pretty sure that's the art on the uk box I own

Yeah it's the JP and EU cover, but the only way to get it with the ESRB logo is as shown above.

[JustAnotherOtaku]

That's the UK boxart too.

[tamaster92]

Yeah it's the JP and EU cover, but the only way to get it with the ESRB logo is as shown above.

Ah I see :)

[Canis lupus]

Same as the EU one.

[Dinosaur]

Yeah it's the JP and EU cover, but the only way to get it with the ESRB logo is as shown above.

Isn't no ESRB logo an improvement?

[Aquamarine]

WHY YOU NO RIKE US BOX

JAPAN BOX IS BEST BOX

[Dark-VIII]

I am living in Saudi Arabia and when the game was released i had the choice of getting one of the two as both were available here
i prefered the golden one and i wanted that club nintindo code to get the soundtrack cd and the other one didnt have it.

[Artemisia]

I don't understand why that was not the US box. Who the hell decided against it in favor of the one we have a now?

[timcsavage]

Pretty sure that's the art on the uk box I own

Ditto, it was a wallpaper from a Nintendo site to I think, I had it on my desk top for a while.

[Gospel]

One other example I think might be Custom Robo for GC, I think Canada got the JP art, while the US got a more generic one just featuring the main robot? Can Americans confirm that was their box?

My case has some comic panel looking things with cgi robos in each one. looks better than this one but not by much.

edit: yea, it looks like our US boxart is the same as the JP one. I hated the CG art craze last gen.

[Madao]

in which region is that version? or does it have its own region?

[Hero of Legend]

My case has some comic panel looking things with cgi robos in each one. looks better than this one but not by much. edit: yea, it looks like our US boxart is the same as the JP one. I hated the CG art craze last gen.

So it might've been a pre-release box then. Thanks. :) You got yours in a store in person right? Sometimes online stores ship Canadian versions which feature bilingual boxes.

[Gospel]

So it might've been a pre-release box then. Thanks. :) You got yours in a store in person right? Sometimes online stores ship Canadian versions which feature bilingual boxes.

Yup, from a store. I think it was an ebgames or something but it was so long ago that i'm not super sure.

[NickMitch]

My box had both covers. I just turned the paper and it was printed on both sides..one gold and one with riding link

[Chittagong]

Wait, other countries use ESRB too? I thought it was an US self regulating body