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[playingwithfire]

Why are Nintendo of America always trying to find ways to undermine awesome box art?

 

[boyshine]

Well... The good news is that I have ZombiU which will look perfect with this red case.

Smart. I have a blue case in reserve after getting the Rayman Legends steelbook cover, so if NoE decide to do the same, I'll just use that one. But... are they not doing a Wii Wheel bundle? It's sold just solus? That'll seriously affect sales. Don't they understand how the "toy factor" of the Wii Wheel is a huge part of the Mario Kart Wii success?

 

[Currygan]

The 8 needs to be red as well. Still pretty gross looking though.

damn now I wish red was the chosen colour for WiiU boxarts

 

[Keyouta]

Who came up with the idea to use clashing colours? Why not just, like in this thread, make the banner at the top red, or just keep it blue?

 

[perfectchaos007]

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/RCjxReZwSFsFfyaXGGxYdozPmEqZOkwq

Umm, random? Shame they didn't make the banner red if that's the... case.

Wii U's first game in the line of Greatest Hitz titles?

 

[MisterHero]

oh noez the box is red

quick tell noa their art is upside down too

NO FUN ALLOWED

 

[jblank83]

I like it.

 

[Amazeballs]

Maybe they're trying to keep the red and blue motif of Mario's kart consistent throughout the box.

Looks terrible though.

 

[MasterOfPuppets]

Great, my shelf will now be ruined.

This. Looks like I'll be buying a spare blue case.

 

[2spooky4me]

Case is red.

Banner is blue.

Bowser and Luigi are driving the wrong direction.

I don't want to live on this wurld anymore.

 

[AzaK]

That'll save the Wii U for sure.

 

[zroid]

The 8 needs to be red as well. Still pretty gross looking though.

ya blew it, Nintendo

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Did we ever confirm if this case color is true? Im gonna go ahead and assume so because these are also the cases gamestop had on advertising when I went today.

 

[Isotope]

Did we ever confirm if this case color is true? Im gonna go ahead and assume so because these are also the cases gamestop had on advertising when I went today.

The demo kiosks at Best Buy had Mario Kart 8 in a red case too (No demo available; just a trailer). Ir's more or less confirmed I'd say.

 

[NandN3DS]

That clashes horribly with the label. Give me back my baby blue case.

 

[Parapraxis]

damn now I wish red was the chosen colour for WiiU boxarts

But red is known as an eye-catch colour, Nintendo will be havin' none of that!

 

[soulassssns]

cool?

going digital anyway.

 

[Hip Hop]

cool?

going digital anyway.

booooo....

 

[1000 Branches]

I just want to say, this is probably the worst aesthetic decision of all time.

 

[Nudull]

Why didn't Nintendo do this with NSMB U and 3D World, then?

 

[VanWinkle]

Forgot about this. Argh. Going to drive me crazy with my OCD about my game cases all looking the same. I have one PS3 Greatest Hits game with a red case and it drives me MAD.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

It doesn't look great but if I have to find a silver lining in it, it's the game SHOULD stand on its own because it looks so fucking good.

 

[blame space]

I just want to say, this is probably the worst aesthetic decision of all time.

yeah this is definitely top 5 worst aesthetic decisions in history

 

[1000 Branches]

yeah this is definitely top 5 worst aesthetic decisions in history

Dude, your tag is amazing lol

 

[Meohsix]

I'm not sure Nintendo even knows what color case it's coming in.
in the email NOA just sent me, it shows it in the normal blue case.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I'm not sure Nintendo even knows what color case it's coming in.
in the email NOA just sent me, it shows it in the normal blue case.

Maybe the red ones are only for the bundle?

 

[Zen_Arcade]

They should just change the label to white or black and have various box colors for different games.

 

[Solid SOAP]

Red case doesn't look so hot... not that I really care of course. I just don't understand why they did it haha

 

[illadelph]

My slapped together edit:

I'm cool with this