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The 3DS gameboxes are pretty awesome
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Metroid Hunter
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Nintendogs+Cats, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Metal Gear Solid
... all in Japan only and sometimes EU.
... all in Japan only and sometimes EU.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
only in Japan as of now
slaughterking
Member
Mario 3D Land has a picture on the inside that matches the holes. Can't find a picture, though.
They haven't been, but it looks like they finally got the memo for Kid Icarus.
Infernal Monkey
Member
The rare occurrence of doing something fancy is cool, but I'm not a fan of the cases themselves. They feel kind of cheap and shitty. Plus the sleeve can get dented thanks to all the speed holes. The thicker Euro cases are slightly better.
BruiserBear
Banned
I love that kind of thing. Treating certain parts of the world as less worthy of such thngs.Nintendogs+Cats, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Metal Gear Solid
... all in Japan only and sometimes EU.
I can still remember how all Japanese Dreamcast games came with nice color manuals. In the U.S all we ever got were cheap black and white.
They're still thicker here in Europe? I thought that was only for the DS.
Anyway, I also like that they look more or less like a half-sized wii game box.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I like how skinny they are.
The PAL DS boxes were like twice the thickness for no reason at all.
The PAL DS boxes were like twice the thickness for no reason at all.
I'm pretty sure it's only for the DS. My American DS games usually come in black boxes which are marginally thicker than 3DS boxes. European DS boxes are pretty chunky though.
Gotta have room for that multilingual manual in 15 languages and don't forget DAT GBA CART HOLDER!... that I never used xD
Infernal Monkey
Member
Yep, just slightly. Europe's 3DS cases are the same thickness as the regular American/Japanese DS cases. Which kind of makes me wonder why Nintendo bothered with those ultra thick clear Euro DS cases...
Yeah it's awesome. And if you look on the whole inside cover, there are actually more pictures than the ones that are visible through the holes as well.
@Infernal Monkey: huh, that's interesting. Are euro Wii boxes also thicker then? Because I'm pretty sure the 3DS game boxes I have are exactly as thick as the wii boxes I have.
Yeah. The Japanese one is pretty much like that but with a blue box (Mario Kart has a red one).
I was just about to post these myself, but here's the full art (sorry for crappy phone pic)
The RE:R one is quite nice too, with the blood stain stretching across the inside cover
More Euro than PAL. In Australia we only get chunky boxes if when the publisher is too cheap to print Aus specific boxes. When we do get the latter, they're the same slim boxes the US and Japan gets.
The same is true for 3DS. The Euro boxes are a little thicker then the international ones though not quite as drastic a difference as difference.
Azure Phoenix
Member
Nintendo and Sony have always done that to Europe to some extent, whereas America always gets nice logos and backgrounds on the spines we get a plain white background with the game title in a generic font. Sony is probably the worst offender as they give us a colour spine with plain text which looks awful.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Anyone have a picture of the Euro 3DS and NTSC 3DS game boxes side by side?
Didn't realise the Euro ones are still a bit thicker.
Didn't realise the Euro ones are still a bit thicker.
I was just about to post these myself, but here's the full art (sorry for crappy phone pic)
The RE:R one is quite nice too, with the blood stain stretching across the inside cover
Highly quality scans, or images of these would be nice so NA sufferers could have them.
toythatkills
Member
Not Dreamcast, but I still hate Capcom for what they did to the Okami manual on Wii.
EDIT: Actually, not Wii, PS2.
What did they do?
@Nosgoroth: You need more light
Just shine a lamp on whatever you take photos of and the ISO level will probably automatically go down, producing less noise.
toythatkills
Member
What did they do?
I can't find pictures of it, unfortunately.
But Okami, as you probably know, is a game that is so much about its aesthetic. The Japanese manual was a beautiful thing, full of colour and gorgeous art and printed on really nice paper that made it feel almost like part of the game.
The US manual was a shit black and white thing, which was so far removed from the feel of the game that it should have been banned.
toythatkills
Member
Actually, here, found some photos of the Japanese manual. Have a look at these and weep at what the US got.
It is an actual work of art.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Might just be me but Nintendo seem to have stepped it up in box art too.
All of my 3DS games each have nice covers.
All of my 3DS games each have nice covers.
Actually, here, found some photos of the Japanese manual. Have a look at these and weep at what the US got.
It is an actual work of art.
The UK manual was nothing like this iirc, fortunately the Okami artbook translated buy Udon meant I have not missed out on any of the beautiful artwork..
farscape82
Member
Here are my euro boxes, that have inside covers.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
This thread is just a confirmation of how inferior Nintendo Of America became.
Could you take a photo of MGS3' inside cover?
Here are my euro boxes, that have inside covers.
I might pick up Starfox 3D now thanks to this
comedy bomb
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This is how you do environmentally friendly cases.
not this
If they really wanted to cut down on plastic, disc cases should be the size of 3DS cases and 3DS cases would be super tiny.
lol, I'd love to see the manuals for such a case. It would be like one of those really tiny comic books that you basically need a magnifying glass to read. But it would be so cute! xD
Diablohead
Member
Nintendo should make a game that uses a code from the box in those squares, like MGS codec for meryl lol.
This is how you do environmentally friendly cases.
not this
Those things piss me right the fuck off. "Bugger protecting your disc and paper sleeve, we've got green groups to appease!".
For every 'environmental' 360 case I receive from the US, I put one aluminium can in the regular garbage bin instead of the recycling one and club several endangered baby seals.
I might pick up Starfox 3D now thanks to this
Seriously. That alone makes me want to get it. Nice little touch.