Nintendo boxart MANIA! - Mario, Metroid, Zelda, etc.

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Let's all pull out our jaded sticks and criticize them about how they aren't 2D, artistic, Japanese, or look like the original NES versions. Here, I'll start!

Mario's just isn't very appealing. Boring and weird. I like the logo though, but it's a bit hard to read.

Animal Crossing's is nice and cute.

The Metroid Prime cover fucking rules. That's exactly how I thought it would be.

Mario Party 4's cover is my favorite. It fits with the game and shows all of the characters. Bowser's in it too, goddammit. Couldn't be more perfect.

Star Fox fits the game. Dramatic and full of action. Cheesy as hell, though.

I don't know what's going on in that Wario art. Sucks.

Zelda's art is nice. Dramatic and shoves the cel-shading right down your throat, as it should.

Your turn.

I like the Zelda one


And the WarioLand one


the rest are just ehhh


none of them are ugly though

I love Marios new logo!

And for some reason the Mario Party cover reminds me of jellybeans...

Alrighty then.
Mario's isn't bad. I would have hoped for more of a background though. I do like the logo.
Animal Crossing is good. Simple, very green and to the point.
Metroid is awesome. Perfect shot of Samus and a great logo.
Mario Party 4 is good. Has all the characters, which is a plus.
Star Fox looks cool. Nice action shot. I wanna play it!
Wario could be a lot better. Definitely the worst of the bunch in my eyes.
Zelda looks great! I like the image a lot.
Overall a thumbs up from me.

I have a hard time believing that the Mario Sunshine boxart will look like that in the end.

Too bland.

I like:

The Animal Crossing cover, Metroid Prime cover, Mario Party cover, and especially the Star Fox Adventures cover.

I think in the end the Zelda and Mario Sunshine cover will go through another change.

You have to be wearing the 3D glasses to get the full effect of the Mario cover. Your naked eyes have no understanding of the 3D-rama-vision that is encoded in that art.

the 3d glasses are still in place for Mario Sunshine?

sweet

Zelda has no subtitle? How about "The Legend of Zelda: The Weakest Link"? :p

Seriously, they're not all that bad, except for Wario's. But hey, if the games rock, screw the boxart. I just want to play my darn Gamecube.

I'm guessing that boat will be a big part in the new Zelda game...
I like the cover.

I like the Starfox cover the best. And I personally think that the Mario Sunshine cover looks like crap.

Mario: Mario's backpack handle looks like a dildo coming out of his arm pit. Would that make it a armdo? A dilpit?

Animal Crossing: Gay cover for a gay looking game. I'm sure all the fruity hippy types will eat it up.

Metroid Prime: This one looks classy. I'm sure the Japanese art will crush it, but it's still classy. BTW, if Samus' chest was as big as her shoulder armor, I'd be in love.

Mario Party: I really like this one. It represents all the characters, the coinage, and the colorfulness of the game.

Star Fox: Reminds me of a comic book cover. I like it. Since Rare is developing it, that cover may be the best part of the game...

Wario World: Why is there a toilet flushing in-between two Warios? Did Toad fall in again? Damn that guy...

Zelda: I am all for the removal of that forced gold crap on every Zelda game. This ship cover is a welcome change, even if it does look like the cover to a straight-to-VHS Disney movie.

"So jaded. You think that's where it's at, but is that where it's supposed to be?" -Aerosmith :D

Metroid's is alright, I kinda like it but it could've been better. It's a nice shot of her looking up and away, classic "adventure" pose. Doesn't beat her classic leaping action shot however, or even this pose. Still good, though.

Star Fox Adventures reminds me of a promo pic from a Saturday morning cartoon. Or, like TriForce said, a comic book cover. In either case, decent, but, as also mentioned before, quite cheesy.

Zelda's the best of the bunch. It shows off the look, something new, the launching of Link in a boat helps represent new adventure, and it looks nice. Good stuff there.

Animal Crossing is nice and simple. Doesn't really say anything about the game (it should have something), but it's a nice cover.

I like the Mario Sunshine cover. He's happy, he's pumping his
fist. . . do you want to see him happy and pumping his
fist at another angle or something? its fine.

Zelda's is great!

The only two I really have issues with are Mario and Wario. Maybe it's just me, but Mario just doesn't look like Mario. The logo is cool, but damn if the left hand side of the case isn't empty.

Wario...uh..yeah, I dunno.

None of those look to me like final product. Wario obviously needs TONS of work, SFA needs some clean-up, there's no way Mario is going to be so unbalanced on the shelf, Animal Crossing and Mario Party look just plain lame.

But Zelda and Metroid r0xx0r j00 b0xx0rz...

Those will all look nice on my shelf... except Mario Party... which will never enter my house.... unless I'm dead... no, I don't have a point...

Those boxes aren't final. nintendo just stuck them in there store at e3 to make it look like they have tons of games.

Metroid looks awesome but I'm sure they'll change it to look more action oriented, Mario looks cool but the blurry backround detracts from it, Zelda looks awesome it captures the adventure right, Starfox is good, Wario is ok and Mario Party is great.

Anything is better than the early NES boxarts with the huge black borders and pixellated character art. Well, almost anything.

They're all rather loveli, except for Wario World (which is just lame). Sunshine could use a little work too and I think the Mario Part 4 cover might change in the final game (it looks like they reused the promotional artwork from MP3).

Here's the cover art for Metroid Fusion, in case anyone cares:

http://www.classicgaming.com/mdb/m4/m4pkusf.jpg

interesting box art for fusion

when does fusion hit by the way i want it now :)

and where are you guys getting this from

Samus looks more like a super lame scuba diver than a badass action heroine. I would not be surprised if they change that one before the game is released

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Originally posted by wEEman33
Samus looks more like a super lame scuba diver than a badass action heroine. I would not be surprised if they change that one before the game is released

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I have a funny feeling that the main character of Metroid Fusion isn't Samus.

Just a hunch, though. I might be wrong.

when is fusion coming out cause i want the game bad

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Originally posted by wEEman33
Samus looks more like a super lame scuba diver than a badass action heroine. I would not be surprised if they change that one before the game is released

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Well, even if they change it, that's still what the main outfit looks like, so that's still what will be on the cover in some form.

According to Nintendo (the second is from their site):

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On her way to Planet SR388 with her exploration team, Samus's spaceship is attacked by an unidentified life form. Samus is mortally injured and loses consciousness. The life form attacks her and gnaws at her body -- it is a parasitic creature, the 'X.'

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Metroid Fusion also introduces the X species, which Samus is able to battle after she takes the Metroid vaccine.

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Sounds to me like she's still the main character.

Wow, looks like they made Mario look gayer than the Super mario 64 box.

All these boxes look so generic and not enough craziness going on with them. Either be really simple....aka Metal Gear box art.....or go insane...aka..Japanese Capcom vs. SNK 2 box art.

Mario Party looks good, though.

Mario Sunshine is ok, except for the weiner protruding from his armpit, like Yoshi mentioned. Mario Party 4's cover is great, great great great great great. Metroid is just standin' there..come on! Wario's is bleh..Animal Crossing's needs to zoom in some.

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