I am doing some kind of research about those "Wii" leaflets that were inserted alongside with manuals in many first-party games. I wasn't be able to track their changes during Wii lifespan because I had no Wii, so I have to do it post factum.
As far as I noticed, there is three kinds of Wii inserts, at least in PAL regions.
The first one has stock image of a white Wii and mention launch titles and "upcoming games" (interestingly, it mentions Project H.A.M.M.E.R). All copyrights are circa 2006, and I've found this leaflet in the launch-day edition of TLoZ: Twilight Princess (with red Nintendo logo), so I suppose it's the first edition of the leaflet. http://imgur.com/a/JHHC0#0
The second one has an image of a dude playing Wii and "P-RVL-EUR-1" code. Copyrights are 2006-2007, and the back cover has giant symbols of Wii Remote and Nunchuk. I've found it in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. http://imgur.com/a/JHHC0#2
The third one has images of white and black Wii, 2011 copyrights and "P-RVL-EUR-15" code. It was found in TLoZ: Skyward Sword. I think it's the last one, but I am not sure since I do not have any Wii games from 2012. http://imgur.com/a/JHHC0#4
Is there any other leaflets in PAL region that I missed? Is there some sort of list of games with these leaflets included? I often buy used games and I want to know that my copies have every single printed material.
That's strange, my copy of SSBB has P-RVL-EUR-3, with the same dude design as P-RVL-EUR-1 but different selection of games and 2008 copyrights. And I really missed a lot of inserts with the same design but different game selection. I think I need to research this topic more thoroughly. Anyway, thanks for the information! Now I'm going to make some sort of table describing these inserts (I promise to post it here).
Okay, I made a spreadsheet and it seems that we have a lot of interesting data. There is, eventually, four main designs, the one I didn't mention is the one with a guy and a girl (P-RVL-EUR-7). Besides, we have two types of inserts that are identical to each other but have different codes and barcodes. Sadly there is a lot of missing data, but at least it's something.
EDIT: Also note that some of these were bought in Scandinavia with at least the case cover being different from those sold in the UK.
That's OK - as you can see, I have a lot of Russian-localized editions. Could you provide me regional codes for your covers? They are located on the back, right above the barcode, as part of a general product code (for example, in the code "RVL-RZDP-UKV" regional code is "-UKV").
How do -5 and -6 leaflets look? Are their designs the same as the one of the -1 leaflet, or they share the same "guy and a girl" design from -10? And it would be cool if you provide me a barcode for unnumbered Wii Fit leablet.
Also - I believe that it might be legit insert in your Go Vacation case - I have one in Zack & Wiki, which is a Capcom game.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: P-RVL-EUR-3
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption: Unmarked
Super Mario Galaxy: Unmarked
Pokémon Battle Revolution: Unmarked
Mario Kart Wii: P-RVL-EUR-3
Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City (Nintendo Selects): P-RVL-EUR-13
Pikmin (New Play Control!): P-RVL-EUR-5
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: P-RVL-EUR-17
Super Mario Galaxy 2: P-RVL-EUR-11
Metroid: Other M: P-RVL-EUR-11
Donkey Kong Country: Returns (Nintendo Selects): P-RVL-EUR-17
Kirby's Epic Yarn: P-RVL-EUR-13
Xenoblade Chronicles: P-RVL-EUR-13 (used game)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Special Edition): P-RVL-EUR-14
The Last Story: P-RVL-EUR-15
Pandora's Tower: P-RVL-EUR-16
There you go. These leaflets are only in the first party games, right? I haven't checked all the third party games. My Pikmin 2 is of Australian origin and doesn't have the leaflet. If there's anything more you need to know, just let me know.
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Apparantly some Capcom games are published by themselves, but distributed by Nintendo...
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