Metroid Prime Remastered Physical Switch Release Has Reversible Cover Art

Cool, was always going to get it anyway though

That one is a lot nicer. Might be the first time I actually use a reversible cover.

They really went above and beyond for this remaster didn't they!
Metroid Prime absolutely deserves this much care and attention.

...Meanwhile, I didn't even GET a plastic case with my Symphonia Remastered - the steelbook edition literally comes inside the steelbook and they don't bother giving you the regular case lol.

I never had a GameCube since that's the dark ages of my life where I took like four or five years off of playing games but I am loving the hell out of this game. I bought a digitally and I'm absolutely going to buy a physical copy to keep that in my physical collection. I hope they release the second and third game soon. I do want to play all three of them before prime 4 comes out. Hopefully this game sells enough to make Nintendo really commit to releasing prime two and three this year.

@Synplex I think this was in the works for quite some time so I doubt the other 2 games in the series will release so soon. I am definitely getting this cart and will get the others if they release on Switch though. This remaster is amazing.

Mr. Doolan and Nintendo Life more articles highlighting the inside box art of Switch games please and thank you. Maybe a list featuring the best inside art someday?

Hopefully for Japan, it will have the western cover as the reversible one.

Nice, can't wait til mine arrive.

Metroid Prime Remastered really is one of Nintendo's best games ever.

Just waiting on my copy to arrive. Not sure what the heck is going on with the Amazon pre-orders.

@EarthboundBenjy do you really need two cases for one cart? I got two for Skyward Sword and don't see the point.

@Jacoby great idea, could also highlight the few games that came with a manual like Deathsmiles 1&2 (plus art cards).

Nice, best of both world. Still waiting for my physical copy to arrive 😃

I wonder if anyone imported the game to get the alternate box art and is feeling like a sucker right now.

@Synplex I'm glad you're now in a place where you can play games again.

@andyg1412 Switch games with manuals?!! I would like to know more about that.

@Jacoby

rune factory 5 also came with a nice little manual :0)

@andyg1412 @EarthboundBenjy

this is a thing? I haven't bought a game in a steel case in a long while, admittedly, but ive never seen one come with the plastic case, too.

personally it would bother me to have an extra, empty case in my collection. takes up space, yet I'm obligated to care for it now because collectable.

@-wc- I have the steelbooks for Mario 3D World/Bowser's Fury, FF7 Crisis Core, Skyward Sword, Shin Megami Tensei V, Fire Emblem Engage, and Xenoblade 3. Apart from Xenoblade 3 (which didn't come with a game at all), all of these special editions came with the regular plastic game case as well.
...Except for Symphonia, which only has the steelbook case and no plastic case, which leaves it very much as an odd-one-out on my shelf.
I'm honestly wishing I just got the standard edition tbh, since the only other things that came with Symphonia are some stickers and a few cards that show stills of the intro animation. It was absolutely not worth it.

well, thanks for filling me in!

ultimately, I think the standard edition of whatever the media is is the coolest and most essential version, into the future. unless the special one is really something special.

@andyg1412 I think the idea is that you have the steelbook if you want to display it separately or the regular if you want to display it in a collection. That way you get options. Or that you don't lose out on the original art by also getting the upgraded package.

@andyg1412 @Jacoby Perhaps also games that come with soundtracks like the Ori games.

This news is the cherry on top of a good day!
@KayFiOS that was almost me! I originally owned the Japanese version of Prime and wanted that box art so much I almost spent more to import the remaster from Japan. I relented to save $$ and shop local, but happy coincidence I’ll get the art anyway! 😄

Damn.. psvr 2 and metroid prime for me next weekend. Will be one hell of a weekend

@Anachronism I agree, I like the reversed cover better

@LikelySatan they will release all of them before 4

@Synplex Dark past huh... intriguing?...

That's awesome! Can this become an industry standard, please?

That's nice, but from the headline I guessed it would be the GameCube cover, which would have been cool.

this must be seriously one of the best remaster ever made. dedicated to the game itself, and yet so much better.

look, i am an objective gamer, not bounded to brands, but this game and console man....

Love it. Now I want 2 and 3 remastered even more. I can't help but love a remastered game, because I know that (when done correctly) the game won't disappoint as many new games do. Just take my money, Nintendo.

@EarthboundBenjy : The only other example of that I can think of (because it’s in my collection) is Smash Ultimate, and it really bugged me that the standard case wasn’t included as virtually every other Steelbook release includes the standard plastic case as well. The Smash Steelbook also sucked, which made me yearn for the standard case.

I like the Japanese cover and all, but I generally strongly dislike reversible covers as they often don’t include information about the game on the rear (as seen above). I understand that a lot of people don’t like them, but the absence of classification symbols also bothers me a little, at least where local releases are concerned (for imports, I would overwhelmingly prefer to be no rating symbols at all, followed by ESRB, which are perhaps the least ugly).

Pleased! I thought we'd miss out (Western physical)

I prefer the classic box art

Reminds me of the version of Sonic Mania Plus I have on PS4, it has a reversible cover that makes it look like a Genesis game.

How are people already getting this? I ordered right after the stream and it got delayed until end of March.

Would be nice if I could actually get this before April.

Nice. I will only be picking this one up if I can snag the physical. I never spent much time with this game when I was younger since I wasn't too big into Metroidvania games. My tastes have changed since then, and just a couple weeks ago I completed Super Metroid for the first time. I also beat Metroid Fusion a few years back. But this would be first experience going through Metroid Prime fully on my own. I am honestly pretty eager to play it and support Nintendo's excellent remaster so we can get more games from their archives remastered at this level.

If only there was an option to flip the games utterly mediocre home screen icon – literally the ONLY thing I didn’t like about the entire game. Well, apart from omitting certain staff from the credits, I guess.

@NintendoByNature They really botched the physical preorder for this game, i.e. changing release dates, selling out quickly, extended month long delays....I've never seen anything like this ever.

@Bizzyb for sure. I can't for the life of me understand why nintendo did what they did with this.

That is a nice touch!

@Bizzyb Huh, is that an NOA problem? Here in Europe it seems to be available no problem from all shops.

Generally I think Nintendo (like every game company) would love everyone to "buy digital already, ffs", because the margin is so much higher obviously. No manufacturing, no price drops, no logistics, no overstock, no second-hand market. Hence the inconveniences with some physical releases, nudge nudge. But we refuse to 🤓

@EarthboundBenjy unfortunately the Metroid Dread Collector’s Edition was this way. Awesome steel book but you do not get the regular case with it.

@NintendoWife yes, unfortunately here in the U.S. the physical version has been an....experience, trying to obtain. There are some people that preordered instantly but will have to wait until late March or early April because reasons.

I suspect many companies are hoping they can get people to double dip by having staggered digital and physical releases (or just increase habits in digital purchasing)

Nice! I was actually debating buying the Japanese version to get that cover, but decided not to when it was 10 bucks more. Can't wait for my copy to arrive!

That's nice to see! After seeing the Japanese cover online and liking that more.