Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Metroid Prime Remastered

Very close, I like both... but I think fancy space colours means Japan * just* takes it

EU/NA wins for me. With the EU/NA you have Samus standing stoically in the foreground looking ahead. Showing that despite her hardships, she's ready to face whatever may lie ahead.

The colors of the background are dark and bleak, depicting a depressing atmosphere. Whilst Samus' bright suit a ray of hope piercing it's light into the thickened darkness.

It's simplified, sleek, and clean. Hinting to the player that this may be your biggest adventure yet.

I voted Japan, cause at least somethings happening in it

Easily Japan, it’s more colourful and dynamic.

I mean it’s Samus aRAN not Samus aSTOOD right?

@Father-Noo Can't say I like it much. Japans box art feels like amateur Photoshop whilst the NA box is clean and simple.

I voted US/EU because the Japanese one doesn’t convey the dark nature of the game.

@NintendoWife Yeah, but the second box art makes looks she's been stranded in space. So more like Samus aFLOAT or Samus aDRIFT.

had they not framed the Japanese one so that Samus was cut off by the frame, I'd say it's equally good. I think I would. I don't really know because it's not what happened.

The North American/European box art is simple but effective.

EU/NA is a bit dull and the colours on the japanese one are all over the place. Quite literally.

Best game ever though and already downloaded so can't bother with the cover art 🤗

Honestly they’re both really good! I ended up voting Europe just for the nostalgia it has for me.

Tbh the western cover looks much more like the game: A bit too depressing, for my personal taste (!). So in the end it’s a more truthful advertising for the actual product. Will give Prime another try once the physical edition arrives, but back then I didn’t enjoy it (mostly because I don’t like FPS and moody things). I did however enjoy Other M. Not kidding And Dread too.

Both of these are great, but I like the western version just a bit more because Samus is just a little too close in the Japanese version. Can't go wrong either way though.

@NintendoWife You enjoyed other M and you dare say it out loud? In the words of Gandalf "Run you fools!"

The Japan cover is a little too colorful, and she's a little too close, it feels a little claustrophobic and doesn't set the right tone for the game (which is odd to say considering it's often a claustrophobic game). I'll take the stoic pose in a moody hallway.

It’s close for me, but JP, I love the background colors more, and I love the pose more, again both are amazing, it’s so close.

The original cover & pose for NA is too iconic for me, so it gets my vote. Also it's a 50-50 split at the time of my vote, I've never seen that on a box art brawl poll!

Kind of looks like Europe/Not Applicable.

The NA one is more iconic I think, so I gotta go with that one

Even though I like the dynamic pose for Japan more, the NA version is too iconic for me personally to vote against.

I voted Japan I like that version more.

I like both but what I DONT like about JP’s is that Samus looks like she’s a rapper and it’s some kind of music video shot. It’s a weird pose but I love the colors.

Oof...I'm honestly torn. On one hand, I like the more action-packed pose and general cover design for Japan. On the other, the NA/EU background is better....

Finally went with Japan. Results are tied as of this writing!

@ChromaticDracula She looks like she's floating in space and at best facing some kind of giant boss. lol rapper is a far out there pick.

I like the Japan one more.

Japanese easily. Samus in a more interesting pose, more dynamic colour range... the Europe/NA box is just a lot more dull and static, and its much less interesting as a result.

@NintendoWife, @Dom_31 I fully agree. I bought Other M new for cheap off Amazon several years ago (~$7) and actually enjoyed my time with the game. Sure, some of the story bits were cringe or not well developed enough (Would've loved if they expanded on some characters, like Anthony) and how "upgrades" were handled was bleh, but I had a lot of fun with the exploration, boss fights, and gameplay. The game also had my favorite version of the main Metroid theme until Metroid Dread came along.

Sure, it's a weaker Metroid game - which I think I can safely say having tried and beaten most series entries outside of Federation Force and the pinball spinoff - but it's still worth someone's time if they go in with an open mind.

I like both quite a bit, but the colors on the Japan art edge It out ahead for me

I have always liked both original covers, but for some reason I really like the Japanese take more for the remaster.

They're both pretty good, but I think I'll have to give the slight edge to the US box. While her pose is more basic, I like that it does a bit of a better job placing you in the world itself.

NA is the winner, is just too iconic. I still remember the first time I saw the cover for this game, 20 years ago. My first GameCube game.

Both are good but Japan’s is more dynamic. I’m surprised at the near 50/50 split of this one.

@MH4 Why surprised though? Half the people prefer one over the other. That's what we call a personal preference.

I do like that the Remastered box arts are recreations of the originals. However, I'm not such a huge fan of the western one looking like the lights were turned off in the hall.

In the original version I voted Japan because it acknowledged the developer on the front, but now it doesn't. Granted that's probably because the size of Switch game boxes. Anyway, I'll vote Japan again, just to be consistent with my vote of the original versions.

For anyone interested, here's the Box Art Brawl of the original versions:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/07/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-metroid-prime

EDIT: One thing I wonder is why the game is now rated CERO B in Japan, just like Prime 2 and 3. The GC original and the Wii version were both rated CERO A. Is there anything different this time (particularly in the Japanese version) to give it that rating?

Team Japan for me.

It was the Jpn version of the game I played years ago, so that’s where my nostalgia lies. I was going to import from Japan just for that cover alone, but for some reason Amazon Jp didn’t have it listed yet.
After a little deliberation, I just decided to preorder the NA version for the convenience and to support my local game shop.

Not much of a compromise, I’d say, bc the NA cover is still very cool.

@HammerGalladeBro Wow, the old JP box art looks better than the new one. Seems brightness setting can make all the difference.

I think the american version is a better representation of the game but the japan one is a bit better designed

The stupid shoulder balls on Samus' suit are slightly covered up with the weird target thing on the Japanese release, so that's a win.

The European and North American one is more atmospheric. Samus taking in her environment looks better than her just in a void.

Again love em both to be honest, but if I had to choose the Japanese version wins !!

I vote NA/Eu because of THE DOOR in the background

They're both... fine. At first I leaned towards Japan, but it's awfully busy. I feel they went a bit overboard. Decided to go with NA/EU because I like the actual background.

I like them both. I just want to hold it in my hands. C' mon 2-22

@HammerGalladeBro Hah, I had to look up the Japanese boxes to see that for myself! Maybe they re-rated it because they thought an A rating was crazy. (Aren't these games a bit violent or scary for a typical 6-year-old?)

The ESRB, also, has raised some age ratings without the game itself being changed- either they became aware of something that was missed the first time, or the reviewers had stricter standards the second time around. (IIRC, Soul Reaver and one of the Shantae games had their ratings bumped up by one without any alterations to the game, while a few other titles have had the rating change upon being remade/remastered/compiled.)

EDIT: Forgot to mention the obvious one: GTA San Andreas!

Maybe it's just a me thing, but Samus's forward foot on the NA/EU cover looks just slightly off. To me her foot doesn't read as being flat on the ground. It's like she's got a rock in her boot and doesn't want to put any weight on her heel....

NA box art is timeless.

The JP box art comes off as amateur, something you'd see on a GameCube or Wii box art.

And I'm just over that sort of amateur hour stuff. I like clean and timeless.

I had to think about this one a bit because both are good. I voted for the western cover in the end. I prefer the heroic pose of Samus and the proper backround. For me the lack of a background hurts the dynamic pose of the Japanese cover. I also didn't think the visor reticle adds anything of value, and it also doesn't make sense. Samus is using the visor, not me. But that could work as a concept, but I don't think it's effective here.

Very tough. I like them equally but went with Japanese in the end…

@Dom_31 @NintendoWife Boyohboy is it time for an Other M discussion?

Gotta go with Japan. It's sleek.

The North American release on Gamecube had the NA cover art for the box and the JP cover art for the instruction manual (only the replaced the claustrophobic interior with a space background). I would have preferred something completely different, but vote for the repeat of the original cover art.

NA Instruction Manual: https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/GCN_Metroid_Prime.pdf

I prefer the dynamism of Japan’s cover, but I don’t like how they cropped the photo. And the EU/NA is still a decent cover, so gets my vote.

50% as of my comment, wow! I like the traditional NA one, but that JP is sexy to me.

I usually go with local when I like both equally. They're as good as each other in my opinion. Looking forward to picking this up in a few weeks.

At the time of this comment it was 50/50

It’s a real shame that the home screen icon for Metroid Prime Remastered is so plain and doesn’t reflect the box art whatsoever 😕

Super torn on this one. I like the colorful nature of Japanese, but I prefer the more regal stance of NA.

Such a close brawl so far!
What does the inside art look like? Are they the same?

Fingers crossed for a two sided cover

It's basically just the original artwork, but with an updated color scheme. Granted, I'm used to the NA version, since I am from NA, but both are great in their own way.

Both look like poo, so both are losers to me. (Altho, I just hate 3D Metroid in general.)

Wow. Real close one this week. Gone for the Japanese one but there both close.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 47

Japan: 52

North America: 57

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Well now we know that both cover arts are included, with it being reversible. What if the closeness of this very poll caused Nintendo to do that?

@Fangleman32

How can you not like the Japan version? She has both the Varia and the Gravity suits!

Forget about action. The Japanese cover gets my vote for being so much more colorful.