Metroid Prime 3 boxart revealed

by David Hinkle { Jun 29th 2007 at 2:01AM }

You know, I was sitting here and enjoying a nice bowl of oatmeal, when suddenly a small and frightening object came crashing into my office here at Wii Fanboy Estates. It was none other than Joystiq's Ludwig Kietzmann. "I have something for you, David," he said, shortly before slapping me in the mouth. As the universal Joystiq greeting, I felt obliged to return the gesture, but so hard was Ludwig's smack, I found myself on the floor before having time to react. Clearly, he had put some time in with the company.

"We've got Metroid Prime 3 boxart!" he said, slamming a sheet of paper down onto my ~~collection of milk crates I call a~~ desk. As I picked myself up off the ground and looked the sheet over, I stroked my chin in a manner that most people do when they're looking over a sheet of paper. "So ... what game is ...?" I ask, only to find myself slapped again before the last syllable escapes my mouth. Then, Ludwig jams another piece of paper in my face, one that shows off boxart for a certain Sega title called Sonic Adventure 2.

"We must warn the people!" he screamed, as he jumped out of the window like a flying rodent escaping a dark underworld. I wondered if he was dead (my office is on the 73rd floor), when just then I saw him atop a flying hyena, off toward the sunset. "That Ludwig," I think to myself. "He sure is one awesome dude."

I then realize my wallet is missing. And so is one of my kidneys.

Gallery: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: boxart, metroidprime, metroidprime3, mp3, nintendo, nintendowii, sega, sonic, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

wildweasel @ Jun 28th 2007 6:41PM

Why does it say "Teen Adolescents" on the ESRB logo? Seems a little strange...

Zachary Hinchliffe @ Jun 28th 2007 6:44PM

Nintendo makes all of their boxarts multilingual now. Adolescents is the word for teens in another language. (spanish? french?)

caffeineman315 @ Jun 28th 2007 6:52PM

Phew....... Im glad it wasn't rated AO
that was a close one

JC Fletcher @ Jun 28th 2007 8:02PM

Three different Samuses? Why?

icicle0424 @ Jun 29th 2007 2:26AM

someone should become a screenplay writer, lol...

Fletcher, actually there are 37 different "samuses" (sami, btw) in this game (kidding)

Fatass of Kickassness @ Jun 29th 2007 6:21AM

@4

The first Samus is the real Samus, the second Samus is the corrupted mirror image of Samus, and the Samus at the top left of the box is Dark Samus/Metroid Prime.

a.j. @ Jun 29th 2007 7:02AM

Looks great. I know people are gonna bitch about it but I think the colors are great, it pops. If you were in line at a video game shop and saw that, you'd definitely give it a peep. Can't wait.

theLoneYoshi @ Jun 29th 2007 8:19AM

@ Double-0-Seven,

The "Adolescents" on the ESRB rating is actually from the French language rather than the English language. If you look under the "T" and "Content Rated By", you see "Contenu Evalue Par", which is in French.

hvnlysoldr @ Jun 29th 2007 8:36AM

Needs more cowbell.

willbagner @ Jun 29th 2007 8:53AM

It looks like Spiderman 3 ;)

thrillho @ Jun 29th 2007 9:03AM

damnit, i was hoping for wifi...

sphetr2 @ Jun 29th 2007 9:51AM

Is the box art confirmation for no wifi?

Ed Bouverie @ Jun 29th 2007 9:57AM

'The "Adolescents" on the ESRB rating is actually from the French language rather than the English language. If you look under the "T" and "Content Rated By", you see "Contenu Evalue Par", which is in French.'

True but the fact remains that adolescent is also an English word commonly used here in the Uk.

Zachary Hinchliffe @ Jun 29th 2007 11:25AM

Exactly. I'm not stupid, I know that the word "adolescents" is an English word too, but that's not why it's on the packaging. It's the French word for teenagers, so that's why it's there.

flameofdoom666 @ Jun 29th 2007 11:31AM

icicle0424,

"Fletcher, actually there are 37 different "samuses" (sami, btw) in this game (kidding)"

How can you correct someone and be wrong?

It would be Samus' (with the apostrophe after the last S. Take an English class before you correct people.)

dave @ Jun 29th 2007 11:52AM

Not entirely sure, but wouldn't Samus' indicate plural possession? I don't know a whole lot about this, but I think the other guy was correct with "Samuses" or "Sami".

vidGuy @ Jun 29th 2007 1:23PM

David was right - it just looks weird because it is an uncommon name.

"The AP and Chicago stylebooks are in agreement here; to form plurals of common nouns as well as proper names ending in "ch," "s," "sh," "ss," "x" and "z," add "es". Examples:
"the Martinezes" and "the Williamses"."

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