While it doesn’t change the fact the 3DS’ Japanese box art template is disappointingly plain, it does at least look a little classier than the stark white border running down the front of the box on most other cases.
On the Wii, the black box art template (as in, the Wii-branded graphic was used for all games that earned a “CERO C” (the equivalent of “teen” or “M15″) rating or above. The first game spotted sporting the same colour scheme on 3DS is Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell 3D.
[via Siliconera]
oggob
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 8:38 AMI can see Nintendo trying something good here, but seriously there is a rating on the box for a reason.
If someone is stupid enough to ignore that, then they fail at life.
LordLeckie
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 2:53 PMIts more than that it works from a marketing perspective too in differentiation of product by giving adult games a nice new visual look.
Sure the rating is still the main thing but otherwise its a much larger and more obvious visual cue.