Maybe Echoes Didn't Sell So Badly After All...

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Andrew Mills

2006-01-26 05:05:23 pm

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Release date: 19th January

Released MONTHS ahead of the UK! (And if my UK Nintendo source is accurate, it may not hit the UK until June! Rolling Eyes

). They wait months for an inferior (Dark) Echoes so get Pinball before the bigger UK/European market? :?

I'm tempted to buy this (simply to get it all up on the site). I doubt there'll be any version differences at all (this isn't Retro we're talking about here you know!) ;) But I reckon there may be some subtle difficulty differences (packaging and manual aside).

Official Japanese MP:Pinball Site:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ap2j/

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UchihaSasuke

2006-01-26 05:41:29 pm

my umbrella goes directly to Bankai

that box looks better than the american one :o

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nate

2006-01-26 07:23:54 pm

君だけの

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it probably costs very little to release stuff like that in japan, even less than with "normal" metroid games, because of the very small amount of localization required. an american e.g. final fantasy v may have sold more here than metroid prime pinball will sell there, but it would have required a ton more localization to port. that's just the view from here, anyway. i could be totally wrong.

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arkarian

2006-01-27 09:12:41 am

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That box is totally kick ass. Japan always gets the best box art. ;(

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2006-01-27 12:45:50 pm

君だけの

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i really wonder, though, if it's just that people subconsciously respect japan, and consciously respect their box art following from that, unbeknownst to them that they don't "really" like it, at least not in an objective manner like they think they are liking it.

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arkarian

2006-01-27 03:39:35 pm

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Well, when I said "always", I didn't literally mean always. But...just look at the box! It's wayyy better than America's version, and I'd feel the same if that boxart were from the UK, Afghanistan, or Indonesia.

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2006-01-27 03:44:27 pm

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nature of subconscious bias means you can't say that without a scientific test.

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Dragonfangs

2006-01-27 04:51:24 pm

The grass is always greener on the other side

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2006-01-27 06:39:30 pm

君だけの

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that too.

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Supuh

2006-02-04 10:23:10 am

heh, i just got MPP, and it is a lot better than i expected. especially how i burst out laughing the first time i got a gunship multiball.

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Starblade

2006-02-04 12:48:47 pm

It would sure be nice if that Triclops would ever miss the hole once in a while when it picks me up.

At least I finally beat it. :D

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Yoshi348

2006-02-04 02:36:56 pm

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Ready and willing.

Ah yes, flickerbatting Triclops... v_v;

We're veering off topic here though.

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13M13

2006-02-05 01:56:00 am

l'appel du vide

The box art is a bit too "busy" for my ever-so-refined tastes.

;)

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SABERinBLUE

2006-02-05 05:09:34 am

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nate um.

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Supuh

2006-02-05 09:11:19 am

... even if i had that game, i still would be pissed at getting the bad box art

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2006-02-05 08:19:07 pm

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Ready and willing.

SABER: Because one example marks an entire blanket rule!

Quote from Supuh:

... even if i had that game, i still would be pissed at getting the bad box art

...huh?

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2006-02-05 09:03:51 pm

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Quote from Yoshi348:

Quote from Supuh:

... even if i had that game, i still would be pissed at getting the bad box art

...huh?

He most likely didn't mean to include the word "even", as that's what makes the sentence confusing.

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13M13

2006-02-05 09:30:08 pm

l'appel du vide

Oh! Oh! Lemme try.

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... even if i had [the Japanese] game, i still would be pissed at [the US] getting the bad box art.

Yeah...okay.

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Rox

2006-02-22 05:33:31 am

I live in the middle of everything. I buy European games which usually share the US boxart, as well as import Japanese games. And Japanese almost always have the best boxart.

A solid example would be MP: Echoes. Pinball another. Gradius V... Have you seen Gradius V? The American boxart is all "I have MORE detail! It's supposed to make me cooler!" But the details added just makes it look badly done.

... I could go on forever about that Gradius V box... For some reason, they added a glow around the title. Making it stick out more against the background, but making the "V" under there flow together with itself in an unnoticable fashion. The V shape is the most important part of the title, darnit! Then they added these off-center, miniature, RED lasers coming from the ship... they're big and blue in-game, and come from the sides of the ship, so why red from underneath, I don't know. Then they gave the Options circling the ship new swoosh-lines, making it look like, instead of circling the ship, they fly from exactly everywhere, to exactly everywhere else!

So minor, but so stupid...

I live in the middle of everything. I buy European games which usually share the US boxart, as well as import Japanese games. And Japanese almost always have the best boxart.

A solid example would be MP: Echoes. Pinball another. Gradius V... Have you seen Gradius V? The American boxart is all "I have MORE detail! It's supposed to make me cooler!" But the details added just makes it look badly done.

... I could go on forever about that Gradius V box... For some reason, they added a glow around the title. Making it stick out more against the background, but making the "V" under there flow together with itself in an unnoticable fashion. The V shape is the most important part of the title, darnit! Then they added these off-center, miniature, RED lasers coming from the ship... they're big and blue in-game, and come from the sides of the ship, so why red from underneath, I don't know. Then they gave the Options circling the ship new swoosh-lines, making it look like, instead of circling the ship, they fly from exactly everywhere, to exactly everywhere else!

So minor, but so stupid...

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SonicandTails218

2006-03-16 10:02:56 am

Original Megaman US Box art. I shall say no more.