Metroid Prime Remastered Switch Box Art Unveiled, Here's A Look

Japan's is better but both are nice. So happy this was true. 😍

why the japanese box art of the remaster of Metroid Prime is similar to Metroid Prime 2?

Looks good. I'll add it to my physical collection later this month.

@Giancarlothomaz i notice the same thing, weird it almost looks like MP2 echoes

Yeah, I'll just hold off until the physical release later this month. Got the trilogy on Wii U digitally, so going physical for the remaster this time.

I'm purchasing both digital and physical. Also, that box art is lovely

I like how they put the effort in to recreate the U.S box art for the U.S release and the japanese for tje JPN release. For Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe and Skyward Sword HD for example they just used the og JPN box art worldwide

@EVIL-C I guess we all know which will win the Boxart Brawl.

Digital here. Game looks amazing. Considering this shadow dropped, I think it’s a good sign that MP4 is progressing nicely and they’ll be ready to show us something in the next year. Nintendo has been sitting on this for a while and was waiting for the right time to let it loose.

Looks pretty nice, though the japanese box is cooler. Most of my Metroid games are digital on the 3DS and Wii U, so I'd like to add this to my physical collection.

Should be an option for digital and physical because some like me are borderline insane and are buying both.

I’ll grab the physical. It’s not even that far off either.

This should be the next Sunday Box Art Brawl!

I’ll get it digitally like I do all Switch games.

Won’t be till next month though. I’m trying to finish up Tales of Arise on PS5 before I buy anything else.

I do love the recreation of the OG NA box art though. I remember the day I was gifted Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion. My mom got them both for me for Christmas of 2002. Typically speaking I was only gifted stuff at Christmas. For the rest of the year I had an allowance from working with my granddad.

Needless to say, I knew my way around a tractor and farm pickup when I was 9 years old. I learned how to drive on an old Diesel Ford and a 87 Toyota Hilux with a 4 speed. Probably why I still drive a manual to this day.

But it was good work and it provided the money for my video game habit.

@Horace this game has been remastered and it looks like so incredibly much more work has been put into the remaster than some simple hd visual upscaling.

You can’t emulate this.

Which is why for the first time in my life I‘ll buy a remaster for a game which I already own (not counting mario bros all-stars for the snes).

Metroid Prime is a game that can easily be played in short periods, so I'm getting the eShop version. (already have; and I love how it looks on the Switch OLED and the control options are great)

@StarPoint THIS is was Nintendo is wishing for: Fans ordering both digital and physical versions. So they reach 5m sales.

Metroid is the only series I buy physical only.

getting the physical edition.

Box art is almost the same as original. Iconic. I'm definitely getting a physical copy.

Also really disappointed there is No Metroid Prime Trilogy which was already on the Wii!!!!!

Always physical when possible, and my Trilogy version will be listed on a well known auction site later today. Fingers crossed 2 and 3 get the same treatment.

But why can’t you say, “here’s the UK/EU version, the US version is the same”.? 🙄

Hoping we get the rest of the trilogy before Prime 4.

Dude I kinda want a Japanese import just for the box art!

@ChromaticDracula same here, was about to post the same 😂

Why couldnt they do a collection? Oh yes, Nintendo's new mantra they learned from Sqeeeniix, MONEY MONEY MONEY

As usual, Japanese box art is instantly more attractive 🤷

May have missed it any important tech specs yet.
Full wide screen
1080p
60fps
Any news???

Damn! I was so excited (and had a few wines) when this was announced for immediate release that I bought it digitally.
Now that it's morning, I really want to physical copy.

But I have a feeling when the next system releases they will release the remastered trilogy physically too. So, I think I'm good for the next while.

I'm in the minority I guess, but I like how colourful and the pose on the Japanese box, but the NA one is just cooler because of that background. It's very subtle, almost eerie, and her suit / pose fits the background as well. To me:
Japanese - Looks more like a typical videogame boxart - colourful, catchy pose, gets your attention.
NA - Looks much more scifi - subtle, a little muted, and kinda more mature looking.
(One focuses solely on the character, while the other paints a full scene)

@Snatcher Same here, and I had no interest in the series before last night.
Also, don't see why people are complaining about it being £34.99, I mean 3DS games cost around that amount and it actually looks pretty darn good for a game originally for the GameCube.

So £17.99 for the whole trilogy on Wii U, or £34.99 for only the first game on Switch...

Don‘t get me wrong, it does look beautiful, 40 bucks for one game? It‘s remastered and not remade. Don‘t get me wrong, it does look beautiful and they probably tweeked a few things but it should have been the trilogy really.

@TeaCatherine Wait people are mad about the price lmao! Why? I thought it was 60! I didn’t even know it was 40, Inhave never played the game so it seems more then worth it to me.

@Snatcher I think it's because they thought the whole trilogy would be ported for 60$, plus, it's different for us as we've never played the originals, for them it would be a rebuy. It does honestly look really good and I added it to my wishlist.

Box Art Brawl

AT LAST!!!!!! METROID BABY!!!

Ofc NA gets the uglyier box art 😑.

I prefer the usa version since it's more cleaner.

@Wheatly You make a vary good point. In fact, if it wasn’t Nintendo, I think this game would normally be priced 24, that’s the perfect price as you said, good example.

A Box Art Brawl without being a Box Art Brawl.
For comparison to the originals: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/07/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-metroid-prime
The Remastered western one looks like if the lights had been turned off in the hall.

I'm waiting for the physical version. Though the $40 price makes me believe this will be like Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain, in that it's a digital game released physically. Hope I can find a copy by April.

@Weapon_Wheel
Thank you.
I shall get this

The Japanese box art is better.

The Japanese box art is really nice, but the other version suits the tone and atmosphere of the game better imo.

Nintendo is so evil for releasing this today digitally and not in tandem with the physical release... I haven't been so tempted to double dip for a game at launch since Shovel Knight...

Im going to wait for the physical copy I already played Prime 1 on Wii so i can wait for the remaster on the 22nd

I do love digital games, but I generally try to get first party Nintendo games physically, and the game is only a couple of weeks away.

@Max_the_German I want this to reach 5M sales as well, doing the most I can to help it reach that

(Obviously this won’t sell 5m but I want it to be super successful)

I'd have bought it digitally for $20, but at $40 I think I'd rather get the physical version so I can sell it after I'm done.

I'm getting the physical release of this and the one of Tales of Symphonia. Those are two Gamecube games I have the originals still. The cases beside each other will look great!

Cool. I will be getting a physical copy.

@HammerKirby Not only that, the logo of Kirby also has a similar design to the one from the Japanese Wii original. If they had taken the North American box art and added Magolor in there, it would've been a great box art.

@Tyranexx Same here. My Switch won't be getting games until at least April. And this game, along with Kirby, will be the first things I'll get. Physical version, of course.

@Horace Nintendo did a vr makeover for two games for free. And a dead dpace remake launched two weeks ago for full price.

So I don’t get your point

@Horace maybe take a look at the comparison video…

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/02/video-metroid-prime-remastered-switch-vs-gamecube-comparison

What does the inside box art look like???

@Horace I agree on everything you said here

@StarPoint Not a knock, but genuinely curious... what's the point in getting both digital and physical versions? Do you plan on keeping the physical version unopened for collections sake?

@Ratchet916 My main reason is that I really want this remaster to do well. Metroid historically doesn’t sell well, with OG Prime and Dread being the exceptions.

I want this remaster to succeed so that Nintendo gives the other two Prime games the remasters they deserve as well. Me buying both games probably won’t help too much in the long run but I’d like to support it as much as I can

My other reason is that I’m too impatient to wait two weeks for the physical version to come out, even though I prefer physical versions of games usually. So it’s also kinda for the reason you mentioned.

Going to go Digital for a change. Normally I go physical but I suspect I'd be holding on to this one regardless.

I have been having a grand time on the return to this adventure and it is nice to have a copy of Prime that works nice on my flat screen tv (portable is nice too). My other copy is the Gamecube original.