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PAL Wii retail boxes are 67% cooler than NTSC Wii boxes photo

While Europeans got the short end of the Wii launch stick (they're getting it last -- haha!), some new shots of PAL retail launch boxes might have the rest of the world salivating. 

JeuxFrance snapped some photos of their Wii booty, and was kind enough to put them online. Now European folks know what to expect when the console hits the streets on December 8th, and the rest of us can just be irritated that they’re getting Wii Play at launch (which apparently covers all sorts of rad subjects including billiards; UFOs; and cows). It seems they also have the option of purchasing Wii Sports separately and getting an actual box. What a novel idea.

Hit the link to check out some of these foreign boxes that don’t belong to Eastern European nude models. For once. You perverts.

[via JeuxFrance]








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Blaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 19:47
Blaine
It's not a box for the Wii. It's the box for a game, Wii Play.
Blaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 19:55
Blaine
OMG, they have a slightly different box for the Nunchuku and identical boxes for everything else. I put that 'cooler than NTSC' meter at no less than 64%.

The only thing that looks special is Wii play and dollars to donuts we get the exact same artwork.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 19:59
Nick Chester
Dollars to donuts? You're on! :D
loquax's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 20:10
loquax
I think we get Wii Sports in a box anyway. Free with the console.
Maxpower's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 20:35
Maxpower
I like their packaging better, no shitty vacuum formed plastic that'll cut you up so bad, that you'd wish it didnt cut you up so bad.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 20:40
Darren Nakamura
Loquax, if by "we" you mean, the United States, then you're wrong. Wii Sports comes in a little cardboard sleeve, not an actual DVD case like the rest of the games.
Dezroy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 20:46
Dezroy
Yeah, I've seen a shot of the back of the PAL Wii Sports box and there's a "Not for individual sale" instead of a barcode.

Same with the Wii Play box from the Wii Play/Wiimote bundle.

(These were the AU cases from an article on IGN I believe)
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 22:37
Cruds
So we had 2 wait more weeks for better boxes, that's just great.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 23:48
brad drac
One more week...

Odd thing though, some of the pictures(eg. this one) seem to have the crappy cardboard wii sports sleeve the yanks were dumped with. Confusing. I certainly hope we do get a proper DVD case.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 00:47
Aaron Mxy Yost
I don't get it. Besides the Wii Play boxes, I don't see anything different. Were you tricking me?
jmartini123's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 05:10
jmartini123
that boxe it for wii play the the game on pal wii search it on google to see
jmartini123's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2006 06:43
jmartini123
and in the pal wii boxe the is a proper case for wii sports
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