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so besides the box art, is there a difference?

clayhillpeakclayhillpeak Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Games and Technology
hey, i remember a while back seeing that there was 2 different art styles for the box and cartridge of link to the past. does anyone know if there is any difference besides the art? like gameplay or extra content or anything. or maybe one is just an earlier version and thats the only reason for the different art.

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  • EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    That was a terrible thread title and I'm mad at you because I clicked on it, because I don't give a shit about Zelda.

    Ok, ok, to be helpful: That straight gold one looks like shit. Maybe the cover art was redesigned to make the game look more alluring on store shelves. The science of cover art and product design is fascinating if you ever have the time to look into it.

    Edit: Holy shit that Nintendo badge is fucking huge. Also, the bottom box has a rating on it. When did ratings start showing up on console games en masse? Maybe that was another reason for a redesign.

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    one brags that it sold more than one million copies and the other doesn't

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    The thing that sticks out to me is the ESRB rating on the second box. LttP came out prior to the ESRB, that hit towards the latter half of the SNES's lifespan. I strongly suspect that the second is a greatest hits-ish re-release towards the end of the console's lifecycle.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    the second one is a rerelease under Nintendo's Player's Choice program.

    I know everyone else is telling you that, but I am making it official

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    One has the rocket launcher

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  • EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    AHH! wrote: »
    One has the rocket launcher

    Is that a Nintendo in-joke? Because I don't get it.

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm never coming here again

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Arrow+Bomb, right? I remember that in the Game Boy one. Never played this, I'll fix that when I find a Wii.

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    AHH! wrote: »
    One has the rocket launcher

    Is that a Nintendo in-joke? Because I don't get it.

    You wouldn't. Zelda-hater.

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  • EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    MinionOfCthulhu wrote: »
    Einhander wrote: »
    AHH! wrote: »
    One has the rocket launcher

    Is that a Nintendo in-joke? Because I don't get it.

    You wouldn't. Zelda-hater.

    I liked Minish Cap. Cutting the bushes. Getting the Kinstones. Talking to cows. All little and stuff.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    MinionOfCthulhu wrote: »
    Einhander wrote: »
    AHH! wrote: »
    One has the rocket launcher

    Is that a Nintendo in-joke? Because I don't get it.

    You wouldn't. Zelda-hater.

    I liked Minish Cap. Cutting the bushes. Getting the Kinstones. Talking to cows. All little and stuff.

    you can't fool us. We know

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  • EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    I stopped playing Minish Cap when I got to the air temple or whatever. The last part of the game. Every so often I see the game in my GBA case and I think about how I should just put it in and beat it already, but then I'm like "nah" and I go play something else.

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  • EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    Now that the OP's question has been answered, can I ask what other GBA Zelda games I should check out if I liked Minish Cap? What are the GB and GBC games like?

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Darlan wrote: »
    Arrow+Bomb, right? I remember that in the Game Boy one. Never played this, I'll fix that when I find a Wii.

    Bomb Arrows are only in Link's Awakening and Twilight Princess.
    Bomb Arrows are awesome:!!:

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  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    Now that the OP's question has been answered, can I ask what other GBA Zelda games I should check out if I liked Minish Cap? What are the GB and GBC games like?
    Link's Awakening is godly. It rivals the console games in awesomeness.

    Oracle of Ages and Seasons are great games as well. I don't know why they have a bad reputation... I played Seasons first, loved it, and a few years later picked up Ages. Since I had the password from Seasons, I got some awesome items and stuff from Ages such as the Master Sword. Plus there are additional quests and bosses when you've finished one already.

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  • evilmrhenryevilmrhenry Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Taya wrote: »
    Einhander wrote: »
    Now that the OP's question has been answered, can I ask what other GBA Zelda games I should check out if I liked Minish Cap? What are the GB and GBC games like?
    Link's Awakening is godly. It rivals the console games in awesomeness.

    Oracle of Ages and Seasons are great games as well. I don't know why they have a bad reputation... I played Seasons first, loved it, and a few years later picked up Ages. Since I had the password from Seasons, I got some awesome items and stuff from Ages such as the Master Sword. Plus there are additional quests and bosses when you've finished one already.

    Personally, I think the GB(C?) Zelda games suffered from the lack of buttons. An extra button or two for the sword and whatever else would have helped quite a bit. Other than that, yeah.

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