Why does NOA love to "goldify" all the boxarts? Nintendo strikes again with XCX!

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Metallox on 10 December 2014

Only for Zelda games. I'm here looking at Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, New Super Mario Bros. U and The Wonderful 101 cases and they aren't exactly gold.

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Kelzus on 10 December 2014

The originals do look alot better, Especially skyward sword O.O

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PixelPerfect on 10 December 2014

Who doesn't want a gold game case?

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Darwinianevolution on 10 December 2014

In Europe we have all of those golden boxarts too.

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JazzB1987 on 10 December 2014

Targeting specific ethnicity? jk

I dunno but I like the look of it.

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BraveNewWorld on 10 December 2014

They all look better in gold, sans Captain Toad.

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TK14 on 10 December 2014

The Zelda ones I understand. It's kind of a "tradition" at this point. I DO wish they'd offer the alternate box-arts here though. And the Captain Toad box-art just boggles my mind...why swap out the clouds/sky for the obnoxious yellow?

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kupomogli on 10 December 2014

Except for 64 and Gamecube Wind Waker where the gold boxart just looks better, I think the other box arts look far better and think Nintendo should have stuck with those.

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foxtail on 10 December 2014

The Golden color has become a tradition since the NES and now there's a strong association between the Gold color and Zelda in the West. The Gold color might have been picked because it is the color of the Triforce which is the centerpiece of the Zelda series.

Now Gold and Zelda just go together like Lime Green and Kawasaki. - http://www.kawasaki-cp.khi.co.jp/msinfo/history/index_e.html

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pokoko on 10 December 2014

Whoa. The originals are way, way better. The background details jump out at you and stir your imagination. A few of the gold ones look awful in contrast. They're simply dull.

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