Metroid Other M's Japanese Box Is Awesome



I didn't know this, but Metroid Other M's Japanese Box is incredible. You might take a quick glance at it and wonder how it's so special. Then I tell you that the red portion is a cardboard-sleeve around the DVD-case itself, and it comes off, and you get excited:


Both sides of the inner cover have a different picture of Samus. The default front cover is when she was younger:


It has a greenish tint so that it looks like her visor. Then the back has her current-aged self without a tint:


You can put the cardboard-sleeve on top of this face for a slightly different look:


The inner cover is also reversible. It features the older Samus with the green tint for the default cover, and younger Samus without the green tint on the back.

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