Boxart Battle: Super Mario Galaxy vs. Pop!

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Balloon Pop! (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/01/21/balloon-pop-bursts-into-view/)'s U.S. boxart (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/02/11/wii-releases-for-the-week-of-february-11th/) was never the most eye-catching piece of work, a mistake that 505 Games was determined not to repeat when it launched the game in Europe last week. In place of Balloon Pop!'s forgettable NTSC art, the PAL edition features a shot of the game's hero hurtling through space beneath brightly colored letters, passing a lush planetoid covered in greenery on his way.

And if that all sounds extremely familiar, that's because it totally is, as one NeoGAFfer recently noticed (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=294365). Whether intentionally or not, Balloon Pop! -- or just Pop! as it is known in Europe -- sports boxart that is eerily similar to that of this other game called Super Mario Galaxy (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/super-mario-galaxy). There's even a damn mushroom!

Suffice to say, Nintendo's crack legal team have been contacted. In an office located somewhere beneath Redmond, Washington, they wait. Suits pressed. Teeth bared. Preparing to feed.

Gallery: Super Mario Galaxy
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Gallery: Balloon Pop
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