Thanks for your feedback on the Wii box. It's done now! :)

[Emily]

The poll's closed and the box is done. Thanks for your feedback and opinions everyone!

http://files.telltalegames.com/misc/wiiboxvariants.png

Please make your voice heard!

[Ooze33]

I like the YELLOW one better because the spiral in the white one kind of "interrupts" Sam & Max.

[SloppyJimbo]

Yellow; the white one seems too plain, and I can barely make out the spiral in the background.

[dg10050]

Yellow. The minimalism of the white is nice, but minimalism doesn't really go along with Sam and Max. ;)

[Udvarnoky]

I had to go with the white, but really any cover in which the characters' firearms are so predominantly showcased can do no wrong.

[BadStrong]

I'd like the white better if the gray spiral were more noticeable... but otherwise I chose yellow.
Edit: After coming back a second time to look at it, I find myself preferring the white one. It just looks more like a Wii game case.

[ThorsonWelles]

The white one. That image of Max has sort of a yellow tint, so he blends in and becomes kind of lost in all that yellow. He "pops out" a lot more on the white box.

[Strong Max]

I picked the yellow one, but I can think of this: The darker back round color is light blue, and the lighter backround color is a darker but still somewhat light blue, and the logo is written in red.:cool::p:cool:


Woohoo first page!

[jp-30]

I picked white. It screams "Wii", whereas the yellow one yells "Wee".

[Bieeanda]

I have to say the white. The pair (and the red logo) pop out much better than they do on the yellow version.

[Strong Max]

Wait... would this be actually what the game would look like?:eek:

[GeorgLeBoui]

I don't like either one. The yellow is a bit of an eye sore, especially with it's massive lensflare. The white is too plain, and very underwhelming.

Actually, the yellow is sort of better because atleast it suggests action (as in, they are running away from an explosion) whereas the white version just looks like the characters were clear-cut from some render and pasted onto a white background with a white spiral thrown in.

The design for the PC version of season 1 were much better. It had stronger colours and stood out more. It also depicted the characters properly as you had a baseball bat, an oversized gun, and a police badge.

The typography for the title was a lot better. Here it's very plain looking, relying on the font to make it stand out, whereas the PC version cover had an interesting composition.

I suggest you take the yellow cover as base and try changing the yellow colour to perhaps a dark red as well as making the flare bigger but toning it's intensity down greatly.

[doom saber]

hard. No offense, but white looks too generic even though I like that cover. I think you guys should do a blue cover. Yellow looks cool but it is too yellowish since max is yellow in that image

[meekar]

I have to go with the white one, it seems so much cleaner and slicker. The yellow one looks kind of aged and the glow is too distracting. Plus, the red text is cooler. A Steve Purcell illustration, however, would look so much nicer. It just needs more texture ... These two options are really kind of bland.

[Udvarnoky]

I don't think they're taking suggestions for a redesign...

[Diduz]

I'd go with the white version, but you should make the spiral more evident.

[MaxFan]

I'd vote for the yellow one if it was tweaked so Max stood out a bit more from the background, agree the white one has too generic a look.

[splash1]

i'd go for yellow, but make the words red and not
blue
then it'll be fine :)

P.S:
i love you telltale

[TrogLlama]

I like the yellow one. I actually think the lensflare is kind of cool, so I guess mileage varies here.

[Harley Quinn]

Mellow yellow! It looks a bit more exciting and Max doesn't blend too much into it!

[StrongMatt]

Yellow, it's a bit more eye catching.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Yellow. It makes the cover have more action, compared to the bland and nonexciting white one. For me minimalism doesn't work well on white backgrounds for some reason (games, magazines, whatever).

[The Tingler]

If I have to choose between just those two, it's the yellow. It least it has some variance in it, while white makes it look like you couldn't be bothered to put in a background.

[Hero1]

I think the white one would stand out more on a shelf

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I think the white one would stand out more on a shelf

Really? You have to remember that the Wii boxes themself are white too.

[Cardcaptor Stacey]

The yellow design is lovely :)

[Mysterysheep]

I prefer the yellow. It stands out more and looks a lot more action-packed. The white however, looks very bland and lazy. I also like how the blue text goes so well with Sam and the background with Max. It's like Max is the cause of the explosion and Sam keeps their name, reputation, and professionalism together........ The colo(u)r scheme describes the characters well!:)

[RyanMon]

Apparently, The Adventure Company (http://www.samandmax-wii.com/index_wii_eng.html) feels that the two covers should be mixed!

I like yellow better, as it stands out more...especially from the other Wii boxes.

[Emily]

Apparently, The Adventure Company feels that the two covers should be mixed!

That is a temporary box from long before we even got to this point.

Also, yeah, we're not really looking to do a major redesign (but thanks everyone for the suggestions :D). Just curious to get people's gut reactions about the yellow vs. the white.

[Morden]

I wouldn't choose any of the two. To be frank, both look quite boring. If this is supposed to be the Wii version of Season One, why not re-use the original artwork from the PC edition? It's much better than CG on a plain background.

The thing that bothers me the most on these covers is the light source from behind the characters. I know it's there to make everything look better so that characters don't look like they're simply copied and pasted, but without any real background it looks like some cheap photoshopping.

I always loved how Steve Purcell stuffs so many things into his covers. Take the original "Hit the Road" cover, or comic book covers. You see this cover and you know that there's alot of crazy stuff going down in this game.

If you've decided you will go with this particular artwork, I suggest you work on the background. Maybe the DeSoto parked in the background just behind the characters with the headlights on [for the light flare]? Isometrically positioned, parked in front of Sam & Max office? Maybe some bugs and rats stuck in the grill and some other details like that?

What you have at the moment doesn't work as a good cover, at least not for me. It's a bit like "So ... I've pasted the characters, pasted the logo, added the flare ... so now what? Do you want the background to be yellow or white?"

P.S. - While I was writing this, Emily posted a few words. With no major redesign in mind, you could still do a nicer background under the layer with characters. I vote DeSoto + street.

[NeedlesD]

Yellow one but I think it'd look better with the red text from the white one.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7836/boxeseu4.png

My attempt at it wasn't very good but the Blue looks better with the White background and the Red with the yellow background. Just my opinion thought.

[patters]

Yellow one but I think it'd look better with the red text from the white one.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7836/boxeseu4.png

My attempt at it wasn't very good but the Blue looks better with the White background and the Red with the yellow background. Just my opinion thought.

he is right you know

[Jake]

That swap makes the characters pop less, to my eyes, but it's an interesting proposition.

[Freelance Poster]

The white one with the blue Sam & Max looks great! Anyway white gets my vote, max just blends in too much on the yellow box. The white could use a bit darker spiral though *though it's kinda hard to see it on the yellow version too*.

[StrongMatt]

Will it have a simultaneous release date worldwide?

[Kevin]

For reference, here (http://wii.ign.com/articles/735/735577p1.html)'s a good compilation of the other games competing for it's attention on the shelf.

[Erwin]

White, because Max pops out better on that one. Probably because his fur is a bit yellow-ish, making him disappear in the first box.

--Erwin

[fco.]

The yellow one. As it has already been said, it gives the idea of Sam & Max running away from an explosion, so it fits their destructive nature better than both of them jolly jumping around in a peaceful white background.

edit: Oh! and I like NeedlesD's version better too.

[thesporkman]

The white background with the blue text looks really good.

[NHJ BV]

Yellow one, on the condition that the typo is fixed ;)

[Zeek]

Can you guys get rid of the crotch lens flare? That's the first thing I noticed when I saw the images, which really distracted me from which color would work better for the Wii Box.

[Hero1]

For reference, here (http://wii.ign.com/articles/735/735577p1.html)'s a good compilation of the other games competing for it's attention on the shelf.

See this is why I think the white one would be better.. So many of those boxes have so much going on them.. With the white one, you see a rabbit and a dog holding massive guns.. nothing else, but that is an unusual image and you would think people would pick it up and wanna read the back.. the yellow one sam and max get a little lost for me.

[dg10050]

"Telltale Games and the Adenture Company Present"

[BadStrong]

What's wrong with dentures?:(

[Dedlok]

I perfer the white. The yellow seems more of an eyesore. Just too loud and obnoxious looking. Especially with the lens flare.

[loc]

i dont llike the yellow one personally, but the white one i love, it makes sam and max themeselves stand out alot, and it instantly grabs the buyers attention, especially if the buyer never seen sam and max before. The white one will also go with the rest of the case, considering the case is white, and alot of other areas on the case are white, itll make it stand out so much better and makes the game alot more appealing to pick up and read the back to find out more.

The yellow one, i dont know, i really dislike it, it doesnt make it stand out at all, and it makes it not very appealing to pick up and find out what the game is about, also it doesnt make sam and max stand out at all, making the game blend in with the rest of the games on the shelf.

Also remember not everyone has seen sam and max so you want something bold and the main characters to stand out, to stand out from the rest and to catch the browsers eye.

I would be disappointed if the yellow one was the chosen colour, and if it was chosen ill go to the effort of going somewhere to get the white one printed

[Harley Quinn]

i dont llike the yellow one personally, but the white one i love, it makes sam and max themeselves stand out alot, and it instantly grabs the buyers attention, especially if the buyer never seen sam and max before. The white one will also go with the rest of the case, considering the case is white, and alot of other areas on the case are white, itll make it stand out so much better and makes the game alot more appealing to pick up and read the back to find out more.

The yellow one, i dont know, i really dislike it, it doesnt make it stand out at all, and it makes it not very appealing to pick up and find out what the game is about, also it doesnt make sam and max stand out at all, making the game blend in with the rest of the games on the shelf.

Also remember not everyone has seen sam and max so you want something bold and the main characters to stand out, to stand out from the rest and to catch the browsers eye.

I would be disappointed if the yellow one was the chosen colour, and if it was chosen ill go to the effort of going somewhere to get the white one printed


I actually think the complete opposite.

[Yohmi]

The white, because first it's a Wii Edition, and the whole Wii communication is white, because then Max is yellow-lightned, and because I d'ont like the way Max's butt is shining on the yellow one, the flare is too strong to me ^^

[lightblade84]

From the replies that I've been reading, everyone has made valid points when it comes to both covers. I found myself agreeing with most of them, therefore making it difficult for me to decide! But in the end, I voted for the yellow cover. Why? It catches my attention more than the white cover does... But that's just me.

[Strong Bad Fan]

I'd like the white better if the gray spiral were more noticeable... but otherwise I chose yellow.
Edit: After coming back a second time to look at it, I find myself preferring the white one. It just looks more like a Wii game case.

What he said.

But im still not quite sure.....

[xChri5x]

I picked the white one even though i wasn't blown away with either one.
I still think if the background was a green swirl and the title was a orange it would look alot more appealing. (IMO)

[Emi]

I chose the white. I like the clean look of it and that yellow is ugly.

[Badwolf]

I liked the yellow yesterday, but this morning I woke up and realised I preferred the white. Don't know why, but there you go.
I think if the lens flare or whatever it is was toned down on the yellow cover, it'd help a lot though.

[Cheeseness]

My vote goes for yellow.
It's my favourite colour ^_^

[Strong Bad Fan]

Ya white is the way to go it fits the Wii cover.

[jannar85]

I have no idea.. :|

[xChri5x]

I'm liking the white one even more since I tilted my screen on my laptop so I could see the grey swirl. The real thing will look really good.

[pheeph]

'adenture' company?

[DarkMatt]

Definitely the yellow - just looks classier to me :)

[Harley Quinn]

'adenture' company?

Wow, eyes like a hawk this one.

[Haggis]

What's wrong with dentures?:(
Hah! "See, we teamed up with a denture company, making for hyperrealistic dental textures and realistic chewing action!"

In all seriousness, I prefer the white one. I find the shade of yellow used in the other one a bit... nauseating.

[Aradiel]

The yellow is a bit nauseating, and the lens-flare blocks Max out too much for my liking, but i still prefer it over the white one. The Wii loves being white, and so it looks generic.
Sam & Max are anything but.

[Zeek]

I guess I'm the only one that hates lens flares that are originating from the crotch. :rolleyes:

[Iron Curtain]

The Yellow one. It looks more "golden" and therefore more worthy of purchase and appraisal.

[footlight]

white for sure, cleaner, simple. yellow is a bit stain like

[wisp]

hmm, the white one looks more wii-ish...but the yellow one a bit more dynamic. i can't decide. couldn't you have the yellow one as the standard package and the white one when it is re-released as bargain-version? or vice versa...

[Harley Quinn]

hmm, the white one looks more wii-ish...but the yellow one a bit more dynamic. i can't decide. couldn't you have the yellow one as the standard package and the white one when it is re-released as bargain-version? or vice versa...

milk the audience for all they've got?

[Freelance Poster]

Reversible covers would be a good solution

[TrogLlama]

I guess I'm the only one that hates lens flares that are originating from the crotch. :rolleyes:
*Crude joke here.*

[dg10050]

*Crude joke here.*

*Equally crude rebuttal here.*

[MaxFan]

Seeing the other Wii titles, I'm beginning to think the white would indeed stand out more on a shelf.

[squinky22]

I really like the yellow, but I think it would look a lot better if Max was whiter so he'd stand out a little more. The white looks very nice, too, but, as some have already stated, it doesn't really fit Sam & max.

[Jai]

There's no apparent light source to explain why Max looks yellow on the white box, so he doesn't look right in the middle of all that plain whiteness.

The yellow box looks great, though. So I like it better.

[fajerkaos]

I don't mind the yellow one.

[LikaLaruku]

Normally I hate yellow, but I'll go with the golden one.

[Sir Lemming]

I pick the white cover -- provided that the blue spiral winds up looking more visible on the print than it does on my monitor. It's a really close call, but the white one does have the advantage of Wii brand recognition, and it does "pop" a little more. The yellow one is nice, but I guess it's sort of in-between the two extremes of having a very detailed cover and a very simple cover. But in this case, extremes are good.

By the way, I don't think what's on the yellow box qualifies as "lens flare" -- that implies some diffraction effects caused by a bright light, including light circles and rainbow-looking stuff. This is really just a bright light.

[woxel1]

Yellow please! White looks too "shovelware," if you know what I mean.

[TrogLlama]

You know, I think I like the one in the middle.

[Sir Lemming]

Yellow please! White looks too "shovelware," if you know what I mean.

But 75% of Wii games have-- oh.

[unsilviu]

Yellow, it's much warmer and attracts attention in a nice, blissful way!
It also fits in the season's rainbowy theme :D

[LuigiHann]

Why is there no green or blue option?

[Jake]

And the Sam & Max logo is supposed to be red. End of case.

I hate to re-open your case, but I don't find your evidence convincing.

Exhibit A:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fd/Sam_%26_Max_-_Surfin_The_Highway_%28front_cover%29.jpg/250px-Sam_%26_Max_-_Surfin_The_Highway_%28front_cover%29.jpg

Exhibits B-F:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sam_and_max_se.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sam_and_max_cmcs.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sam_and_max_bdotm.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Seasondisc_boxart.gif
http://www.amazon.com/DreamCatcher-PCO55250MB-Sam-Max/dp/B000OZHDWO/ref=cm_lmf_img_26_rdssss1

It was red in the opening title/box for Sam & Max Hit the Road, and in the trailer for Sam & Max: Freelance Police (and the cover to the Epic Color Collection comic book), but those are the only three major instances, out of five+ comic books/anthologies, 11 Telltale episodes, 13 TV episodes, and 1 LucasArts game (and one LucasArts trailer for a game that never came out) that the logo was red.

[Harley Quinn]

Ha, you got told.

[dg10050]

[Citation Needed]

[StewG]

White. White is Wii, and Sam & Max is supposed to be written with red writing!!!
The people who voted for yellow should be ashamed of their self.
For shame!!!!

[StewG]

I hate to re-open your case, but I don't find your evidence convincing.

It was red in the opening title/box for Sam & Max Hit the Road, and in the trailer for Sam & Max: Freelance Police (and the cover to the Epic Color Collection comic book), but those are the only three major instances, out of five+ comic books/anthologies, 11 Telltale episodes, 13 TV episodes, and 1 LucasArts game (and one LucasArts trailer for a game that never came out) that the logo was red.

Maby not only red then, but at least not blue!

[TrogLlama]

Maby not only red then, but at least not blue!
I happen to like the blue.
I am a blasphemer! Shun... shun...

[Harley Quinn]

White. White is Wii, and Sam & Max is supposed to be written with red writing!!!
The people who voted for yellow should be ashamed of their self.
For shame!!!!

I'm proud to be ashamed.

[barchetta]

Yellow.

But tone down the lens flare a bit. At first I thought Sam was a bit transparent! And it was hard to spot the yellowish Max.

So no lens flare on Sam's leg, a bit more white on Max (use Quick'n'Brite), red logo, fix typo and I'd be happy to buy it for my brother who has a Wii.

[enciclopedia]

Hello to everybody, my english is BAD, so I don't talk too much...

I love the yellow one! :)

[Breakman]

Neither. But if I had to choose, I would pick the yellow (even though the light source is... distracting...).

As a few people had suggested before, I would highly suggest going for a redesign or add something extra to what the cover already has. I know the main idea was probably to make it clean and simple, but it's too simplistic as it is.

Also, I have a problem that the cover does not describe the game very well. Don't assume that some random person will walk into a game store and automatically know who Sam and Max are if they saw this cover.

I'm not going to hide that I'm a new S&M fan. I just started playing the games early this year. Before then, my only knowledge about them were: it was an adventure game series and the main characters are animals. It was only when I actually browsed a few of Steve Purcell's drawings that I figured out that they were "cops" and starting to get a gist of their personalities. (Why I don't read game reviews or something? I don't know, I just don't.)

But definitely the fact that they were police (and that they looked like a fun duo) hit a key with me. There are so many games out there with animal protagonists, and guns (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/image/926672.html?box=63236) won't set S&M apart from the gaggle. I looked over Hit the Road, Season 1 for PC, and the animated cartoon's box arts. They all have signs that they are police: their two-toned desoto on the first two covers and a "shield stamp" on the cartoon (as if "Freelance Police" wasn't clear enough in the title).

So, if I may ask a very important question: Why make a Wii version?

I want to say, and I hope you all agree, along the words of 'to gain new fans who wouldn't have given a glance at S&M before because it was exclusively a PC game.' Therefore, I think there should be different strategy for the premier cover. This is, after all, their first game console game...

Sorry for making such a long reply. I guess I needed to get that off my chest. ^^;

[Freelance Poster]

So, if I may ask a very important question: Why make a Wii version?

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/comics/44527685

[purple_monkfish]

Personally, i'd suggest that sickly green that the swirly hypno stuff was in season 1... it was the iconic colour of the season after all! Why no sickly swirly green!

[Zeek]

Because there was already enough vomitting in the game and they don't want that to happen in the game alise of Target?

[GI Joe]

Of the two, I prefer the white one.

[Awesomepantsman]

The yellow works for me, actually. Am I the only person who appreciates the 'lense flare'?

[Emily]

The box is done and submitted. Thanks everyone for the feedback. :D

[Major_Higgins]

White one suits Wii best, and the title in red looks better.

Yellow and blue? Come on people, where's your sense of color-matching?!

[Freelance Poster]

The box is done and submitted. Thanks everyone for the feedback. :D

So, the yellow one then?

[Jake]

As it stands now, it's yellow, with red text, with Max lightened up a bit to be less yellow, and with the light burst (it's not a lens flare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare)) reduced slightly. It's still subject to change a bit at TTG's and The Adventure Company's discretion, but everyone's feedback has been very helpful to the process :)

[Sir Lemming]

and with the light burst (it's not a lens flare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare))
Yes! I told you! I told you all!!!!!

[questionthemajority]

I like the white one, but why not go with a green spiral in the background instead since it was so prevalent throughout the storyline of Season One?

[some nerdy guy]

Yellow, it's just better! Also YAY, we get to vote!

[Erwin]

As it stands now, it's yellow, with red text, with Max lightened up a bit to be less yellow

All right! Good call :D

--Erwin

[loc]

at the moment, its going to be yellow, so could you please, after launch give a white version to download, with the back and all for the case

[M.Acorn]

i like the yellow one :) it stands out that little bit more and has more of an impact than the white one has :D cant wait for it to be released :D

[lucario96]

http://files.telltalegames.com/misc/wiiboxvariants.png

Please make your voice heard!

yellow because it stands out alot

[lucario96]

yellow cuz it stands out

[Awesomepantsman]

As it stands now, it's yellow, with red text, with Max lightened up a bit to be less yellow, and with the light burst (it's not a lens flare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare)) reduced slightly.:)

So... are you going to post it? We're (or at least I'm) looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[Jake]

I think we're waiting for it to be officially 100% finished and approved by all parties.

[Harley Quinn]

Even the Monster Raving Loony Party? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party)

[Derwin]

The yellow one looks like a GOTY edition. As such, I prefer the white cover. However, I do wonder how the cover would look with a light blue background. I think it would make the characters stand out, add a touch of color, and still fit in with the Wii motif.

*EDIT* Gaaah! How did I not notice this thread had a closed poll and six pages. Oops... well, looking forward to seeing the game in stores when that happens.

[taumel]

From the screenshot i prefer the white one.

[Freelance Poster]

So is this box from Amazon the final box? (Can't remember if they had this art up before the poll or not)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FKG652zGL._SS500_.jpg

[tabacco]

It's reasonably close, but not the final art.

[Jake]

The images on the first page of this poll are both far closer to the final art than that Amazon shot.

[loc]

an ad for it
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii71/doctorkilling/smr.jpg
the final art in corner maybe

edit: image should be working now
edit2: found image here: http://digg.com/nintendo/Sam_Max_print_ad

[Harley Quinn]

The image isn't showing

[Jake]

Cool! The box in the corner there isn't final -- it's a temp one, but they had to send that ad out to get printed early.

Here's the box which went out for submission:

http://www.telltalegames.com/images/franchise/samandmax/subpageimages/wii/wiibox_reflect.jpg

[Harald B]

Ooh, is this site (http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/wii) new? Looking great!

[patters]

Cool! The box in the corner there isn't final -- it's a temp one, but they had to send that ad out to get printed early.

Here's the box which went out for submission:

http://www.telltalegames.com/images/franchise/samandmax/subpageimages/wii/wiibox_reflect.jpg

that box is so good,

[bigdondoo]

White, but make the swirls in the background more prominant. It's clean, inviting, and says something about the season (but not too much).

[Freelance Poster]

I like it

[Zeek]

Ooh, is this site (http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/wii) new? Looking great!

I'm surprised Brady's fro was able to fit in that widescreen format. :D

[Crazy Rabit Thing]

i like the yellow it has more character

[Rather Dashing]

I still think the two PC boxes, especially the one we get through this website, are nicer. But this box isn't bad either, and they do look like they're running off to a rather exciting adventure. You can see the excitement in their dark, featureless eyes!

[Awesomepantsman]

I hope JoWood doesn't change the box for the Australian release. Good jorb!:D
Can you post a bigger version of the final box?

[wisp]

hmm, the final box is somehow missing a telltale-logo..

[Zeek]

hmm, the final box is somehow missing a telltale-logo..

It's probably on the back with all the other logos, seeing how TTG has their name scrawled across the top ABOVE the title.

[t_mack]

It looks better with the box quote and logo.

[Jake]

It's probably on the back with all the other logos, seeing how TTG has their name scrawled across the top ABOVE the title.

It is indeed on the back "with all the other logos" (Telltale's and the Adventure Company's :)).

[Chaosfan]

Even though I don't have a wii.
That looks great!

[splash1]

http://www.telltalegames.com/images/franchise/samandmax/subpageimages/wii/wiibox_reflect.jpg
GASP! TELLTALE YOU ACTUALLY LISTENED TO MY REQUEST....
*sniff* i love you even more now :o

[Jake]

You're welcome! Now, buy at least ten copies!

also:

http://files.telltalegames.com/misc/sammaxwiibox.png

[Zootch]

Really missed the boat here, but a stark red background would have probably been best; it conflicts the least with the character colors.

[Derwin]

I love you in a purely platonic fashion, Jake.

[Emily]

hmm, the final box is somehow missing a telltale-logo..

Random fact: Nintendo only allows the logo of the publisher of record on the front of the box.

Even though Telltale and The Adventure Company are co-publishing this game, TAC is the publisher in the eyes of Nintendo, so their logo goes the front.

[Rather Dashing]

...so, other than being the people to look to for the best games I've ever played that nobody's ever heard about, what *is* The Adventure Company, anyway? Are they just the guys that have the infrastructure to distribute games in box and disc form, or what?

I'm just curious as to their role in this, and also why Nintendo considers them to be the "main" publisher. Was it just random, or what exactly?

[Jake]

The Adventure Company is a registered retail publisher with Nintendo, which they presumably set up when they were publishing their other games on the Wii (eg that Wii Agatha Christie game). We're registered online publishers with Nintendo (SBCG4AP coming soon to a WiiWare near MeeWare!), but as far as I know, we didn't bother becoming a retail publisher in regards to Sam & Max Wii, because we were partnering with someone who already is one. They have the experience and infrastructure to mass produce games and to get them into stores. They're also in it together with us to go in on advertising purchases, and stuff. It's nice to not go it alone on something like our first self-published console retail release; having a co-publisher who wants the game to succeed just as much as you is a nice thing to have.

[Maximillian I]

Wii fans rejoice! One by one, Sam & Max will invade and take over the PCs and video game systems of the world and cause the mass meltdown of every human brain in the world!

[splash1]

You're welcome! Now, buy at least ten copies!

also:

http://files.telltalegames.com/misc/sammaxwiibox.png

i'll buy even more copies, i'll buy them all!

[YoshiAngemon]

We got the finalized box art, and it's good. Now, TELLS US WHEN THE GAME'S COMING OUT! I need the information, so I can tell my co-workers over at GameStop the release date, and spread the word over to the over branches of the GameStop Corporation.

[Harald B]

No specific date yet, but DreamCatcher/The Adventure Company (http://www.samandmax-wii.com/index_wii_eng.html) (Telltale's co-publisher in the US) says August 2008. Does that help?

[TrogLlama]

No specific date yet, but DreamCatcher/The Adventure Company (http://www.samandmax-wii.com/index_wii_eng.html) (Telltale's co-publisher in the US) says August 2008. Does that help?
Well, if it's August and some were on the 3rd. :(...
It's August 3rd!
You heard it hear, folks! Go spread baseless assumptions like some kind of plague or catharsis* or something!

*Word used completely incorrectly.