PhoenixWright: I like boxes too. But I will throw them away if they're cardboard, so I don't have any N64 boxes or GBA boxes.

Export: Remember in MGS when you had to look on the back of the case to get a certain characters codec frequency so you could call them? That was pretty awesome - though that wasn't intended as anti-piracy so much as it was just a typical Kojima touch. It was already enough into the internet era that it was simple enough to check online for stuff like that.

There's also that interesting-looking Level 5 RPG on the DS, with art by Studio Ghibli, and it comes with a large book, made to look like an old tome, that is referred to throughout the game to such an extent that it's impossible to progress without it. Of course, there will still be GameFAQs to help people through, as well as PDFs of the book, no doubt.

Runehamster: *perks ears up* Level 5 made an RPG with Studio Ghibli's art and a big old reference tome? DO WANT. What's the name, huh? Give! :D

El_Caz: I used to collect boxes until they started getting in the way, so I started opening their flaps and folding them flat, until i realized if I was going to stash them that way to NOT be displayed then they served no purpose (I was storing the game somewhere else) so i didn't really need the boxes for anything.

Export: It's called Ni no Kuni or "Second Land". It's on the DS now, you can see a video of someone exploring in it here, although as you can see, the in-game graphics don't reflect Ghibli's style that well, it's just the character portraits that do (though I believe Ghibli did design most of the stuff). However, there's a PS3 version coming out next year that will have in-game graphics in Ghibli's trademark style.

However, both are only out in Japan. Typical!

StingingVelvet: I wish that kind of copy protection still worked as I always kind of enjoyed it. I like manuals and boxes, so using elements of that to solve a game puzzle is neat for me.

eyeball226: The only time I had something like that happen was with a rented game because they don't use the original boxes. I rented Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes for the GameCube from Blockbuster and there's one part where it says "find the codec frequency on the back of the package!". This confused me for a while (the game box isn't the first thing I would assume the word package referred to) but eventually I looked it up on the internet.

Export: Remember in MGS when you had to look on the back of the case to get a certain characters codec frequency so you could call them? That was pretty awesome - though that wasn't intended as anti-piracy so much as it was just a typical Kojima touch. It was already enough into the internet era that it was simple enough to check online for stuff like that.