Recently, you have begun placing "Best Seller" emblems on certain Nintendo Gamecube games that have sold over 250,000 copies. These emblems are not stickers on top of the celophane wrap, nor stickers on the box themselves. Instead, these emblems are printed directly onto the box art of the game.

Dedicated gamers buy games for many reasons. The game, of course, comes first. There are, however, secondary considerations. For some people, the box art is a very important element of the game buying experience. Bad box art can totally turn someone off from a game in a retail store, for example. For others, box art is just that -- an art. To have it the art permanently disfigured by a strategy aimed at getting people to buy a game at retail is overkill.

Thus, what we, your dedicated audience is asking, is that the new "Best Seller" emblems no longer be printed directly on the box art, but instead become stickers of some sort that are adhered, preferrably, to the outer-wrapping of the game. If this is not possible, putting the sticker on the box itself underneath the plastic-wrap is also an option.

On behalf of the undersigned, I would like to express our thanks for you reading and considering this petition.