Game Boy Color Box Variations? Pics Included - Need Confirmation

[Apocalypse612]

I've done some searching and I'm curious as to what these variations are really. The examples I'm using are for Zelda oracle of ages (pics found off ebay).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49234216@N08/4589347007/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49234216@N08/4589347073/

One you will notice has a flat bottom (Picture 1). This version doesn't have a removable tray insert but instead has it housed inside the box for the game. The second version (Picture 2) seems to have a interlaced bottom box and instead has a removable tray insert that you can pull out from the box, and it has a holder for the game.

Does anyone have more information on this? I don't know if one was an earlier printing, or what. But if so does this trend carry on for other Gameboy and gameboy+ games? Is there a list available if so? Excuse all my questions, I'm a very curious man.

[Callin]

It may be the lighting, but one of them seems to have a lot more color variation in the art. The first one is almost entirely red, but the second it's easier to see colors like pink and yellow.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Do they have separate UPCs? It looks like the second one, the sealed one, is a reprint.

[Apocalypse612]

Did a quick check and the UPC's are identical.

[izarate]

There is a third variation as well. Those two up there have a metallic finish on the box (most noticeable on the tree silhouette). There is a matte box that doesn't have the "Play both..." message.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

If the UPC is the same, then they should technically be the same game - it's just a box variant at that point.

[Gameguy]

Do they have different part numbers on the boxes?

[JSoup]

I have several part numbers, feel free to look for them.

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