Odd Metal Gear Solid 3 cover

[Gamereviewgod]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-PS2-Playstation-games-Metal-Gear-3-FF-X-2_W0QQitemZ300094024522QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

My buddy brought over a ton of PS2 games to sell for him on eBay, and I didn't really see anything special until I took the pics. I've never seen this Metal Gear 3 cover before. It's definitely a US version as it has an ESRB rating.

Any ideas?

[Vectorman0]

Looks like european or Japanese art with an ESRB rating slapped on, a printout replacement cover maybe?

What is the sony part number on the spine?


EDIT - see this: link (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-43-77-a-49-en-15-metal%2Bgear%2Bsolid%2B3-70-5vv.html)

[Vectorman0]

Yep, I was right.

http://www.cdcovers.cc/view/192614/front/metal-gear-solid-3-ntsc-custom

[BocoDragon]

There's a reason why this isn't so crazy: EGM offered this one as a "replacement" cover, along with some others on the back of a poster, a year and a half ago.....