Box comparison thread?

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Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:15:10 2014 No.1501784 [Reply] [Original]

Box comparison thread?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:22:39 2014 No.1501803 File: 647 KB, 1472x1727, 1394302119340.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:23:09 2014 No.1501808 File: 2.28 MB, 462x4230, 1394303479093.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:24:39 2014 No.1501810 >>1501803 Sonic 1's Japanese boxart reminds me of pants I used to have.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:26:39 2014 No.1501818 File: 1.00 MB, 860x1729, 1394299847972.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:27:09 2014 No.1501824 File: 115 KB, 800x513, 1394300921523.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:28:10 2014 No.1501829 File: 1.47 MB, 1046x700, 1394303916159.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:30:27 2014 No.1501835 File: 293 KB, 1124x661, Dungeon Explorer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] NEC kept pulling this shit in the US. No wonder your system fails when you keep using a 6-year old's drawings for all your box art.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:30:56 2014 No.1501838 File: 560 KB, 1249x547, 1394304100945.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:30:56 2014 No.1501839

>>1501803
I think all those are nice covers. The Japanese one feels the most exciting and game-like, and overall Sonic looks somewhat better-drawn in his JP/Euro versions, but the heightened emotion and energy in his face on the US cover is nice, and the US variant has that modern, "high-tech" look that I associate with some older SEGA stuff. Euro cover could be a bit more colorful I guess.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:32:26 2014 No.1501842 File: 2.12 MB, 1387x1034, 1394305455791.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:44:56 2014 No.1501867 File: 17 KB, 189x266, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501835 This is why the NES failed, right?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 19:47:26 2014 No.1501874 File: 212 KB, 938x724, Bomberman.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 20:11:57 2014 No.1501912 File: 901 KB, 1135x763, plok.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not even being a British game can save you from the angry eyes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 20:12:56 2014 No.1501915 >>1501912 He also got abs

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 20:29:56 2014 No.1501948 File: 371 KB, 1728x865, covercomparison.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 20:31:26 2014 No.1501953 >>1501874 this has to be fake please

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 20:33:26 2014 No.1501959 File: 157 KB, 1494x500, 1394303775606.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:02:27 2014 No.1502015 >>1501959 Welcome to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>/vr/, please enjoy your stay. Neat post however.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:15:27 2014 No.1502042 >>1501948 US cover is better. Deal with it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:22:26 2014 No.1502053 >>1501784 >Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Yuros are pussies.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:27:26 2014 No.1502061 >>1502053 To be honest, only brits had that name. Other countries did called them Ninja Turtles, such as spain, in both spanish and catalan dubs.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:28:56 2014 No.1502067 >>1502053 They're also the reason Mikey doesn't use nunchucks from season 4-10(?) in the first cartoon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:36:26 2014 No.1502078 >>1501829 US is clearly superior. It actually has the American comic style

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:41:56 2014 No.1502095 File: 1.30 MB, 1750x800, kid chameleon.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501829 It's always a bit odd to see Japan fucking up perfectly good American box art rather than the other way around.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 21:58:26 2014 No.1502132 >>1501835 I actually find something artistically appealing about the NA cover of Dungeon Explorer. The style somewhat resembles some medieval and gothic tapestries and paintings, which might have been the style they were going for.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:13:56 2014 No.1502160 File: 204 KB, 1957x725, Skullmonkeys comparison.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] U.S. version came in a special case that made it look like the skull was moving when you tilted it back and forth.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:15:56 2014 No.1502162 >>1502160 It is moving if you tilt it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:27:56 2014 No.1502184 File: 91 KB, 638x480, Kono Puresha.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502162

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:31:56 2014 No.1502186 >>1502184 Oh Gihren

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:33:26 2014 No.1502190 File: 2.13 MB, 1210x800, third world war.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] It's over, everybody go home.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:39:57 2014 No.1502202 >>1502190 Is... is that 223 TRILLION people?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:41:26 2014 No.1502204 >>1502202 Who cares? It's Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton shaking hands on a video game cover.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 22:50:56 2014 No.1502217 >>1502204 >>1502190 I'd totally buy that game just for the japanese cover alone.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:04:06 2014 No.1502258 >>1502190 haha

Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:17:52 2014 No.1502301

>>1501874
>>1501953

More like it has to be real because it's so awesome. I totally love the idea of some artist being told "Well draw what they look like."

>>1501948
>>1502042

>>US is better

I like it. It has sort of an older fantasy vibe to it. It looks pretty neat and the art is good too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:18:52 2014 No.1502305 /r/ing Breath of Fire III cover comparison

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:23:22 2014 No.1502320 File: 525 KB, 2469x764, BEATH OF FIRE 3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502305 like this?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:26:22 2014 No.1502328 File: 527 KB, 2469x764, BEATH OF FIRE 3 fix.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502320 Oh messed up. third one is EU, rightmost is JP '00 here

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:38:09 2014 No.1502347 File: 670 KB, 1000x870, 1794-2[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502132 I was gonna say something similar but it reminds me more of German Expressionism which I guess is kinda "modern"-ish gothic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:41:27 2014 No.1502351 >>1501824 good too europe were og weeaboos

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 23:44:54 2014 No.1502360 File: 1.04 MB, 706x940, 1394069476711.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501835

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 00:55:46 2014 No.1502470 >>1502360 >where's the dungeon? I lost my shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:04:53 2014 No.1502484 >>1501829 Those fucking impractical glasses at the bottom right

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:26:53 2014 No.1502501 File: 258 KB, 924x576, oh zak kun.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:31:24 2014 No.1502505 >>1502501 A fish and a loaf of bread?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:32:53 2014 No.1502506 >>1502505 Essential items for any serious adventurer

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:34:53 2014 No.1502513 >>1501808 why does kirby look so angry in on all the north American covers?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:34:53 2014 No.1502514 >>1502506 I was thinking more Jesus-y

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:35:23 2014 No.1502518 >>1502513 It's the sign that it's a bad game in the series.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:38:53 2014 No.1502519 File: 172 KB, 500x425, angry-mob-simps.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502518

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:40:53 2014 No.1502520 File: 814 KB, 665x469, alienstorm.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 01:44:23 2014 No.1502525 >>1502514 Knowing how they reference to the game, I've never noticed this. Reflecting on that, there's no way that it's even meant as an allegory.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 02:10:23 2014 No.1502560 >>1501818 man, that American Sonic 3 always rustled my jimmies

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 02:27:53 2014 No.1502582 File: 239 KB, 1280x640, ds3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 02:44:23 2014 No.1502612 File: 347 KB, 1280x886, alisia-dragoon-final-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Alisia Dragoon

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 03:14:51 2014 No.1502651 >>1502095 If you notice, the American version has all the figures wearing a white t shirt, showing that it is one kid with multiple powers.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 03:16:21 2014 No.1502656 >>1502651 Thank you for pointing that out, I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 03:35:55 2014 No.1502691 >>1501808 Kirby is one vengeful motherfucker

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 03:42:55 2014 No.1502703 >>1501808 American Kirby was never the same after 9/11

>>	Malerik Fri Mar 28 06:28:54 2014 No.1502875 >>1502520 Why is he shooting the mailbox? >>1502612 Who the fuck is she trying to hit? Even the dragon is confused!

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 06:32:24 2014 No.1502881 >>1502875 Because aliens come out of the mailbox did you even play the game ?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 06:46:24 2014 No.1502890 >>1502582 I like an artsy cover as much as the next guy but they don't work for all genres, fighting games included.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 06:46:24 2014 No.1502891 File: 5 KB, 574x350, kirby.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501808

>>	Malerik Fri Mar 28 07:56:54 2014 No.1502954 >>1502881 1) to be fair, no. 2) the alien is outside of the mailbox now tho but he's still like "FUCK YO LETTERS FOOL". I would think the tentacle monster would come first?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 07:58:55 2014 No.1502957 >>1502891 make it pink and that's actually not bad, for cancer-faces.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 08:00:25 2014 No.1502960 >>1501835 Why would they do that? Something maybe about repaying the artist or something? Left is simply perfect. The Master System did the same thing. Child's drawings for box art. Were the original JP art better?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 08:05:26 2014 No.1502962 >>1502513 Because Japan really goes for cute and America is slightly repelled by cute. It makes sense for NOA to tone down Kirby's cuteness.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 08:13:25 2014 No.1502967 >>1502612 A recurring theme of these is America seems to be scared of anime art styles.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 08:16:55 2014 No.1502970 >>1502053 they were Heroes in a half-shell Turtle-Power!, plus they were shit-tier ninjas anyway.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 08:32:25 2014 No.1502981 File: 301 KB, 1500x778, 1.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502501

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 08:37:55 2014 No.1502984 File: 71 KB, 599x547, KTD_Box_art_JP_2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501808 And now we have come to full circle.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 15:19:45 2014 No.1503472 File: 722 KB, 689x1065, Ecco.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1502967 The opposite is also true. Japan seems to be scared of anything with a lot of detail and not anime style. >>1501829 >>1502095

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 15:37:16 2014 No.1503495 >>1502095 Sometimes we need a reminder that anime art can be just as mediocre and uninspired as western art.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 15:51:45 2014 No.1503535 >>1502703 Oh shit you're right, did anything big happen between 2010-2011 releases?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 16:15:15 2014 No.1503590 >>1502967 The irony is, nowadays, a Japanese game won't sell if it's title isn't in Japanese.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 16:16:25 2014 No.1503592 >>1503472 See, the Japan faces the left because they read right to left.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 17:50:54 2014 No.1503779 File: 695 KB, 1400x900, 1396043429575.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1503495 BoF of fire 2 Left: Weebeestan Right: Freedomland, Yuroland

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 17:52:24 2014 No.1503789 >>1503779 I didn't know Greg Land started out as an artist for game boxes.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 17:53:54 2014 No.1503792 >>1501874 now I not as surprised about the x-box version

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 18:06:54 2014 No.1503834 File: 3 KB, 300x57, REMOVE.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1503789 >animu defence force

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 14:16:46 2014 No.1505815 >>1503789 >implying Land can draw anything not traced from porn >dog growling >implications within implications

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 14:43:16 2014 No.1505891 >>1501803 I'm from Canada and for some reason we got the PAL Sonic box art

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 15:01:46 2014 No.1505924 >>1501835 I don't know, I wouldn't say it's a children's drawing, it just looks like they took clipart from microsoft word and threw it all together.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 17:12:04 2014 No.1506152 File: 340 KB, 700x1400, ms.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >The Master System did the same thing. Child's drawings for box art. Were the original JP art better? No, they used pretty much the same imagery.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 17:20:04 2014 No.1506167 File: 589 KB, 805x527, WonderBoy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 17:22:04 2014 No.1506169 File: 246 KB, 760x474, RCR.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 17:34:35 2014 No.1506212 >>1505891 no we didn't faget you probably just have the megadrive version

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 17:53:05 2014 No.1506250 >>1506152 >Actual drawings compared to shitty clipart based very slightly on the former >Not better

Anonymous Sat Mar 29 17:59:35 2014 No.1506262
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>>1502612
I believe the NA cover might be based on Red Sonja. Back then a lot of games that came over here from Japan were given the Conan treatment on the cover whether it fit the theme or not. I don't know what was up with that. We were still stuck in that adventure and fantasy=Conan era I guess. Glad we're over that now. It was getting stale to see the same thing rehashed on so many covers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 18:05:36 2014 No.1506274 >>1503472 International Ecco looks more ugly than majestic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 18:07:05 2014 No.1506281 >>1506212 Yes we did, I also have Sonic 1 for the genesis, and it has the same box art as the PAL one, except it says Genesis instead of Megadrive.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 18:08:36 2014 No.1506283 File: 26 KB, 320x240, .jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506212 Then why does it say "Genesis" on it?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 18:27:54 2014 No.1506331 >>1506283 thats fucked up, I live here too and Ive only ever seen the american box art.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:26:47 2014 No.1506563 File: 176 KB, 771x601, re saturn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Chris, pls. Fix your fucking face.

Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:35:01 2014 No.1506581
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>>1501953
Dude, Bomberman has the most strange box art moments in history. And that goes for both sides of the pond. Like how the US had Not-Samus on the NES cover... and Japan had THIS

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:37:31 2014 No.1506584 File: 98 KB, 398x222, crazy1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:38:01 2014 No.1506587 File: 936 KB, 1767x600, crazy2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506584

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:39:01 2014 No.1506591 File: 384 KB, 972x370, crazy3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506587

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:40:01 2014 No.1506592 File: 354 KB, 873x306, crazy4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506591

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:42:31 2014 No.1506594 File: 326 KB, 650x348, crazy5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506592

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 20:43:01 2014 No.1506597 File: 746 KB, 1574x469, crazy6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506594

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 21:14:02 2014 No.1506646 File: 1.24 MB, 3304x1284, Mônica no Castelo do Dragão.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 21:17:33 2014 No.1506651 >>1502970 Just because in the cartoons they never let Leo use his damn swords on ANYONE!

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 21:19:33 2014 No.1506657 File: 1.23 MB, 3304x1284, Mônica no Castelo do Dragão.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:12:20 2014 No.1506738 >>1506584 Now knowing Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle was a Roger Rabbit game, I kinda want to play the original version now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:16:50 2014 No.1506749 >>1506657 Fuck yeah.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:18:50 2014 No.1506752 File: 638 KB, 1396x960, FZ2Cmpre.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501835 Agreed 100%. The US Dungeon Explorer art is no exception, but it's a Picasso Painting compared to what NEC did to Final Zone II (see pic)

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:25:50 2014 No.1506764 File: 1.78 MB, 1109x891, wonder boy III BR.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506657 This shit was a big part of my childhood. They were offically sold hacks involving comic characters, basically.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:28:50 2014 No.1506770 >>1506657 >>1506764 >Master System I've never seen Japaense covers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:29:50 2014 No.1506772 >>1506752 Does anyone know WHY the changed it?

Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:33:50 2014 No.1506775
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>>1506770
That's because there's plenty of stuff on the SMS that was never released in Japan. I guess it just wasn't very popular there.

But here's the japanese Game Gear version of WBIII for comparison.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:37:20 2014 No.1506779 File: 1.82 MB, 1256x638, dragon's curse.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506764 Same game, different console. Were there ever any TG16 covers that didn't suck?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:41:20 2014 No.1506789 >>1506770 The Master System is called "Mark III" in Japan. I guess it was not very popular there as it was in Europe and Brazil (even more popular than the NES).

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:48:20 2014 No.1506797 File: 116 KB, 500x600, 1396147689964.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506779 Yes.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 22:58:20 2014 No.1506812 File: 1.31 MB, 1151x648, Wonder Boy in Monster World.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Some more Wonder Boy.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 29 23:27:00 2014 No.1506856 >>1501874 Someone thought that this American artwork was a good idea I don't even how

Anonymous Sun Mar 30 00:50:20 2014 No.1507026

>>1503779
>left: boring generic anime-ville
>right: YOU WANT SOME FUCKING BICEPS YOU GOT THEM YOU PUSSY BITCH

That's more like it.

>>1506167
I love the US one. The JPN one has the boy look constipated and confused. In the US, you see this psycho bitchslapping niggas to the ground; he don't give a fuck.

>>1506752
Now see, this is a case of cool morphing straight into lame.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 00:55:23 2014 No.1507036 File: 488 KB, 284x210, 1327988479166.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501829 >that man-chin on Cyan.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 01:41:15 2014 No.1507105 >>1506169 >keanu reeves in... River City RANSOM

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 01:42:46 2014 No.1507108 >>1506563 I love how it looks like he's basically tripping with all the shadows and shit "WHO'S A MAN AND A HALF, IM A MAN AND A HALF!"

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 01:42:46 2014 No.1507109 >>1507105 whoa You mother fucker. How am I supposed to not see that now?

Anonymous Sun Mar 30 01:54:15 2014 No.1507126

>we pretend that differences aren't mainly

>Japan likes anime style
>US likes comics style
>Europe has censorship, because if kids see violence they'll become a dictator and invade Poland
>Apparently at some moment, the Brazilian market mattered enough to have their own versions of games

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 01:56:15 2014 No.1507128 >>1507126 Brazil had master huekers to make games that appealed to Brazil

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 02:01:15 2014 No.1507138 File: 45 KB, 419x396, KillerKong.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1507128 Well played

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 02:35:45 2014 No.1507221 >>1502582 loving that american art

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 02:43:16 2014 No.1507237 >>1501874 I love how Bomberman in Japan is all cutesy, jus t four sticks and a rectangle, while America has what looks like people cleaning up the Hiroshima radiation.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 04:09:24 2014 No.1507363 File: 1.16 MB, 885x635, Puyo Puyo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1501838

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 05:07:54 2014 No.1507423 File: 261 KB, 755x484, Puyopuyo_md_jp_cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1507363 Japan cover should be this one.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 05:12:24 2014 No.1507428 >>1507221 It was actually done by a Japanese Capcom artist, the same one who did that Street Fighter Alpha 2 cover art of Ryu and Akuma in each others' faces.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 05:23:54 2014 No.1507436 >>1501808 Man they really dulled down the pink in Air Ride and Nightmare in Dream Land

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 05:26:25 2014 No.1507437 >>1501808 >First Kirby box art in history to be identical >Completely ignores KDL2

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 05:33:54 2014 No.1507443 >>1507436 That could just be differences in the scans.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 09:41:08 2014 No.1507619 >>1506584 >>1506587 >>1506591 >>1506592 >>1506594 WHAT IS HAPPENING

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 09:56:08 2014 No.1507629 >>1507363 Based as fuck Mean Bean Machine

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 10:09:40 2014 No.1507642 >>1501912 the eu/na one fits plok more, guy was a pissed off little asshole.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 10:24:59 2014 No.1507654 >>1502190 I wonder where the original Jap' cover art is right now and how much would it cost me?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 10:47:57 2014 No.1507684 File: 76 KB, 494x551, supermariobros.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1506152 I like how much the original Alex Kidd boxart rips off the Super Mario Bros boxart.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 10:48:58 2014 No.1507685 >>1506591 The strangest thing about that one is that the Kid Klown character actually got sequels as late as the GBA.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 10:50:27 2014 No.1507687 File: 143 KB, 503x1008, 964152.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 11:08:49 2014 No.1507712 >>1502202 I cant stop laughing at this. My body hurts all over

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 14:34:25 2014 No.1508014 >>1506764 Wonder boy's face on the left "I came to fuck bitches."

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 14:38:18 2014 No.1508019 >>1506657 >>1506812 Why does the main character in the brazil version swing a rabbit around as a weapon

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 14:48:18 2014 No.1508034 File: 244 KB, 640x400, 16378_front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1503779 This is JP for GBA. US/EU GBA covers used the same image but cropped.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 15:03:48 2014 No.1508057 >>1502204 Too bad it wasn't set 15 years earlier, then it could have had Saddam shaking hands with Bush Sr. That actually happened.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 15:05:18 2014 No.1508061 File: 665 KB, 1380x1746, Breath.of.Fire.II.full.618458.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1508034 Original image

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 16:02:48 2014 No.1508193 >>1508034 I found a boxed copy of that at local op shop. Don't have a GBA anymore but I picked it up anyway because that cover is so sweet.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 17:25:18 2014 No.1508405 File: 1.70 MB, 2500x3350, KingsFieldBoxArtComparison.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Sun Mar 30 17:30:18 2014 No.1508416

>>1502042

It doesn't really match the art style of the game, that's the major failing of the cover. Ideally, you want the art direction of your game box art to match the art direction of the game itself.

But back when this game was released, I don't know if many would have responded to the JP box art. Then again, the game wasn't marketed worth a fuck anyways so we'll never know.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 19:04:57 2014 No.1508634 >>1507619 Many Crazy Castle games were retooled to represent a different franchise for lack of being able to get rights, etc. It wasn't an uncommon thing to do.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 19:19:29 2014 No.1508680 >>1508019 Supposedly the rabbit channels the girl's utra super brute force, dealing mega damage to others.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 30 20:48:40 2014 No.1508859 >>1508019 Never heard of bun-chucks?

Anonymous Sun Mar 30 23:15:32 2014 No.1509265
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Normally I prefer Japanese anime styling art over western semi-realistic styling, but Rolling Thunder on the NES is a BIG exception. The US cover is infinitely more epic than the JP cover, and it's one of the most epic VR covers ever IMO (JP left, US Right)

Anonymous Mon Mar 31 00:44:19 2014 No.1509482

>>1508416
Given the fact that anime game covers hardly sell games, I doubt that using an anime cover in a time even more averse to anime would have done the game any favors.

Western gamers in general don't like anime. Thus, if you have to make your cover look like some Dune knock-off, you make your cover look like some Dune knock-off (and look good doing it).

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 01:10:49 2014 No.1509537 >>1501829 I didn't know Comix Zone was made into a Jojo's game in Japan.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 02:08:23 2014 No.1509646 >>1509265 her tits seem kind of...off. Like they were stuck on wrong.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 10:37:20 2014 No.1510208 >>1508019 She is a comic character, the games were rehashed for the young fans of the comics. Google monica's gang.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 10:40:20 2014 No.1510213 >>1509723 what isdis

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 10:50:50 2014 No.1510221 >>1509482 >in a time even more averse to anime You mean the time after FF7 was released? You what?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 10:51:51 2014 No.1510223 >>1509718 I knew someone would post it. My favorite game of all time, but my god did they ever fuck up that American boxart

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 11:12:50 2014 No.1510246 >>1509723 I don't even think Rei appears in that game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 11:38:20 2014 No.1510275 >>1502954 >I would think the tentacle monster would come first? They never do ;)

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 11:45:20 2014 No.1510283 >>1509723 The weird thing is that there was a fully localized Fist of the North Star game on NES. Why did Sega have to rebrand the Master System and Genesis games? Was there some licensing crap involved from Toei and Shueisha?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 11:51:46 2014 No.1510291 >>1510221 Suikoden is older than FF7, and was localized earlier, too. Final Fantasy games prior to 7 didn't have animu covers either.

Anonymous Mon Mar 31 11:57:46 2014 No.1510303
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>>1501835
>>1501874
>>1506752
Now we all look back and laugh, but this really did hurt the TG-16's success in the west. I still have no idea what NEC was thinking with their marketing. The Genesis and SNES also had their fair share of stupid boxart, but the TG-16 just blew them out of the water with almost their entire early library of games.

They did wise up later though, to some extent.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 31 12:28:16 2014 No.1510350 >>1506789 >Master System >more popular than NES in Brazil Bullshit.

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