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976456 No.976456 [Reply] [Original]

who the fuck was in charge of this?

>> No.976464

>>976456

Some kid of a Nintendo of America exec.

The original Japanese boxart was boss.

>> No.976468

>>976464

Well, I'd like to shake his hand. He created probably one of the most iconic video game covers ever.

>> No.976476
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976476

>>976456
The EU

>> No.976478
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>>976468

>> No.976490

>>976476
That shit looks rad as fuck.
Why didn't we get that?

>> No.976496

>>976490
Mega Man hit Europe in 1990, 3 years after us.

>> No.976497

>>976490
Ineptitude and probably a lack of communication between regions

>>976478
It's just so hilariously awesome. Even bad things can have notoriety.

>> No.976504

>>976490
Because the box art was slapped together with like a week to spare, I heard.

>> No.976506
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>> No.976527

>>976504
Hours, actually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gICTbtBfWpg#t=5m30s

>> No.976549

>>976506

What the fuck is up with those faces?

>> No.976552

>>976527

I remember this documentary, it came on the poorly put together Megaman Anniversary Collection for PS2/GC/XBOX

the illustrations they show in the video are so gorgeous, wish they still drew like that

>> No.976561

>>976476

Japanese version fits the game better but that's at least pretty good artwork.

>> No.976572

>>976549
Dat duckface

>> No.976585
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>>976561

Keep forgetting image.

>> No.976617

>>976585

See, why couldn't we just get this? Why did we have to draw our own shitty artwork?

If one of the artist said it was "to appeal to American audiences", I will eat my show.

>> No.976634

>>976617

That was it. It wasn't until the mid to late 90s that companies were comfortable using anime styled artwork. They thought Western consumers wouldn't get it. But after Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon, it was more a boon than a risk. That's why they replaced all of Toriyama's artwork with generic fantasy BS on all the Dragon Warrior games.

It's also why they left Chrono Trigger alone.

>> No.976637
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>>976617
That pretty much was the reason, though. Very rarely did we ever get the original boxart. Most of the time it was either something horribly done on their own or a really poor version of the original. Mario 3 is a good example of this. All we got was raccoon Mario on a yellow background.

>> No.976640

>>976637

We STILL have trouble getting packaging right. Not quite so recent, but you ever compared the American ICO boxart to the Japanese and European ones?

>> No.976641

>>976617
you have a show?

>> No.976654
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>> No.976665

>>976663
action game

>> No.976664

>>976654
>changed katana into medieval sword
>left samurai armor intact
Haha

>> No.976663

>>976654

Japanese version works better to me. The hyper-realism of the American version is off-putting.

What does that graphic depicting someone in an explosion in the lower left hand corner indicate?

>> No.976669

>>976665

For real?

Huh.

>> No.976667

>>976637
>>976634
Honestly, I don't really see how goofy anime stuff would have been too different from our own goofy cartoons. But I guess that's hindsight.

>>976654
American looks way better, oddly enough.

>> No.976678

>>976663
Maximum FUN.

>> No.976679

>>976667

>I don't see how goofy anime stuff would have been different

Because in almost all cases it was better-drawn, and the level of abstraction or stylization in the character detailing lent itself to a better representation of the game than the overly-realistic western cartoon style, which depicted things that would only just barely be able to be connected with the sprites in-game.

>> No.976674

>>976664
It's the other way around. Kid Chameleon is an American game.

>> No.976676

>>976617
Hating Japan in the eighties was like hating Afghanistan now.

>> No.976684

>>976654

this still blows my mind

looking at how each art portrays the game with a region's stylistic norms in consideration i can't help but feel a true connection between the Americans and Japanese who worked on this game together

shit's fucking real

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>>976679

>> No.976695

>>976674
You sure about that? The in-game sprites look closer to the jp art, particularly the pink guy, who isn't pink at all in the american cover.

>> No.976693

>>976654
The American version has all the characters in the same white t-shirt, showing that it's one character with different powers. The Japanese version makes it look like a team of random characters led by the cool kid.

>> No.976702

>>976693

Holy shit. I never noticed that before.

>> No.976715

>>976687

>give a reasonable response
>weeaboo

I actually kind of hate anime. Most of it.

>> No.976726

>>976693
Son of a bitch.

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>>976468

>> No.976770
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Doggy style...

>> No.976775

>>976735
what the fuck is that on the right

>> No.976789

>>976775

Mega Man.

In Street Fighter X Tekken.

>> No.976801

>>976789
It was a rough life after Dr. Light died

>> No.976797

>>976687
>>>/v/

>> No.976837

>>976735
Who'd thought roids would affect Megaman like that?

>> No.976874

>>976663
chameleon kid looks like he takes it in the ass though
kid chameleon looks like hes a fucking brawler

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>>976837
>>976789

>> No.976886

>>976879

Yep.

I still haven't quite decided if it's funny or stupid.

>> No.976894

>>976874
>The skinny kid who's trying real hard to look cool looks like a pillow-biter
>The skinny kid who's trying real hard to look cool looks like a badass
Pro-tip: both of them look ridiculous.

>> No.976895

>>976886

It's definitely stupid.

>> No.976929

>>976894
Oh yeah of course the american one has a goofy fucking face but he looks like he would crank ya one for laughin at it

>> No.976942

>>976684
Wasn't KC an STI game? As in, just the Murrican division? Sanic 2 is the joint venture, and honestly, I have this irresistible urge to clap when I beat a stage.

Even with both the Japanese and Americans working together, they still couldn't touch Nintendo.

>> No.976953

>Games marketed in one culture are marketed differently in another, news at 1 o'clock in the fucking morning.

I never understood why this was hard to understand. Yes, sometimes it's awful. Yes, early Nintendo/Sega shit tried to hide its Japanese origins. Get over it.

>> No.976973

>>976953

We're all well aware of this.

It's still interesting to look at the different boxarts.

>> No.977008

>>976476
who's that grabbing the sigh?

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>>976953
>Get over it.

Did somebody take a fat wet dump in your cereal? What's the problem?

>> No.977017

>>976456

buddies from art team on the US soil in about a few hours due to crunch time.

>> No.977025
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>> No.977043

>>977025
>Europe
>State of the art high-resolution graphics

>> No.977045

>>977025
European and German cover: This game may not be used with the Mattel or NES versions of the Nintendo entertainment system

wtf?

>> No.977057

>>977043
The USA version also had that blurb as well, though shortened. And they technically aren't lying, back then. They were quite advanced for their time, and their graphics were mindblowingly detailed by NES standards. Finally, Capcom was renowned for their excellent arcade games.

>>977045
This refers to the region lock. Nintendo and Mattel both distributed the NES in Yurop, but Nintendo decided to do it personally later on. So the Mattel and Nintendo versions of PAL NES use a different lockout chip. I think the NES refers to the American one, since it wouldn't make sense to exempt both variations.

>> No.977060

>>977025
European cover confirmed for god-tier

>> No.977069

>>977025
>Germany
>making Dr. Wiley look like Stalin

>> No.977095

>>977025
What irks me the most is that only Japan got the subtitles. I didn't know this until I watched all of GCCX Mega Man runs. I'd wish we had them so they can remind me of the very subtle, but lore-filled plot the original series had.

>> No.977401

>>976476

>For play on the Nintendo Entertainment System
>This game pack may not be used with the Mattel or NES versions of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem

In other words:
>This NES game pack may not be used with the NES version of the NES


wat

>> No.977767

>>976693
Never noticed that. Clever. Tho it makes me wonder why they added a skatebord for the kid in the center, as one of the other forms already has a skateboard. Somewhat redundant. I quess they were just going for the maxium radness.

>> No.979098

>>977025
holy shit

>> No.979108

>>977069
>I don't know what Stalin looks like

>> No.979195

>>979108
who is stalin?

>> No.979243

>>979195
Joseph Stalin

>> No.979250

>>979243
i dont think he was in megaman

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>>979250

>> No.979495

>>976886
It was supposed to be funny, but it was badly timed. Especially after a punch to the nuts from all those mega-cancelled-games.

And apparently we all want more MMClassic.

>> No.979525

>>976456

I don't know, but I'd like to shake their hand, I still think it looks amazing

>> No.979536

>>976695
Are you high? The artwork in the game is heavily western styled.

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>>979525

>> No.979557

>>976695
I'm pretty sure its wiki article says it was developed by sega of america, if not the staff's names should clarify it either way.