Game cover/packaging/artwork thread
 

Game covers/packaging/artwork is something some people care a great deal about, and something some people do not care at all about. That being said, this thread is for the people who care to post, discuss, trash, applaud game covers for current and future titles.

I'll start this off with the US cover of New Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo DS, which in my opinion, isn't spectacular.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...V58223403_.jpg

Easy: We Love Katamari, simple and strange, when I first saw the tan cousin, I thought it was holding a gun!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5_Katamari.jpg

http://www.acecombat.jp/ace-zero/images/big_package.jpg

Thread can be closed now.

I'll beat Qwarky to it, but this cover art for ICO ranks as one of the worst for the best. No wonder few gamers in North America know of this gem of a game.

Take a gander.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...176/ICOBAD.jpg

Now, take a look at the PAL/NTSC-JAP version:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...76/ICOgood.jpg

Much nicer and cleaner, and very artistic too!

That shit is awful.

What is that, a penitentiary.

The Castle did "act" like a penitentiary/prison for Ico and Yorda. The evil queen was one hell of a nasty warden.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...etFighter2.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...hter2Turbo.jpg


Classics.

Ah yes, the horrid ICO cover. It's embarassing to have on my shelf, let me tell you.

For some reason when Japanese games chnage the cover for a NA release, they like to make it look crappy.

I just threw away the crappy NA version and printed off the nice PAL cover. What a relief.

Much like what my mom did with the "too sexy" StarCraft Broodwar cover back in 1999.

Same here. I printed the PAL cover for my copy of ICO, too.

And now here is the best box art that Sierra ever churned out.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1...31981000gy.jpg

Makes you want to avoid holding the cover, it could bite you!
Does anyone here own a game with a collector's edition cover? Blizzard games are notable for having those.

Here's a DS cover I like, kind of busy, but in a good way.

Seiken Densetsu DS Children of Mana
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P...9.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...an88/cover.jpg

Heaps better than the USA and Japanese ones. Dark, brooding as well as a feeling that you're getting yourself into one hell of a s**t situation. Lovely.

I just happened upon that one recently and I was mighty impressed with it. Sometimes some of the best covers come out of Europe and Australia.

You cannot have this discussion without displaying the worst box art of all time:

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5059/14en.jpg

I like how Mega Man is state-of-the-art.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...rnage-SNES.jpg

Here's a cleaner one:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...arnage-Art.jpg

Final Fantasy XI covers have been nice, and these new ones from Yoshitaka Amano are no exception.

Final Fantasy XI (360 + All Expansions)
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi...072009737.jpeg

Final Fantasy XI Treasure of Aht Urhgan (PS2)
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi...072009718.jpeg

Old school. I remember playing Duck Hunt at a friend's house.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...F/DuckHunt.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...rMarioBros.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...MarioBros3.jpg

Wow!! Those Amano covers are BEAUTIFUL.

I used to dig this game cover back in the NES days:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4052/tww17yk.jpg
It's obviously Americanized, I'll buy a rice bowl to whoever who finds it's japanese version. Great game, you should check it out.

More importantly, why is his hand like that? (unless...*gasp!* Mega Man had two right hands?!?) And his foot! Ouch!

I'm not very fond of a lot of box art/covers, but Breath of Fire V is one of my least liked, especially in comparison to its Japanese, PAL and fan-made ones.

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/...fe842010.L.jpg
Official NA release. What the hell is up with the white spiral? And Nina's been inverted (since her hair and shackle thingies are in the wrong direction)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...8.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
I don't know if this is the offical PAL box-art, but it looks cool nonetheless.

http://www.vgboxart.com/boxes/ps2/1829-orig.jpg
Made by "Kakusha." This picture is probably one of the coolest game illustrations, and it would've looked awesome as an official boxart.

Tekken's art direction has grown increasingly more stylish as the series progressed.

Good ol' Tekken 2 and 3:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ken2-Cover.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...FF/Tekken3.jpg

Just some of the best this generation has had to offer. :guitarist:

http://www.505gamestreet.com/IMG/loc...fitnessfun.jpg http://www.505gamestreet.com/IMG/loc...ldfighting.jpg http://www.505gamestreet.com/IMG/loc...enty2party.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/798...slandsj8zs.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5...wrighte3kr.jpg

http://www.phoenixgamesgroup.com/ima...deyejimbig.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Sorry about the size, but it's just too cool.

http://vgdb.consolemul.com/covers/50...printfront.jpg

That shit is disgusting.

Here's a few I happen to thoroughly enjoy, and I would of posted ACZ, Seiken Densetsu and ICO but they've already been done.

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/2...73400019ou.jpg
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/3...39870124ea.jpg
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4...38870322vr.jpg
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4...96510031wn.jpg
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4...27540019yv.jpg
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2...28840046ed.jpg

All of those are fucking awesome. I'll post some more later.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
I still remember finally finding a copy of this baby in the insane week following WoW's release. I almost got screwed by not pre-ordering.

http://www.zeldavortex.com/images/boxart/oot.jpg
Yeah, I can't find a bigger picture, but goddamn this box was golden. The first game I ever pre-ordered. I don't think any game ever has got me as hyped up as Zelda 64 did.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/...5024736202.jpg
I know it's not out yet, but this packaging is pretty damn spiffy if you ask me. Oblivion will be fucking incredible.

One more classic Street Fighter boxart: SF2 Special Champion Edition for Genesis.

I like how M. Bison Scissor Kicks Guile just as the Sonic Boom is about to come out.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ion-BoxArt.jpg

Awesome game, shitty cover. Konami sometimes has a bad habit of doing this (using the Japanese cover as the intruction booklet cover, and making some really shitty layout for the US one, they recently did that with "Suikoden Tactics"). Thankfully, after this one, all the Suikoden covers have been great, except "Suikoden Tactics".

Suikoden
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.gif

Suikoden Tactics
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

The NA cover for BLACK is pretty damn good...
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6...66front2kq.jpg

Japanese MGS3 Subsistence packaging:
http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs3_su...ic/pict_01.jpg

Closer look at the artwork:
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/5651/mgs3art26dn.jpg

US "Regular" edition packaging:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/673...05front9qs.jpg

The "Limited Edition" is the same cover only in red which makes it look like crap.

Finally...
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images...3285_front.jpg

One of the best. So simple, but so good.

http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/scre...s-IV-Oblivion/http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/scre...s-IV-Oblivion/http://media.teamxbox.com/dailyposts...box360_550.jpg

Others I like:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...llejo_ecco.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lejo_ecco2.jpg

So can I get an Ecco for 360 please.

http://www.teamxbox.com/images/daily...boxswkotor.jpg

Also I really like the Condemned one.

http://cerberus.gamershell.com/boxart/large/10284.jpg

Why is this bad?

Besides the game not actually having anything to do with "Suikoden", that is. It's really this game:
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Which actually doesn't seem that good a cover either



I personally really like the Children of Mana cover. Not only is the artist terrific, but the picture is so vibrant and well set, it easily brings out the "look" of the game. I hope they use the same cover for the European release, it'd be such a waste otherwise.


I'm really fond of old Zelda game covers. The NES ones really simple yet effective, just like Link to the Past and Link's Awakening. Ocarina of Time also continued the tradition (the golden one looks nice, but I actually prefer the regular black/gold version I have. Wind Waker was so different visually I guess the GC cover was fitting. The old covers held that certain graceful majesty to them, much like the PAL Final Fantasy covers with only the original logo (though many non-Europeans seem to prefer the character-filled US covers instead)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...3.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.playright.dk/covers/final...vii_psx_eu.jpg
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...2.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


The non-platinum FF9 game discs were nice too, featuring the original character drawings by Amano.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6...lcd13kb.th.jpg
Each disc with different color, different characters.

Three character images that don't look good together, put over a bordered background...it just doesn't work.

Kyril looking awful doesn't help either. I don't really like the Japanese/European one either for some reason, probably because the logo looks pretty awful. I really loved IV's cover though.

I don't get why Americans don't get the simple stylish covers for FF games, I preferred the simplicity of just the logo a lot more over Cloud staring at the Shinra building, or the main cast from FF IX. And I have to agree with Q, the disc artwork for FF IX is just gorgeous.

True, carrying this onto the Japanese FFXII cover with the judge is quite striking. But of course when we get the NA release, I wouldn't be surprised to find a picture of Vaan all over Penelo.

Say 'hello' to the European We <3 Katamari box.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...vekatamari.jpg

I think the quirky style fits the game perfectly. Sadly, I can't see many buying a game looking like that.

Also, the japanese cart for Hitler no Fukkatsu: Top Secret (Or Bionic Commando if you are boring) is brilliant!
Honestly, it has Hitler and everything:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...katsu_cart.jpg

Pac-Man is pure LOL:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ard/capa30.jpg

I personally am not too keen on the FF XII cover, the judge just looks way too big. I like that they are again using the same colour scheme as FFX and X-2, if I'm not mistaken.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...GBA_Boxart.jpg

Simply awesome.
Looks like the two are contending Rosa. it really gives it an attractively sensual feel.

Also this:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...3.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Very beautiful, it adequately mirrors the overall mood of the title - even in its quite simple rendition.

I like how you used the word "majestic" to describe these PAL Final Fantasy covers. That's what comes to mind when I look at them. But I myself don't really mind the North American versions, which are much more graphic heavy, with an emphasis on characters.

Here's Silent Hill 2, a game I really love:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...le/GFF/SH2.jpg

While on the subject of Silent Hill, I really hate the Silent Hill 4 US cover, the PAL cover isn't all that great either, but it's definately better than the US cover, the Japanese cover wins in this case.

Silent Hill 4 (NTSC/J)
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P...9.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Silent Hill 4 (NTSC/UC)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Silent Hill 4 (PAL)
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...2.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I prefer the PAL version. I think it looks cleaner. The case folded out nicely, and the coloured area had an almost embossed effect on the cardboard. I really like that.
http://www.dvdfever.co.uk/reviews/rmshill2.jpg

I also like Wipeout 2097's cover. It's probably the only PS1 game I can remember that never had the PLAYSTATION banner along the bottom.
http://www.playright.dk/covers/wipeout2097_psx_eu.jpg

aesop, it seems that the site you got the Wipeout image doesn't allow direct linking.

I've never seen the PAL version of Silent Hill 2. It's cool.

Here's the Japanese one:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...over-Japan.jpg

http://www.bt.is/BT/Myndir/Vorur/MLFPSX/Mynd.jpg

http://www.gameexpress.com/images/pr...332054697F.JPG

They are different

I guess no one played the first game so they just reused the old cover? hahah.

Which is odd, because not only are the games have nothing in common with each other (beside the fact that they are shootemups), but the cover has even less to do with the games.

I can't believe I missed this. The best cover I've ever seen. Is Hitler allowed to be in video games anymore?

Oh my GOD, I didn't realize they used that exact same shitty cover for Mobile Light Force 2, and they're not really even part of the same series!

I want this job, I seriously want this job so much. Do these people win these employments in the lottery or what? I mean look at these!

http://www.megghy.com/immagini/PS2/S...Move_2_Ps2.jpg

http://www.metacritic.com/media/game...on/picture.jpg

It's like no one's actually checking what they put on the covers. Or maybe they think shock advertisement works with the finished product as well =/



I really like the PAL SH2. Not just the cover, but the packaging too. It was one of the first "fancy" game packagings I can remember (at least since the SNES days of cloth maps and posters).

The thick cardboard slipcase held another case inside which opened up, like a fancy "collector's edition" DVD case. The bonus DVD with documentaries was nice too, though it was removed from the Platinum release.

http://www.opm-net.de/news/01/box1.jpg

Acacia, the second BoF pic is the official European box art, and it looks ten times better than the US cover. The fan art, or whatever it is, is pretty cool, but it's a bit too crowded to look good as box art. I'd love it as a poster though.

Also, the US boxart for SMT: Nocturne looks much better than the European one (also because of the lousy name change). I'll post it later.

I changed the link. All the pictures I find of it make it look dirty grey in colour, when it's really more silver.

Qwarky, the Silent Hill2 package came with a collector's card too right, or maybe a sticker?

That's some nice stuff. A lot better than the old North American SH2 I got when it first came out in October 2001. It would've been nice to get my hands on all the collector's goodies.

On the topic of Silent Hill, here is the Japanese cover of the original Silent Hill, which is much more subtle and abstract than the US version.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...over-Japan.jpg

Here's the US version:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...H-Cover-US.jpg

And the PAL version:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...-Cover-PAL.jpg

I don't think it did. Just the bonus DVD and the fancy case as far as I remember.
Oh wait, I just checked and you remembered right, there really is a big sticker there. I'd forgotten all about it. "Welcome back!" it says, with a picture of the zombie nurse :tpg:
I'll see if I can get a picture of it later if anyone wants.

I've always liked the PAL Silent Hill cover, it had that diseased, disturbing feel to it that carried over to the game, but now I really like the Japanese cover better. Very effective, at once more powerful, yet doesn't give that "oog, monsters!" feel the JPN and US covers of SH4 do.

Although I absolutely love Ikaruga as a game, I don't really like the cover of the PAL version. The layout of the Japanese version is nearly the same, but much more stylish than the PAL one, which is definitely too colourful. On the other hand there is the US version, which looks completely different from the PAL and Japanese version, but also has an additional charm.

That's a picture of the US version:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../ikarugaus.jpg


That's the Japanese version:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ikarugajap.jpg


And compared to that one, that's the PAL version:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ikarugapal.jpg

Im surprised ATARI didnt go with the PAL and JP version for us, If american cover art has taught me anything, its that its rare for us to get actual artwork on the cover.

Ah, the North American Ikaruga Gamecube art. It's great except for one thing, the ship. Why the hell does it look like it's made out of fucking building blocks?

Here's the artwork the picture is from.

http://www.mrmonkeyman.com/images/ikaruga2.jpg

Notice the Ikaruga actually matches the same style of the rest of the picture, and it sort of looks like a bird as well. None of that building block nonsense.

I love Kosuke Fujishima's artwork.

Tales of the Abyss (NTSC/J)
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P...9.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Lets not drop Silent Hill untill we have looked at Silent Hill 3
US Cover:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6261/psx20200lr.jpg
UGH! But you did get the soundtrack, we in Europe got Silent Hill 3 before anywhere else and still got a nice cover
PAL Cover:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/579...zzzzzzz9ad.jpg
I couldn't find a picture of the Japenese cover but it was nice too

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/2...kcloud26gf.jpg

This's the US cover for Dark Cloud 2. It's bright, vibrant, and features the two main characters. Score in my book.

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/2...zzzzzzz2go.jpg

However, this is the Japanese version, and I like it a bit better. It's not quite so cluttered as the other one.

And this last one is, I guess, another PAL version of the game.

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3...000833d7pg.jpg

Here's the Japanese "Silent Hill 3" cover you couldn't find, randomweb.

Silent Hill 3 (NTSC/J)
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P...9.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

PAL's Silent Hill 3 cover is the best out of the three.

Agreed.

Sorry but the Dreamcast box art of Ikaruga is SO MUCH BETTER.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8...gafront0gn.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2637/jet9sk.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8664/gunboid28ti.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1...dia2reg9qq.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5...dstrike6rm.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3...eimpact0is.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2...hannel58gm.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8...calibur0hj.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7971/sakura34gs.jpg

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/2...dungeon6ws.jpg

Good taste or what.

I don't like the Grandia 2 boxart. Pretty boring. Otherwise the DC boxarts look good.

Yeah, Grandia II boxart = fail. Love that Space Channel 5 cover.

Really? I like that Grandia 2 boxart more than the American Grandia 2 box for the DC.
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7...a2dcusa4xu.jpg

They're both bad.

The art for the PS2 version of Grandia 2 is pretty good:
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/grandia2-ps2/box-usfront.jpg

And Southjag, Europe got the same cover for Dark Chronicle as the japanese version. I think the last one is for the Korean one, if i can read the characters good enough.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/00097609.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/wp_b_800.jpg

Amen. And I don't like the PS2 cover either.

I remember feeling so ripped off with this. ;__; Not only because it was $10 more than any other PS2 game at the time, but because the DVD was Region 2, yet the Australian PS2 only plays Region 4. By the time I got a real DVD player with no region lockouts, I no longer had the game. It shall forever remain a mystery!

You should have gotten one of these babies ;_;

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...2.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

(though I have the version which makes a tiny file on the memory card. It's still better than the first version which used its own card you had to put in the slot =x )

Neat! I've never seen that before. =( I knew whatever version of the Action Replay around at the time offered the function, but it was almost as expensive as some sort of island resort made of gold and Panzer Dragoon Saga discs!

Speaking of Panzer Dragoon Saga, lololol at the awful PAL and US cover again

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://www.videogameconnection.com/i...saga%20box.jpg
The US version came in a case that much bigger than the PAL! Honest!

compared to the Japanese cover

http://www.futura-online.com/e-tiend...n_rpg_azel.jpg

LIFE WIN

Here's a collaboration of the Ratchet and Clank cover art.

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/6...tcollab5jd.gif

From top left: Ratchet and Clank US, Ratchet 2 US, Ratchet 2 PAL, Ratchet 3 JAP (check out those eyebrows), Ratchet 2 JAP, (bottom left) Ratchet 3 PAL, Ratchet 3 PAL Greatest Hits, Ratchet 3 US, Ratchet Deadlocked US.

Now, the two PAL Ratchet 3 covers -- both of them are Greatest Hits covers. At least that's how I found them on Google. I don't know if that was a mistake or not, but I bet one of them is the original with the GH stuff around it, and the other is a re-release cover for GH. In any case, there you have it.

I like how Ratchet is alot more happier on the Japanese covers, haha.

Joy and Eyebrows move copies in Japan, Emo and Angst sell 'em in America. Damn, they literally made a cover out of that idoitic sketch Captain Quark drew for their invasion operation.

http://www.n-planet.com.br/portal/bo...ages/kirby.jpg http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/obje...oxart_160w.jpg

Dare to Compare

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/9...38080015vz.jpg

File this under the "awesome" catagory.

The Ratchet covers remind me of the recent slew of Prince of Persia's.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...2.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/5...fpersia1gx.jpg

The next Ratchet needs just a bit more generic rage though!

I really like the art style on those Castlevania box art. They are my favorites!
http://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j...turn_cover.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j...apan_cover.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j...onicles_na.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_jeff/Cotm-jp.jpg
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/castlev...ing/b-wncj.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j...se_Box_Art.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j...apan_cover.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j..._Gamecover.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/viewtiful_j...arknessbox.jpg

Gitaroo Man in all it's busy glory:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...taroocover.jpg

Wouldn't be caught posing like this in real life (Samurai Legend Musashi):
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...endmusashi.jpg

Happy Go Rucky! Taiko Drum Master!:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...drummaster.jpg

Happy Go Rucky Daisuki! Puyo Pop Fever!:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...anualcover.jpg

Although I did cheat for these which are manual covers for the most part, that are similar to the cover art

Haha, you know, set together like that, it's like that Paris Hilton collage where she has the same look on her face in every picture. That, or the covers make me think the Prince just kept squeezing into every picture.

"Who the hell is this guy?!"

"I don't know, but he looks angry! Those bread knives look dangerous, he might be about to break!"

Hahaha, yeah. At least in The Two Toilets, he's sorta looking up just a bit (as the DARKNESS consumes him).

Yeah, especially the artworks look breathtaking. However, the US cover of Castlevania: Symphony of Night is nothing compared to the Japanese one.

Just compare

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...vaniacover.jpg

with

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...aniacover2.jpg

and

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...aniacover3.jpg

Somewhat ridiculous. There seems to be a great fear of using artworks and stuff like that in western regions.

I must be one of the few that thinks that most FF covers look awful, seeing as how they are always posted. It might be that massive black bar at the bottom.

This, however, I think is very beautiful:
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/8003/ffta1kx.jpg


As posted on the old board,
here's the holographic version
of Metroid Prime Echoes.
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/9...holo1br.th.jpg


Not to forget the thoroughly
well done packaging of
Electroplankton.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1...on272xf.th.jpg

Yeah, so I like shiny stuff =P

Was that Ace Combat cover a joke? Unless the keyword was mundane- spot on!

Heh, I was right. Well... maybe I'm wrong and instead of being pissed, all these characters are simply constipated. And you've got to be kidding given that Echoes had far better art avaiable, and yet they went with some relatively boring cover and tried to save it with... "teh shiny".

Except for FFTA's cover (awesomeness concentrated), the rest are pretty meh.

I worked on three of those games. Blah.

Anyhoo, the classic series...

http://vgdb.consolemul.com/covers/50...printfront.jpg

http://www.mobygames.com/images/cove...7443393-00.jpg

Hmm... battles of prince of persia... I play-tested it when it was still on early stage. On sheet I mean. It was a great idea. Then developed so badly....

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Watch this.

Final Fantasy XI 360 (NTSC/J)
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi...072009737.jpeg

Final Fantasy XI 360 (NTSC/UC)
http://www.gamestop.com/common/images/lbox/200154b.jpg

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. :dies:

Why would they do that? Why not just keep the godly cover and use it for all countries.

Also does anyone know if ESIV Oblvion has a special PAL cover? Or do only some games have different covers?

Ahaha, wow, Square's keepin' the tradition of hilariously awful American Final Fantasy box art going!

And PAL Oblivion shares the same cover as America.

http://xbox360.gaming-universe.de/sc...v-oblivion.jpg

My god, even when they try a "ok, let's do logo only" for the US they manage to fail =x

Some more SNES covers:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Apocalypse.jpg

I have that X-Men game. I can scan the cover in hi-res if anyone wants a better look at the artwork.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...mJim-Cover.jpg

And who can forget the SNES cover for Phalanx:

http://www.geocities.com/karatesize/2577.jpg

I dont know what the hell they were thinking...

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7062/951b0pb.th.jpg

i like the steelbook edition from metal gear solid 3 the most =P it's just cool ;)

Holy shit, yes. I remember getting this game and wondering why there was an old man on the front, thinking that was the pilot (quickly found out this wasn't the case).

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2...29400159ad.jpg

Good? Bad? YOU decide.

I can't believe I forgot about that. HA HA HA HA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sup awesome cover.

Okami (NTSC/J)
http://www.cloverstudio.co.jp/o-kami...pake/big01.jpg

Hell yeah. That Okami cover is the shit. Hopefully it won't deviate too far for the NA release.

Come on, Jag. You know that text only/minimal artwork covers rarely stay that way for NA and EU versions. I'm expecting an action shot of Amaterasu and the title probably below him (her?).

I am hoping that game gets out of japan. From the screenshots it looks like it's reall worthwhile, but if it is it'll probably be released through a bunch of crappy english adjustments first.

Great cover, though.