what's some of the worst boxarts you've ever seen on games?

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Also: The US box art for everything, ever.

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>>3156346
Yeah why we keep doing that btw?

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>>3156346
>>3156359
With a few exceptions yeah the US boxart for things is unreasonably bad

>>3156359
ICO IS NOT RETRO

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

>>3156369
>mom

lol

I think we can all agree that America needs to be nuked

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>>3156321
>inb4 someone post this
I did it so no one else could. And no, this is not a "awesome /vr/ Cover Art" thread

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Mandatory euro Breath of Fire III cover. I own it and hate that crappy render.

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>>3156365
>>3156401
Kinda found the CG box arts annoying thanks to re-boot having shitty animation and me associating that with everything CG.

Because of emulation I have not seen boxart in a while, but I remember sega games had these terrible grids and a shitty drawing with the game name in times new roman or some shit.

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>>3156414
>grids
You know I kinda like it. It looks like a math book for kids or something if you don't know what you're looking at.

>>3156432
That's actually really good

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Left: Standard Amiga.
Right: The later CD32 port.

What the fuck happened?

>>3156353
Crash is Dreamworks knock-off in any region

>>3156456
Why does a frog have a navel?

>>3156480
It's what makes him super. Without it he is just a frog.

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>>3156369

>>3156414
Agreed, CG from the early-mid 90s is ugly and the animations are stiff.

Early Master System games had the clip art-tier drawings, then they switched to half artworks using the same font, and finally to square artworks with varied typography.
So the later releases look decent.

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>durr American box art is bad
It's easy to cherry pick "grass is greener" comparisons but it's even easier to just go through microcomputer ports for poor countries.

Check out those cassette games for C64's covers for some interesting game related art.

>>3156392
That cover is great. It gets your attention, which is ultimately the whole purpose of box art.

>>3156523
Nah, m8. When there's regional box-art the US version is worse in virtually every single case. Comparing like for like.

Cherry picking would be using the fact that some knock-off budget cassette games had bad art to try and deflect the fact that the US routinely gets shit on when it comes to art.

>>3156414
There's something strangely endearing about these clip-art covers. They're awful, obviously, but I can't help being fond of them.

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>>3156541
idk sometimes its dope in the us

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I can't decide whether this is awful or amazing.

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>>3156541
>glorious nippon so refined

>>3156414
>the ninja
>the mega cartridge

did these people decide spaceballs was a reliable advisor for marketing?

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>>3156570
Nobody said that. It's just what usually happens. Rarely I prefer the US box over the original. It happens though, like this example. The Japanese cover is a mess with a whole bunch of characters carelessly tossed onto the panel without any composition or though, mimicking a shitty comic book cover. It's the marketing over here who usually would do that shit, but sometimes they did it too. I gotta say I don't dislike the cover you posted.

>>3156587
Funny you mention comic books and genesis, as Comix Zone is another example where the US boxart is way better than the JP one.

>>3156353
Way better CG thand the american one. Looks more natural.

>>3156634
>smuggorillaface.jpg

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Clapistan BTFO yet again.

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Okay.

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>>3156321
It's much better than official Pac-Man character

>>3156662
>neil de grasse tyson shoots himself in the stomach while a sad disembodied head snorts a japanese street sign

>>3156359
I prefer the US version here.

>>3156359
Poor design decisions made by the team.
Shit western artists that also happen to draw comic books, so they're good at drawing terrible shit at incredible speed.

>>3156384
Lol@ the laser gun even in the Jap release.

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>>3156390

kek, he looks like fucking Chico Bento from Monica's Gang what isn't so surprising for brazilians as Tec Toy release hacks based on this comic using Wonderboy games as base

>>3156392
This one at least tells a story.
the story of the terribly built x-wing fighter model

>>3156384
Come on man, Megaman boxarts were awesome for how bad they were.

It's like they reached a point of ugly where it actually starts to look good.

>>3156669
Whoa there. Keep it worksafe, pal.

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>>3156570
Is this supposed to be an example of a bad drawing? Far from it. Everything is drawn well in its children's book style, the characters look like they have the correct proportions, and the whole box art is pleasing to the eye.

>>3156392
It doesn't look bad, i mean, the quality of the photo is pretty good.

The problem is that it doesn't have anything to do with the game, at all.

>>3156963
It's the same concept as the tipical weird playstation comercials, and these are considered genius marketing.

>>3156952
>I've never played Ghosts n Goblins in my life

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Terrible American box art on the left, glorious European master race art on the right.

Shame PAL a shit.

>>3156321
That box art isn't bad at all.

>>3156660
this is pretty awesome in a goofy way

kind of looks like clip art though

>>3156785
I thought they were just sprite edits, are they actually original games?

>>3156321
That is fuckin amazing

>>3156764
you clearly dont

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>>3156660
Captain Stern?

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>>3156747
Might be the worst box art I've ever seen. That is saying quite a lot too

>>3156747
That's fucking creepy.
I love it. It looks like some sorta demon.

>>3156321
The box art in your post is pretty cool though.

>>3156634
tfw no one rustles your jimmies

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Columns III. Great game.

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>>3160778

>>3156660
>>3159742
Nice, I thought about this too.
It doesn't help that I thought this segment was pretty bad.

>>3156523
Shooped. That's the boxart for "Mr.Do's Castle".

>>3156456
Holy fuck! This amphibian is even more smug than pepe.

Why is there a bulge? I looked around for anything else I can find retarded and it seems Pac-Man has melee Ganondorf syndrome.

>>3156378
WELL HELLO EDGY

>>3162249
He's packing a mega dick. All that dick has to go somewhere.

>>3160634
quite a contrast to the game inside. The publisher made that one fail

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Worst Turbo.

>>3160634
the early 00's were a special, special time.

>>3160634

>this isn't a troll post that's the actual game cover

lmao

>>3156634
Someone beat me to the punch. This is still my favorite box art for a video game period.

>>3156764
This. The one on the right just reeks of some pretentious kid on deviant art trying to make "minimalist" art and failing miserably. No thanks.

>>3156764
>>3163378
and that's why they do different versions. Burgers don't get the concept of the japanese original, so they get a dumbed down variant they can more relate to.

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>>3156541
The Japanese box art for Gungriffon was pretty shit especially compared to the American one. Only thing I really prefer over the American one is the logo.

>>3163383
>dumbed down

Says the kid preferring stick figures over state of the art computer generated graphics.

>>3163387
your comment is not reflecting well on you. Oh well, enjoy your cover, you deserve it

>>3163392
I don't know how I can make it any more obvious that I was joking.

>>3163398
⸮

>>3163387
literally a retard

>>3156952
Fresh off the set of Hot 'N Horny Teenage Bad Boys 6

>>3156569
That ape has seen some shit.

>>3163158
This looks like clip art.

>>3157632

It's only sprite and text hacks to fit to the comics

>>3156570
>OP said post bad box art
>posts good box art

:|

>>3156321
>pic unrelated.
>>3156359
American Ico predates the other versions though.

>>3157369
>A cute boxart is unfitting for muh grim dark platformer about a bearded knight who fights demons in his undies.

>>3156378
>salty yuropoor detected

>>3156353
Crash Bandicoo?

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>>3156346
>US box art for everything, ever
This. Look at these cool UK covers for RE2 and 3 compared to the US ones.

>>3165949
RE3 US version is definitely better than the UK one

>>3156963
Phalanx is a space western. The old man is the pilot, regaling tales of when he saved Space Texas from the illegal aliens

>>3165856
no, this is supposed to be in the "best box art" thread.

>>3165949
Yeah no. RE2 US cover is almost iconic with how they integrated the title into the menacing zombie render.

The PAL cover is a lazy low res black and white scan with the default title slapped on it.

>>3156585
Just wait till you see the next big thing, the TWO MEGA cartridge!

>>3156392
It was intentionally made to get customer's attention and it did.

Also Jaleco probably couldn't show the original PHALLIC cover from Japan in US stores.

>>3167259
>phalanx
>phallics
I see what they did there

>>3156952
Hey, don't diss rival turf, fucker.

>>3156634
With a face like that, looks like he's out to rustle some jimmies of his own!

>>3156660
Oh shit he's gonna get you!

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>>3156761

>>3165949

The US boxes are better

>>3165949
This is one of the examples where the us version is better.

>>3156616
My ass. The eyes, eyebrows, hair, and ears all look terrible, and the shape of the pants is unbelievably stupid. Not to mention, it's off-model.

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>>3156392
how has no one posted this yet?

>>3156456
Why is he so realistic yet keeps the cartoony head?

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>>3156523
>>3160814
doesn't help that much

>>3167535
I like this better than the US release

>>3167535
Dude, this looks awesome. Better than the PAL version and waaaayyyyy better than the US version.

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>>3156392
Phalanx isn't so much awful, just weird for all kinds of reasons.

>>3163158
I actually kind of like that one. Like an attempt to resemble a medieval painting.

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>>3171192

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>>3165856
It's like the artist paused whatever porn he was watching and drew the guys' faces.

>>3156510
Ah classic bd erawt=tware games. MOOM, ekaake, rednnder neen. Good times.

>>3167237
>a lazy low res black and white scan with the default title slapped on it.

Less is more. I personally think the NTSC RE2 art looks likesome stupid fantasy book cover (especially because of the overdone font), while the PAL RE2 art has the feel of a gritty, scary action flick.

RE3 is harder to choose from. I love the high contrast of the NTSC art, but PAL once again has way better fonts and composition.

>>3163631
I bet they had some simultaneous four player action before posing for that photo

>>3167535
That looks so awesome I could actually be disappointed by a game like Perfect Dark

>>3171234

The game is worse than the box art.

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>>3156634
>>3160774
>>3167530

>>3157434
Holy shit Plok. Haven't thought of that shit in years. Was that game even any good? Can't remember for balls

>>3173572
its great! recently went through it

>>3172432
I had these games. Good times

>>3163631
Huh?

>>3163158
>priest and noblewoman finally notice the masturbating adventurer who gets off on THICK TOWERS

>>3172175
le monkey face memes never die/

>>3173732
He should put the sword down if he's gonna do that, that could end badly.

>>3165949
I never understood why Capcom USA went with such ugly stylized logos for RE2 and RE3.

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>>3175489
But that cover is absolutely perfect for doubles posting.

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Obligatory

>>3175570
Was that really the title of the game? Wtf?

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>>3156669
>This game is like...WELL CRUCIAL MAN.
Fuck dude, that back cover knows what's good.

>>3177777
holy quints

>>3177543
In Japan. Everywhere else it was "Oh shit!" Despite the title the game isn't actually shit.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-ohshit.htm

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nice covers

>>3156392

I had Phalanx as a kid and I never thought the cover was out of the ordinary. I thought it was pretty good, but that's probably because I hadn't played R-type or Gradius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqvyzdDHpCs

>>3156414
Did the changed the title and artwork in Europe due that ninjas are banned?

>>3156384
These ones are actually a lot better than the rest, since with 3-7 they settled with annoying cartoon-looking version of megs.

>>3180845
I think only Nintendo banned the word Ninja in the UK. Sega didn't care.
http://www.smspower.org/Scans/Ninja-SMS

>>3172064
The game is awesome.

>>3175489
>grown men moved to tears by the PlayStation logo

>>3171143
hamburger simulation

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>>3160634
Not surprising given Jaleco has a long history of horrible boxarts

>>3167535
fantastic way to say 'what the fuck is this game'

I guess it would stick out on a shelf next to Yoshi's Story and Goemon though.

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This robot sould not be allowed in the women's restroom.

>>3156378
Abu Haajar, what is wrong with you?

>>3156392
Wow, so wrong you are. If not for the hillbilly on the box, I would never have even picked it up to look at. If they just did generic shmup artwork, it never would have gotten a second glacé.

>>3175489
My God, that looks like North Korean propaganda artwork. Glorious Leader will now give us 6 ounces of rice! We are so happy we cry and point at his humble form!

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>>3156321
>worst box art
>posts good box art

>>3165949
You guys really like the US versions that look like a crappy comic book cover art? Those logos are cringe

>>3160778
>>3160784
The presence of this balding weirdo as the cover model is the biggest retro gaming mystery ever. I've searched for years for an answer. Who the hell is this guy?

>>3175527
Thanks for the chenk em!

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>>3165949
European box art for 2 is better, but the one for 3 is worse.

Here's RE4 by the way, inb4 >not retro

>>3167237
Really the pal one looks awful.

>>3167237
>>3184319
Horrible taste

>>3183517
Wow, the Euro boxart for RE4 is really good.

>>3171235
Thanks for the chuckle anon

>>3156384
>we got this
>japan got these gorgeous things
it's not fair /vr/

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>>3185251
You forgot the pics. Here, allow me.

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>Lets make the cover as generic as possible so no one will buy it. We dont want anyone to know there is a cute anime girl in this game.

>>3185343
>Cleopatra's Fortune
Let's put Tutankhamen on the fucking box

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>>3185343
>"Quick, who's in the market for puzzle games?"
>"Errmm... hardcore gamers?"
>"Right, they're a given as a consumer, but who else is in the market for puzzle games, just in general?"
>"Well..."
>"Moms, girls and grannies. They eat these type of games up, even if they don't identify as gamers. And what tends to turn that audience off?"
>"S-Snakes?"
>"No... cutesy Japanese shit targeted at lonely men, such as yourself!"
>"Well, I-"
>"Right. You were the one that suggested this game, it's an easy port, it will close our contract with Taito, so how to sell it?"
>"By... advertising it?"
>"Heh, you're funny, but we don't have that kind of a budget. And we obviously can't use that scantly clad animu girl on the cover, it's too Japanese, especially for the grannies. So how what else can we do?"
>"Scantily clad... anime... boys?"
>"No, that would alienate the hardcore gamers! Haven't you been listening...."
>"S-sorry..."
>"Aww, to hell with it. The Mummy movies are still hot right? Just stick whatever inoffensive Egyptian themed stock art we can afford on the cover and call it a day, it's not like this whole PlayStation thing hasn't blown over already..."
>"And make up a catchy slogan to go with it, something like -Fun Fit For a Queen!- or some shit, that will surely hook in some sales"

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>>3185417
cool story bro. Whats funny is that the same publisher put a cute anime girl on the cover of a different game they published.

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>>3185441
Seems they just copied the agetech A1 game covers. Top shop is Top fun.

>>3185441
Maybe Mud Duck Productions had different management leading different projects, seeing that the two games had a near simultaneous release in North America (same month, May, 2003)
But yeah, I was obviously just shooting the shit.

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>>3185307
meant to post these but those work too

>>3186123
what's bad about these?

>>3186127
nothing, they're fucking awesome.

>>3186130
got it, I need to learn how to context

>>3184453
No u.

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>>3175570
jej

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>>3156634
>>3172175

>>3175489
TINY
LITTLE
HANDS

>>3163617
Only retards enjoy garbage like this which is exactly what the Jap box art for Ico is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9bYQh9F7i0

>>3183517
I love the European version but I think wouldve felt more like the game if they had not just the chainsaw man but a line of the villagers in silhouettes . more intimidating.

>>3188009
and that's why you got the US cover, which delivers your hordes of enemies, at the expense of plain suggestion and head cinema. Some folks are a bit more simple minded and need their messages spelt out.

>>3156384
I met the guy who did the box art for MM2. The story for why it is like it is he gave was pretty funny, also bought a poster size art print of that box art signed by him. It's the original art without the title and border and such. He did art for lots of other retro games too, but I don't recall what they are off of the top of my head.

>>3175494
>hire contractor artist to do your cover
>assume he knows that "ninja" is a brand of scooter
>he does not
>use it anyway

>>3156321
I'm not sure if that boxart is the result of lack of imagination or too much imagination.

>>3183517

The American GCN one is the best. Despite Leon looking like a cutout, it just says "there's a lot of these fuckers you have to kill, and a lot of creepy locales to plunder".

>>3189103
and that story is?

>>3190512
it's pretty funny

>>3189083
>Some folks are a bit more simple minded and need their messages spelt out.

Or maybe they want a more faithful cover art instead of "minimalist" garbage that focuses on a meme character who only appears twice in the game you nerd.

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>all these tired repeats
Here's a boxart I only just discovered today. I said aloud, "What the fuck".

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>>3163378
>trying to make "minimalist" art and failing miserably

It was based off the art style of Giorgio de Chirico not "minimalist" art, and they succeeded at capturing the feeling of being small kids in a giant maze of a castle. also <spoiler>stop being a faggot</spoiler>

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>>3160935

>>3156321
Is this possible? Boxart that is exactly as shitty as the port?

>>3156414
If someone told me this was a parody of sega boxarts they threw together in 5 minutes in MS Paint, i'd believe them.

>>3157401
Are you shitting me? I thought the one on the right was some modern rerelease at first glance.

>>3190512
Nintendo America got the game in and said this is releasing in a week and you need box art. No one had seen it or played it before so they played it with the artist to figure out what to do. They saw him shooting and said "Well I don't see a rifle, so he must have a handgun that isn't clear due to the pixelation." I think the rest was just kinda arbitrary and used characters they saw in the game. I think the copy they had was in Japanese also so they had no idea who was who.

>>3156708
Holy fuck.

>>3156390
Oh, wow. It's like they were trying not to sell the game.

>>3183517
I like how in the PAL box art on each version
Dr Salvador gets closer.

>>3181038
hamburger simulation

>>3192892
lol

>>3192892

Can you imagine what a copy of the game signed by both Clinton and Hussein would be worth?

Clinton is still alive, so he might be up for signing it.

>>3156952
>>3163790
what is tonal dissonance

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>>3163895
yes, it is unfitting. i mean the us boxart isn't particularly "grimdark" (nice buzzword) either but it serves the tone much better. the threatening monsters tell you that the game's gonna be a hard s.o.b but arthur's goofy face lets you know there's a tinge of lightheartedness to it. the weird, almost 1930s cartoon style the jap boxart is going for with monsters simultaneously trying to look scary and chibi with that bright-ass bland scenery in the background just looks weird and i think you know it. also the undies are a punishment to make you feel vulnerable, it doesn't exactly represent the tone of the first game.

>>3172432
neither of those are bad.

>>3197826
one is hand drawn, the other crudely raytraced. It was a dark time, when very basic and bad looking raytracing was considered better, simply because it was made with a computer

>>3183517
us wii is the best cover. eruo covers are coolest stylistically but they don't tell you shit about the game. would prefer the us gc cover to all of them if early 2000s photoshop leon wasn't there

>>3197834
the left tells you more about the game. if i wasn't aware of rpg tropes i'd think right was some medieval cooking game or something. it's still good too though, has more personality

>>3197852
the right shows wandering and eating on the go, I have no idea how you derive a cooking game from that. The left is the usual us vs. them stance that's pretty boring by now. Yet another example of the U.S. box art hammering things home with a sledge hammer, afraid that the audience won't grasp the concept of mood pics. ... and you're giving them credit, proving that, indeed, the target audience can't into mood pics, so that ham-fisted hammering is necessary

>>3197858
it's an rpg about fighting monsters but the characters are shown eating snacks and the monsters are barely noticeable at all. it's not hard to see where i'm coming from

>>3197861
it's an rpg that involves a shitload of wandering the world, and the group is lighthearted and confident even though the world shown in the background is aggressive and hostile. It shows the strength of a party, and sets the mood for a grand journey

>it's not hard to see where i'm coming from
And from where you're coming from you derive a head on simple explanation. You showcase no attempt to let the image work on you, to take in the mood over what's shown. As said, in another post, the US get their box art because they need it. They need to be shown, literally, what the player does. Atmosphere and mood is beyond them

>>3197873
jesus christ. as far as just a piece of art i like the jap one. i'm just saying the us one informs you more about the game on a basic level if you're not sure what you're getting into which was much more important back then.

>>3197818
not sure why they gave the troll symmetrical heart tattoos

>>3197885
>i'm just saying the us one informs you more about the game on a basic level
I'd argue it doesn't. I'm not surprised though you're so dead-set on the monster chopping, you can't see the adventure it's in.

If you need the details of a game, look at the back of the box, or look at the last issue of your favorite gaming mag. The box art serves a different, more emotional purpose

>>3156478
can you elaborate?

>>3197929
what?

>>3197890
>The box art serves a different, more emotional purpose

You sound like such a sap. The one on the right is definitely better, but in a place like America, where everyone's values and cultures are hugely diverse (melting pot and all that stuff), in order to sell your game better, you have to break it down in terms everyone from every culture can understand. Culture determines thought processes. Everyone, no matter how different, can understand the very basic concept of the game by looking at the image on the left; that there are monsters, and you, the hero, fight them. That's how you sell something in America.
In Japan, it's entirely an ideologically homogeneous culture, they're all essentially "on the same page" when it comes to general thought processes, so game companies have the ability to make a cover that's a tad more vague, and emotional in what it's trying to convey.
Use your head, dumbo

>>3197965
>diverse
odd way to spell "shallow"

>there are monsters, and you, the hero, fight them
That's your interpretation of the game, and you're too narrow-minded to see it's not the only one

>That's how you sell something in America.
indeed. Simple, in your face, forget subtlety

>In Japan
and Europe, every now and then

>Use your head, dumbo
the irony

>>3197976
Not to mention, around that time games in America were just toys, and were (especially for anything rated under T) marketed as such. What point would there be in including non-essential abstract information on product packaging when your main audience is children?
It's like your not thinking about why things are the way they are.
Also, should mention, you had one box art to cover the entire stinkin' nation, which is huge in every sense of the word, so you'd better have hoped, as a product designer, that your design clearly conveyed what your product included.

>>3198002
>What point would there be in including non-essential abstract information on product packaging when your main audience is children?
Children being able to think

>so you'd better have hoped, as a product designer, that your design clearly conveyed what your product included.
the japanese one does. It's speaking volumes about you, and in a way the US, that it's insufficient for you

>>3197965
>In Japan, it's entirely an ideologically homogeneous culture, they're all essentially "on the same page" when it comes to general thought processes,
Read that again and realize how ridiculous that sounds.
>everyone out of 200 million people think exactly the same!

>>3198009
it's a standard USA talking point. Every country in the world, except for the US itself, is a homogenous blob of group think. The US, due to almost its whole population having immigration history, are the most diverse place on this earth, as all the group thinks from different countries meet, and clash.

>>3198005
>the japanese one does
no it really doesn't. i don't know why you keep saying this. the MCs eating snacks does nothing to inform an uninformed passerby as to what to expect at least gameplay-wise. cover art is supposed to be a pull, it's not really supposed to be a representation of the in-game characters' states of mind or whatever. i mean you could argue that it's more dignified and i'd agree but we're talking market appeal here. the left has better appeal but the right is better art in general. that's all i was trying to say

>>3198020
>the MCs eating snacks
That's all you take from that cover? You sound like a stereotype at this point

>the left has better appeal
Only in the US, and that's kind of a sad statement on its own

>>3198029
>That's all you take from that cover? You sound like a stereotype at this point
i'm speaking as a typical american passerby. reading comprehension anon
>Only in the US
that's a pretty loaded statement, but whatever. unless you're trying to argue that game cover art (even in glorious nippon) isn't a marketing tool (lol) then i guess we agree??

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>>3198039
>i'm speaking as a typical american passerby
indeed, you are

Anyway, since you're having so much trouble reading the covers I prepared an info graphic for you. Left shows what the US cover shows. Right shows what the jap cover shows. Both work even at a glance. It takes a lot of (willful?) ignorance to reduce the japanese cover to a bunch of people eating, and thinking it's about food.

I'm merely suggesting that US covers are severely dumbed down, and you're agreeing with it loudly, saying it's necessary because the US audience is ... severely dumbed down.

>>3198039
also half the jap art's just some boring wall texture that wastes space. again, takes away from the pull. i'd say the us art overcompensates but at least they seem to have a better grasp of marketing and using the space given

>>3198046
again the whole eating thing plays in to what i just said about the wasted space. the background art being so small creates too much focus on the MCs who are just kindanonchalantly eating shit

but yeah i was always in agreement of the us art being "dumbed down". why do you think i said the jap cover was better art?

>>3198049
>half the jap art's just some boring wall texture that wastes space

The landscape is framed and the characters are not walking in that landscape. What you call "waste" is a design decision, as it completely changes the impression of the image.

>using the space given
learn about whitespace, framing, margins and composition, really.

>>3198058
>why do you think i said the jap cover was better art
because it's drawn instead of being a low quality raytracing image. You made quite clear that technique aside, you consider the japanese image useless in terms of conveying its message, wasteful in terms of composition, and not representative of the game.

>i was always in agreement of the us art being "dumbed down"
>>3197852
>the left tells you more about the game
>the us one informs you more about the game

yeah, no.

>>3198070
i don't have a problem with whitespace, it's just ugly textured whitespace and detracts from the art itself

the left does tell you more when it comes to the meat of the gameplay. the right tells you more about the characters and gives more definition to the setting

>>3198081
>the left does tell you more when it comes to the meat of the gameplay
repetition does not make it become any more true. I thought the screenshots would help, but apparently that's too complicated for you. Oh well, you got the cover you deserve

>>3157401
>American box art is so American, they forgot to include the logos of the Japanese and Chinese teams

>>3198118
>implying Americans give a fuck about Japanese or Chinese teams

>>3198118
the XL cover has all the playable teams, except for the brazilian Pirhana, which is not on there because it's a secret unlockable

>>3197818
TURN AROUND YOU FOOL!
The monsters are right behind you!

>>3183109
This seems rather interesting..

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>>3200035
this cover is actually very accurate and badass as fuck

>>3167535
Looks like a US n64 commercial

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>>3200190
capcom really went all out when making shitty cover art for western releases.

>>3200210
Sagat looks like he lost his puppy.

>>3200210
Besides Sagat's face, this actually looks awesome.

>>3200419
funny stuff, looks like an awkward school class photo or something

>>3198090
You sound like THE biggest cunt. Jesus Christ, reading that banter to this post was horrific.

>>3165856
>man on left is offended by the guy on the right letting out a massive fart

>>3200448
Salty European who is jealous we got access to better vidya. I agree the condescending behavior towards Americans is ridiculous.

>>3171235
Fukken saved

>>3181020
I see I'm not the only one who read that 1up article

>>3200034
Oh...oh dear.

>>3190582
>Designed by the makers of warcraft

Is warcraft that fucking old?. I always though TLV was first

>>3200491
>tfw Warcraft is 37 years old

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>>3200491
LV2 came out three years after Orcs and Humans and a year after Tides of Darkness. They were well known for WC by that point, so why not? It probably helped.

>>3156359
a lack of faith in the american audience to not be retards
not entirely baseless but still disappointing

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>>3203350
Historically accurate depiction. If only the in-game sprite was a sexy chola virgin we wouldn't have a problem.

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Creepiest mascot.

>>3156634
the gorilla has a fucking monocle, badass

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Simple 2500 Series: The Microwave.

>>3165856
This is stellar. I wish this was a cover for a movie.

>>3171235
fucking kek

>>3156353

I like this one more than the American one. Those huge teeth are just awful. They toned it way down for the sequels, for the better.

>>3200034
>for the emprah!

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>>3156321
Was gonna post this in >>3185890 but just had to put it here instead

>>3182370
HAWWY HAMMA!!

>>3204742
That is a happy looking kid

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>>3205443
He got Pac Man for his 8-bit Atari computer why wouldn't he be happy?

Bad art, good port.

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>>3203395
>That thumbnail

>>3205457
Absolutely. that is a pretty cool looking box too, despite the art

>>3203410
I wonder why no one wanted a master system. How could you resist buying this off the shelf

>>3205627
Exactly, I always laugh when I see people defend the white grid Master System boxes, especially when ones as dull as Zillions exist, which tells you literally nothing about how the game actually plays.

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>>3205785
Because it takes a genius to pick up the box and look at/read the back?

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>>3205551
my simian brother

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>>3200419
Gotta love how they censored the girl's areola from the original artwork.

>>3186951
underrated post

>>3171387
Isn't rednnder neen by 33gogee 3rawt=tware though?

>>3156662
Don't get it, please explain

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I'm surprised that this one didn't make it to the thread yet.

>>3190593
That was obvious bait, anon, and on the offchance it wasn't, then that poster isn't worth replying to in the first place.

>>3156384
I gotta say I don't hate the Dick Tracey Megaman.

>>3156392
>this is not a "awesome /vr/ Cover Art" thread

It wasn't until you posted Phalanx. Great incongruous marketing and it had a nice space western feel.

>>3203354
>>3206036
Druids are having a rough time with this box art thing.

>>3197924

No, you get mad nerd creds for shit talking the bandicoot this summer.

>>3205791
it doesn't, but what's your motivation to pick it up and read the back? Would you pick and turn every single offer on the shelf? why? why not?

>>3206168
But bandicoot is beloved by 90's boyz, you'll get shit anytime negro

>>3205791
Why would you even bother if the cover is so uninspiring that you don't care.

>>3205791
The back looks awful too

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>>3182441

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>>3165856
The goat demon in the back is lifted directly off of the old Hammer Films classic, "The Devil Rides Out"

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>poorwhiteboy.jpg

>>3206036
Because it's not retro.

>>3207871
that girl's a beauty

>inb4 phalanx

>>3207871
John Stamos is in it?

>>3207915
thirsty lil bitch nigga is u

>>3207923
you're only two weeks late
>>3156392
Easy to miss, it's just one of the most quoted posts in the thread. Bonus points for that post being findable with ^F "phalanx"

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>>3203397
What the fuck was with ZX Spectrum and being generally creepy?

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>>3208473

>>3156371
GET OUT NORMIE GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sadly, there's no "Horace and the Skeletons"

>>3208693
>>3208686
Never played these ever but Horace has already won my heart.

>>3203397
>>3208686
>>3208693

holy kek now this is a true mascot

induces sales as well as nightmares

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>>3156401
America's was better, but not by much.

At least EU shows one of the things that's unique about the game. This one just looks like some VHS cover.

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>>3208693
YOU CANNOT UNSEE ASSY MCGEE

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>>3165064
4 teeth?

>>3203397
>>3208686
>>3208693
I love how absolutely depressed Horace is. He's just too damned down to react to anything.

>>3209243
>Horace to the Rescue
>This title was announced in 1985 but the game never appeared, due to the author Tang suffering a collapsed lung and being unable to continue.[3]

This whole franchise is haunted.

>>3207863
looks like a rape scene about to commence

>>3209012
I prefer the diginity in this art. There's a sword. There's fire. It's an RPG. All I need to know.

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>>3156747
This one's actually pretty clever. Once you see the nose as the top of his head the illusion cements itself really well.

>>3207863
Give it time.