/v/ - Video Games

>>14179768

It's his trigger word.

>>14179778

Inferior

>>14179699

>Why is the US the only region not to get the better boxart?

For the longest time, Capcom's EU Mega Man box arts were utter shit compared to their American counterparts, which were only a bit worse than the Japanese ones. They never got to Bad Box Art Mega Man-tier, but they were fucking grating on the eyes.

>>14179814

>their American counterparts, which were only a bit worse than the Japanese ones.

I don't know, I'm really partial to the nip box art for Rockman

>>14179814

Speaking of Capcom, NA Ghost Trick's cover is certainly better than the PAL one.

>>14179828

You're right that I undervalued the difference between the Nip and US design, but at least it's not Europe. What's with the trend of just sticking the main character against a colored background in Western countries? Is it apathy, laziness, or do they actually think it works?

>>14179699

To be honest, the boxart for the burger edition of killer7 is the best looking.

>>14180291

Yeah. Stylized covers are always cooler though. The back could always be used to show what the game is like.

>>14180560

>and every description line has to be in multiple languages

Blame Canada

http://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-11

>>14179699

Anything Atari is usually fantastic.

>>14179866

I always wondered. What's with the Japanese thing of making one letter in a word a different color?

I assume it's lost in translation but i still don't get it.

>>14181807

>That 2nd pic

>Sonic the Eastwood OC DO NOT STEAL

>>14181863

Seems kinda random even in Japanese.

>>14181880

you think that's mindblowing?

look at the face of the soldier in the middle

here is a cool boxart

>>14182304

I like this one better

>>14182315

Obviously not worth the price tag but that piano is a cool idea.

>>14181886

>>14181863

It's not just the "D" in the cover's "Detective" (which looking at >>14181886 seems to have been a western subtitle anyhow; I'd wager the red letter in the original could be equated to the "C" there):

>Ingame interface (“C” in the “Trick” option is red)

>Ingame notification (Second “T” in “Trick Time!” popup is red)

>OST cover (“A” in “Track” is red)

Now, this might be a bit of a stretch as the game's title letter doesn't fit the rest, but what can all three of those spell together?

>>14181807

With Atari, the box art was usually better than the actual game itself.

>>14179699

There is one game that has a fantastic NA cover

>>14192452

the jap one was the best

Fun fact: Perfect Dark's original title was supposed to be called Red and Black in Japan, but ultimately they stuck to a transliteration of the original name.

>>14179699

>Why is the US the only region not to get the better boxart?

How about when America gets the better title, though?

>>14179699

>Why is the US the only region not to get the better boxart?

Clearly your forgetting the best box art of all time

>>14192566

To get customers' attention. Phalanx on its own was a fairly run of the mill space shmup, so Kemco was willing to do anything to get people's attention in order for the game to sell. Since you didn't see a farmer playing a banjo looking at an X-wing everyday, it seemed like a profitable idea. also you probably couldn't use the Japanese boxart, at least not in places like Toys R Us

>>14192626

>also you probably couldn't use the Japanese boxart, at least not in places like Toys R Us

If that were the only reason, then they could have at least used the x68000 version's boxart. music in that version is way better anyway

>>14185426

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>>14192649

>Banjo playing dude on the box was a mall Santa for 25 years named Bertil Valley

>owned his own construction company for 20 years

>He passed away in 2004

>Matt Guss, one of the two planners behind the the NA box art, was interviewed about the planning with Keith Campbell

>"My ad agency had the Kemco account, and our task was to develop packaging and marketing materials for over 40 titles. Kemco would typically buy their games from 3rd party developers in Japan. Some were good, and some were not good. Weaker games needed more help graphically to get them to stand out on the retail shelf. We wanted people to pick up the package, get engaged with the story, and buy the damn game. The package was also used to help Kemco sell the game to retailers, so it had to make the buyers think the game would sell at their stores (i.e. Walmart, etc.). Most of the games back then were in a look-alike category: same genre, same kind of graphics. Nothing to differentiate them from each other. Keith was not a gamer, and, in fact, none of us were in our agency. But Keith was a brilliant idea guy and always was. We knew the game didn't have a lot to offer, but we wanted to make the package arresting. Keith called this kind of thing the "heavy huh factor." If we couldn't do anything else, we'd try and get the potential purchaser to stare at the package and try and figure out what just happened. Today it might be called a WTF moment. "

>"So Keith could have done some predictable spaceship shooting bullshit that would have been like every other game out there. Or he could create a story that would make people stop and think about it. And I guess it's proof that was a good idea because people are still thinking about it. Phalanx was a very average game with an unexpected cover design. It needed a great/weird idea to stand out from the crowd."

The USA Super Metroid art will always make me salty.

I was looking through my PS2 vidya earlier and something that struck me was how full of personality the rear boxart of some of the games were, these two in particular. I'm sure there's still stuff like this being made today too, but I can't remember the last time I saw a back cover as expressive as these two.

>>14192921

I remember when ads were fun