Chrono Trigger features artwork detailed incorrectly on box art.

[kupomogli]

I was looking through Amazon and posted Chrono Trigger. Then I did a double take looking at the cover because I actually thought about it.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iThGjmvKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Chrono Trigger has been out such a long time but I've never stopped and thought about this. It never even crossed my mind actually. When does Marle ever use fire magic. It obviously isn't ice. It could be aura magic but then why would Crono be jumping towards the enemy as an attack?

What other games have people seen the box art that happened to be incorrect from what is shown in game? Not talking about stuff like Mega Man's western artwork, but stuff like Legendary Axe 2 where the sword is the default weapon(though you can get other weapons, one being an axe) and then the box art looks to be otherwise(except the Japanese box art where the guy is holding a sword.)

[kedawa]

I remember boxart for some NES game, might have been wizards and warriors, where the main character looked totally different from the in game sprite.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I remember boxart for some NES game, might have been wizards and warriors, where the main character looked totally different from the in game sprite.

Um, isn't that the case with most games? :P

[Lemmy Kilmister]

You're just noticing that now? I think I bitched about that to my teenage friends 15 years ago. ;) Just a guess here, but maybe the game's artwork was designed before the game was completed and they just used that particular image. That, or people were too lazy to check for "flaws" on the box art.

[kupomogli]

You're just noticing that now?

I just never thought about it before.

[underscore ego]

I always thought that the illustration was correct, simply portraying one of the combination-techs (Arc Impulse maybe...? I can't remember).

[Gameguy]

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4236/cockin.jpg

In the game you're actually a rooster, I don't think there's any people in the game at all.

http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D3309%26coverID%3D2334

[dra600n]

I remember boxart for some NES game, might have been wizards and warriors, where the main character looked totally different from the in game sprite.

I know Iron Sword - Wizards & Warriors 2 it has a picture of Fabio, or someone similar to Fabio, wielding a sword, but in game the character is in armor. Is that what you're referring to?

[Swamperon]

I remember reading an article about the Chrono Trigger art and there is actually a reason behind it but I can't remember it now! :-/

[Dangerboy]

Mobile Light Force 1 + 2.

[portnoyd]

Phalanx on the SNES.

Phalanx on the SNES.

Phalanx on the SNES.

[Jisho23]

Mobile Light Force 1 + 2.

This.

[fahlim003]

Phalanx on the SNES.

Phalanx on the SNES.

Phalanx on the SNES.

Godspeed Pharmer Bob, godspeed...

[TheChristoph]

I've contacted my lawyer. Square will pay for 15 years of incorrect box art.

[Sothy]

What? dude cant play a Banjo after he pilots a fighter ship?

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/667296/img/Anonymous/Phalanx.jpg

[Gooch3008]

megaman 1/2 :puppydogeyes:

[NayusDante]

It's hard to beat Phalanx. Still, that's more of an artistic expression than an incorrect depiction of the game. I actually like the cover of Phalanx.



Earthbound

http://cdn1.gamepro.com/box/box_128241.jpg

As far as we can tell, the Starmen are human-height, not Gundam-size. The cover shows Ness inside the "cockpit" of one, like it's a mecha.


The Dig

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5300/dig300mc0.jpg

What's that tool they're digging with? It must be from back when the game actually had something to do with digging, as we all know the cover art was painted early on, and they just airbrushed out poor Toshi Olema.


Ultima III: Exodus

http://www.ultima.rabbitslair.de/pics/ultima3_title.jpg

The demon on the cover is not in the game, from what I understand. The actual antagonist is more akin to a computer.


King's Quest

http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/sites/default/files2/images/Kings_Quest_1_IBM_A_Front-For-Web.preview.jpg

It's not like this at all...

[Einzelherz]

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4236/cockin.jpg

In the game you're actually a rooster, I don't think there's any people in the game at all.

http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D3309%26coverID%3D2334

Why does this make me watch to watch Double Dare?

[skaar]

Mobile Light Force 1 + 2.

haha

s'true.

[Soviet Conscript]

I know Iron Sword - Wizards & Warriors 2 it has a picture of Fabio, or someone similar to Fabio, wielding a sword, but in game the character is in armor. Is that what you're referring to?

it is indeed fabio

[Ed Oscuro]

Hey Kuo, it's a bonus. Like all those in-production screenshots on the back of every copy of Goldeneye. (At least the first run ones.)

I like to think of covers as the place where everything that can't or shouldn't happen gets a chance. Like the cover of Resident Evil Outbreak, with the guy passing the gun to another through the manhole.

[Matt-El]

I always thought that the illustration was correct, simply portraying one of the combination-techs (Arc Impulse maybe...? I can't remember).


I was going to say something similar to this.

[Arkhan]

Ultima III: Exodus

The demon on the cover is not in the game, from what I understand. The actual antagonist is more akin to a computer.
.

That was the point . Exodus was Mondain and Minax's evil offspring that you set out to destroy. They didn't want you to know it was a demonic supercomputer churning out monsters. That was the big spoiler when you storm Exodus' Castle, and get to the end and realize its a supercomputer.


in any event, the thing on the cover resembles the balrons you fight in like every Ultima.


Deadly Towers boxart fucking lied so hard. The box art is cooler than anything the game could possibly have.

[Cryomancer]

Earthbound

http://cdn1.gamepro.com/box/box_128241.jpg

As far as we can tell, the Starmen are human-height, not Gundam-size. The cover shows Ness inside the "cockpit" of one, like it's a mecha.


I'm pretty sure it's Ness's reflection on a Starman visor, as he's looking up at it from below. He is a kid, and the Starmen are not really ever shown in a particular "they are this tall" sort of reference shot either. Plus that's a high-level Starman, maybe it's extra tall.

[Gameguy]

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6913/metalgear.jpg

That's the North American box, it clearly shows the Metal Gear tank on the front but that was removed from the NES version of the game.

[Rev. Link]

That's the North American box, it clearly shows the Metal Gear tank on the front but that was removed from the NES version of the game.

Wait a minute, you mean to say that the Metal Gear isn't actually in the NES version of Metal Gear? Sorry, the game's hard, I never actually got to the end of it.

As for box art, I have to point out Demon Sword for the NES. The box shows this big, musclebound, Conan-looking western warrior. When you turn the game on your character and the actual game setting are very very eastern, with a lot of running and jumping through the trees a la Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[Daria]

That was the point . Exodus was Mondain and Minax's evil offspring that you set out to destroy. They didn't want you to know it was a demonic supercomputer churning out monsters. That was the big spoiler when you storm Exodus' Castle, and get to the end and realize its a supercomputer.


in any event, the thing on the cover resembles the balrons you fight in like every Ultima.


Deadly Towers boxart fucking lied so hard. The box art is cooler than anything the game could possibly have.


WTF... I just realized that I've never actually beaten Ultima Exodus and now it's completely spoiled. :(

[ScourDX]

Darth Vader in the Dark Force 2 cover.

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2736/starwarsjediknightdarkf.gif

Vader does not exist in the game.

[Gameguy]

Wait a minute, you mean to say that the Metal Gear isn't actually in the NES version of Metal Gear? Sorry, the game's hard, I never actually got to the end of it.
Yeah, Metal Gear was in the MSX version but not in the NES version. I didn't beat it either, but I watched reviews of the game which compared the different versions. I honestly can't stand the NES Metal Gear games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OnX0Ht-dE

[kainemaxwell]

Phalanx on the SNES.

Phalanx on the SNES.

Phalanx on the SNES.

Good call!

[kedawa]

I know Iron Sword - Wizards & Warriors 2 it has a picture of Fabio, or someone similar to Fabio, wielding a sword, but in game the character is in armor. Is that what you're referring to?
Ah, yes. That would be the one.

[Doonzmore]

This reminds me of the Hercules: The Legendary Journey's box art. He's holding sword against the three-headed Hydra and neither are in the game.

[Eduardo]

I remember when I wsa a kid all we had to go by was the cover art. No internet, not a lot of video game magazine where I was from. Besides I didn't know english either. And the box is in english. I took the decision to ask for a based solely on the box art. Most frustrating games where those were it looked like a racing game or a fighting game and it turned to be something different. I remember I could never play Rambo 3 when I got it for christmas I didn't udnerstand it was a light gun game. But give me a break I was 4.

[Zapf]

Clearly the Phalanx farmer is in game, its just that your ship is way too high to actually see him.

[shopkins]

Wait a minute, you mean to say that the Metal Gear isn't actually in the NES version of Metal Gear? Sorry, the game's hard, I never actually got to the end of it.

As for box art, I have to point out Demon Sword for the NES. The box shows this big, musclebound, Conan-looking western warrior. When you turn the game on your character and the actual game setting are very very eastern, with a lot of running and jumping through the trees a la Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.


Yeah, Demon Sword is the second Legend of Kage game, basically. I guess the first one didn't do well so they completely hid the Eastern origins in the U.S.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/legendofkage/legendofkage.htm

[Jorpho]

Few things can quite compare to the Euro Colecovision Mr. Do box art.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/PingvinBlueJeans/MrDoEuro.jpg
(ref http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111080 )

[todesengel]

Few things can quite compare to the Euro Colecovision Mr. Do box art.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/PingvinBlueJeans/MrDoEuro.jpg
(ref http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111080 )
Looks like Zan from the Wonder Twins hitting a guy with a giant apple while Karnov is about to smack somebody with a shovel. That box art is amazingly awesome.

[Emperor Megas]

Mobile Light Force 1 + 2.Dear GOD! You know how many people must have overlooked those games because of that HORRIBLE grossly inaccurate Charlie's Angels-esque box art? I was one of them, for years.

What was the marketing team THINKING?! It's like there job was to make sure the games failed as miserably as possible.

[Emperor Megas]

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6913/metalgear.jpg

That's the North American box, it clearly shows the Metal Gear tank on the front but that was removed from the NES version of the game.Just to be clear, EVERYONE realizes that that's Reese from The Terminator, right?

http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.12.01.65/Metal%20Gear%20Terminator.jpg

Just like the Contra guys are both Schwarzenegger from Predator.

http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/arnold-schwarzenegger3.jpg

http://www.heymister.net/storage/arnold_contra_predator.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERS ION=1268005317683

What was with Konami and that shit?

[Cryomancer]

Alternatively,

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4286/121530053255.gif

[kedawa]

If you want accuracy in cover art, I don't think you can do better than My Hero for SMS.
Now that's a case of "what you see is what you get".

[pseudonym]

If you want accuracy in cover art, I don't think you can do better than My Hero for SMS.
Now that's a case of "what you see is what you get".

Bland and uninspired? (I never played My Hero for the SMS)

[Gameguy]

@Emperor Megas; There's tons of that stuff and not just with the covers. Everything is pretty much ripped off of something else.


http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5413/jimpowermutantplanetjea.jpg

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7725/striderhiryuwilliamshat.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6735/bigbossd.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/261/mrslamtwistedmetaljames.jpg

[Rev. Link]

I like the direction this thread is going. :)

[NayusDante]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/MagMax_Cover.jpg/250px-MagMax_Cover.jpg

Mag Max - You never go into space.

[Emperor Megas]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/MagMax_Cover.jpg/250px-MagMax_Cover.jpg

Mag Max - You never go into space.Damn, and that was the last game I bought. How disappointing. http://www.digitpress.com/forum/images/smilies/puppy_dog_eyes.gif

[NayusDante]

I'm sorry, I've spoiled two games for people already. Should I be quiet now? >_<