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dj898
07-18-2005, 09:30 AM
Any idea why we got that lousy cover art in western compared to this Japanese relese cover art? wth... o_O

any other cover art variants that you are aware of...?
Xbox
lovely JPN cover arts

http://img119.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/0/7/5/0/shake_2222-img418x600-11214378581.jpg

http://img141.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/5/4/8/9/spirallife21-img431x600-1120414338file0005.jpg

http://img147.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/3/6/5/x29kc0525jp-img600x450-1121612343dscf0011.jpg

http://img107.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/5/4/8/9/spirallife21-img426x600-1120414894file0011.jpg

and here's US cover art... notice the difference???
http://img155.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/4/2/0/1/tamaokiyama-img398x560-1120881642deus01.jpg

http://img143.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/8/0/9/volpheed2003-img450x600-1121498902dscf1812.jpg

http://bag04pr000.ac.yahoo.co.jp/users/0/4/1/9/samechine-imgbatch_1106891429/350x508-image7.jpg

http://img137.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/7/1/4/6/nikosuzz-img600x450-1121512840ten.jpg

US version
http://img167.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/9/9/1/7/sodas1950-img600x450-1120728921a_008.jpg

and JPN version
http://img153.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/0/4/5/ayane00kasumi-img410x600-1115938346ayane00kasumi_dvd__11_.jpg

http://img45.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/6/6/5/pierrot2004jp-img600x480-1105609010x-box_kakutouchoujin_1.jpg


PS2
and for PS2 as well... lovely... :D

http://img145.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/5/4/2/3/tomomo756jp-img450x600-1119082319slps25311-1.jpg
and its guide book cover
http://img157.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/1/2/7/siconjp-img600x417-1119580220untitled-10.jpg

and here's god awful US cover art. Thankfully PAL got the JPN cover art...
http://img161.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/5/7/1/0/yabeha-img600x400-1115969962ps_ghostintheshell.jpg

and its JPN cover art...
http://img137.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/6/6/2/5/geomark2-img600x450-1121348325koukaku001.jpg

http://bag03pr000.ac.yahoo.co.jp/users/3/1/2/6/zacttk2-imgbatch_1110533036/600x450-2005031000136.jpg
AtariBuff
07-18-2005, 09:58 AM
Man, and I always thought we PAL people get the lousiest covers (deep inside I still believe that)...
GameNinja
07-18-2005, 10:01 AM
I agree that the US almost always gets the short end of the box art stick. A trend that I have noticed is that the US games seem to normally have one character on the cover (Sudeki for example) while Japanese releases and US games that retain a large Japanese influence have multiple characters on the cover.

And as far as why we get the worse box art? Maybe the companies don't feel that they need to make a game super pretty for it to sell? Maybe they feel that box art that is more focused on a single character gets a larger response from American audiences?
robotriot
07-18-2005, 10:40 AM
US covers tend to be more "realistic" (hires 3D models vs. painted characters), less abstract and often feature some form of violence (guns, explosions, characters hitting each other etc) from what I've observed :)
NeoZeedeater
07-18-2005, 11:13 AM
I'm amazed Deus Ex IW was even released in Japan at all. I want that box.
ShinobiMan
07-18-2005, 12:00 PM
Here's one I personally own that I always felt striking:

Japanese cover -

http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/md/eswat.jpg

USA cover -

http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/scans3/eswat.jpg
sharp
07-18-2005, 12:13 PM
Japan always had much better looking artwork for games then the west. Between USA and Europe I don't really know. Think Europe has a bit better looking artwork.
maxlords
07-18-2005, 12:46 PM
American box art roundly sucks ass. Those sneaky Japanese have subverted our execs to make them think Americans want poor box art. It's a conspiracy I tell ya!
AtariBuff
07-18-2005, 12:52 PM
BTW the PAL artwork from Ghost in the Shell: SAC differs from the japanese one - they are NOT the same :roll:
segagamer4life
07-18-2005, 02:17 PM
the cover art for breakdown BLOWS away the U.S. ver, we got the stinking "hand" close-up..wtf??? oh well.
Gamemaster_ca_2003
07-18-2005, 02:43 PM
Man those NTSC-J Boxes are so cool
Of course the NTSC-U/C boxes usually sucks ass

can we Petition to have better box art for our Games.
heybtbm
07-18-2005, 06:36 PM
One of the most embarrassing examples are the two covers for the original Suikoden. The US cover is unbelievably westernized and cowardly panders to the non-RPG crowd....ugh is it awful. I can almost imagine some marketing guy looking at the original Japanese cover and saying, "This looks too Japanese...change these people to Americans!"

At least Konami redeemed themselves with the cover of Suikoden II.

Aaron.
dj898
07-18-2005, 07:57 PM
BTW the PAL artwork from Ghost in the Shell: SAC differs from the japanese one - they are NOT the same :roll:

I noticed that after posting.. :p
still PAL uses the same character from the JPN art rather than some chick in funny suit in US cover... o_O
dj898
07-18-2005, 07:58 PM
One of the most embarrassing examples are the two covers for the original Suikoden. The US cover is unbelievably westernized and cowardly panders to the non-RPG crowd....ugh is it awful. I can almost imagine some marketing guy looking at the original Japanese cover and saying, "This looks too Japanese...change these people to Americans!"

At least Konami redeemed themselves with the cover of Suikoden II.

Aaron.

ever thoght of those poor(?) Japanese xbox users who fire up Sudeki first time and get the shock of their life finding the in game characters doesn't look like the cover art... :p