Battra92 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 On 1/7/2011 at 5:43 PM, Deanb said: I'd say angry Kirby does show that American marketing does tend to go with the more macho-aggressive type covers. Well Americans do have a fetish for gay space marines so maybe Kirby thinks if he can be angry some Americans will like him. Zelda suffers from the fate of bad US box art: Exhibit A: US Box Art JP + EU Boxart (same image) I'm tempted to import the UK version to get the superior cover art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChops Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I like the American Phantom Hourglass art better. In part it's the symmetry, but more because the other one is just meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I like some things about the US box art, and some things about the JP/EU box art. I can't decide which I like better overall. And I do like the US Spirit Tracks box art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 On 1/7/2011 at 6:25 PM, TheMightyEthan said: I like some things about the US box art, and some things about the JP/EU box art. I can't decide which I like better overall. And I do like the US Spirit Tracks box art. Yeah see I thought the JP/EU Spirit Tracks box was better but then, I like my Link and Zelda more on the cute/cartoony side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I think it looks pretty cute and cartoony on the US box too... But yeah, I do like the cell shaded Zelda style a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I like the US Phantom Hourglass cover better. Seems more artistic. I'm not against changing the box art, I'm against changing the box art because some pencil pushers in marketing ran some focus groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 For every action there is an equal and oppositie reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Except you know the horrible yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 http://www.1up.com/d...ure?cId=3183101 It's an entire pre-made list of 2010's worst on show. Also this was pretty funny: Becomes Reveal hidden contents (Oh I'm only up to that point btw, there may be "better" ones later on) edit: getting further on some of these aren't so much terrible, as just silly or stuff. Some are pretty bad mind. The Tractor simulator one's actually a pretty okay one. I'd say it may even be "Fantastic Boxart". It tells you what the games about and is eye catching (not many cases have Tractors on them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Reveal hidden contents IGN watermark on the shoulder on the official boxart (with a wrench in the library) Since it seems some folks didn't spot what I was getting at with the Okami boxart here's one that makes it a tad more obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yeah the Orange Box box art (feels weird saying box twice) should have been way cooler, this is a pretty awesome shop. Although even it could be improved The Portal 2 box art is.......ok. Its just weird, it seems to emphasis the fact that your playing as a jumping robot going through portals....the MVC3 box art is too cluttered. Something smaller with just Ryu and Ironman going at it would have been better. Resi 4 American box art sucks.... ....compared to the fantastic EU box art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 No love (well hate) for... Especially compared to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 It was the first one I threw up if memory serves. (ICO that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 So it was... I coulda sworn I checked. I definitely saw your post and didn't see Ico. Ho hum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Dean are you sure that's the actual, official Okami boxart, and not a mockup someone else shopped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 On 1/26/2011 at 4:30 PM, TheMightyEthan said: Dean are you sure that's the actual, official Okami boxart, and not a mockup someone else shopped? It's the real thing. I've seen it mentioned a few times before. Also, for Excel, I think the Orange Box artwork was fine. The shopped image you posted, while nice looking, places far too much emphasis on Half-Life 2 (when the Orange Box was a collection of 3 games, all of them good). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Team Fortress 2 Portal Seems pretty Half-Life heavy to me. Plus, I think at the time Half-Life was the selling point of the game for most people, so it makes sense that you would emphasize it. The real box art for The Orange Box is just so bland. It just screams "lazy-ass repack of games we'd already released" (even though I know Portal was new and TF2 and the HL episodes hadn't been released on console before). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 On 1/26/2011 at 4:44 PM, TheMightyEthan said: Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Team Fortress 2 Portal Seems pretty Half-Life heavy to me. Plus, I think at the time Half-Life was the selling point of the game for most people, so it makes sense that you would emphasize it. The real box art for The Orange Box is just so bland. It just screams "lazy-ass repack of games we'd already released" (even though I know Portal was new and TF2 and the HL episodes hadn't been released on console before). Even if it is "bland", it's still fairly informative. Just by looking at the front of the box, you know what's in it. You know what you're getting. With that photoshop job, Portal isn't even on the front at all. The only place you even see it is on the back. The Team Fortress 2 line-up is tiny compared to the GINORMOUS Gordon and Alyx. Also, as a side note: Ginormous is apparently an actual word now. Firefox didn't underline it as an incorrect spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yeah the Orange Box is pretty bland, but I don't think the photoshop is much better. As for ginormous http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginormous Merriam-Webster added it several years ago. Oxford however afaik does not recognise the word officially. (yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 On 1/26/2011 at 1:18 PM, excel_excel said: Resi 4 American box art sucks.... ....compared to the fantastic EU box art. This is another case of trying to get the person who walks by to be interested. "OH MAN LOOK AT THAT CHAIN SAW THAT GUY LOOKS SCARY" vs "...what the hell is this? Oh, it's a resident evil game." Plus, given how RE4 actually played... the US art is more accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 On 1/26/2011 at 4:30 PM, TheMightyEthan said: Dean are you sure that's the actual, official Okami boxart, and not a mockup someone else shopped? What's awesome is if you send an email to Capcom about it they sent these glorious Okami mini-posters to you. I wish I remembered where I put mine. I know I found them in the move ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybronx Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) This whole game is an embarrassment, frankly. I remember reading up about this game and just shaking my head after the developers made awful choice after awful choice. I mean come on, Jet Brody? He must eat snowboards and piss Mountain Dew. The "between the legs shot" is just the final nail in the coffin. Edited January 28, 2011 by Cybronx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicariousShaner Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Shepard Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 On 1/28/2011 at 7:50 AM, VicariousShaner said: I win. I beg to differ, I counter with: Box art of the box art on the box art. As well as: I always hold my Coach's hand tenderly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicariousShaner Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) On 1/29/2011 at 7:45 PM, Commander Shepard said: On 1/28/2011 at 7:50 AM, VicariousShaner said: I win. I beg to differ Time to step up my game HADOUKEN: SHORYUKEN: HUNDRED HAND SLAP: I can safely say I have won this war young one. Edited January 29, 2011 by VicariousShaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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