Cover Art difference - 56K beware (^ ^; Any idea why we got that lousy cover art in western compared to this Japanese relese cover art? wth... any other cover art variants that you are aware of...? Xbox lovely JPN cover arts and here's US cover art... notice the difference??? US version and JPN version PS2 and for PS2 as well... lovely... and its guide book cover and here's god awful US cover art. Thankfully PAL got the JPN cover art... and its JPN cover art... Broken Sword...
Because the Japanese always get the best cover art followed by Europe who in the last 5 years seem to keep a lot ofthe Japanese cover art. Yakumo
Wow! I love that spy fiction art! Actualy, im quite certain it was done by the same artist who made my avatar (Murata Range).
It really depends on the game and the team working on it. Sometimes the Japanese cover art is better, sometimes it's worse or simply equally as bad. -hl718
Yeah, and sometimes nice, elegant anime-style covers that look delicious are not deemed "marketable" by U.S. executives, and thus, we get a consumer-friendly makeover. There's great american designers that could make covers that are equally well presented, and the japanese boxart could be kept or modified a bit for the market. But it just doesn't happen. It never did in the 80s, it sometimes does now. I guess there's progress.
look at the Ghost in The Shell for PS2. The US is by far the ugliest one and PAL release got something more decent as it uses the same art style as JPN version though not the same cover art as I thought initionally... also I love Fatal Frame and Fatal Frame II cover arts for JPN... compared to this wth happened with PAL and US? consumer friendly my arse...
Probably because no matter how ugly the cover is over here the game will sell, but in Japan with the xbox being such a failure it's the only way they can attract customers
well to attract the customer, M$ should start to put pretty young girl in school uniform or rather risky costumes on every JPN xbox titles... that will move them by tons I will tell ya! either that or along this line... he he naughty pic gotta luv when they use "f" word on the cover...
I definitely like the Anime styling on those Japanese box arts. I used to judge games by their cover, until the bad boxart thread started. So many gems, some with scary boxart, and "Porno Charlie's angels shooters" games. :smt042
If only that were true. Japanese cover art is always better except for very rare flukes. The theory holds true for any system though. There's a multi-page thread in OT with many examples.
No, Japanese box art isn't always better. Not at all. Some people are just in love with everything Japanese, so they say that, but US box art isn't bad. In fact that's what I prefer, US box art. or The first one is clearly better.
Well, 90% of japanese art covers are better than the US ones. Examples: Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams -> PS1 longbox ICO -> PS2 Tekken 4 -> PS2 ...
That's your opinion not mine. Don't say "well 90% blah blah blah" like it's strait fact, because it isn't. It's an opinion.
