Why americans have shit taste in everything?
>>318163097
I don't think the general American populous chose that boxart, OP.
i'm in the US, and the ico that i played had the cover on the left, and i'm sure it wasn't an import
Take shit covers over Europe's PAL standard and retarded rating/ban system.
they are all pretty ugly
>>318163336
This in a country where it's almost a sin to show breasts on television.
>>318163250
Was it the HD PS3 Port?
Gee, man, I don't know.
>>318165145
Streaming services.
>>318165658
Both of them look fucking rad.
Great game.
>>318165730
>moving goalposts
I'm not american, and yes americans can use the streaming services. Doesn't make the idiotic morality system less stupid.
>europe 3+
>usa teen
wut
>>318165658
Is that Rick from Splattershouse on the top left?
>>318166101
Awfully looks like him but, no. He's called Maniaxe.
>>318166071
american boys and young men (the target demographic for the games) are afraid to like cute things because of rooted homophobia
>>318163097
Wasn't the original art done by one of the developers himself?
Just that box art makes me want to play ico again
Funny because I remember seeing the American box art as a kid and thinking "this game looks terrible"
>>318163097
>Japan and Europe shows almost nothing about the game
>USA shows atleast some stuff about the game
>>318165658
left is way better though
>>318165971
Hand holding is too degenerate for our precious American children.
>>318166318
I see, Rick's design is based on Jason Voorhees too I geuss
>>318166471
Ueda himself painted it
![dreamworksface[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/urrf4mH.jpg "dreamworksface[1].jpg")
>>318166374
>rooted homophobia
didn't the US version actually come out first
Europe
>>318166374
Everything gets serious in the USA.
USA are the serious thing.
>>318166653
nice
>>318165971
I can't even think of anything in ICO that would justify a T rating
>>318165658
man, kid chameleon would be a sick name for a band
>>318166740
USA
Because theyr big dum STUPIDS xD Americnans are big FAT mcdonalds fat fats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>318163097
>>318165658
>>318166071
>>318166653
FUCKING CENSORSHIP
>>318166374
>the target demographic for the games
if that's the target then they're fucking failing these games are generally eaten up by either young adults that don't have that kind of inhibitor and women.
>>318166071
>>318163097
Our marketing firms are the oldest and strongest. They infect more things.
Is he cross-eyed?
They did a great job with the cover.
>>318163336
>America
>The country where Mass Effect was acused of nudity
>The country where nudity is bad but Call of Duty is k because you attack Russia
>The country where this happens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neTTQLbmhcA
I'll just leave this here
>>318166902
the point is to attempt attract people who wouldn't normally buy the game, dudebros who are likely to say "thats gay" to anything not hyper masculine
>>318166653
American is better.
>>318166653
kek'd
>>318166071
>>318166904
>have to hear about how "there are never any wumen on boxart from feminist
>japanese boxart has woman on it
>european boxart has woman on it
>american boxart is changed for no reason
what's going to take for ISIS to attack san francisco?
>>318167151
that news story is from Canada though
>>318167151
Ok Muhammad.
>>318166902
hence why they don't pander the boxart to them.
boxart has one purpose: to sell the game. boxart is not designed for the audience that was going to buy the game because of brand loyalty, independent research, friends' recommendations, store clerk's recommendations, etc.; it is designed to appeal to people who know jack shit about fuck and will buy a game purely because they like the way the boxart looks.
companies do huge amounts of research to figure out exactly what that kind of person wants, and as it happens, in north america the kind of person that buys games because of the boxart is more likely to do so if kirby has angry eyebrows.
>>318165658
this isn't bad, it's just the same pic in different drawing style
>EU covers
>carbon copy of Japanese covers
>everytime
yeah yeah
good taste
>>318166904
Huh, pink and red Kirbies are color-swapped on the Amazing Mirror cover.
>>318163097
Because artists want their chunk of the money. And marketing. I believe USA only got saved from further horrible covers because standardized worldwide covers became a thing with global markets and shit.
>american cover
>>318167679
I feel like these tell a story if you look at them in order.
>>318168249
>AdamJensentakesoverthegolfpark.jpg
>>318163097
I actually like the J/E covers and the U cover made me avoid Ico, because it looked shitty. I expected a Reisdent Evil clone from it and I really hated Resident Evil.
>>318168315he always asked for this
>>318167679
Does Adam Jensen actually play golf?
Why did they put a banjo dude on a game that has nothing to do with it?
What is it with Amerifats and wanting to have realistic looking renditions of people on their covers?
We could have had a Shinkawa masterpiece, but instead we get this.
>>318168638
He's gone Turbo.
>>318163336
>PAL standard
Are we in fucking 2004? Do you still use a CRT?
>>318168734
Why did they put a giant dildo on the others?
>>318167929
You mean the EU doesn't change it for no reason?
>>318168820yes
>>318163097
>>318168638
yeah but he never asked for it
>>318169002
What the fuck is going on in the one on the right
>>318166904
>>318167679
>Adam Jensen and his friends invade a golf game
>>318167781
The Japanese cover, as usual, has celebrities' faces plastered all over it. Look at the giant Schwarzenegger face in the background and the Van Damme looking Axel. What for?
>>318168738
Because we live in a generation that thinks children's entertainment is supposed to be realistic.
>>318168734
That's pretty phallic
>>318169002
Now that's what I call edgy
Why don't you all just admit that americans are generally stupid/tasteless, and this is the only reason why these covers turn out this way? Like, how long can you dance around this simple fact?
>>318169002
i dont see the difference of the styles.
>>318168082
This one doesn't even make sense
>>318169002
They're all shit
>>318169224
Thanks for making that joke for the third time, it was really necessary.
Does anyone happen to have that comparison between USA and EU covers of frogger 3d? I remember the EU cover being really cute.
ITT: Weebs defending video games covers.
>>318163223
/thread
>>318168734
>the banjo guy
Everytime i swear. What were they thinking while making this?
>>318167781
Bare Knuckle II sounds infinitely more retarded than Streets of Rage 2. And the cover art on the nip version is terrible and looks like a corny 70s action flick.
>>318163223
Yeah but it was chosen for them based on what they like.
>>318169976
It was chosen based on what the publisher thinks they like
>>318168734
God damn it. I have a plaster on my face and it's coming off because of the damn banjo man.
Also Phalanx was one of the few SNES games to get a decent GBA port.
>>318168734
>Called Phalanx
>sounds like Phallic
>the enforce fighter
>looks like a penis
>>318170017
which is based on focus testing
>>318168738
Because Americans are too embarrased to buy anything that doesn't have serious looking men on the cover
>>318169234
this
>>318170251
>America got a man playing a gay instrument
It all fits now.
>>318169768
I saw somewhere that they changed it because they wanted something original, there were too many similar space shooter covers or something.
>>318167679
Why is Adam Jensen playing golf?
Did he ask for it?
>>318163097
I suddenly recall seeing a copy of Ico at a Gamestop near me that had the JP/Euro cover
>>318170770
he never did
Correct me if I'm wrong, but does it have to do with marketing rules? You need to have the main character/ main subject displayed prominantly on the front cover or people can sue for false advertising. Applies to movie covers too. That's why most companies tend to go for something simple and obvious instead of the artsy stuff.
You can still have reverse covers in Xenoblade though.
>>318163223
>american damage control
>>318170958
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but does it have to do with marketing rules? You need to have the main character/ main subject displayed prominantly on the front cover or people can sue for false advertising.
That's what the back of the box is for anon.
The front is an eye catch, the back is the information.
>>318171047
>different publisher in each region
always a good sign
>>318170958
I don't know if thats true but I am pretty sure marketers realized americans like having a person on the front cover like in OPs pic and it sells more here than other cover art
>>318171047
based midway
>>318171047
>the royal ball
Great title.
>>318171283
>find your prince charming
Why do they feel the need to do shit like that?
Who the fuck is that?
>>318170372
>implying focus testers play vidya
>>318171495
Dem arms.
>>318163097
More to the question why does Europe have a problem with the box cover lighting and backdrop color of the sky on cover art?
>>318171238
Holy shit
>>318166670
WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS MAKING THAT FUCKING FACE
WHAT THE FUCK GOD DAMN IT IT'S SO FUCKING ANNOYING
All of these are good but I like the Japanese ones the most.
>>318163097
This was made by Japanese people actually.
>>318171495
>Yo McClane what kinda hair do you want famm?
>give me that three times widow's peak
>say no more
>>318163097
Why do non-americans have a need to complain about america?
>>318163097
>he thinks us cover is the worst
>>318168543
Bald eagle simulator fishing game when?
>>318171784
They have to keep their minds off of the muslims.
>>318171784
People in America are fine with mediocrity so someone has to show them better.
>>318169002
Yuropoor here, the cover is actually much better than that
>>318171784
Inferiority complex, duh.
>>318171864
>cluttered as fuck while telling you nothing of the game
>>318171238
Was this a shmup?
>>318171965
>platinum
>>318168734
To make people notice it. It obviously worked if people still talk about it to this day.
>>318172105
>98
>08
I don't think you quite understand.
>>318171640
Those fucking Japanese ones. Murka didn't need the scowling edgehog, but those fucking Japanese ones scream rad 80s television.
But we don't?
Theres quite a few boxarts that america does better than japan and europe.
If you want to start shit about america, head back to /pol/ buddy.
>>318172189
Not him but I hated platinum with a passion especially since they changed the disc too.
>>318171238
mean, green and unseen
>>318172392
>touching the hot energy blade
How about no?
>>318172189
well I got it when I was 12 or something, I didn't really care about thatI actually enjoyed vidya back then
>>318172105
>they didn't turn John Madden into an anime girl
Anyone have the Japanese Uncharted covers? Those looked rad as fuck with their classic adventure movie poster look.
>>318167283
>12% of sales in japan
That is so fucking blatantly incorrect.
>>318172651
I got you f.am
>>318172542
He isn't touching it.
Even if he was, at least america decided to make a original boxart instead of just copy and pasting a backdrop and two characters, one on top of the other.
You don't even get to do anything with the bitch on the boxart in the first game, misleading much yurop and nippon?
Go back to censoring your porn.
>>318172684
Well duh.
There's a reason no one that wants to be taken seriously uses that site.
>>318171047
>find your prince charming
Fucking sold, I wanna do that shit right now.
reminds me of this
What was with Master System games and early Genesis games and the fucking graph paper covers?
>>318173009
ugh
>>318173009
Left is generic, but right is just gross.
>>318173009
I think my eyes threw up a little too.
>>318166374
This is true.
Spyro the dragon is only angry in the American games for instance. He smiles elsewhere.
Same goes for pic related.
>>318167365
>>>318166902
>the point is to attempt attract people who wouldn't normally buy the game, dudebros who are likely to say "thats gay" to anything not hyper masculine
>Dudebros
Is this the bully victim beta male virgin highschooler board?
The American cover of Ico more accurately reflects how shitty the game is.
these are interesting, can we just have a box art thread?
>>318173171
holy kek it does actually look kinda satanic
>>318173171
I don't dislike any of these.
>>318173009
>Aksys
Jesus.
>>318173009
Wasnt there a pic of the change of judges in game too?
>>318166374
>Everyone tells me were scared of being gay
>I don't give a fuck
I hate this place, please bomb it.
>>318173145
>>318173080
More multiculturally aware, less pedo. I can't see how japan wins in even one way.
>>318173351
no idea, I barely remembered it was a DS ice skating game and found the covers from that.
>>318165658
not to be a newfag but who illustrated all those genesis box designs? Because he did a shit ton of them and they're all awesome
>>318166904
>>318173171
I'm a sucker for box arts with top-down angles showing all the characters.
>>318171238
Is the Japanese one supposed to be ironic or something?
>>318173171
I enjoy USA minimalistic design for the cover
>>318168738
Better question, why does it trigger you?
american box art for ffx was better
i guess i could dump a couple, for the laughs
>>318173672
It usually is.
>>318169002
>weebs will defend this
>>318173171
Europe got persona 3? I don't think so buddy.
>>318173804
Wow, really? That is bad.
>>318173775
The fuck it is.
>>318172392
Wow, might be the first good post I've ever seen from this faggot.
>>318173804
That game had a cover?
But is PC
>>318173804
2 / ?
>>318173804
The guy looks like he's wondering where the noise is coming from while the mutated chimp behind him is goingbananas.
>>318168738
And don't get me started on the MGS4 cover
>>318173727
>all MGS games had unique stylized boxart
>MGS V have guy's head with big V over it
it looks like something from David Cage
>>318166670
I may have just realized why hipsters make that face all the time. Could it be that your average hipster was raised on these cartoons?
>>318174038
3 / ?
>>318173463
>More multiculturally aware, less pedo. I can't see how japan wins in even one way.
>>318173071
don't bully they were still figuring it out
>>318173487
Oh man, an entire game being an escort mission is so awesome. But wait, the game is minimalist so it's excusable for the game to be garbage! It's not supposed to be a game, it's art!
>>318174170
4/?
>>318171965
>>318172189
>>318173189
Let's play "spot the dudebro".
>>318173473
Nobody would have thought you were a newfag if you just asked the question, newfag.
>>318171238
HOLY SHIT! At least the US one here makes sense.
>>318172787
This is cool, looks like a Bruce Lee poster.
>>318173775
Left one is better, he loooks like the kid who wet the swimming pool on the right.
>>318173804
neither of them are very good
>>318174302
What the fuck is wrong with Americans
>>318174302
Holy shit, is this real?
>>318174302
5/?
>>318174302
I can understand this, it's not okay but it's understandable
>>318174302
>Behind enemy lines = Faces of war
Why are euros so obsessed with americans?
>>318174102
I don't know why Americans can't into more artistic covers
why would you want old guy with moustache all over the box is beyond me
>>318173672
I read somewhere that the tree was supposed to resemble a mushroom cloud.
>>318174038
Never seen this game before but the Jap cover art looks really nice.
Though I understand why they'd move the name to the top for dumb muricanos.
>>318174528
Is this supposed to be bad?
>>318174460
jingoism
>>318174353
>Left one is better, he loooks like the kid who wet the swimming pool on the right.
they're both scenes lifted from the game. left makes it seem like a romance themed game which it isn't really. right gives you a better tone of the game.
>>318174528
But those are two actually different games with different songs and different characters.
>>318173875
... Yeah it did.
Inb4 yurops try to claim their zelda box art is better by showing pictures of the piss yellow art that's under the gold leaf
>>318174302
But America wasn't in Berlin???
>>318167679
These 3 boxarts here are like the history of /v/ over 10 years, if you think about it.
>>318174528
6/?
>>318174620
that game is getting an hd remake for ps3, ps4 and vita iirc
>>318174650
it's not necessarily bad, it;s just to show the difference.and for me changing it at all is silly by itself
>>318174170
the burger one looks cooler
>>318174597
Do you seriously believe we vote on our game covers? If we had a choice our covers wouldn't be as bad.
>>318174528
To be honest, the concept of a top secret CIA dance division is a lot cooler.
>>318173875
But it did.
>>318173942
newfag
That's just lying now. Left was the "first" game and only released in Japan. EBA was released in EU and US. The cheer squad wouldn't have made sense outside of Japan to a normalfag.
>>318174789
7/?
how about japanese covers of american games
>>318172392
>>318172804
>tripfag
Opinions invalid
>>318174994
>uncharted
>American
Sony is japanaese dumb fuck. Why do Americans take credit for everything?
>>318174994
Have it already. >>318172787
>>318174994
How about them? Looks like one of those sweet martial art film posters.
>>318175069
naughtydog you dunceass
>>318174789
>buy the game clueless, expect wacky spooky fun
>it's actually scary as fuck
genius
>>318174994
Next up, Ratchet and his humongous eyebrows.
>>318174968
8/?
>>318173351
>>318173463
i got ya, senpaitachi
>>318174968
>:/
>>318169002
>>318175069
Can't tell if bait but sony didn't make the game you fucking tard.
>>318173981
PC DVD exists
>>318171640
>American 3 changes the fingers he holds up
>>318174968
Did they really make the sky less pink/purple? Are Americans really that insecure?
It looks so much nicer on the Jap art too
>>318174528
JAPAN
>MARE CHEELREEDLS COME AND DANCE TO GIVE YOU GREAT MOTIVATIONS!
NA
>Secret agents help people with THE POWER OF MUSIC
Japs got the short end of the stick here
>>318175160
jesus christ they reskinned the entire game?
>>318173804
I can't stop laughing
Why do people like to waste time making different covers for boxarts? Isn't it easier to just use the already existing one?
>>318174302
>USSR is dead
>NA still fights against it
Lel
>>318173171
Strangely enough I'm pretty sure Australia got the US designs.
>>318175160
9/?
>>318175220
That's the European one, idiot.
>>318175160
Japanese one is cute and the judges look way more natural than the oddly-shaped ones from the US.
>>318171640
>Sonic 3 europe
>sonic pulls 4 fingers up
>>318175323
That one's so much better than the western one.
>>318175319
Demographics
If research says that angry eyebrows attract the attention of americans and cute things attract japanese, they will change the cover arts in those countries to accomodate
>>318175220
At least he's holding three.
Europe has four up.
>>318171640
I kinda like the Japanese covers. Here in Dragonland we got those, mostly bootlegs. Loved them as a kid.
>>318174789
Wow... The European one looks like it should be the cover for a Scene-It Horror Movie Edition or something.
>>318174789
I like the european one actually, it's less specific and kind of unsettling
>>318174321
not him, but
get back to /wizardchan/ before you get hurt.
>>318171640
It was called the Mega Drive in Japan?
Europe i knew about, but no Japan.
>>318175220
That makes sense though, that's how Americans do the symbol for 3.
>>318175323
holy fuck
i remember this game
i bought it for $1.50 yeaarrrs ago damn thanks for this anon.
>>318173701
You can call it 'minimalistic' but reality is they probably didn't want to show actual anime characters on the cover because they felt it would prevent americans from being interested
>>318175382
You forgot the uncensored version of the cover
ITT: nips cherry picking to defend shitty boxart and a lack of art license understanding
Post the heavy rain one
>>318174968
murika y u edgy
>>318163097
Same goes for Eurofags. Them and their shitty PAL TVs.
