So, here's a rather hastily thrown together attempt at making amends.
March Onwards! Captain Kinopio (Wii U)--This is a winner every which way you look at it, if you ask me, although I think the highlight of it is its use of color. The teal case combined with the golden background and cherry-tinged logo font makes the whole she-bang appear almost ... delicious.
Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives (3DS)--As fabulous as this Ken Sugimori-designed effort is, I've got to say I'd find it a whole lot more fabulous if its bottom edge didn't feature that black-and-blue "box of logos."
Sumikko Gurashi (3DS)--I hate cover art like this. You know why? Because it makes me want to buy a copy of the game, despite the fact that I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get much enjoy out of it even if I understood Japanese. (It's supposed to be some sort of "communication" game, whatever that means.)
Stranger of Sword City: Black Palace (Vita)--OK, so the way this Wizardry clone's characters are grouped in the middle of this cover illustration is far from unique (in fact, it's downright cliché), but the overall product is so striking that I'm will to give that misstep a pass.
What do all of you think of the above? Also, what are some of your current favorite pieces of cover art?
22 comments:
Captain Toad's box art is slightly better than the US one. No gold "taint". imo ofc.
Now to go back and check the PSX post. Hoping for GiTSx most beautiful cover and inside ever since Square actually cared :)
So, does this mean you aren't a fan of the US version of Captain Toad's box art, Franggio? Or do you like it, but you like the Japanese version better?
As for the PS1 game you referenced: which one are you talking about again?
Nah, first time I'll say that the EU one is better. Blue just soothes me :) but yes The japanese is better than the US one :)
Ghost in the Shell. Loved the inside cover art and same goes for SaGa, Karta and a few games which the name escape me. If it isn't a bother I could photo them and post here?
Hmmm, I don't think I've seen the Euro box art for Captain Toad yet. Off to the Googles!
Also, Ghost in the Shell. Of course! Off to look up that one, too.
And, yes, if you'd like, definitely share the others you mentioned here. I'm sure others would like to see them, too.
Will do when work is over..in 5 hours :)
Sounds good to me! Hope the time just flies by for you :)
One day I'll actually go
home from work when it's time :) Anyway the pictures. This might just be a fix thing with me but I so adore when the discs and inner casing has some art to it as well. It makes the whole thing more precious to me.
http://i.imgur.com/NfQZVC3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6NaG0hR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/h8edM2u.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Qq2KiRD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DPZ7LeR.jpg
Ah, I thought you were talking about the Japanese version of SaGa Frontier, Franggio!
I like the NA art for that game, too, of course. And that Ghost in the Shell box art *is* nice, isn't it?
What do you think about the game itself? I've never played it, though it looks interesting...
I love how the box art for Captain Toad sums up everything you'd ever want from the game. Going to be such a treat!
Did a google image search of Sumikko Gurashi - there's super adorable keyings as well. >_<
Yeah, Captain Toad's box art should do a good job of attracting the attention of all sorts of Nintendo fans, I should think :)
As for Sumikko Gurashi: did you mean to say keyRings??
I find the box art beautiful. Compare it to the US one, even though I know some prefer it If just find it kinda boring.
The gameplay is interesting. Automatic camera controls and you run around in your Spider robot shooting different things, perhaps not good compared to today's mechanics but *I* like it. As for the story. I can't say. Using a dictionary at nearly every word is really hampering :(
But the music is really good. Think it was SCEJA that released a limited CD but man is it hard to find in mint condition.
Firecracker, Moonriver and Die Dunkelsequenz are really good, *imo*.
Hmmm, I guess I may have to check it out at some point then. Thanks for making me aware of it!
I gotta jump in here for GitS too--even though the control might be a little rough by today's standards, the mechanical "what you do" in the game is just really cool, the way the spider tanks can crawl over anything, and how you can use that to approach enemies from the most favorable angles (I love crawling up a wall to shoot at a helicopter directly above!) just makes it really fun. It was made by the same guys as Jumping Flash and has a similar "there is no other 3D game like it" feel.
Oh! Saying it was made by the Jumping Flash folks has me feeling *very* interested, Michael. Thank you for chiming in and sharing more details! :)
It's a game I'm always happy to share details on! :D
Lord Vader's Resperator O_o Stranger of Sword City: Black Palace (Vita)
You are correct Bryan. ^^;
That's always the best kind of game, isn't it?
Ha! Yes, I can see that XD
Oh, I'll bet those are CUTE! XD
Great selection! I definitely agree about the Captain Kinopio cover. Also I can't get over how much better-sounding Kinopio is than Toad, haha
Thanks, Anne! I agree that Kinopio is a great-sounding name. Also, I didn't even know that's what he's called in Japan until I wrote up this post XD
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