Legacy box art comparisosn American vs. Japan

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

I think the first US starfox cover is the more focused one, for starters, fox is weilding melee weapon in a dungeon, fighting off enemies, to me, that says more about the game being an action adventure

as for ALLTP, like I said, I get the minimalist look, Ultima 7 did the same thing, though in Ultima 7, it's box was completly black, i just feel like a different colour scheme would have helped ALLTP, I feel that the light brown clashes with the black (as they often do), seeing as how every SNES game has that black cover they should have used one of black's complementary color

Heirren

Did you pull that out your a$$?:) Really, that gives the impression that you have no clue what you're talking about.

let me guess, I insulted your favourite cover?

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

I think the first US starfox cover is the more focused one, for starters, fox is weilding melee weapon in a dungeon, fighting off enemies, to me, that says more about the game being an action adventure

as for ALLTP, like I said, I get the minimalist look, Ultima 7 did the same thing, though in Ultima 7, it's box was completly black, i just feel like a different colour scheme would have helped ALLTP, I feel that the light brown clashes with the black (as they often do), seeing as how every SNES game has that black cover they should have used one of black's complementary color

rilpas

Did you pull that out your a$$?:) Really, that gives the impression that you have no clue what you're talking about.

let me guess, I insulted your favourite cover?

No, what you said did not make sense.

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

Show more examples, because I even disagree in the case of Starfox Adventures.

Heirren

mindjack is pretty much the same in both the western and Japanese version, the same goes to mass effect and to a lesser degree megaman battle network

as for the spyro ones they look at the very least, strange

and you actually think the Japapnese cover for starfox adventures looks good? o.O

EDIT: strangely enough you think ALTTP looks good? I get the minimalist look, but it's far from being a "good" cover imo

The Starfox one is better composed and more telling of the Starfox brand while still eluding to the major influences of the franchise. A far better use of color, as well. The US one is very unfocused.

A Link to the Past is one of the most epic covers in games, or popular media for that matter. It looks and feels like the game. It is bold and mysterious, thus giving the player a sense of query and adventure before they even start the game. With a cover as good as that, the game literally could have started in the house, skipping the title screen. It is very reminiscent of a great book cover, especially considering LTTP is fairytale in game form.

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

Did you pull that out your a$$?:) Really, that gives the impression that you have no clue what you're talking about.

Heirren

let me guess, I insulted your favourite cover?

No, what you said did not make sense.

that the background color they chose clashes with the border?

how does that not make sense?

Yeah, but what is up with some of the euro box art?

Yeah, but what is up with some of the euro box art?

Heirren

Also, Mattel and there habit of blocking most of the box art.

Really diggin the Japanese box art for Mindjack and Mass Effect. Especially Mass Effect.

America for all but Majora's Mask (that one is no contest, Japanese).

Japanese Box art is often either too complicated or mostly text, or just doesn't look nice.