What are the greatest game box arts of all time?

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#1 SolidGame_basic
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I’m just in love with this Bayonetta 3 box art! It’s a GOAT! Also digging Modern Warfare 2

As for classics, Super Mario 64 is fantastic.

How about you, SW? What are the greatest game box arts of all time?

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Some faves off of the top of my head:
Castlvania Symphony of the Night.
Gitaroo Man
SaGa Frontier 1 and 2 (any SaGa game really)
Gravity Rush 2

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#5 Ghosts4ever
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Boxart?

is this 1786?

everything is digital now.

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SaGa Frontier 1 and 2

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Gravity Rush 2

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#8  Edited By osan0
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I dunno about greatest but some that come to mind for me.

I always like the box art for the original Baldurs Gate:

This was the older book sized PC box. The side looked like the pages of a book too and i thought it just exuded a deep, complex tabletop game with a big rule book: in game form. Great stuff.
This was the older book sized PC box. The side looked like the pages of a book too and i thought it just exuded a deep, complex tabletop game with a big rule book: in game form. Great stuff.

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Some favourites of mine are:

SNES:

- Contra III: The Alien Wars

- Super Castlevania IV

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

- Legend of the Mystical Ninja

- Chrono Trigger

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#11 SolidGame_basic
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@dimebag667: the classic Doom one is pretty badass

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#12 DaVillain  Moderator
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Don't really care about greatest but here are the one's I dig: (I think RE4 has the best box art of them all)

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#13 dimebag667
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@SolidGame_basic: It crazy how many emotions it evokes in me.

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#14  Edited By st_monica
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The original artwork of Secret of Mana (1993) is breathtaking, expressing the grandeur and mystery of the Mana Tree with vivid colors and intricate patterns reminiscent of the beautiful background art in Ghibli films.

The retail box art, trimmed from the original, does not convey all of its grandeur, but it is still a wonderful piece of work.

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#15 PCLover1980
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Most SNES games have great art.

Modern box art are just ass.

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#17  Edited By hrt_rulz01
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There are a few that come to mind (mainly Nintendo first party)... BOTW's is pretty cool (even though I'm not a fan of the game):

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#18 MirkoS77
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Are we restricted to American boxart? Much of it is downright hideous, but Japan has some decent ones.

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#19 SolidGame_basic
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@MirkoS77: no, any

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#20 DaVillain  Moderator
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@MirkoS77 said:

Are we restricted to American boxart?

No, why would we?

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@SolidGame_basic said:

@MirkoS77: no, any

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The Western box art for this is shit.

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We Love Katamari. Simple and straight to the point.

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#25  Edited By Mozelleple112
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Metal Gear Solid 4's box art was a piece of art. Literally the box that contained the best game of all time.

Really jealous us PALs didn't get the cooler NA version.

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#26  Edited By The_Deepblue
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I’ll try to name a few that have stood out to me over the years.

Captain Skyhawk (NES)

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GEN)

Yoshi’s Island (SNES)

Doom (PC)

Resident Evil 2 (PS1)

Paper Mario (N64)

Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green (GB)

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC)

Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)

Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)

Hotel Dusk Room 215 (NDS)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (NGC)

Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)

Breath of the Wild (Switch)

Shadow of the Colossus Remake (PS4)

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#27 SolidGame_basic
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@Mozelleple112 said:

Metal Gear Solid 4's box art was a piece of art. Literally the box that contained the best game of all time.

Really jealous us PALs didn't get the cooler NA version.

I still have mine! Wish I didn’t throw out the artbook I got with it lol.

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#28  Edited By deactivated-63d1ad7651984
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Making a Alien face out of skulls is pretty badass.