Thread 716020717

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Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:06:26 AM No.716020717 >>716021495 >>716023598

ITT amazing games with horrific box art

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:15:49 AM No.716021317 >>716021590 >>716021696

That's the best of the NES Mega Man boxarts though, aside from 6 which actually looks close to source material. The rest is BBAMM or some weird Elf looking guy in blue.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:19:07 AM No.716021495 >>716021876

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>>716020717 (OP)
this one isnt that bad. Now Mystery of the Druids...Might be an example of the opposite happening, a mediocre game getting amazing box art.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:20:53 AM No.716021590

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>>716021317
i liked the European box art for 2

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:22:40 AM No.716021683 >>716021742 >>716021758

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Also who ever made the art for 4 in Europe was a God.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:22:53 AM No.716021696 >>716021762 >>716021848 >>716021942

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>>716021317
PAL MM5 looks fine
It's funny because literally the only difference on the US cover is that Megaman has the weird elf guy face

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:23:41 AM No.716021742

>>716021683
sorry not 4, 1

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:23:59 AM No.716021758

>>716021683
This is dope af

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:24:01 AM No.716021762

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>>716021696
Burger cover art for comparison

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:25:28 AM No.716021848

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>>716021696
yeah they took one look at his anime face here and said "Oh no! Japan face! we have to fix that! Just throw some puddy on there and...THERE! Much better!"

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:26:10 AM No.716021876 >>716022209 >>716022786 >>716023762

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>>716021495
Did 3D CGI ever look good on game covers? I feel like photomanips are preferable.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:27:11 AM No.716021942

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>>716021696
lol, thats the Dreamworks smirk on mega man.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:31:49 AM No.716022209 >>716022585

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>>716021876
I just barely not old enough to remember this, but people older than me said that Nintendo's pixel box art for the early releases was considered a good thing back in the day because it was a sign of good faith on their part, like saying "this is what our game looks like, not a painting."

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:39:19 AM No.716022585

>>716022209
Only the launch-era NES games, primarily Nintendo's own, did that. Everyone else moved onto illustrations pretty quick for the front of the box.

The boxes for the time were plenty big enough to have multiple screenshots on the backside.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:43:03 AM No.716022786 >>716023213

>>716021876
Scuffed Elijah Wood?

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:50:20 AM No.716023213

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>>716022786
Well it sure ain't Viggo.
It's not that terrible since you do basically wander around on a horse a lot in the original game, but it is a bit lazy.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:56:35 AM No.716023598 >>716023809 >>716024234

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>>716020717 (OP)
I wouldn't call Ghost Lion amazing per se, but it does some ambitious things for an NES RPG
that box art though...

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:59:08 AM No.716023762

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>>716021876
Mountain Blade has the weakest game art and the strongest gameplay

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 5:59:39 AM No.716023809

>>716023598
unironically looks like 90s air brush mall artist shit.

Anonymous 7/21/2025, 6:01:02 AM No.716023901

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Anonymous 7/21/2025, 6:06:45 AM No.716024234

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>>716023598
This looks goddamn kino though, especially for a RPG