Metal Jesus Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Often the Japanese Super Famicom game covers are much different than the North American Super Nintendo covers. In this video I show and compare different covers. It’s East vs West! Does anybody collect Super Famicom games here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) That's not at all SNES-specific though. Back in the days most games on all systems had very different artwork betwen the west and Japan. And most of the time I prefer the Japanese. Edited February 14, 2014 by 108 Stars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 That's not at all SNES-specific though. not sure what you mean? That other consoles had different covers? Absolutely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Hi guys, I like the Japanese covers more than the American versions. If you look at most Neo-Geo AES covers (snapcases,for example) you'll be impressed. Anthony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 One example come to mind: Snes Shadowrun vs SuperFamicom Shadowrun cover! Damn! The japanese artwork look so awesome compared to the US one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Kind of sad because I have a lot of Super Famicom games since they were easier for me to get than SNES games a lot of times...not to mention all the times I travelled to Japan with my family. However I 100% just up and tore up their boxes and threw them all away. Hindsight = 20/20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I prefer the US Zelda box, personaly. It's a more simple, streamlined, effective look. No cartoony image like the Japanese version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 That's funny because American game publisers (especially Nintendo) were afraid that western gamers wouldn't like the anime style covers so they used airbrushed art work to look more "serious". Ironically it was those same games that introduced those same gamers to stuff like anime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well maybe for America, but in Europe (at least in France, but other European countries might have got them as early) we were introduced to animes long before Japanese video games came on the market : Kimba the white lion in 1972 (man... it's hard to believe they broadcasted such a program at a time where there was only TWO channels!) The sapphire Prince in 1974, Goldorak in 1978, as well as Albator in 1980, Captain Flam in 1981... ANd let's not talk about Japanese draw/French written series likes Ulysses 31 in 1981, and the fabulous series "Once upon a time... Man/Life/Explorers/America etc.." starting in 1978... And it was all going side to side with pure US productions and Franco/European/North American productions (such as Denver the last Dinosaur and Inspector Gadget.. and yeah, they are Franco-American productions... and we even got a lil opening song for Inspector Gadget intro!) Man, memories http://youtu.be/54R17I_nGQw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 North American video game marketers were so clueless. All those great RPGs we didn't get because "the Western audience wouldn't go for it". All those terribly re-done box-arts. What a waste of company resources that was to redo them just so they can look like crap! The amount of stupidity in this industry in the 80s and 90s was unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) I have to say, that some redraw artboxes are more appealing to a Western audience. I mean, the cartoonish feel of many Japanese games is fitting with many games, but for example, I find the NA cover for Super Ghouls'N'Ghosts very fitting, it says right to you "you're going to get you ass kicked hard". Clearly some games cover got rushed horribly, like the first Megaman cover. But others offer a decent view on the game. It's true mostly on Playstation era and more modern systems. *edit* too much I mean, I should not post with a headache... Edited February 17, 2014 by CatPix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Overall, I think Japanese artwork trumps what we received here in the States. No matter the system. I don't own any SFC games, but in addition to artwork, the US N64 games vary from the Japanese versions. The Japanese games are in a thicker cardboard and include a nice plastic tray. US N64 boxes seem to have been designed to be thrown away, whereas Japanese gamers were more likely to keep the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Well since from tha Atari 2600 era it appeared to be an habit of US gamers, I don't see why Nintendo would bother making sturdy boxes if they were meant to go in the bin. I wish we had the Jap boxes in Europe, tho most of the box losses here happened in thrift stores which would always get ride of boxes anyway :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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