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[Kdad]

The IP MS is truly trying to secure.

 

[cireza]

I have their gameboy book and their history/encyclopedia of JRPG’s which every fan of JRPG’s need to get.

Full of mistakes and inaccuracies. Walls of text that aren't that well written. Very basic layout, no surprise.

I wrote a detailed review of it with a star rating of 2/5 and understood they never publish negative reviews. Tried to send it 3 times, while being an actual buyer of the book directly from their website.

It is not difficult to claim having 100% satisfied customers when you filter out negative reviews. Their book "Go Straight" was much better. Never buying from them again.

 

[Fret Runner]

The best: A spider with a gun and knife for legs.

I mean come on. It's a spider with fricking knife and gun legs.

 

[cireza]

This has to be one of the weirdest I’ve seen:

 

[Games of Today]

What an unbelievable game.

 

[Toots]

The PAL cover on the other hand looking like an 80s Japanese Super Sentai TV show

I cannot wrap my head around how goddamn charismatic Dr Wily is on this cover art.

 

[GermanZepp]

 

[Sethbacca]

How this game became one of the most revered games of the 8 bit era in SPITE OF this box art and not because of it is the real story here. This is pretty much the textbook example of holy shit bad box art.

 

[Pallas]

Full of mistakes and inaccuracies. Walls of text that aren't that well written. Very basic layout, no surprise.

I wrote a detailed review of it with a star rating of 2/5 and understood they never publish negative reviews. Tried to send it 3 times, while being an actual buyer of the book directly from their website.

It is not difficult to claim having 100% satisfied customers when you filter out negative reviews. Their book "Go Straight" was much better. Never buying from them again.

I’ve enjoyed it so far, I’d agree it’s not the best written book but it’s still a treasure trove of JRPG’s and a lot I’ve never even heard of. You have any recommendations on other books? I like collecting and reading them.

Also…

 

[TheBROgamer]

I always liked the Vanqish sleeve, with the 3d effect. Not only showing the main character, but also an important incredient of his moveset.

Vanquish was pretty underrated/overlooked.

 

[TheBROgamer]

How this game became one of the most revered games of the 8 bit era in SPITE OF this box art and not because of it is the real story here. This is pretty much the textbook example of holy shit bad box art.

It's a mystery.

 

[cireza]

You have any recommendations on other books?

I haven't read a ton of video-game books, but as stated, Go Straight was excellent. Otherwise, I like official guides that are well made. I very often skim through FF trilogy, Dark Souls I/II, Sekiro and BotW guides. Not necessarily while playing the games. Future Press makes excellent guides.

 

[Celcius]

 

[Midn1ght]

Elon?

 

[Punished Miku]

 

[Elder Legend]

 

[Alebrije]

I love box art, anyone who likes this kind of stuff should check out some of these books. They can be kind of expensive though on Amazon and the publisher Bitmap books are usually sold out on a lot of them.

Cool books..I posted on pass threads this one :

Best Atari book I have found..with information about each game and the company's story.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Cool books..I posted on pass threads this one :

Best Atari book I have found..with information about each game and the company's story.

Atari box art is so damn awesome.

Bitmap books also just released a new book. Very awesome and you get a digital copy of that book as well (well any book you buy from them). As a note though in this digital book all of the art is watermarked.

The Art Of The Box

Showcasing the best ever art, illustration, and design work from hundreds of iconic video game covers, The Art Of The Box is packed with beautiful artworks, in-depth interviews with leading game box artists, and insight into their craft. It’s essential reading for gamers, pop culture obsessives...

www.bitmapbooks.com

 

[Punished Miku]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Akagawa Jirou: Yasoukyoku / PlayStation / Open Sesame / 1998

 

[Hudo]

American box art of Kirby games is crazy.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Two totally different games, but the box art for these titles is dope as hell.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Another cool box art, this time for The Artful Escape.

 

[EverydayBeast]

A lot of good box art there

 

[Punished Miku]

Another cool box art, this time for The Artful Escape.

Nice!

 

[bender]

Mine came in yesterday and also this:

 

[Punished Miku]

Mine came in yesterday and also this:

Hell yeah. I'm tempted. Great box art.

 

[Monokrom]

I always found the american release of Bust-A-Move 2 was on the weirder side.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

When I saw the teaser and the images for the first time, it caught my attention a lot.... And I wanted it to come to America. The good thing is that it arrived and its story is beautiful and bizarre, I have the game on PS3, PS4 limited edition and Nintendo switch.

 

[Danjin44]

Most recently.

This cover art is gorgeous!

 

[Nvzman]

except that's not the cover, that's the special edition cover (most likely quickly cobbled together last minute)

the real cover is this:

tbh this one is still really shitty. I genuinely am growing to hate these styles of covers/posters where its just characters standing assorted vertically. Every movie does this now, super uncreative.
My contribution:

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

When I saw the teaser and the images for the first time, it caught my attention a lot.... And I wanted it to come to America. The good thing is that it arrived and its story is beautiful and bizarre, I have the game on PS3, PS4 limited edition and Nintendo switch.

Nice! You've got good taste. I only own the PS4 version of the game physically, but I'll say that I like the PS3 box art more.

Anyway, leaving the PS4 box art below to be ontopic.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Weird... cool... but what about cute box art?

 

[kurisu_1974]

A weird early SUDA51 joint.

An early H. Kojima game.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

used to hate this box art.

still hate it.

 

[Raven77]

The Mega-Man covers are an absolute wellspring of shit.

 

[Shiny Pepe]

 

[Shin-Ra]

The SCEE-only card box version of this looked a lot better with more stylish logo, lighter branding and raised rain effect.

 

[Dorago]

 

[Dorago]

Made me remember this:

 

[Melchiah]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Fermbiz]

Shit game, but I also loved the box art for Kingdom Hearts

 

[ChazAshley]

But seriously:

Just running off the popularity of Mario - all you need is the title, the number 3 to show that it's the latest in the sreies - and the Mario with a new powerup which provokes curiosity on what new things the game has. I won't even get into the back of the box with the screenshots, showing Mario in its purest form.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

This is pretty well drawn.

The artists/character designer is Akira Toriyama, the man behind the Dragon Ball franchise.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Bravely Default PEGI and ESRB releases on 3DS.

 

[Toots]

Bravely Default PEGI and ESRB releases on 3DS.

The first one is good, the second really weird, in a "sexualized child in a suggestive pose" kind of way.
But maybe im getting old.

 

[Danjin44]

The first one is good, the second really weird, in a "sexualized child in a suggestive pose" kind of way.
But maybe im getting old.

Its a fairy, most fairies are typically small creatures.