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[Davide]

 

[RangerBAD]

Shinkawa/Amano/Toriyama the thread. The most distinctive and recognizable art styles on covers.

 

[Melchiah]

that silent hill 2 is pristine condition wow

It's the most treasured game item I own. =)

 

[jettpack]

I love this

 

[Hektor]

Placeholder for all FF-Cover in this style

 

[Trace]

Not 5 but whatever.

 

[Philippo]

I Am Setsuna JP Box Art

Classic Final Fantasy Box Art

NieR Automata JP Box Art

No Man's Sky Box Art

Zelda Breath of the Wild JP/USA Box Art

Honorable Mention: Dark Souls JP Box Art

 

[Breakaway]

These were the ones that immediately came to mind.

 

[Joey Ravn]

As far as I can tell, that's a recreation of the original box art, not the real one:

While we're at it, the Super Mario 64 DS Japanese cover is all sorts of awesome too!

 

[Head of Vengarl]

and the reverse cover is gorgeous too

 

[Martinski43]

Time for some PC-gaming representation!

Oops i got it to seven. But anyway i love these covers.

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

very hard to choose!

 

[Lulubop]

 

[Seven Force]

Simple, but iconic.

On average, KH tends to have some great box art, but none have come close to how cool KH1's initial boxart is.

I'm admittedly not the biggest fan of Amano, but the cover for FFVI is outstanding, and probably my favorite of his works.

Bengus arguably drew Marvel characters better than a lot of other Marvel artists at the time, and while his stuff for the earlier Vs. games were great, the JP X-Men: CoTA cover is absolutely fantastic.

That one early 90s Konami artist did some great work (Hyperstone Heist, Turtles in Time SNES, Super Castlevania IV, etc.) but I think the Contra III boxart is by far the best. Perfectly captures the absolute carnage that goes on in Contra III.

 

[Lulubop]

Damn, that Xmen CotA one is fucking dope.

My favorite

Surprised it hasn't been posted

 

[Efejota]

It's probably nostalgia talking but:

It sums up the game perfectly for me.

These are just a selection, though. I'm loving many of these. Never saw Romancing Saga's. Many of Capcom's Saturn-era fighting game covers are top notch.


Honorable mentions:
http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/NEC_PC_Engine/Box/Thumb/Thumb_Mega_Bomberman_-_1993_-_Hudson_Soft.jpg
http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/92137-contact-nintendo-ds-front-cover.jpg
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/nintendo/images/c/ce/Super_Mario_Bros._(EU).png/revision/latest?cb=20110828181925&path-prefix=en
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/16/164734/2299253-197896_11850_front.jpghttp://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/16/164734/2299253-197896_11850_front.jpg

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

Big fan of Sunset Overdrive. Also always liked the Halo 4 one.

 

[Eblo]

There's just something about Sega Genesis boxarts, especially in North America.

 

[mysticllama]

When I seen this...

I immediately thought of this...

Maybe I just have DS on the brain

 

[tiebreaker]

Tales of games and Megaman games always had my favourite covers.

Tales always has the 'put as many characters as possible' cover. It's weird to see Berseria only has the MC.

 

[Stinky Badger Games]

 

[Pomo]

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

 

[Magnus]

I've always loved this cover. The colors amazing. It's so lush and beautiful, and really made me want to dive into the game.

 

[Cepheus]

My top five:

(The boxart from the cover of the Dreamcast port of Third Strike. I couldn't find a high-quality picture of the actual front of the box)

 

[Menitta]

This'll be fun.

Yakuza 1's japanese box art is incredibly classy

Splatoon's use of orange and blue is amazong

Timeless classic

I'd buy a poster of this

And I can't think of any more.

 

[Dangansona]

Ico and Katamari Damacy are GOATS. Not crazy about Breath of the Wild.

 

[retroman]

 

[GoldCrusader]

Tales always has the 'put as many characters as possible' cover. It's weird to see Berseria only has the MC.

True, it surprised me as well haha

 

[Crayon]

This game was so-so but worth collecting for the box.

 

[Vol5]

 

[KiraXD]

Would you expect me to post anything different? Lol.

(All covers drawn by Joe Madureira)

 

[Van Bur3n]

Super Metroid

Fallout

Deus Ex

Dark Souls

Red Dead Redemption

 

[amstradcpc]

Unforgettable:

 

[Officer.Sanchez]

In no particular order

Russian steelbook

 

[PillarEN]

Well I guess all the ones I had on my mind were posted. Above all I wanted to include Awesome so here it is again.

 

[TheAggroCraig]

Off the top of my head anyways.

 

[Dr Duncan Steel]

My Top 5

The art department in Konami at the time were fucking gods.

 

[Muzicfreq]

Minus the anime DVD included shit on them

 

[Uncle Moe]

Off the top of my head...

Last one's a bit of a cheat.

 

[MrS]

HM:

 

[SocksAndShoes]

 

[DylanEno]

I don't care that I'm cheating.

NA:

JPN:

 

[joe2187]

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Disappointed with a lot of these choices

There was an obscure rpg with some really cool art, but I can't remember the name of it.

 

[hatchx]

Still just gives me shivers. My GOAT:

So official. And officially the GOAT before Metroid Prime.

So goddamn creepy. Wish I was European for this one. GOAT.

Packed with fun.

Packed with fun again.

 

[straylize]

Definitely a stylistic thing for me.

 

[JamesJoyce1882]

Great choices in this thread. Most of my favorites are already in here, but here's an obscure French game that really captured late 20th Century sci-fi for me:

 

[Pinky]

 

[Haunted]

the fuck is this shit