It's pretty weird that Square had Mog as the cover for FF6 even though the little guy is a fairly small character.
Top image looks like he's about to pop out and strangle you.The N. Sane Trilogy recreation of the box art of Crash 1, mistakenly made the rolling stone wheel stuck on the terrain, when it should be on its track like the original art
for reference, this is how these wheels behave in the game (they go back and forth in this stone tracks)
without mention that both the recreation and the original art have Crash going towards the camera, which is just the case in chasing sequences (and the rare backtracking), which is not particularly the case for a level like this
Yeah,early on totoro was gonna be about only one girl metting him, miyazaki changed it later.Not a game, but... is this girl a fusion of the two protagonists?
Thanks for posting this. The artwork for the manual always bothered me due to the inconsistencies, so it's interesting to see that there's an explanation for some of them.
TAILS IS RUNNING WRONG
Tails only appears in cutscenes and isn't playable (and one of those cutscenes implies he dies)
Funny thing: I played this one first so Symphonia felt like an epic prequel to me instead where I could enter doors and dungeons that were locked before.
What's wrong with this cover... not anything really, the artist did a nice job, but it makes it look like a really epic sequel to Symphonia. The actual game feels like it was made with a tiny budget, only 2 proper characters you can play, and 90% of the locations are reused from the original.
The easiest explanation for the CT cover art being off is Toriyama just saying "fuck it, I do what I want." Who would dare question it?
Anyway, I can't really think of a real example, so I'll throw out one of my experiences as a small child:
I could never find the damn Wing Cap whenever I got to play the game as a kid so I just thought it was there to look cool.
Is this the thread about the covers of the NES Mega Man-Games?
Would the first two Megaman American covers count?
Besides the fact that none of them are men wearing suits, there for sure aren't any lava pits in Crash Man or Quick Man's stages. Not sure why Dr. Light is hiding behind Crash Man's ass either.
Yep hahaMan, now I'm reminded of another thread about the cover for Streets of Rage (was called "Have you ever REALLY looked at the cover for SoR")
The most misleading part of this cover are the words printed on it, especially "Blood Omen" and "Legacy of Kain".This cover was so BULLSHIT, you never get the Soul Reaver. I only recall geting to use it in the final boss fight, and Im not even sure, long time have passed (EDIT: thinking about it, I believe it was Lord Serafan using it and not Kaine).
Later I discovered that in Defiance you got to use the actual Soul Reaver from the beggining and I wanted so bad the game, every time I went to the supermarlet with my parents I saw the game there waiting for me, but never got it.
I damn you, Crystal Dynamics
No, I remember playing the game with the sword.This cover was so BULLSHIT, you never get the Soul Reaver. I only recall geting to use it in the final boss fight, and Im not even sure, long time have passed (EDIT: thinking about it, I believe it was Lord Serafan using it and not Kaine).
Later I discovered that in Defiance you got to use the actual Soul Reaver from the beggining and I wanted so bad the game, every time I went to the supermarlet with my parents I saw the game there waiting for me, but never got it.
I damn you, Crystal Dynamics
This is my favorite, and by that I mean my most dreaded. I don't recall noticing this as a kid, but as an adult, I cannot look at this box and not think "Mario Party 3", and that bothers me greatly. LOL
Mario Party 3
because it's actually the cover of Mario Party 1. That dice block is badly placed.
Huh. I learned something today. Neat!
No, I remember playing the game with the sword.
Did this game have New Game + ?
Ah, I played it on Gamecube and the cheat codes worked there, so probably I played it like that haha
Awesome answers people !
Keep up and don't forget to explain =D
xD
It is funny that in retrospect the spherical world can count as something they got it wrong since it would be a feature till the Galaxy games xD
more the later ones than the famous bad box art one because i think the first one enters too much in the phalanx territory with that background
Wow ! I didn't expected to get this answer here, awesome =D
Funny how the "hidden dhalsim" theory makes this to be the case for the Turbo edition too
I always found it weird that on the NES black box covers that were ostensibly meant to highlight the actual hardware capabilities of the NES (in contrast to Atari 2600 box art which rarely bore any resemblance to the actual games)... they often lied about the graphics.
- Mario jumping up from lava.
- Fireball going through bricks.
What's the hidden dhalsim theory? 😃Awesome answers people !
Keep up and don't forget to explain =D
xD
It is funny that in retrospect the spherical world can count as something they got it wrong since it would be a feature till the Galaxy games xD
more the later ones than the famous bad box art one because i think the first one enters too much in the phalanx territory with that background
Wow ! I didn't expected to get this answer here, awesome =D
Funny how the "hidden dhalsim" theory makes this to be the case for the Turbo edition too
Look closely behind the fighters and it looks like Dhalsim is there half-invisible in a crossed legs yoga pose in front of the mountain
Does Suikoden's US cover art count?
Sheer ugliness aside...
None of the characters depicted here, except mayyybe the Emperor, can be matched to an in-game character. There IS a 3-headed kind of lich enemy in the game, but it's just one generic enemy you encounter in one unique dungeon, so it's.... a weird thing to showcase.
And what's with the archer's arms 😂
Other games of the time had "westernized" cover arts too, but you could at least identify who the characters were supposed to be. This one is just super weird, in addition to being hideous. That said, this is also "misleading":
The US cover by none other than Boris Vallejo lol. So here we can at least identify Rune, Chaz, and Rika. But they look very, very off. Rune's clothing and hair colour is wrong. Chaz looks 20 years too old. And Rika looks also too old and like some sort of femme fatale. Compared to the original Japanese art also featuring the 3 characters, it's night and day.
Yep haha
So much weird shit going on.
The most misleading part of this cover are the words printed on it, especially "Blood Omen" and "Legacy of Kain".
I think these two video game covers were designed by Rob Liefeld, except that he's not responsible for coloring.
Oh wow lolIt blew my fucking mind when someone first pointed out to me
andthe cover's in first person
he's not dual wielding
Oh, I might've misunderstood the thread premise.
They needed two Mario Party 3s, because Nintendo didn't have many third party games.
Mario Party 3
because it's actually the cover of Mario Party 1. That dice block is badly placed.
... I don't think I ever noticed Ness in the reflection.My first thought is the cover of Brain Lord:
which isn't anything weird, it's a fantasy adventure game, it's just that the game has no possibility of matching this art style. It might be too much for this thread - the main character's hair colour doesn't even match.
But a more subtle difference that I noticed as a kid:
The enemy is clearly a Final Starman and Ness is reflected in its visor. Beside those belt-like pieces originally being a Star Trek like breast insignia, you only fight this enemyin the Cave of the Past, where Ness and his friends have been converted to robot bodies.
OOoooOOOOOHThey needed two Mario Party 3s, because Nintendo didn't have many third party games.
My first thought is the cover of Brain Lord:
which isn't anything weird, it's a fantasy adventure game, it's just that the game has no possibility of matching this art style. It might be too much for this thread - the main character's hair colour doesn't even match.
But a more subtle difference that I noticed as a kid:
The enemy is clearly a Final Starman and Ness is reflected in its visor. Beside those belt-like pieces originally being a Star Trek like breast insignia, you only fight this enemyin the Cave of the Past, where Ness and his friends have been converted to robot bodies.
I think these two video game covers were designed by Rob Liefeld, except that he's not responsible for coloring.
My first thought is the cover of Brain Lord:
which isn't anything weird, it's a fantasy adventure game, it's just that the game has no possibility of matching this art style. It might be too much for this thread - the main character's hair colour doesn't even match.
It's pretty weird that Square had Mog as the cover for FF6 even though the little guy is a fairly small character.