North American Box Art...

[Rad Bromance]

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/radbromance/Video%20Games/FF13_front_PS3small.jpg http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/radbromance/Video%20Games/FF13_front_XBOX360small.jpg

This will also serve as the European version's cover.

What do you think about it? I find it rather...uninteresting. I think past FFs have had prettier fronts! :D

[Flying Mullet]

I think they're relying on the name of Final Fantasy to attract buyers and they aren't as worried about the box art.

[Bolivar]

Kind of awkward almost compared to other titles, except for maybe XII. I know with Metal Gear 4 they showed his face to let you know how detailed the game was and how, well, old he was (still with attitude) but I don't really get that from this.

I'm really jealous of the Japanese. Just a white cover with the logo, I really like that.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/hansuramu/purchase/SSL21933.jpg

[Rantz]

Ah, yeah. The composition is really awkward. :x Japanese one is so much nicer.

[Raistlin]

I don't even understand caring about box art. I mean, I guess really good ones are nice to look at, but the other 95% of them just don't matter.

[Rad Bromance]

I don't even understand caring about box art. I mean, I guess really good ones are nice to look at, but the other 95% of them just don't matter.
It's not something I particularly care about, per se. Like, I'm not going to choose whether to play a game or not based on the box art. But there are some that are really cool and some that are really bad. :D

This is neither though.

[Jessweeee♪]

Just put a pretty girl on there and the name Final Fantasy and that's all you'll need to attract customers!

[Aydin]

It looks AWESOME!!! :D

But I agree, it's just not that great. It's one of those pieces of art that just doesn't strike any emotion inside of me. Just "OMG! FFXIII!!"

[VeloZer0]

Japanese box art certainly looks more dignified. Ultimately that is the style I like the most, but the NA one doesn't look bad by any means.

[Psychotic]

Are you sure that's going to be the European style? All our numbered FF games so far have been like the ones Bolivar posted, with just the logo on a white background.

[Rodney]

Don't mind the North American one too much, but yeah, I prefer the Japanese one, too.

[Wolf Kanno]

I usually prefer the Japanese Box Art but this one is by know means terrible, I usually hate when they just slap most of the cast in their official artwork on a cover a la' FFVIII, IX, and non-special edition XII.

I usually prefer minimalist/ Amano art over flashy group photos. The cover pretty much works for me. ;)

[Fynn]

Are you sure that's going to be the European style? All our numbered FF games so far have been like the ones Bolivar posted, with just the logo on a white background.

QFT. European box arts are usually identical to the Japanese ones. Why would this one be different?

[black orb]

>>> What?! The Ps3 and the Xbox 360 covers are the same? Boycott!! Boycoooooott!!!.:luca:

[Formalhaut]

Don't Start All That Again...


Anyway, Yeah, All The FF Games Ive Owned In The UK Has The Minimilist Brilliance Of The Japanese Version.


Poor America... Why Must They Put A Massive Picture Of Lightning On There... You Don't Have To Do That. Just The Logo Nicely Planted Would Be Just As Effective And Less In Your Face.

[Bolivar]

Unfortunately that is going to be the European Boxart

http://talkplaystation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/european_final_fantasy_xiii_boxart.jpg

European Final Fantasy XIII Boxart - Talk Playstation (http://talkplaystation.com/european-final-fantasy-xiii-boxart/)

Not sure why, but with a simultaneous release date I think Square is now officially putting you all in the same boat as us!


I don't even understand caring about box art. I mean, I guess really good ones are nice to look at, but the other 95% of them just don't matter.

I don't think any of us "care" about box art, it's like you said - it's a nice thing when a really good one comes out. Makes you jealous sometimes, ya know?

[Rad Bromance]

Are you sure that's going to be the European style? All our numbered FF games so far have been like the ones Bolivar posted, with just the logo on a white background.

Yep. (http://thecbook.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/final-fantasy-xiii-european-cover-art-revealed/) :)

[Psychotic]

Nooooo :cry: Oh well, thanks for confirming it guys.
Not sure why, but with a simultaneous release date I think Square is now officially putting you all in the same boat as us!Still, boxart like that is worth us finally being equal to North America. I hated hearing everyone here talk about XII while we were still waiting for it.

[black orb]

Yep. (http://thecbook.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/final-fantasy-xiii-european-cover-art-revealed/) :)
>>> Boycott!! Boycoooooott!!!.:luca:

[Rantz]

Excellent one comment to that article, on a sidenote.

[Rodarian]

I've never liked the american version of the box for most games.... Looking at FXIII supports my opinion.

[sir helix]

this case has a lot of leg action, is SE selling off of the lust of little horny boys now or what?

[BustaMo]

The artwork seems pretty, bland I'd say. I mean in past games, sure the main characters has been on it like FFX, but it had Tidus in a background setting like the Besaid Sea, instead of just pressed up against a white background like this one.

I think Squenix could have done it a bit better, but it does make it look more like how European and Japanese covers usually look like.

[eestlinc]

this case has a lot of leg action, is SE selling off of the lust of little horny boys now or what?

yea, what is up with the gratuitous panty shot? Belto Maxson (http://forums.eyesonff.com/general-archive/69054-lulu.html#post1287257) saves us from even more of a crotch view.

[Rostum]

I don't see anything wrong with it from a design perspective. It's nice and balanced, good use of colour and space, and is clean.

Of course I prefer the simple white box with just the title art, but this isn't bad either. At least it's better than previous American box art for the series (so glad that Australia get the same box art as Japan, of course in English).

[Vyk]

I like how the 360 gets more leg...

[Chloe.]

I'm a little disappointed to hear that we're not having the same cover as the Japanese this time, but the other one isn't exactly horrible. But then it doesn't really matter what it looks like really, to be honest.

[vinnie's mini's]

To be honest I'm not really worried what the box art looks like as long as its enjoyable to play it doesn't matter. Besides, I don't think it looks that bad anyway :omghey:

[charliepanayi]

I think it looks pretty good to be honest. I do like the way previous European editions have done it, with just the name and logo, but this looks OK.

[I Don't Need A Name]

I like how the 360 gets more leg...

It's the only way to attract the fools who bought a 360 to play a Playstations game ;)

[arcanedude34]

She looks mildly constipated and as though she hasn't washed her hair in weeks. :(

[VeloZer0]

I would imagine throught the course of the game she wouldn't be washing her hair for weeks at a time.

And maybe moving from Cocoon to Pulse has a steeper learning curve than we imagine, like learning to boil the water first.

[Rostum]

She looks mildly constipated and as though she hasn't washed her hair in weeks. :(

So she fits in with the target demograph?

[P4ine]

Too bad it's gonna serve for the European cover as well as I liked the European ones the way they were, namely like the japanese ones: only the logo on a white background.

[Mirage]

Too bad we didn't get the classic logo on white background stuff.

[Psychotic]

This is much more worthy of a boycott than "Oh no, Xbox 360 caused me to lose Japanese subtitles!" or whatever it is those people are complaining about. :greenie:

[ANGRYWOLF]

at some point I guess we can safely assume they will have different box art.

We still don't know yet (do we ?) if there will be those versions and if there are how they will differ from the regular game.

:)

[Mirage]

Doesn't make much sense to call them "PAL" versions when they aren't locked to regions anymore :p.

I'm not interested in purchasing the same game twice, or waiting forever just for a new boxart.

[VeloZer0]

I'm not interested in purchasing the same game twice

Oh, but I can assure you there are people who are.

[ANGRYWOLF]

would have some additional content, such as what happened with FFX.
Penance and the dark aeons.

So it wouldn't be exactly the same game as the regular release.

:)

[Psychotic]

The Dark Aeons were nowhere near worth paying full release price if you already had the game.

Besides, I think any extra content like the Dark Aeons will come through DLC (and Square have hinted at XIII DLC) rather than any additional versions.

[ANGRYWOLF]

new content appearing via DLC.

You may also be right about the game not worth it, to be purchased twice although I suspect some fans did buy FFX twice when the other versions became available.

I think the box art for the International versions was different than the regular FFX box art. That might have been the primary motivation for some fans to buy the International version.

We'll see what Square says down the road.

The box art for NA doesn't impress me very much.

[Mirage]

FFX International is probably best described as a "directors cut", the PAL release just happened to be based on this version. Most people wouldn't get a directors cut of a movie they already had unless they liked it realllly well, and that's most likely the case with video games too.

[Skyblade]

FFX International is probably best described as a "directors cut", the PAL release just happened to be based on this version. Most people wouldn't get a directors cut of a movie they already had unless they liked it realllly well, and that's most likely the case with video games too.

Like Lord of the Rings... :)

But I'm not sure Square-Enix is going to release the extras as DLC. That would go against their whole "screw everyone outside Japan" mentality...

[Rad Bromance]

"screw everyone outside Japan" mentality...
You do realize the whole reason those International/Final Mix/etc versions get released in Japan is because the North American releases typically have added content that Japan's original version didn't have so they get that stuff and more, right? Sephiroth in KH and the weapons in FFVII are examples of this (they weren't in the original Japanese versions).

[nirojan]

yeah the jap cover is better...waaaay bettter.

ohh well i bought a PS3 for GOW3, this game and a possible FFVII remake. so Im getting it nevertheless....no matter how crappy the cover looks!

[I Took the Red Pill]

I like the cover.

[RedPouch]

For some reason on this cover she really reminds me of Alice from the Resident Evil movies. Is it just me or does anybody else see what I'm talking about?

[Vyk]

Mila Jovovich did have kinda reddish hair in those movies. And she's always got an intense look to her. I could see a corrolation

[I Don't Need A Name]

Victory for Europe.
If you get the Collectors Edition, it seems it comes in a slipcase with the Japanese cover!

[qwertysaur]

If you don't like the cover art you can find a high resolution of the Japanese cover art, print it out and change it yourself :p

[VeloZer0]

If you don't like the cover art you can find a high resolution of the Japanese cover art, print it out and change it yourself :p

You just brought the whole discussion crashing down. I feel embarrassed that something like this never occurred to me :D (Not that I was taking this all that seriously in the first place.)

[LunarWeaver]

Hot chick looking like a badass that lets boys fap to Cloud without feeling guilty. Exactly what I would do.

[Roogle]

Historically, I have preferred the Japanese box art to the North American box art. I understand the marketing behind the North American box art, so I cannot completely fault Square Enix with choosing a different box art for the North American release.

[qwertysaur]

If you don't like the cover art you can find a high resolution of the Japanese cover art, print it out and change it yourself :p

You just brought the whole discussion crashing down. I feel embarrassed that something like this never occurred to me :D (Not that I was taking this all that seriously in the first place.)
:shobon: