Western box art that is better than the original Japanese box art.

[Wolf Kanno]

What it says on the tin. Name a game where the Western box art is different from the original Japanese box art and surprisingly better than it.

I present you:

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[WarZidane]

One of the few games that comes to mind (and a JRPG at that):

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Granted neither of the two is particularly great, but at least the NA one is more than just a generic background.

[Ayen]

I can't think of any myself, but the ones you guys have shown are cool.

[Lord Golbez]

Dragon Quest, I think, but I'm not good at finding these.

[Fynn]

Hard disagree. Akira Toriyama's artwork is far more iconic than... whatever the hell this is

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Dragon_Warrior.jpg/220px-Dragon_Warrior.jpg


Heck, even for DQXI where at least they have character designs that match the game, why go for this

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71T5M-ZuZQL._SY550_.jpg

when you have this?

https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/qisahn-upgrade-production/public/spree/products/27982/large/dragon_quest_xi_echoes_of_an_elusive_age_1532941346.jpg?1532941346

[Lord Golbez]

Because Toriyama art looks ridiculous.

[Fynn]

wow

[Slothy]

Someone's itching for a fight from the sounds of things. Excuse me while I scream for a few minutes until I'm powered up. Then we can tussle.

[Fynn]

LG about to awaken the Sloth

[Lord Golbez]

I thought I'd get more flak for the ET comment. :shrug:

[Fynn]

Pretty sure nobody has actually played ET here, so they can't really get heated about it being bad because it's all just hearsay. But everybody loves Toriyama.

[Wolf Kanno]

I've played E.T. on Atari, and it is indeed a shit show, but I also agree that the Atari had a lot games just as bad or worse.

The DQ thing really comes down to whether you like Toriyama's art or not. Personally, I feel his art tends to showcase what DQ is really like, with a certain amount of whimsy to them. Whereas the generic D&D style covers of the NES entries can throw you for a loop when you see all of Toriyama's cutesy monster designs in game.

[Spuuky]

DQ4 has great box art though

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[Fynn]

It's also incredibly generic

[Spuuky]

Character salad but it's Toriyama is not really any less generic to me, they're about the same

[Fynn]

Nah. One immediately tells you it's Dragon Quest. The other one might be the cover of any 80s/90s RPG. It could also be a cover of a tabletop RPG handbook.

Also, character salad? Excuse you

https://tropeanddagger.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/dragon-quest-boxart.jpg

[Lord Golbez]

Yeah, but I look at the dragon on one and think generic but kind of cool. I look at the dragon on the other and immediately laugh. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but omg, I can't stop laughing.