Games where IGDB ruined the box art
Look what they did to my boy.
This is a collection of games that have "better" box art with different regional releases (often the original Japanese release, for instance) but since IGDB is very focused on using Western Box Art, there's a very noticeable change when the box art is replaced. I'm not actually certain if all of these games originally had the Japanese Box Art over the Western Box Art for the record (or sometimes even PAL Box Art), so this is more or less a list of the fad in general.
Obviously this is a very subjective list, so suggestions will happily be taken. Looking for some great discourse here. Bonus points if you include a link to the original (better) box art, I'll link to it via notes. See here for some broader examples.
UPDATE: Thanks to Pangburn, we now have a better understanding of the games in this list that were actually a victim of IGDB's more controversial box art changing edits. They have been moved and sorted to the front of this list. Everything after Metal Gear Solid does not appear to have been a direct victim, but have been included as an example of this trope and are here for your viewing pleasure.
This is a collection of games that have "better" box art with different regional releases (often the original Japanese release, for instance) but since IGDB is very focused on using Western Box Art, there's a very noticeable change when the box art is replaced. I'm not actually certain if all of these games originally had the Japanese Box Art over the Western Box Art for the record (or sometimes even PAL Box Art), so this is more or less a list of the fad in general.
Obviously this is a very subjective list, so suggestions will happily be taken. Looking for some great discourse here. Bonus points if you include a link to the original (better) box art, I'll link to it via notes. See here for some broader examples.
UPDATE: Thanks to Pangburn, we now have a better understanding of the games in this list that were actually a victim of IGDB's more controversial box art changing edits. They have been moved and sorted to the front of this list. Everything after Metal Gear Solid does not appear to have been a direct victim, but have been included as an example of this trope and are here for your viewing pleasure.
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List has been updated to include more recent changes like Super Metroid, Persona 3, Nier Automata, Nier Replicant, etc
looks like someone fucked up the super metroid box art for no good reason
Yup, someone else alerted me about the box art change not too long ago, so it should be on the list now!
whoops! i caught another one, though...
https://www.backloggd.com/games/faxanadu/
https://i.imgur.com/HWoKfut.png
https://www.backloggd.com/games/faxanadu/
https://i.imgur.com/HWoKfut.png
Thanks zeno, just updated that in.
Ok, but I honestly don't understand, why they hate the original game's vision so much? Damn, most of these boxes are literally memes nowadays
this site getting updated to let us actually choose which version of the boxart we see cant come soon enough
Dawn of Sorrow got me lol.
Thank you North America
Project Justice
Yup, I can confirm that Project Justice's box art has in fact been changed lmao
Updated the list alongside a few other box arts like Demon's Crest, Dead or Alive, Resident Evil 6, Phantasy Star II, etc
Updated the list alongside a few other box arts like Demon's Crest, Dead or Alive, Resident Evil 6, Phantasy Star II, etc
They did my boy Mega Man so wrong so many times. Nice list idea!
Drax they done did it to ridge racer type 4…….
Aww man that was a nice two months without any big updates...
Thanks for letting me know, I've added it in
Thanks for letting me know, I've added it in
recently did my best to convince them that faxanadu should have its original box art since its logo match what you see on the title screen and fits in along with those of xanadu, xanadu next, etc. i mean, apart from it just being so much cooler... no dice, of course. such a bozo show over there
Street fighter 3 third strike and Arcana heart 1, 2, and 3
As the person who did the R4 change, it was corrected to the original North American box art as IGDB's contribution guidelines stipulate is preferred. The one everyone likes so much is a fanmade random piece of art with no relation to any physical or digital release of the game in any region. I don't like the NA box art either (not that it's that bad) and would love the JP art instead but that's on Backloggd, not IGDB. The data exists already, it just needs to be implemented here.
I destroyed the Gaiares artwork out of spite.
The Phalanx box art is kino it speaks to my soul
dunno whether y'all know this or not, but if you go to the site's roadmap you can vote on up to 5 features you'd like to see added... personalized box art has shockingly few compared to other much less important ones. you know what to do.
praying that Prog adds changeable box arts for backers this year 🤞
oh the ffxii one hurts
i can fix this best i can... sobs
i can fix this best i can... sobs
Pocky & Rocky 2 (https://e.snmc.io/lk/n/x/3baa1e9e69708c39f7aa72b5f1a27353/5274751)
Tales of the Abyss (https://www.igdb.com/games/tales-of-the-abyss/changes/960377)
also no one at igdb noticed Pocky & Rocky 1 yet
Tales of the Abyss (https://www.igdb.com/games/tales-of-the-abyss/changes/960377)
also no one at igdb noticed Pocky & Rocky 1 yet
igdb talkin a lot about standards for a site that does nothing about the same game having several different pages
Potentially this doesn't fit as the boxart changed was from EU to US, but I was definitely sad to see We Love Katamari's entry amended from this (https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_original/co2h7j.png) to the shape madness that is the US cover.
@tangysphere: It fits the purpose of the list, so I'll throw it in, thanks!
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (https://www.backloggd.com/games/marvel-vs-capcom-2-new-age-of-heroes/)
The old cover (https://i.imgur.com/9sN1oun.jpg)
The old cover (https://i.imgur.com/9sN1oun.jpg)
@HelplessTitan: Added Marvel vs Capcom 2 to the list, thanks!
Leloni
1 year ago