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Xkhaoz

Wow, isn't that the Crash Bomb from MM2?

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JebbyDeringer

hahaha good find! I'd want the original art no matter how bad it is though.

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Tasuki

Lol I remember I did have some of those stickers I think they came with MM2 but I cant remember. I cant blame the person for covering up the pic though, the artwork on the cartridge for the first MM game was bad. Megaman looked like a geriatric old man rather than the bluebomber himself. Kinda surprising how that series became a hit with such a bad picture on the cover. If that picture was the first thing I saw of the MM series I would have missed out on a great series.

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The interview on the Gamecube and XBox versions of the Anniversary Collection briefly explained why the box art looks the way it does. The artwork was done very quickly (in about 6 hours or so) by some friend of a Capcom U.S. staff member. They needed a cover, and they needed one fast, which is why it turned out so bad.

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I think it looks better than the original picture.

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Tasuki wrote:

Kinda surprising how that series became a hit with such a bad picture on the cover. If that picture was the first thing I saw of the MM series I would have missed out on a great series.

It wasn't an overly popular series until the second game, actually. But MM2's boxart was also very bad, even though it was not as bad as the first game's boxart.

"Bad Boxart Mega Man" is actually going to be a playable character in MM Universe.

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I think the UK covers look even worse than the American ones:
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no way! I hadn't seen it before, but I think the UK art is sick. I'd rock that on a t-shirt. But I rock the Mega Man 9 shirt.

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lockelocke

not sure if this is UK art or what, but I like this more than the american Mega Man 2 art. Even if Mega Man is... silver... or chrome or something

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KingMike

I think there were two PAL MM2 covers. I've heard someone call the one above "Patrick Stewart holding a bowling pin" and I've agreed with it.
The other one wasn't too bad from what I remember.

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JGMR

I love the Mega Man art, regardless what people think of 'em.

Mega Man 9 and 10's artwork were really a great tribute to the first titles in the series.

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Big_A2

At least the characters on the European releases look like the characters in the game (exept MM2) .If I remember correctly, Mega Man 4 - 6 has the same artwork on both sides of the Atlantic, but the European ones fix Mega Man's deformed face.

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JGMR

Nice! Never noticed the differences before

All i know was that at the end of the NES' 'lifecycle' when it was released, the game was almost unavailable over here in my country...

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edhe

I like how the boxes are filled with Capcom advertisments.

"STATE OF THE ART HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS"

"PREMIER WORLD-WIDE ARCADE GAME DESIGNER CAPCOM"

And that UK Mega Man 2 cover? His gun looks more like a female pleasuring aid than a plasma cannon!

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