Japan wins (EU loses because it's a butchered Japan cover) because of something that nobody in charge in the West ever understands about boxart. They try to make it "cool and eye catching" for the kids going crazy at the idea of getting MORE GAMES, MORE GAMES, DAAAAAD.
But the cool pose of the US boxart doesn't tell me anything about the game. It's just Zero. The previous 2 games also have Zero in different "cool poses" and nothing else. Any casual customer would end up seeing no difference between the 3 installments. It's like the reaction at all the Pokemon games from an outsider: "Red, Blue, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, whatever, I don't understand, it's all the same game?"
The Japanese artwork tells us something about the game: We meet Omega, an antagonist standing next to Zero as a dark mirrored shadow of him. Like Dark Link. Or Dark Samus. And that's for a reason, and you have to play to find out.
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Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Mega Man Zero 3
Japan wins (EU loses because it's a butchered Japan cover) because of something that nobody in charge in the West ever understands about boxart. They try to make it "cool and eye catching" for the kids going crazy at the idea of getting MORE GAMES, MORE GAMES, DAAAAAD.
But the cool pose of the US boxart doesn't tell me anything about the game. It's just Zero. The previous 2 games also have Zero in different "cool poses" and nothing else. Any casual customer would end up seeing no difference between the 3 installments. It's like the reaction at all the Pokemon games from an outsider: "Red, Blue, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, whatever, I don't understand, it's all the same game?"
The Japanese artwork tells us something about the game: We meet Omega, an antagonist standing next to Zero as a dark mirrored shadow of him. Like Dark Link. Or Dark Samus. And that's for a reason, and you have to play to find out.