Classic box art ruined by localisation

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pestro87 wrote:A lot of people mention the NSTC box art of Mega Man 1 as a classic example of box art that was ruined by localization but imo, the PAL cover of Mega Man 2 takes the cake:

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Interestingly Germany got a different cover for MM2.

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I like Wily's face.
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Captain wrote:I like Wily's face.
My favorite part is how they have the same character on there twice.
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Ed Oscuro wrote:Yeah I saw the CC but that's NOT the Cap'n...it's some kind of silver haired klan impostor I think.
He didn't have a consistent design until the CPS1 game. Section Z was technically his first appearance.
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Compare the artwork of Exile: Wicked Phenomena from the likes of Working Designs to it's original PC Engine counterpart -- quite different indeed. The actual WD version of E:WP game disc features lavishly full-color printed anime artwork -- something that the original PCE version doesn't have, period. However, if you look at the back cover of the WD version of E:WP's instruction manual, it has the very same anime artwork that was featured as the front cover for the PCE version, indeed. How cool is that?

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