Final Fantasy XIII European Box Art Revealed


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Interesting that Square NA has used the cover template with the PSN logo?

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All the PS3 games in America come with the PSN logo, if an exclusive there's usually a "Only on PS3" banner as well.

Only Europe and sometimes Japan gets clear covers.

:cry: I want that. A lot.

I would say import it but

a) Probably cost and arm and leg in Japan

b) Good luck prying one away from the crazy Japanese hands come launch

:p

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The going more "western" I was hinting at was the bad side of what we in the west do with the games industry. The "omg violence girls sex boom explosion HARD ****** BALD SPACE MARINES ARGHHH bang bang pew pew MORE SPEED" ness.

The Japanese have always been quite modest, where as developers in the west try to make cover art usually look like something advertising to either a 13 year old who's just discovered women, or slap guns and angry looking characters, if bald the better, on a cover to look "bad ass". You hardly see any simplistic covers coming out from devs over here.

Good thing about FF boxes was the elegance and simplicity, this spoils that run and is clearly Square Enix going more "western" in the sense I mean above. Next we'll have Square prancing about gloating about their game months before release and how it's better than everything else, aka western devs.

You must not pay attention to the Japanese outside of video games then. THey're hardly "modest" at all when it comes to manga and anime and even the flat out crazy tv shows they pull off. Modest, heh, good one there.

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You must not pay attention to the Japanese outside of video games then. THey're hardly "modest" at all when it comes to manga and anime and even the flat out crazy tv shows they pull off. Modest, heh, good one there.

Due to the section of this board I'm in, why would I be?

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All the PS3 games in America come with the PSN logo, if an exclusive there's usually a "Only on PS3" banner as well.

Only Europe and sometimes Japan gets clear covers.

Ah ok thanks, another thing I dont like, unnecessary branding!.. maybe im too picky when it comes to box art :D

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Ah ok thanks, another thing I dont like, unnecessary branding!.. maybe im too picky when it comes to box art :D

Nah I'm the same I prefer clean boxes, the old box was a mess of fonts and banners

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new one isn't much better, but it has got rid of spiderman font

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All the PS3 games in America come with the PSN logo, if an exclusive there's usually a "Only on PS3" banner as well.

I think he means that it's possibly online-enabled. AC2 doesn't have the PSN logo, no online.

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Due to the section of this board I'm in, why would I be?

Nice cover there. My point stands regardless.

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Nice cover there. My point stands regardless.

Your point is irrelevant to what I'm talking about, that is all...

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Your point is irrelevant to what I'm talking about, that is all...

If you want to look at cover art only, then fine.

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Damn, do want!

Now only if the Japanese copy had dual English/Japanese :( Maybe the Asian copy will like some PS3 titles have, then we could import.

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Yeah just english subtitles would be awesome, i'd buy it... do like the look of that PS3 even if it is pink its growing on me but not for ?407! is that even with delivery?

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So it's identical...

Hmmm looks like we've got a universal case of the Final Fantasy XIII: Crotch Shot Edition then.

By the way, here's the special edition box for Japan

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and console

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Wow, that console looks amazing!

Prolly won't ever come here tho..

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... Well the Japanese box art is more modest also NOT FAIR!

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Much much better.

As someone who has a good portion of the Final Fantasy games, I prefer this type of look.

The new one looks a bit silly just sticking her on there.

Personally it reminds me of a fan made wallpaper that someone has made from two images and just put them together in Photoshop.

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Minimalist boxart is much better :(

I hope the white box on the left is the normal retail for Japan and the other is the lightning edition one... few days ago I saw an odd cover on a clip from Japanese TV, they were doing an inverview with the Square president or something, the logo art was more like a green blob, well silhouette anyway:

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Minimalist boxart is much better :(

Right, because they plaster the chick on the system itself, so you'll see that more than the box art that'll be stuck into your shelf most of the time.

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Right, because they plaster the chick on the system itself, so you'll see that more than the box art that'll be stuck into your shelf most of the time.

Uhh is this a reply to me?

I'm talking about the boxart of the game, not the PS3.

That's just a limited edition PS3, would be pretty lame to sell a "limited edition" bundle and have a plain PS3 would it not? :laugh: If you're buying a console like that you're either a collector or a FF nut, I seriously doubt the average joe is buying that.

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Uhh is this a reply to me?

I'm talking about the boxart of the game, not the PS3.

That's just a limited edition PS3, would be pretty lame to sell a "limited edition" bundle and have a plain PS3 would it not? :laugh: If you're buying a console like that you're either a collector or a FF nut, I seriously doubt the average joe is buying that.

Uhhh, and how does the fact it's a limited edition (which I knew from the get go) change the fact that they went with the main female, in a nice pink (if you like pink) color on the system itself (they also used her on the box art so it's the same idea in a sense) instead of just the logo everyone seems to like better?

It's the same idea, but used on a different object, on one side it's the box art, and on the other it's the system itself. It's still using the "main" female they've been showing off from the start to help sell it.

And why do those shots have both versions of the box art anyways?

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