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[Fady K]

Hmm..Children of Mana PAL looks nicer than the US one.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

 

[Zave]

 

[neopokekun]

The colour codes on Nintendo games indicate the different language versions of the games.

It's been that way since the Nes. For instance the Dutch only releases are indeed blue with the HOL code and instructions as well as the boxes are in Dutch and nothing else.
While over here in Belgium(Flanders) we almost always get the orange ones with the FAH code. (French and Holland perhaps?)

These are bi-lingual in Dutch as well as French.

Green are UKV and only in English, while the purple ones (EUR-M) come in 8 different languages.

I've seen others as well for Spain, Germany and some Scandinavian countries. Not sure how many there are in total.

Yeah is there a list of all the color codes somewhere?

and a big Phoenix update (because it just wouldn't be a pal boxart thread without them)

Was Paccie inspired by this cover?

 

[Myke Greywolf]

Athena is looking younger with each edition of KoF. This is starting to go into Pedobear territory.

... Paccie???

 

[keiji]

low low low budget games.

 

[Lobster]

Whats with the really bad Phoenix games box arts?

 

[MegaTen]

Hmm.. you'd think the publisher would try to just release XI instead. Or maybe they did?

 

[ram]

UGLY!!!

 

[neopokekun]

Hmm.. you'd think the publisher would try to just release XI instead. Or maybe they did?

King of Fighters XI will be released here in March.

 

[alistairw]

When I saw that Saint and Sinner boxart I was about to ask whether maybe Phoenix had shelled out for someone with graphic design qualifications to do their covers. Then I saw Paccie.

I mean....wow.

1997 called: they want their rendering tools back.

 

[neopokekun]

Insert massive damage joke.

 

[mr_sockochris]

That's racist

 

[Infernal Monkey]

One day I'll buy a Phoenix published game just for the comedy value.

Like.. 'London Car Challenge'

WHOA NICE GRAPHICS

 

[Brobzoid]

I am thinking of buying a phoenix game just for shits as well. but which one? they're all so shit looking!

 

[Giganticus]

One day I'll buy a Phoenix published game just for the comedy value.

Like.. 'London Car Challenge'

WHOA NICE GRAPHICS

I can't tell if that's half-assed motion blur on the lampost on the right or that Phoenix don't know how to texture map something properly.

Probably both :lol

 

[B-Genius]

I applaud Ignition Entertainment for taking up the challenge of finally getting these awesome SNK hits to us (except Neowave didn't really appeal to me).

While at home for Xmas, I picked up Neogeo Battle Coliseum and KOF2003 for mega cheap. They're nice ports, except for the load times. Dunno how PAL compares to NTSC or whatever, and maybe the fact that it's tag-team comes into play, but a match can often take up to 10 seconds to get into.

Regardless, I await KOFXI and the new Samurai Spirits with anticipation ^^

 

[Chittagong]

This cover is all sorts of awesome. Reminds me of when I was a huge TMHT fan in early 90s - especially TMHT 1 and 2 on NES and the second movie.

I could buy this game just for the box art. Seriously.

EDIT: Wait what. What happened to TMHT. I'm supposed to start to talk about TMNT suddenly? Ninjas are cool now in EU?

 

[ram]

vroom, vroom

 

[Brobzoid]

EA changed up their logo? playing with fiya!

 

[u_neek]

The fat PS2 strip makes most PAL PS2 boxart look really ugly..

 

[VOOK]

EA changed up their logo? playing with fiya!

They seem to change it on everything, on NFS Carbon it was like a Black, on BF2 Silver, on Superman like Brushed Metal one for everything.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

 

[AniHawk]

This cover is all sorts of awesome. Reminds me of when I was a huge TMHT fan in early 90s - especially TMHT 1 and 2 on NES and the second movie.

I could buy this game just for the box art. Seriously.

EDIT: Wait what. What happened to TMHT. I'm supposed to start to talk about TMNT suddenly? Ninjas are cool now in EU?

Europe needs to catch up with the times. They've been ninjas for 23 years.

 

[Haunted]

it is an indicator of sorts for which part of Europe the game (and box and manual) is intended to be sold in or something.

German games have a purple triangle.

 

[reminder]

 

[u_neek]

Looks like they're all thinking "SHIT! It's the vet!"

 

[neopokekun]

 

[Katana_Strikes]

 

[Rocked]

That's all kinds of cool.

 

[McBacon]

Thats SO rad

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Wow! Great box art.

 

[D-X]

I wonder if Robin's quest involves a maze made out of crystal. Or to put it another way a Crystal Maze...

 

[Rocked]

:lol How the mighty have fallen. I still watch The Crystal Maze sometimes on Challenge.

 

[thegodsend]

 

[Ceb]

They shouldn't have gone with this. Needs more blue sky and less ugly.

 

[Martial Loh]

They shouldn't have gone with this. Needs more blue sky and less ugly.

i concur. they've gone and taken the title a little too literally..
"hmm we got motors....lets put some storm in..."
"next!"

 

[sammy]

i can't believe how happy that makes me *pure glee*

 

[splattergnome]

Is Oxygen Games trying to steal away Phoenix Game's target demographics? I wonder what's up with their "Quest" fetish.

That is one of the prettiest boxarts on this thread - I would hope that America gets a similar boxart, since THIS is the type of art which will attract people otherwise not into typical genre games (ie the Wii Sports audience).

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Shit, Kororinpa has such fantastic bloody box art <3

lololol

 

[Wollan]

They shouldn't have gone with this. Needs more blue sky and less ugly.

I agree on the blue sky part but I like the rest.

 

[Hyoushi]

Looks like they're all thinking "SHIT! It's the vet!"

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Mike Works]

 

[Durante]

Hmpf. Why did they have to ruin the awesome photography and logo with that horribly tacky faux-wood stadard-photoshop-embossed backdrop? Give me the source images and 30 minutes and I'll do a better job. And I'm a programmer!

 

[Rocked]

"BEST GAME EVER!"

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Stop, Ubisoft. Stop. ;_;

FINALLY. ANOTHER PINBALL GAME FOR DS.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Whoops double penetration/post.

 

[Ike]

This looks so much better than the NA version

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

MTX?!?! That's like 4 years old or something....

 

[Infernal Monkey]