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[Chony]

also

 

[Great King Bowser]

Now those are awesome boxarts.

 

[Bog]

If Big Mario wasn't humping Little Mario, sure.

 

[AniHawk]

That would be 1000% fucking AWESOME if that was the final box.

 

[Joe]

am i the only one that thinks they are both pretty stupid?

 

[SantaC]

is this new super mario bros?

 

[Ironclad]

I love the SMB boxart. Absolutely excellent. The sonic boxart is not bad either.

 

[APerfectCircle]

The sonic box art is awsome, the white background with the Ds symbol works so well.

 

[Ironclad]

is this new super mario bros?

Yes, yes it is.

 

[ChrisReid]

I'd think placeholder art.

 

[Great King Bowser]

I'd think placeholder art.

What makes you say that?

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

because mario and sonic have the exact same style art, and theyre from Gamestop?

 

[Kobun Heat]

What makes you say that?

Really, I'd like to hear some evidence for this so-called cockamamie theory of yours that somehow this is "placeholder" art slapped together in a total of ten minutes by a college intern in Gamestop's art department.

 

[Sriram]

I like how the mario bros box shows 2 marios but luigi is nowhere to be seen

 

[AniHawk]

It's sure nice to see the Super Mario Bros. logo for a new game on new hardware though... It's been too long.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

Nice Logo. Hate the Mario art. Its like they forgot about Super Mario World Mario.

Um... Is this for NEW SUPER MARIO BROS? Because they forgot the word NEW

(GODDAMN BOTH BOXES ARE HIDEOUS)

 

[SantaC]

It's sure nice to see the Super Mario Bros. logo for a new game on new hardware though... It's been too long.

Agree. It looks really good.

 

[Great King Bowser]

Really, I'd like to hear some evidence for this so-called cockamamie theory of yours that somehow this is "placeholder" art slapped together in a total of ten minutes by a college intern in Gamestop's art department.

You meant isn't in there right? Because I was being sarcastic, as clearly they are both indeed placeholder boxarts.

 

[Tritroid]

Really, I'd like to hear some evidence for this so-called cockamamie theory of yours that somehow this is "placeholder" art slapped together in a total of ten minutes by a college intern in Gamestop's art department.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[joshschw]

I think its just something Gamestop made, as you can see the box is missing a line all the way around it. Like when someone pasted the Mario's they overlapped the outline of the box.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Way too much fucking white, definitely placeholder.

I like the Mario growth art though, that'd be an interesting throwback to the classic series and also possibly intrigue those who never knew of Mario's original growing origins.

 

[belgurdo]

Fucking Amy...where's Rouge? I can only hope for Sonic Advance 4...

 

[Kobun Heat]

You meant isn't in there right? Because I was being sarcastic, as clearly they are both indeed placeholder boxarts.

Whoa there cowboy. Let's not jump to conclusions. What if this is the first stirrings of a movement within Nintendo to create new, shitty boxart for all its games, using mangled versions of tentative titles and recycled character art on plain white backgrounds?

 

[Tritroid]

I think the most obvious thing about the Mario box being a placeholder besides the obvious overusage of white space, the re-used Mario art, and the white DS label on white background, is the copy & paste Super Mario Bros. 3 logo minus the '3'.

 

[bummyhead]

those dont look like real boxarts to me.

 

[Ironclad]

It seems like they used the Mario All stars Mario for that box. Some may consider it place holder art, but I wouldn't be surprised if the final boxart looked very similar to that, but a different background color, and maybe something on the left side to balance the box out.

 

[Great King Bowser]

Whoa there cowboy. Let's not jump to conclusions. What if this is the first stirrings of a movement within Nintendo to create new, shitty boxart for all its games, using mangled versions of tentative titles and recycled character art on plain white backgrounds?

I wouldn't rule this out. :lol

 

[Kobun Heat]

I wouldn't be surprised if the final boxart looked very similar to that, but a different background color, and maybe something on the left side to balance the box out.

YES. Exactly. Like this.

 

[cvxfreak]

Clearly these aren't final.

 

[Warm Machine]

The Super Mario Bros logo is from SMB 3 isn't it?

 

[AniHawk]

That would be 1000% fucking AWESOME if that was the final box.

 

[Kon Tiki]

FHITE.

 

[Ironclad]

YES. Exactly. Like this.

It has to be exactly like that! The background color has to placed in per pixel, and there has to be white spots as well. I would prefer it if the power glove was a little more to the left, but then again, I guess I shouldn't be too picky.

 

[Morts]

The fact that Gamestop lists Super Mario Bros as coming out on 3/1/05 got me excited for a second, but then I realized I shouldn't have any faith in Gamestop's dates. But then again, Sonic could make it out on 2/1, given that there was virtually no buzz about Sonic Advance 2 & 3 before they were in stores.

I'd wager that the boxarts are placeholders though. The Sonic one does look sweet, though.

 

[Ironclad]

I take back what I said earlier. Mario should be wearing the power glove while giving you the finger.

 

[Dan]

The fact that Gamestop lists Super Mario Bros as coming out on 3/1/05 got me excited for a second, but then I realized I shouldn't have any faith in Gamestop's dates.

Yeah, not a chance in hell of it coming out then. Nintendo already announced its first quarter releases, and New Super Mario Bros was certainly not on that list.

Hell, Nintendo hasn't even said it'll be out in 2005 yet. Their press site still lists it as TBD.