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Title: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: 90snostalga on June 03, 2014, 02:42:42 pm
I think this may be an interesting topic and I would like to hear everyone's input.  Let's name some games that the titles do not fit the game and/or the box art that does not fit.  I really want to hear more titles that dont match.  I'll start with the following:

*Super Mario World 2:  Yoshi's Island/SNES

This is a game about Yoshi helping baby Mario find his parents.  How the heck does it have to do with the first Super Mario World

*Mega Man boxart/NES

Some one please help me find a way to connect the game to the box part.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: argyle on June 03, 2014, 02:59:31 pm
Let me go ahead & get this one out of the way for box art ;) :

(http://static5.gamespot.com/uploads/scale_medium/mig/8/1/0/8/2218108-snes_phalanx.jpg)

As for titles...

The Legend of Zelda - honestly, it has never been about Zelda.  That's like calling SMB "Super Princess Peach".  :P  (And yes, I'm aware there is a SPP - *now* - but you also play AS Peach in that game ;) )



Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: soera on June 03, 2014, 03:41:35 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10440986_281587935345564_7813679729932047372_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: 90snostalga on June 03, 2014, 04:12:47 pm
Soera, I have nothing to say to you right now lol  :)  You and your Dreamcast, Xbox and 64 hate.  Is there any 360 title that you think is a great game?
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: 90snostalga on June 03, 2014, 04:14:27 pm
The following is a picture of a box shaped console with a big "X" on it.  Hince the name "Xbox"


(http://i60.tinypic.com/244b69z.png)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: soera on June 03, 2014, 04:19:06 pm
There are a few exclusives to the systems you mentioned I find decent. Dungeons and Dragons heroes is the only reason I own an Xbox. Plus the micro-con for the Xbox is probably one of my all time favorite controllers.

Mario Kart 64 is one of the best kart games out there.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: karyann on June 03, 2014, 06:15:08 pm
There are a few exclusives to the systems you mentioned I find decent. Dungeons and Dragons heroes is the only reason I own an Xbox. Plus the micro-con for the Xbox is probably one of my all time favorite controllers.

You're better than I am, I don't own nor want to own anything microsoft anymore  :P Including the boxes. There are 3 games, I think, that I might want to play and that are exclusive to the boxes, and I'm not getting them for only 1 or 2 games each.  :-\
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: Jakandsig on June 03, 2014, 06:31:16 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10440986_281587935345564_7813679729932047372_n.jpg)

But boxes can be circular. I hope you can handle an info dump that large. Lol jk.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: argyle on June 03, 2014, 08:05:00 pm
The original Xbox has a decent hidden gem library.  That's back when they were still actively courting Japanese devs, so there are games like Jet Set Radio Future, Otogi, Phantom Dust, Panzer Dragoon Orta, etc.  Don't get me wrong, it was definitely the least of the 3 systems at the time in terms of its library but it has enough exclusives to make it worth picking up on the cheap now IMO.

The only reason I'll ever own a 360 again - and when I do, I'll buy it for really, really cheap - is Tales of Vesperia.  Still hate MS for paying to make that exclusive in English-speaking territories.   >:(
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: badATchaos on June 03, 2014, 10:53:08 pm
Yoshi's Island was the first world in Super Mario World. In the game Yoshi's Island the entire story takes place there. -With exception to the final world. That's why it has Mario World in the title. Although the original Japanese title was Super Mario: Yoshi's Island.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: htimreimer on June 04, 2014, 01:24:15 am
going on just the cover/title, what exactly do you think this game is?

(http://www.elisoftware.org/images/thumb/8/8f/Creat0019.jpg/250px-Creat0019.jpg)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: ffxik on June 04, 2014, 02:40:37 am
Not so much a game as an educational tool for aspiring electronics nuts.  My guess anyway.  Please don't tell me it's a poker game, pretty please.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 04, 2014, 03:19:16 am
I would definitely agree with Legend of Zelda, even as the big fan I am lol Zelda is important to the story, but it's always been Links fight, but I guess Legend of Link sounds kinda off? I don't know, Zelda sounds like a fantasy type name which may have helped.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: koemo1 on June 04, 2014, 09:22:57 am
I would definitely agree with Legend of Zelda, even as the big fan I am lol Zelda is important to the story, but it's always been Links fight, but I guess Legend of Link sounds kinda off? I don't know, Zelda sounds like a fantasy type name which may have helped.

Well the CD-I games got it right lol,
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: karyann on June 04, 2014, 11:11:45 am
The original Xbox has a decent hidden gem library.  That's back when they were still actively courting Japanese devs, so there are games like Jet Set Radio Future, Otogi, Phantom Dust, Panzer Dragoon Orta, etc.  Don't get me wrong, it was definitely the least of the 3 systems at the time in terms of its library but it has enough exclusives to make it worth picking up on the cheap now IMO.

The only reason I'll ever own a 360 again - and when I do, I'll buy it for really, really cheap - is Tales of Vesperia.  Still hate MS for paying to make that exclusive in English-speaking territories.   >:(

Hmm, I didn't know that Microsoft has once liked Japanese devs. Makes it a little more interesting. And yeah, Tales of Vesperia is the only game I might want a 360 for, I'm pretty sad too that we didn't get it on PS3 over here  :(
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: burningdoom on June 04, 2014, 12:06:22 pm
Weakest system of the 3? Pfft, no other 5th gen system game can touch the size and scope of Morrowind.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: argyle on June 04, 2014, 01:25:54 pm
Weakest system of the 3? Pfft, no other 5th gen system game can touch the size and scope of Morrowind.

I said it had the weakest *library*, which obviously is somewhat subjective.  Horsepower-wise it was probably the most capable of the three systems, that's not in question. 
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: burningdoom on June 04, 2014, 02:07:44 pm
Weakest system of the 3? Pfft, no other 5th gen system game can touch the size and scope of Morrowind.

I said it had the weakest *library*, which obviously is somewhat subjective.  Horsepower-wise it was probably the most capable of the three systems, that's not in question.

Can't argue PS2, but I'd definitely argue that Xbox's library is better than GameCube and Dreamcast's.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: soera on June 04, 2014, 03:04:11 pm
Weakest system of the 3? Pfft, no other 5th gen system game can touch the size and scope of Morrowind.

I said it had the weakest *library*, which obviously is somewhat subjective.  Horsepower-wise it was probably the most capable of the three systems, that's not in question.

Can't argue PS2, but I'd definitely argue that Xbox's library is better than GameCube and Dreamcast's.

I would also pick the Box over Dreamcast. But over the Cube? Not even close. The only reason the Cube is looked down upon is the fallacy that is the N64 breathing its disease over its replacement. But that wasnt even enough to stop the little box. It has probably the best Zelda library of any console system for starters. That alone will topple anything but the PS2 by itself. If it wasnt for the fact that the PS2 was B/C, it would be arguably the best system of that generation.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: burningdoom on June 04, 2014, 03:35:04 pm
Weakest system of the 3? Pfft, no other 5th gen system game can touch the size and scope of Morrowind.

I said it had the weakest *library*, which obviously is somewhat subjective.  Horsepower-wise it was probably the most capable of the three systems, that's not in question.

Can't argue PS2, but I'd definitely argue that Xbox's library is better than GameCube and Dreamcast's.

I would also pick the Box over Dreamcast. But over the Cube? Not even close. The only reason the Cube is looked down upon is the fallacy that is the N64 breathing its disease over its replacement. But that wasnt even enough to stop the little box. It has probably the best Zelda library of any console system for starters. That alone will topple anything but the PS2 by itself. If it wasnt for the fact that the PS2 was B/C, it would be arguably the best system of that generation.

I like my GameCube, I love first-party Nintendo games. No hating on it here. But the Xbox had it's fair share of good first-party games, too. The difference with Xbox, though, is that it had strong third-party support, as well, which GameCube lacked.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: argyle on June 04, 2014, 05:16:40 pm
The next stop from here is a pointless list war, so I'm gonna just agree to disagree & move on.  :)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: soera on June 04, 2014, 05:56:30 pm
Weakest system of the 3? Pfft, no other 5th gen system game can touch the size and scope of Morrowind.

I said it had the weakest *library*, which obviously is somewhat subjective.  Horsepower-wise it was probably the most capable of the three systems, that's not in question.

Can't argue PS2, but I'd definitely argue that Xbox's library is better than GameCube and Dreamcast's.

I would also pick the Box over Dreamcast. But over the Cube? Not even close. The only reason the Cube is looked down upon is the fallacy that is the N64 breathing its disease over its replacement. But that wasnt even enough to stop the little box. It has probably the best Zelda library of any console system for starters. That alone will topple anything but the PS2 by itself. If it wasnt for the fact that the PS2 was B/C, it would be arguably the best system of that generation.

I like my GameCube, I love first-party Nintendo games. No hating on it here. But the Xbox had it's fair share of good first-party games, too. The difference with Xbox, though, is that it had strong third-party support, as well, which Nintendo always lacks.

Fixed your sentence. Also Im going to leave this as the end of my side of this discussion as well. We totally threw off the topic.  8)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: zenimus on June 04, 2014, 06:21:37 pm
Phalanx is the go-to game for this topic.

But since that one is said already, I'll go with:

The Krion Conquest
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/TheKrionConquest_boxart.png)

It's got a random clone of Glinda the Good Witch and looks nothing like the character you play as.

Japanese cover:

(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110710213456/megaman/images/8/8b/MagicalKidsDoropiecover.jpg)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: 90snostalga on June 04, 2014, 06:40:26 pm
This maybe a little of a bad example but the American version of this Dragonball game to me is nothing like the cover.  The cover makes me think of Kung Fu.  The character in the game for one does not look like this 3 Ninjas look a like.  The game features Goku and the American version it shows where the head is a monkey head with some kung fu body.  Horrible cover in my opinion compared to the game. 


(http://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/5462.jpg)
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: htimreimer on June 04, 2014, 07:23:56 pm
Not so much a game as an educational tool for aspiring electronics nuts.  My guess anyway.  Please don't tell me it's a poker game, pretty please.
no, it can be best described as tycoon game, it has little to no educational elements to it
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: argyle on June 04, 2014, 07:29:03 pm
Oh, here's another classic bad/misleading artwork example:

US Version:
(http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/1/1/0/41110_front.jpg)

Japanese version:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Shikigami_no_Shiro.jpg)

And for anyone who doesn't know, the game is a VERY anime-esque shmup.  :P
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: bobster on June 05, 2014, 09:52:11 am
Oh, here's another classic bad/misleading artwork example:

US Version:
(http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/1/1/0/41110_front.jpg)

Japanese version:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Shikigami_no_Shiro.jpg)

And for anyone who doesn't know, the game is a VERY anime-esque shmup.  :P
Is that the first Castle Shikigami or something? That Japanese cover looks so much like it to me.
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: argyle on June 05, 2014, 11:23:31 am
Is that the first Castle Shikigami or something? That Japanese cover looks so much like it to me.

From IGN:
Quote
Mobile Light Force 2 is in actuality the American repackaging of Alfa System's Japanese shooter Shikigami no Shiro.

So I guess so. 
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: bobster on June 05, 2014, 11:45:00 am
Well damn, I guess I'm getting good at this  ;D
Title: Re: Game Titles/covers that do not fit...
Post by: tripredacus on June 06, 2014, 11:33:55 am
The following is a picture of a box shaped console with a big "X" on it.  Hince the name "Xbox"
(http://i60.tinypic.com/244b69z.png)

This is also an Xbox.

(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Tripredacus/hax/454494396_9afb8c3607.jpg)