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They finally stopped doing this to Kirby but... - Dark Jaguar - 15th January 2012
Now Pit's gotta deal with it.
http://kotaku.com/5876315/american-box-art-makes-kid-icarus-look-angrier-than-he-should
Seriously, who do they think this is going to affect? Anyone who won't buy the game because it doesn't look gritty or dark enough isn't going to be impressed just because now the cartoon angel has a scowl.
Half of me wishes they'd just go all out and give it completely different entirely unrepresentative box art like they did for NES games in the 80's. At least then their attempt to make it dark and "cool" would come across as "all in" instead of a pointless gesture. I mean yeah it'd still be stupid, but it would at least be some effort. Maybe something like this:
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Megaman2_box.jpg/250px-Megaman2_box.jpg">
Compared to this:
<img src="http://timewarpgamer.com/images/nes/mega_man2/rockman2_box_jp.jpg">
They finally stopped doing this to Kirby but... - A Black Falcon - 16th January 2012
Hah... yeah, that Japanese Kid Icarus 3DS box definitely is far better than the US one, that's for sure.
They finally stopped doing this to Kirby but... - Great Rumbler - 16th January 2012
He doesn't really look angry though, just really determined.