We've all seen box art, the good, the bad, and the just plain hideous. Good box art can drive the sales of a game. Bad box art can literally cause a game to fail. The box art featured in this story doesn't exactly fall under the label "good", but rather shows the stupid mistakes of the designers of game packaging and the terrible results that ensued.

Ah, the box art story. Ol' R'liable we like to call it, always good for a laugh and sure to inspire conversation about what makes cover art good, bad or legendarily awful. This time though, we're going a different route and focusing on covers that totally botch the simplest rule of box art - it should reflect the product cleanly and clearly. These poor examples couldn't even keep it together long enough to be regular old "bad box art."
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    Razentsu May 23, 08
    Lol, this is pretty interesting.
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    Heretic May 23, 08
    Umm i really dont see the mistake. May you can point it out please XD
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    Special K May 23, 08
    Which one, the Spiderman one? He is swinging by a rope, not a web. And his other hand is upside-down.
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    R1DDL3S May 23, 08
      Spidey shoots ropes from his arms? That is even weirder than the webs.
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    S H E P E R D May 23, 08
    Ha, he has poor credibility and still insists on making articles (source).

    For one, Raven's artists aren't from Marvel - they're hired to draw the characters they have or haven't grown up with, so quality isn't going to be completely comic book friendly. They still got the coloring right, just because they didn't know the web texture had a texture. On top of that, Spider-Man DOES grab his webs when he's shot them out (aka shot web). Unlike the movie, Spidey's webs are artificial, created by devices he fabricated, they aren't organic like Raimi's films would have you believe. In the comic image they posted with his article, they even show Spidey grabbing the webbing as such. Also, check out the texture design. Looks like 'rope' to me.

    Wolverine's claws would only 'grow in his arms' if they were bone-claws, which they aren't, especially in the game in question.

    He also ignores the fact that the Mario Kart's kart shadows are apparent underneath both Mario and Luigi - a simple design used to emphasize the 'virtual' features of the wii, thus the wheel being the only thing other than the white background and characters/shadow in the image. He obviously knows this, he's just being a jackass.

    I Lol'd at the Wizards and Warriors cover art when it was first made 'ha ha' apparent in Gamepro back in the 90's, and then again every few years in other gaming magazines and online publications. Unoriginal now.

    Also fails for not including the Michael Biehne "Kyle Reese/Solid Snake" comparison from Terminator - something which always is included in NES mockerings.
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    BANDITO ATTACK May 23, 08
    he can swing on any god damn rope he wants to. he's *bleep*ing SPIDERMAN, he can do what he wants.
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    Shadow of Death* May 23, 08
    The Megaman one is blech -_-

    Yeah, not only does it LOOK bad, but "Megaman does not a pistol use" >_>

    One could argue the 'rope' in the Spiderman image is in fact a web (it IS white, though some rope is white too, and Spidy has been known to shoot webs that have that pattern on them)....wouldn't have wanted to be spidey when shooting that behemoth of a 'web' out though, it is friggen thick, woulda hurt like crazy >_>

    @Sheperd - yeah, I noticed the kart shadows....I wonder if the article writer really noticed them? I admit they kinda went overboard on the wii-wheel, but meh, it is their prerogative....
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    reaver11 May 23, 08
    My beef is with their gripe over the Godzilla art. Sure he never spewed yellow breath, but he did have ears in the original. And those spaceships...yeah he never fought them, and neither is he in the artwork. That one really has no merit.

    Dumb shits. He had ears in the first film! Are they *bleep*ing mental or something?!
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    J Bro May 23, 08
    Anyone notice that Spidey only has four fingers. I think that is a bigger screw up than just a rope. Psh, it looks like it can pass as a web to me.
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      R1DDL3S May 23, 08
        Apparently spider bites cause more than just the ability to shoot "webs"
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    RikuNova27 May 23, 08
    Lol, I can't stop laughing at the Mega Man one, and yes, it is horrible...
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    kik36 May 23, 08
    No mention of Okami for the Wii huh?
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      Smiffers May 23, 08
      Or Super Mario Galaxy with the 'U R MR GAY'
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        Xenctuary May 23, 08
        That box art "easter egg" is surprisingly hilarious.

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        R1DDL3S May 23, 08
          I have a version that says that.
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    Synergized May 23, 08
    That Godzilla one is epic win.
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      Storm* May 24, 08
      Agreed.
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    J Bro May 24, 08
    The Mario Kart one is obviously not a mistake. Nintendo meant for it be that way. The writer of that article clearly just wanted to be an ass.

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