Weekly Dose of Gaming News - SNES Box Art

There's nothing quite like the nostalgia of a Super Nintendo game, which of course includes taking it out of a shiny new box with awesome box art.

 

Something we may not have realized as kids or how old you were when you were buying SNES games, we're not judging, is that the art is different depending on where the game is released. There have always been regional differences in the release of any game, whether it's changing a joke that's regionally specific, or downright censoring games for the use of nudity or profanity.

 

Some rating standards are different in different countries so games will have to be edited accordingly. The difference in box art is really fun to dive into so stumbling across an article from timewarpgamer.com comparing the different art from Japan, Europe, and America was awesome. They covered games like Final Fantasy 3, Shadowrun, Super Metroid, Soul Blazer, and more by going in depth on the different styles, use of border colors, which by the way is actually super important and it definitely made us want to collect SNES games, in box of course, from around the world!
 
To check out the article and all of the sweet art, click the link below and let us know what SNES boxes are your favorite.
 
http://timewarpgamer.com/features/box_art_disparity_snes.html