Box art logo placement

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

I've been examining the US and EU box art on Amazon and have noticed some differences. Minor things include the positioning of the art (the red mailbox on the left and the pile of wood at the bottom are good reference points) and the colours (US is more vibrant - the sky is especially noticeable). These are minor enough that they might just be down to how the image was mastered. The leaves right at the bottom of the art have light green edges in the US art. This is all I can see that's any different.

Except, of course, the glaring difference in the positioning of the game logo. Earlier today I was moaning on Twitter about Europe getting a "wonky logo", but now I'm not so sure. Having it centred completely horizontally is nice, but having it centred from the edge of the Nintendo Switch logo is starting to grow on me, as the logos are no longer practically touching and it feels less cramped at the airlines building.

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[Lavamaize]

Just throwing this out there, I am guessing when you actually get the physical copy, they will be the same, because it would cost more to make two different packages, and I am guessing, the digital art just got a little off when they submitted it to Amazon.

 

[TheRealWC]

I voted American. I'm a fan of the brighter colors and central logo.

 

[Sweetley]

Both are pretty. I mean, I don't mind those little differences, like they can be easily overlooked if you don't take a closer look at them.

 

[matt]

Prefer European

 

[Burumun]

I don't really have a preference, I can get why they would go with either.

Just throwing this out there, I am guessing when you actually get the physical copy, they will be the same, because it would cost more to make two different packages, and I am guessing, the digital art just got a little off when they submitted it to Amazon.

They have to make different packages, though, anyway. You can see from the image posted that there are different ratings agencies, and also, European countries sell the physical copy with text in their native language - here in Austria, the game will have German text on the back rather than English.

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is the only really recent game I could find quickly that has some cover art differences comparable to this (some different text), but if you look at games from further back, there are more extreme differences, too - IGN has an article with some examples.

 

[moo-kun]

I've been examining the US and EU box art on Amazon and have noticed some differences. Minor things include the positioning of the art (the red mailbox on the left and the pile of wood at the bottom are good reference points) and the colours (US is more vibrant - the sky is especially noticeable). These are minor enough that they might just be down to how the image was mastered. The leaves right at the bottom of the art have light green edges in the US art. This is all I can see that's any different.

Except, of course, the glaring difference in the positioning of the game logo. Earlier today I was moaning on Twitter about Europe getting a "wonky logo", but now I'm not so sure. Having it centred completely horizontally is nice, but having it centred from the edge of the Nintendo Switch logo is starting to grow on me, as the logos are no longer practically touching and it feels less cramped at the airlines building.

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The EU one looks like it wasn't finished... I hope the UK get the same cover as the US!


If we compare them with the JP original one, the EU one definitely does look incomplete! (꒪⌓︎꒪)

 

[Ossiran]

American. The EU one being positioned more to the right just slowly starts to irritate me the more I look at it.

 

[jefflomacy]

I would just like to point out that the coloring of the two boxes will almost certainly be identical. Different branches of Nintendo are known for posting poorer quality images. If memory serves me right, Nintendo of America always posts properly color balanced, lossless images, while other branches tend to do not do this for whatever reason. The EU box art centering does not sit will with me though.

 

[John Wick]

I can't see much of a difference.

If I get it I don't care what the box art looks like.

 

[Snowesque]

Hmmm, do not really have a preference with this I think. While I appreciate the spacing attempt on the European one, the cover is already quite busy so ends up not doing much.

 

[Lavamaize]

I can't see much of a difference.

If I get it I don't care what the box art looks like.

I agree. As long as I get the game, and the box looks decent, it does not really matter that much to me.

 

[Abyrae]

The AC logo touching the Switch logo on the NA box bothers me, but so does the off-center logo on the EU box. Makes the graphic designer in me hiss. They should have made the image less cluttered in the first place and then put the AC logo a bit lower on the box.

It won't stop me from buying the game anyway.

 

[Blue Triangles]

If the cover was just plain white with Animal Crossing scribbled in the corner, it wouldn't stop me buying the game; presuming Nintendo don't somehow destroy the spirit of what I expect from Animal Crossing.

 

[Stalfos]

Not really something I'd fret over but to each their own I suppose.