What Was Some Of Your Favorite Video Game Cover Art?

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Before the Internet, we got our game reviews from friends, magazines, and blind faith judging the art cover (Imagination).., Kuros is that you?
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Instantly caught my eye when I was a kid,and learning that it was made by some of the people behind Earthworm Jim sealed the deal on me picking it up. Still an underrated favorite of mine
 
PC Genjin 2 (1991)

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I like it because of the appearance of newspaper cut outs and other pictures, drawings patched together. The first and third game of the series also emphasized this style and 超/Chō Super releases.
 

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I absolutely love the old, super subdued PAL and JP PSX Final Fantasy covers and how they gave the series a unified appearance on your shelf.
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Also, absolutely a cliché at this point, but Ico's (non-US) cover is definitely what jumps into my head when I think of good, evocative cover art.
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Megaman's cover for unintentional comedy reasons.

But a cool one that I like is the cover of the first Siphon Filter.
 

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fire pro had some good ones in the snes era
 

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Some that i enjoy
Daggerfall

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Wii Okami (The original may be better but i had this one as a kid and thus prefer due to the memories attached to it)

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3DS MM (the cover is better than the 3ds version of the game)
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The World Ends With You
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And this old man is kind of funny to me
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The PS2 box art for Okami embodies the game's entire ukiyo-e art style and for that it deserves all the recognition in the world.

I like the wii and hd versions Box Arts better, but you are probably right as in the original embodying the game feel and art style better.
 
There's lots more I like but these covers are what to mind immediately
 

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As far as PS1 covers go, the PAL cover of Soul Reaver probably takes the cake imo. The morphing from physical to spectral realm by tilting the cover is a thing of magic.

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Other honorable mentions:

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This belongs in every videogame cover art thread. Simply beautiful. Maybe someday I'll finally get around to playing the damn game too.
 
Ghouls 'N Ghosts (GEN/Mega Drive)
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Capcom vs SNK 2 (Dreamcast). This is the full artwork.
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Mega Man Zero 3 (GBA)
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Two other favorites of mine already mentioned are GCN/Wii Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask's 3DS boxart.
 

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