Nintendo Game’s Box Art Is Turning Japanese

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2010 |

The European box art for Wii shooter Sin & Punishment: Star Successor contains an unexpected surprise: a reversible cover, letting you forgo PEGI ratings in favour of something a little more Japanese.

The “alternate”, printed on the reverse of the standard art, is above, the game’s title displayed in Japanese across a gatefold cover. Note it’s not the same as the actual Japanese cover, which is something entirely different.

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The game’s standard European cover is below. The irony here being it’s pretty good as it is, and not a necessary measure to mask an awful piece of “localisation”. Still, choice is always nice, and hopefully more publishers can do something like this. I know all the Australian releases of Miyazaki’s films have included Japanese reverse covers, which nearly always look great

Análisis : Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies [Revogamers, thanks Jeff!]