Reversible Video Game Box Art
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- I want to talk about paper today. But not just any ordinary paper, this paper has print on both sides! There are a lot of video games that have artwork for the inside of the case, and some of this artwork is intended to be an alternative version to the game case box art. I love having the option to be creative with how I display my collection! These reversible game covers are a perfect way to change things up, but only if they fit my very specific criteria with I use any.
Music Used:
"Rito Village (Night)" from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
"The Professor's Trunk (Minicar)" from Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
"Fronteir Village" from Xenoblade Chronicles
"3DS eshop" from the Nintendo 3DS
"Got an amiibo" from Miitopia
"Syrup's Theme" from Wario Land Shake It!
"Main Menu" from Sonic Mania
"11 PM" from Animal Crossing New Leaf
"Yoshi's Island" from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
"Windmill Hills" from Donkey Kong Country Returns
"It Happened Late One Evening" from Secret of Mana
"Main Theme (Evening)" from Nintendo Land
"Analysis" from Big Brain Academy Brain vs. Brain
"Super Pipe House" from Super Mario RPG
"This Horizon (& Knuckles Ending)" from Sonic Mania
"Ilia's Theme" from The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
"Victory!!" from Super Mario RPG
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It's just a piece of paper man, it's not that deep.
Edit: I love all the examples of reversible art you guys have given in the comments, some of the best examples I have seen that I couldn't find in my research on reversible covers or my personal game collection!
You should check out metriod prime remastered's reversible cover art, it's nintendo's best first-party reversible cover art.
@@adithyasajitkumar4204 I've seen it, it's great!
My favorite one is for Splatoon 2, it has the same style of spine but in a more pink tone whereas the switch symbol is changed to a squid. And the art is gorgeous.
Just looked it up and I really like that one too! It's close enough to the default switch case design that I don't think I would mind having it stick out just a bit to be able to have that displayed. Now the Splatoon 3 box art having the yellow may be a bit too far but that pink is nice! The more stylized art is really good too!
Shoutouts to the printable Final Splatfest box art for Callie and Marie in Splat 1
Holy shit I've had it since launch and I never noticed
Shoutouts to reversal covers that have the same spine on the reverse side
The only true reversible covers!
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze Funky Kong cover makes my kong feel funky
It should have just been the default cover for that very reason
Here in Germany we have quite a lot reversible covers for smaller releases (almost never AAA games. Those devs need the money to survive, apparently /s). A lot of them just depict the same art, but without the big Age Rating on the cover. Which is much appreciated. A few dont have the info on the backside but still the spine, which is a bit half assed. And a few have completely unique designs.
I was noticing that the PAL regions tended to get more reversible covers. That's great that they do that, I wish the states had a similar treatment because I would love to have the option to get rid of the age rating on the front. I hate when they get rid of info on the back but at the same time it is an extra option that the publishers didn't have to include so hard to complain too much I suppose.
The first one I can remember having a reversible cover is Black & White for PC. It was pretty simple but thematically on point
I just looked it up, that's a really good one! Definitely a perfect opportunity and they took it.
Gotta admit, reversible covers are really nice. You don't see that in other media like movies or tv shows
I'm honestly surprised more medias don't try to do something similar!
I LOVED Sonic Superstars inside box art. It was better than the outside.
It's what the default outside box art should have been!
@@SamTuckMan I also liked Sonic Origins Genesis Style reversible cover with all those amazing references.
I really love Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze's reversible cover. Really encapsulates the wonder of a new funky mode. It also has a regular red spine on the reversed cover so it doesn't look out of place.
Man I totally forgot about that games reversible box art! I remember seeing it when it first released and even remember some people complaining it was kinda lazy and lost potential for an alternative box art but I love it!
One of the best
Shovel Knight has a really nice reversible cover. Personally, one of my favorites.
I always forget Shovel Knight has a physical release (a lot of them at that), really nice reversible cover too!
My favourite thing about reversible covers is that the reverse can drop the age rating logos.
It'd be funny if a game released a reversible cover art that was exactly the same as the normal one but without the rating box on it. It'd be double funny if Mortal Kombat did something like that since they are partly the reason we even have ratings
Mass effect 3 on xbox 360 and ps3 has a cool reversible art. It even keeps the xbox 360 and/or ps3 label on both the front and spine.
Also reversible cover art are very common in music jewel cases. I have death metal albums that have two cover arts on the booklets and you can choose which one you want. for example Autopsy - Severed survival both the original art work and the censored one is on the booklet.
I never really thought that music cases would lean into the reversible art for covers since from what I have always seen, typically the inside of the case displays the album song list.
I also love reversible covers on CDs/Vinyls. My personal favorite being the 1991 R/C reissue of Morbid Visions by Sepultura, with the reversible cover being the Beastial Devastation EP that was included.
I hadn't really concidered that other forms of media could have reversible covers. I guess I'm used to CDs having the track list on the inside cover so I never thought they could have an alternative album cover.
@@SamTuckMan The more you know. I didn’t even find out until I peeked at the booklet. 👍 🤣
Metroid Prime Remastered has a great reversible cover
I know it is copying the original gamecube box art, but the reversible side (which is also the Japanese box art) is much better! The image feels more dynamic
I feel like it would be cool if movies started doing reversible covers as well
I could totally see it working flawlessly with movies! They come in the same CD/Blueray cases games so the possibility is more than already there
Chiming in as apparently the only person who loves reversible spines that do not attempt to replicate the standard format. I despise the red Switch spines and cherish anything that breaks up the monotony on my shelf lol
That's fair! I can totally see how not everyone would like all the spines looking the same. It definitely can make it hard to find specific games in a larger collection and anything to make a game stand out in that sea of red helps! Just personally not my thing.
@@SamTuckMan what's important is that we are disturbed enough to have strong opinions on this in the first place... good video lol
@@elederanjo26 exactly! 😂
Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3 are probably my favorite reversible covers
They are really good! I prefer Splatoon 2's reversible cover just a bit more because the pink spine but both are solid alternatives
I think the best example of reversible game box art is the first Dissidia on the PSP.
That is a really good reversible box art! I hadn't seen that one before, I even looked up if any PSP games had reversible covers when writing this video and still didn't find anything about it.
@@SamTuckMan Gran Turismo has reversible art too! Admittedly it's nothing super special, and I think the only reason it came to my mind was because it's the only PSP game I have with reversible art, but I figured it was worth noting!
Great video, man. I've never seen anyone really talk about this before. Should have more views
Thank you! I'm honestly surprised no one has really talked about this before, but if I had to be one of the first, that's a sword I'm willing to fall on for the sake of video game discussion
A simple reversible cover that’s the only one I know of in my collection is Cyberpunk 2077 for PC. As a girl myself, I appreciate that they had a reversible cover that displayed the female protagonist rather than the male one
That's awesome! I wonder if the console releases have that same reversible cover. It'd be cool if more games did that where you can pick either a male or felmale protagonist because sometimes the box art can really make it feel like there is a "correct" choice
As someone who has the same preferences when it comes to spine art on my shelf, Square Enix has become the absolute king of reversible covers for me. Shout-out to Valkyrie Elyseum and Grandia HD Collection for also having great reversible covers too
I love how Square Enix handles their reversible spines! They feel like the only publisher that truly nails it (a majority of the time, there are still the odd ones here and there that don't line up)
The Super Bomberman R case in PAL regions always matched the Switch spine pattern
I remember seeing that when it first launched with the switch and it always made me so jealous!
If you create reversible box art that looks better than the primary one, but doesn't have the console header on the spine, then enjoy hell.
There's actually a special spot reserved just for those designers
Always nice to see a new video from you! :)
Thank you! :D
my two favorite reversible covers are from Limited Run Games, and they are the Scott Pilgrim and the Persona 4 Golden ones, Scott Pilgrim cuz it looks great, and the P4G because the reversible side is the original cover from the PSVita game
I had seen Scott Pilgrim's reversible box art pop up a few times while researching which games had them and it's a solid cover, I really like it! I don't think I ever stumbled upon seeing the P4G reversible cover, but I love when rereleases of games have the original cover as a reversible option!
I love the bioshock infinite cover, and have kept it as the reversible side since I got it on ps3
That's a really good looking alternate cover! Leagues better than the default. I can totally see why you've always kept it like that
I love FOTNS Lost Paradise reverseable cover. While the normal one is fairly boring CG, the reverseable is hand drawn with the style of the manga.
Just looked it up and that is an amazing reversible cover! I love the art style in the manga and it looks just as great on the cover. I also found out that is the standard cover for the Japanese version of the game so thankfully it was here as an alternative for other releases.
There's Disgaea 7, which keeps the spine the same with some nice alt artwork
The original box art is already good, the reverisble alternative box art is even better (absolutely amazing looking!) and when I searched Disgaea 7 to see what it looked like I found out the publisher let people vote on four options for which would be the alternative art, and that's awesome!!
My favorite is the metal gear solid 5 ground zeroes xbox 360 reverse cover.
That definitely should've been the default cover it's so good!
Minecraft ps4 being the only Minecraft game with a reversible cover and it’s a panda, is so weird
Super random for sure! Don't know why PS4 got the special treatment for this
Well, Final Fantasy XV does have a proper reversible cover. The one you showcase in the video is the "Day One Edition" which does not have the proper Spine. Whereas if you look at the standard box art you can reverse it to either to have the gang walking with the car or flip around to have the throwback cover with a proper spine. I don't know why the "Day One Edition" does not have the proper spine with a PS4 logo and blue border, but this entry did in fact do it first and FFXVI did take notes.
Man, now I'm sad I don't have the standard edition! I got my copy pre-owned at a GameStop well after the game first released so it's not like I even got something out of it being the "Day One Edition". But that is really cool to know that 15 did eventually get a standard reversible box art. My hope for future final fantasy games getting the same treatment is high!
these are the videos i wish i could make 😮💨😭great video!
Thank you!
And I totally believe anyone could make a video similar to how I do things. I've never been traditionally trained or schooled in film making or anything like that so it's all completely self taught from RUclips videos and just messing around in my softwares until I get something I like. I'd say the most complicated thing I do in my videos is my "animated" avatar but that's just a bunch of PNG pictures I slap over some video
Loved the video topic!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
2:50 « it’s a good way to make your game stand out in the collection!»
6:26 « I don’t like when it stands out in the collection »
Bro what do you want
haha, I guess I didn't think about how those two clips are very contradictory out of context
11:30 there are a few games that actually take advantage of the square hole design that the inside of 3ds boxes have by using them almost like portraits. Off the top of my head, some of the final fantasy spinoffs do this.
I just randomly found out yesterday that the New Super Mario Bros. 2 reversible art that I showed off actually has a lot of the coins and character heads visible through those holes in the case. Definitely wish more games did stuff like that.
Oh yeah and the minecraft story mode boxart can be reversed to swap Jesse (The main character) to be either one of their chosen genders, which is pretty cool
@@SamTuckMan I always wished the megaman collection would've had the robot master portraits inside
Was about to comment that but beat me to it. The 3DS boxes are great, down to the game's menu icon being on the spine.
i thought the sonic superstars reverseable side looked way better but then i saw the spine didn't line up and switched it back too lmao ☠️☠️ 6:25
I really wish it had the normal spine, we are missing out on such a good cover!
Great video! :D
Thank you!
I like to appreciate the art of manuals, covers, the disc itself and everything else, so I think it's a horror to buy a new game and immediately see that the "reverse cover" is just a bunch of text and the game comes without a manual...
it seems that many producers have lost their passion for doing these things, I believe that most of those that still do it are just to give the impression that this is a higher quality game, which is why almost all of them are always special editions or AAA games
The Wii era really was the peak for game manuals, disc art, and box art in my opinion. I used to admire, and still do when I go back to those older games, all the art in and on the game case. It's a real shame that those practices are gone. Some games just feel so devoid of personality and charm. I love that a lot of the indie games or smaller releases try to do either a tiny manual or some sort of art on the inside of the case to pick up the slack of AAA games
Great video!
Thank you!!
Digital Devil Saga 2 has the best alternate cover and nothing will change my mind
That is definitely a real solid alternative cover! Not going to try and change your mind on that
I miss the Big Boxes for pc games. I only have one though lol
I only have one as well. They definitely are unique cases!
part of me wants to put up the inner box art up on a wall as a mini poster xD
I had that idea while looking at some of the inner box arts! There are definitely some poster grade art I would love to display just sitting inside my video game cases.
Metroid Prime Remaster is a great one with matching Switch spine.
I just saw a RUclips short about that game's reversible art today and I wish I knew about it when making this video because it is a great one! I would have included it for sure
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Star ocean 2 has one but I prefer inner art on switch games
I hadn't seen that one before! Both sides are good, but the reverse is better in my opinion
Great video. Personally I flip the cover once I beat the game to make it feel like a reward. I prefer when the spine is the same too but I don't mind a slight change like with the Splatoon games on Switch and I think if my memory remembers No More Heroes 3 did that too. Shout outs to the Trails games they have lovely switchable covers some referencing the Japanese original and others giving you a nicer image.
That's actually a great system to switch the covers around when you beat a game! I could totally see how it would be worth not having the consistency with the spines to have that sense of accomplishment.
The secret prints on the back arent new they were already there in the 360 Days with the clear green cases
I've found out they are even older than the PS3 and 360 era with some going back to the Playstation 1 cases
God I hate reversible covers with a different spine! The FFXII switch reversible cover art is beautiful but the spine is white, The Star Ocean Second Story R PS5 reversible cover art is the Japanese cover which I think looks better but it's missing the PS5 logo on the spine damn it! One of my favourite reversible covers is the Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp AW2 box art and it has a proper spine.
I've been wanting Advance Wars 1+2 and knowing it has an actual reversible box art may be the final push I needed to get it!
LEGO BATMAN WAS RELEASED FOR THE WII?!
Yup! So was Lego Batman 2 as well
my spiderman PS4 doesn't have a reversible cover :(
Is it the remastered or game of the year version? I've got the standard release, maybe they got rid of the reversible cover in subsequent releases
UK Standard Release
If i made megaman 12, expect it to have reversable cover art that's the bad box art style anyone knows & loves!
I would honestly love to see that 😂 I'll lobby Capcom to get you incharge of that for sure!
@@SamTuckManFun Fact - While Mega Man 9 and 10 has the Japan-based art as their main art, their official alternate art is based off the Bad Box Art from MM1 and 2.
Dude why don't u just have a section dedicated to alternative cover arts and even though that throw the alphabetical order off it will be easy to identify the game
I have actually thought about doing that before and it's a solid idea to have the best of both worlds! Maybe some day I will actually go through and do that
The strange covers should be put in the SIDE of the shelf, not in the middle. Pile up the reversed ones together.
Problem is then it's not alphabetical (if that's how you organize a collection, which is what I do for sake of finding games quicker)
One of the most underrated gaming channels on RUclips.
Definitely beats being overrated. Thank you!
My version (european ps4) of Miles Morales has a black spine with the name of the game though.
It's the same for the american copy of the game, really wish it had the PS4 ribbon, but the all black spine is nice and matches Miles' primary suit color
2:41 Lmao.
I'm glad someone has found this funny 😂
There's one major issue with steel books. They rust. I know, do you know how many rusty halo 2 boxes are out there?
I had no clue they rusted! That honestly defeats the whole purpose of having a "premium" case to be honest
@@SamTuckMan yeah. Unless you apply some sort of protective coating maybe twice a year, rust will get to it. I'd recommend spray painting on something called clear coat and wait for maybe a week for it to dry
@teneesh3376 I'll definitely have to look into that for the few steel books I've got. They may not be my favorite, but that doesn't mean I can't take good care of them! The more ya know
@@SamTuckMan yeah. Look at car recoating tutorials. It's the same process without the primer and paint. If it's a mostly steel one with no rust on the paint, sand it off. Like the halo 2 one. If rust is already setting, just don't bother. Unless you are a really good artist
Yes! Final Fantasy 16 did it better lol
I hope future Final Fantasy games take notes!
Yeah!
what game on 0:12?
Dungeon Munchies. It's a great game, I'd recommend it!
@@SamTuckMan thanks
For me by far the best implementation of a reversable cover is Rodea The Sky Soldier on Wii U.
The game was originally developed, finished and manufactured for the Wii, very late during the development the decision was made to create a 3DS Port and release both versions at the same time. Problem was, that Port took much longer than expected and the Publisher now had a decision to make: Release the Wii version as is despite the Wii U already being on the market, cancel the Wii Version and only release it on 3DS or make a Wii U version of the game. They then ported the 3DS Version to the Wii U.
Since they still had the Wii version they already printed the first (and only) print run of the Wii U got the Wii Discs and Manuals thrown in as a Bonus, and the Original Wii Art was used as a reversible cover. That way everyone could decide if they shelf Rodea with ther Wii U or Wii games.
How have I never heard of this! That's so cool the treatment that game got despite all that could have gone wrong with that situation. They really made the most of it and ended up with such a unique product to release!
It is a little strange seeing a Wii game in the WiiU blue case but honestly, I think it works perfectly for the circumstances surrounding Rodea.
I'm glad you brought this up because I might not have ever heard about this. Definitely a really unique but very practical reversible cover art for a game
Aww no representation of PS1 and PS2,
I only own a couple sports games for the PS1 that were handed down to me from my dad and I don't own a PS2 or any PS2 games so I don't have as much knowledge on those libraries. I did try searching those consoles for any games with reversible covers when trying to find the first games to do that but didn't find anything
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