Hey, everyone! 😄 As always, please use restoration methods responsibly. As with any other sort of repro technique (cartridges, box touch-ups, etc), if you intend to resell, make sure to let the buyer know the game's been refurbished! Or better yet, just use these tips for your own personal collection. Cheers!
Nintendrew please leave a link for a robot named fight cover you made i do that with all my digital games and my cover I have is not nearly as good as your one and it would be awesome to have in my collection
PLEASE keep making these kinds of videos. This, the cleaning classic games, and the fixing classic game boxes videos are all unbelievable help because I work in a secondhand movie, CD and video game shop and I use these videos constantly
Don't bother. My printer keeps giving me an error stating the correct size hasn't been set every time I choose the paper type. It refuses to print in any size that is not standard photo size.
Okey dokey, lets see what we got baking in the oven. Yeah, ya, ya, ya, ya. Not yet a match. Ok well, it look's like we are about one degree Celsius off on that ah magenta color. I guess I am gonna have to quantify the 7F reading on this and that would run it through the surface gravity viscosity. Ah, I could plug it into the Marshall formula, and that would ah, that would give me a more accurate mix design. To me they're just a little bit off, what I can do on that is run a pap smear, ah test and than ah, tone it down a little bit.
I very much liked it when he suggested GIMP. IMO it's a great program for uses like this. What I hate seeing online is people recommending you download an illegal copy of Photoshop for work that can easily be done in Gimp.
Holy crap, this is what I've needed my whole life! I have several games in my Xbox 360, Wii, and GameCube libraries that have that generic GameStop label on them with really broken cases, and it bugs me so much having them take up the same shelf spaces as all my perfect-condition regular boxes.
This upload was perfectly timed. I'm working on improving my collection by getting cases and cover arts for my loose games and one in generic gamestop cases. I also just cleaned the annoying sales stickers from all my second hand games.
@@57HarleyDavidson Please elaborate. You can't contradict a comment with "no it's not". And yes, the sleeves are fake, there's countless videos proving this on RUclips, loot at Top Hat Gaming Man's rather extensive coverage of it a few years ago.
Big props for suggesting labeling as a repro. The only additional suggestion I have is that many of the printers that I've worked with couldn't print 10.75" on 11" paper because of their required margins. In that case you may have to try to find a different printer, use a different paper size (like legal or A4), or print in two parts, hiding the seam at one of the cover folds.
A quick second note; though glossy paper is definitely preferable, regular paper or cardstock is serviceable in this application. Under the plastic protector the difference is reduced. Don't let paper type dissuade you from improving the visage of your collection.
What's the excitement about labeling that it's a big fake pointless cover? If it's done professionally like his cover, it's not even different. There's no save bug, there's nothing that affects the physical game. Labels get trashed all the time. Stickers and inserts. Paper goods are biodegradable. If it looks "fake" then definitely label it how you want. But if it's perfect, you just send it back to fake by labeling it.
These couple of days watching you have been amazing. The many projects you made, the rarest items in your huge gaming collection and so much more. I am really proud to have found you through your friends from Minus World, I'm looking forward to your new videos. You definitely need alot more subscribers, you deserve that for the amount of work put inro these videos. keep it up Drew!
I believe that manuals use the same type of glossy paper. Depending on the games you're after, you could be able to find a manual on replacementdocs.com, www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/index.html *(IMPORTANT: Make sure you download the "Printed Manual" link. Otherwise you will get the Virtual Console manual.* The VC manual is only helpful in a couple of cases. Found that out the hard way.), www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/en_us/index.html, or vimm.net/?p=manual. However, I'm not yet versed with the manuals' dimensions, so I can't help there. Hopefully, somebody will provide a manual-printing tutorial.
Really cool! If a game doesn't have the original box, I avoid it but sometimes you don't have a choice and I do have a few. This could really help in replacing those cases. If you're good at drawing or with photoshop, you can make your own original covers.
I did one for Wii Sports back then when the Wii was new. Wasn't a fan of the cardboard "case". I felt I was scratching my disc every time I took it out. I used white DVD case from old movie and printed a custom image for the cover. Now that I remember, I did one for Link's Crossbow Training too. 😅
OMG I got new artwork for those as well. They gave you the actual manuals but the covers sucked. Actually was able to find the official artwork only for one of them on ebay so that was easy. Link's crossbow already had a real case and artwork in Europe I got my copy for a dollar.
I used some cd sleeves for those games. They're basically like the rice paper sleeves that are used for CDs in Japanese miniLP packaging. Or at least the ones they're supposed to use with US releases, which they don't.
*When I started learing Photoshop I actually created my own GameCube Lable for Pac-Man versus (EU) which was a 2nd disc game only in some random GameCube games here in EU.* I spend over 20 hrs creating it to the point that I even used the original product code (EAN) and a bar code genetator to implement an actual fuctional bar code on the boxart, as well as ingame images and original US texts and fonts used on the US box for Pac-Man world 2. I am pretty satisfied with the outcome and I learnt a lot on the process of making my own cover. E.g. colors on screen differ from colors painted on paper. Took quite some tries to find the correct shade for the GameCube Logo XD
Nice tutorial. Now I know how to make boxes for my lone cartridges of Pokémon Platinum & HeartGold. This also gives me the idea of making custom boxes for my GBA games using the older DS boxes that had slots for GBA game cartridges.
@@ReshiLuna What happened with my box was a 1/5 of it was ripped off before somone could save the box. Worst part about this story was that I got that result when this arrived in the post from Amazon.
Just what I needed! I have two Wii games that came in cardboard sleeves, and got proper plastic cases ages ago. Downloaded artwork from that website you showed off. Never printed them, though. Now I know what to do, thanks!
Thanks for this Drew! I was able to replace the old tacky placeholder Wii U cover art for a number of my games, into something I'm proud to display in my collection. I will be using this method for years to come thanks to you. Keep up the great work mate!
How do I get cases on the Nintendo Store? When I go to the website it looks completely different and doesn't have the "Classic Products" tab, and the link doesn't work.
I'd try amazon or ebay as well. For me I went to gamestop. Bought a few dirt cheap sports games for the cases I needed and just sold the games back to gamestop for a little money back.
I wanna know if theres a way to recreate the actual glossyness that some covers have, such as with Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Their covers have actual shine to them
Legend has it somebody actually puts the 'reproduction label' thing on their prints. I personally print these to give my games the look of launch day releases they shoul have
*GASP* THATS SO COOL!!! Kinda reminds me that I have several old labeless DS cases and I just bought rayman origins pre-owned, with a faded label. I even have GIMP too, so one day I hope to round them all up and have fun printing!!!!
You're such a skillful pro Nintendrew!!! I love the virtual boy box you made! We desined fake CD cases in my graphics class in highschool, it was a lot of fun. Making a fake game case sounds even more fun so I'll have to try this sometime! Thanks for inspiring me! =)
I personally don't like Nintendo channels but this was a thorough video that actually does what it says without BS making it very useful as informative. Nicely done.
Or hobby knife, (unsure what next item is called) but its this gel artist pad that self heals when sliced (mines green with gridlines) and a ruler to use as a guide for the knife I get perfect cuts everytime and its cheap to buy.
Today is my 14th birthday, as a retro gamer I went to a store and unfortunately refused to buy resident evil 4, battle for bikini bottom, and hit and run because there were resale boxes
I tried printing a few cases back in the days & never like but, after seeing this video i see where i went wrong ..i never used gloss papper 🤦🏽♂️..i feel so foolish..
Thank you! I've been looking for a video like this for years! I lost the case to one of my favorite games years ago and, while I've bought empty cases, I've never found a good resource for box art.
Ayy I've been doing this for a while, another tip too, is if you don't feel like waiting for a shipment of cases to come in and the game store doesn't have any, try the 99 cent store. They always seem to have regular retail DVDs and often times too ones in white cases. I bought like 3 copies of the third TMNT movie and gave the contents to people who might want them, or tossed them, and then BAM high quality cases for cheap and no waiting on shipping!
What also works fine: Download a GameBoy image on CoverProject and put it into a DS case. Some of the images are especially made for them, and they're looking great in your shelf.
Im so glad you did this. I recently bought A Hat in time on Switch (So I could have a physical copy) and it came with one of those Cheapo Gamestop stock covers. This is gonna be a huge help for me.
I had to choice but to go at a copy digital local where to print my covers and I had to install Gimp in their machines so I can get the most accurate measured for my CD PS1 boxes, and to find a good render of the box art I have to resource to Gamefaqs instead of the cover project (sometimes they have in-lay covers) So yeah this is the most useful video I've seen so far :)
I did one for Link's crossbow training even though it's not that good of a game, but the case looks amazing. From the Wii logo to the side of the cover are all gold
0:10 According to another video, they do that because the game was sold to them without the case or in a case with a damaged insert, and they want to avoid copyright infringement like what happened to CEX.
Thanks for making this. A long time ago, my mom threw out all of my old wii cases and now i have to make new ones. So I have to do this for every last wii game lol. Thanks again!
I was at game xchange on Friday and got really excited to see they had tactics ogre and lufia for gba. Took them home and cleaned them up only to find out lufia was a repro. Thankfully it was only $20 and still saves normally so I'm going to keep it.
@Nintendrew I use the same solution for my game collection as well but with a twist. Basically for Disc based Games such as DVD, CD, Blu-ray, Mini DVD etc if games have sequels trilogies etc I put them together in case that can hold more than one disc then print off the right cover art rather than individual covers for each individual game.
Just as an added step, if you're going to be making box art reproductions often enough, it might be worth it to get a paper cutter to trim the paper evenly instead of cutting with regular scissors, especially for the smaller and odd sized boxes like for the Switch or DS. I've seen compact sized ones for about $25, so it might be worth checking out a craft or office supply store.
I just today bought a used copy of New Super Mario Bros. 2 and was thinking about how bad the cover looked when I saw this video. Thank you, this was super helpful!
I’m glad i found this my aunt just gave me a bunch of loose cartridges for the switch with no cases so I wanted to do this to make it look like I have the actual cases
All the effort just to make our games look good should show the developers how we hate all the 'classics/essentials/playstation hits/platinum/etc.' shitty covers and force 'em to stop priducing them. THANKS A LOT. I can finally make some of my games (which I got from someone) look like they should
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Hey, everyone! 😄 As always, please use restoration methods responsibly. As with any other sort of repro technique (cartridges, box touch-ups, etc), if you intend to resell, make sure to let the buyer know the game's been refurbished! Or better yet, just use these tips for your own personal collection. Cheers!
Nintendrew, I love you, but you need to fix that intro. Honey, make it high quality. Love you!
Nintendrew please leave a link for a robot named fight cover you made i do that with all my digital games and my cover I have is not nearly as good as your one and it would be awesome to have in my collection
Thx Drew!
Please mention that your links are affiliate ones for transparency.
Is there a site for manuals too? Would love to print some for my games.
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DMadHacks ah I see what you did there
Even your profile picture looks impressed
duck it young
We Are Number One
I normally hate puns, but this is just art.
PLEASE keep making these kinds of videos. This, the cleaning classic games, and the fixing classic game boxes videos are all unbelievable help because I work in a secondhand movie, CD and video game shop and I use these videos constantly
Jack Rad yes please make more videos like this.
The "reproduction label" thing is pretty important. I'm really glad you pointed it out.
Agreed. Always be honest.
@@InazumaDash 7:01 no label.
@@Link-fm9xp he said it was for his collection, so it doesn't matter.
Yes, we must all be honest
RamenNoodles why? if he’s keeping it for his own collection why would he want to put the reproduction label on?
But if you ever get those Gamestop hand drawn covers, never replace. Those are masterpieces.
im 3 years late but im glad that me drawing shit meme covers means something.
I remember seeing a Among Us copy for the Xbox One that had the impostor drawn on it. I even have a picture of it
I would have KILLED for this video about 10 years ago man, this is so dope, great video!
RetroRush but the quality wouldn’t have been as good 10 years ago
@@lssjgaming1599 it would have been better than the hand draw logos I use to put on my used copy boxes lol but true
Don't bother. My printer keeps giving me an error stating the correct size hasn't been set every time I choose the paper type. It refuses to print in any size that is not standard photo size.
Finally a reason to buy magenta for my printer
*snap*
You should always have Magenta in your printer
@@KingMagenta lol
@@KingMagenta that's exactly what the printer brand told me when I asked them why my printer needs magenta to print black and white.
Okey dokey, lets see what we got baking in the oven. Yeah, ya, ya, ya, ya. Not yet a match. Ok well, it look's like we are about one degree Celsius off on that ah magenta color. I guess I am gonna have to quantify the 7F reading on this and that would run it through the surface gravity viscosity. Ah, I could plug it into the Marshall formula, and that would ah, that would give me a more accurate mix design. To me they're just a little bit off, what I can do on that is run a pap smear, ah test and than ah, tone it down a little bit.
I can finally make “Cory In The House Wii”
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S a n d i c e Why are us Roblox youtubers everywhere?
I would make a PS Vita port of Shrek SuperSlam or a LazyTown game for Xbox One.
S a n d i c e me
Upvoted for using GIMP
GIMP is an awful image editor
I very much liked it when he suggested GIMP. IMO it's a great program for uses like this.
What I hate seeing online is people recommending you download an illegal copy of Photoshop for work that can easily be done in Gimp.
As a Photoshop user of 6 years I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use GIMP
@@eblu_ Same
The opposite is true for me
Holy crap, this is what I've needed my whole life! I have several games in my Xbox 360, Wii, and GameCube libraries that have that generic GameStop label on them with really broken cases, and it bugs me so much having them take up the same shelf spaces as all my perfect-condition regular boxes.
i have a few of these cases with those labels....
@@ShitpostJay did this video work well for u?
@@EzeAsuoha Yes. I have a loose copy of NFS Underground i just did this succesfully and now have a case to nfs underground
@@ShitpostJay so they look exactly the same? U have a way to get game manuels?
This upload was perfectly timed. I'm working on improving my collection by getting cases and cover arts for my loose games and one in generic gamestop cases. I also just cleaned the annoying sales stickers from all my second hand games.
CEX is currently being hounded for doing this in their stores, and not inforiming customers they're fake unless they take the sleeve out.
Yeah, I can definitely understand the frustration there - seems like a bit of deception. 🤔
Is that every single case they have of just some of them and how do you tell
Can they evenly legally do that, does it not come under fraud?
Larry Bundy Jr. They aren't "fake"
@@57HarleyDavidson Please elaborate. You can't contradict a comment with "no it's not".
And yes, the sleeves are fake, there's countless videos proving this on RUclips, loot at Top Hat Gaming Man's rather extensive coverage of it a few years ago.
FairCrai Vengeeahnce
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Yes reply.
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Bless Gimp Supporters also it would be so cool to see all those virtual boy boxes! They look awesome. Even a tweet would do :D
Big props for suggesting labeling as a repro. The only additional suggestion I have is that many of the printers that I've worked with couldn't print 10.75" on 11" paper because of their required margins. In that case you may have to try to find a different printer, use a different paper size (like legal or A4), or print in two parts, hiding the seam at one of the cover folds.
A quick second note; though glossy paper is definitely preferable, regular paper or cardstock is serviceable in this application. Under the plastic protector the difference is reduced. Don't let paper type dissuade you from improving the visage of your collection.
@@thunderhayes I've mostly used cardstock for my custom covers, for demo discs and such.
What's the excitement about labeling that it's a big fake pointless cover? If it's done professionally like his cover, it's not even different. There's no save bug, there's nothing that affects the physical game. Labels get trashed all the time. Stickers and inserts. Paper goods are biodegradable. If it looks "fake" then definitely label it how you want. But if it's perfect, you just send it back to fake by labeling it.
Nintendrew always gives me the videos I didn't know I needed but I always appreciate it lol
U also didn't know u need my videos
You don’t know how grateful I am to have you in this world. Thank you so much for this!
I have so many blank PS2 game cases.
Thank you.
Listen to me rap then to prove it
These couple of days watching you have been amazing. The many projects you made, the rarest items in your huge gaming collection and so much more. I am really proud to have found you through your friends from Minus World, I'm looking forward to your new videos. You definitely need alot more subscribers, you deserve that for the amount of work put inro these videos. keep it up Drew!
Drew is such a wholesome little bean, don't change.
I actually like what you did makeing an old wii case look new/better 👏
Now we just need a tutorial on printing out manuals and I can die happy
I believe that manuals use the same type of glossy paper. Depending on the games you're after, you could be able to find a manual on replacementdocs.com, www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/index.html *(IMPORTANT: Make sure you download the "Printed Manual" link. Otherwise you will get the Virtual Console manual.* The VC manual is only helpful in a couple of cases. Found that out the hard way.), www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/en_us/index.html, or vimm.net/?p=manual. However, I'm not yet versed with the manuals' dimensions, so I can't help there. Hopefully, somebody will provide a manual-printing tutorial.
Or making reproduction disc-based games.
Yo ho ho. **puts hook fist up**
SuperDoom1 Unrevealed I got a bottle of rum with your name on it.
I'm only 13.
Whoops. Well, a good alcohol doesn't age.
Really cool! If a game doesn't have the original box, I avoid it but sometimes you don't have a choice and I do have a few. This could really help in replacing those cases. If you're good at drawing or with photoshop, you can make your own original covers.
This video is what I need to make a game cover for Sonic Unleashed on the XBox 360!
I did one for Wii Sports back then when the Wii was new. Wasn't a fan of the cardboard "case". I felt I was scratching my disc every time I took it out. I used white DVD case from old movie and printed a custom image for the cover. Now that I remember, I did one for Link's Crossbow Training too. 😅
OMG I got new artwork for those as well. They gave you the actual manuals but the covers sucked. Actually was able to find the official artwork only for one of them on ebay so that was easy. Link's crossbow already had a real case and artwork in Europe I got my copy for a dollar.
I used some cd sleeves for those games. They're basically like the rice paper sleeves that are used for CDs in Japanese miniLP packaging. Or at least the ones they're supposed to use with US releases, which they don't.
I remember doing the same with New Super Mario Bros Wii, since the 25th anniversary Wii came with the same cardboard case for that game.
In the UK, Wii Sports (including those copies bundled with the original Wii) and Link’s Crossbow Training both came in regular cases lol.
I remember link's crossbow training
Finally caught a nintendrew video, I noticed BUP was finally not peeling of the wall. What a great entertainer he was.
*When I started learing Photoshop I actually created my own GameCube Lable for Pac-Man versus (EU) which was a 2nd disc game only in some random GameCube games here in EU.*
I spend over 20 hrs creating it to the point that I even used the original product code (EAN) and a bar code genetator to implement an actual fuctional bar code on the boxart, as well as ingame images and original US texts and fonts used on the US box for Pac-Man world 2.
I am pretty satisfied with the outcome and I learnt a lot on the process of making my own cover.
E.g. colors on screen differ from colors painted on paper.
Took quite some tries to find the correct shade for the GameCube Logo XD
Could you show me an image of it if you still have it?
Sure thing you can DL the final image I printed here (available 7 days):
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As long as YT allows this kind of links^^
@@overlordalfredo Nice 🖒🏽🔥
Nice tutorial. Now I know how to make boxes for my lone cartridges of Pokémon Platinum & HeartGold. This also gives me the idea of making custom boxes for my GBA games using the older DS boxes that had slots for GBA game cartridges.
Very interesting Drew. As my Rogue Squadron II cover has been chewed by my dog, this video should help replace it. Thanks for the video.
I know the feeling.. dogs eat paper/cardboard like it's steak... Mine eats manuals like crazy.
@@ReshiLuna What happened with my box was a 1/5 of it was ripped off before somone could save the box. Worst part about this story was that I got that result when this arrived in the post from Amazon.
Thanks to you I can now add morbius: the game to my Wii collection.
Just when I got s Super Mario Galaxy copy without the cover art, you uploaded this video. Thanks for the tips
Just what I needed! I have two Wii games that came in cardboard sleeves, and got proper plastic cases ages ago. Downloaded artwork from that website you showed off. Never printed them, though. Now I know what to do, thanks!
Nintendrew is a professional at what he does👌
No he's semi professional
I Bought a ton of Black DS Cases for my Games that weren't in a case and I decided to follow your steps!
You're Very helpful! Thank you!!!
“With nothing but a home printer.”
Then a little while later, he tells us about 3 more things
HuskyWolf Gamer89 this video is about basically about getting the box art and/or case recovered
Your Name yes I know
Thanks for this Drew! I was able to replace the old tacky placeholder Wii U cover art for a number of my games, into something I'm proud to display in my collection. I will be using this method for years to come thanks to you. Keep up the great work mate!
What a great video! I’ll definitely be doing this sometime in the future.
I have been doing this since the 90s with my games and touching up carts with sharpies ❤ glad to see the new generation carry it on
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I've printed my replacement slips on 120g paper for keep cases and VHS cases repurposed to hold SNES cartridges. It serves me well enough.
How do I get cases on the Nintendo Store? When I go to the website it looks completely different and doesn't have the "Classic Products" tab, and the link doesn't work.
I'd try amazon or ebay as well. For me I went to gamestop. Bought a few dirt cheap sports games for the cases I needed and just sold the games back to gamestop for a little money back.
they dont sell them anymore, but i recommend you check out 'The Checkout Store'
@@ibraibra66 I didn't check it out I don't like any Nintendo games since gamecube
I just got a bunch of loose gamecube games that i want to put in cases on a shelf and i found this video VERY helpful! Thank you nintendrew
I wanna know if theres a way to recreate the actual glossyness that some covers have, such as with Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Their covers have actual shine to them
I use duck prism tape and sharpies. I recently made a case for my pokemon emerald with those and a DS case, and it looks surprisingly good.
@@ReshiLuna oh shit lol
Got maybe a picture or something you can share so I can see how it came out?
@@ReshiLuna can you show us please!
Legend has it somebody actually puts the 'reproduction label' thing on their prints. I personally print these to give my games the look of launch day releases they shoul have
Holy shit Displate looks dope af. Only product that actually got my attention
watch your profanity
@@EmmanuelSarkis Why should he watch his profanity?
Thanks for actually showing the paper. I legit just accidentally bought 5x7 photo paper and I was looking for someone to answer the big questions.
What I really need is a disc restoration/fixer
Some local game stores have a disc resurfacers. They usually will charge a small amount to resurface discs you bring in.
Yeah go to a local game store. Mine charges about 3 or 4 dollars is all
K there are machines that clean discs but they leave permanent soap residue on the label
@@rat9625 butt plugs get that stuff off
*GASP* THATS SO COOL!!! Kinda reminds me that I have several old labeless DS cases and I just bought rayman origins pre-owned, with a faded label. I even have GIMP too, so one day I hope to round them all up and have fun printing!!!!
This would be great for my Animal Crossing: City Folk
Noober Hunter! .
@@cosm0s761 no
@@cosm0s761 none
@@cosm0s761 Nintendo is for babies men play on pc
This is straight up one of the best tutorials I've ever seen.
This was really handy, thanks!
This is SO helpful! I'm so glad I found this video! Thank-you, Drew!
6:55 Don’t think we didn’t see you print one without the “REPRODUCTION LABEL” text.
He did not put it because he is not gonna sell his game.
Thank you so much! I lost my Wii cases and I've wanted to do something like this. You remotivated me and I'm really happy start working on them.
I need that metal Smash poster!
I actually do this all the time as I go to flea markets weekly, nice for showing the cover project to a wider audience!
You're such a skillful pro Nintendrew!!! I love the virtual boy box you made! We desined fake CD cases in my graphics class in highschool, it was a lot of fun. Making a fake game case sounds even more fun so I'll have to try this sometime! Thanks for inspiring me! =)
Skuff196, They aren't "fake"
You are my favorite youtuber when it comes to Nintendo content!
I’ll just break into your house and steal the box
I mean uh, I’ll find a 3D printer
I personally don't like Nintendo channels but this was a thorough video that actually does what it says without BS making it very useful as informative. Nicely done.
If you or your college have a paper guillotine, that would be perfect for this project. Especially for those of us with shaky hands.
Or hobby knife, (unsure what next item is called) but its this gel artist pad that self heals when sliced (mines green with gridlines) and a ruler to use as a guide for the knife I get perfect cuts everytime and its cheap to buy.
Paper slicer works well too
Thanks nintendrew! As a kid, I drew the cover from scratch
hi Nintendrew
can you upload a tutorial to replace n64 cartridges labels, have tons of them pretty bad.
thanks for your videos and share all this data
He already has a tutorial for n64,snes,nes,genesis, etc. cartridge label repairs.
This video saves the day every year because of my bad memory! Thanks drew, you’re awesome!
Today is my 14th birthday, as a retro gamer I went to a store and unfortunately refused to buy resident evil 4, battle for bikini bottom, and hit and run because there were resale boxes
@Gabriel Jacques why r u supporting cod only support indie games if u got a problem
Those games would be to much for you expiscally battle for bikini bottom to hard-core of a game for a 2006er
Literally been looking for this tutorial for a couple years since once been buying up my favorite games from my childhood thanks!!
I tried printing a few cases back in the days & never like but, after seeing this video i see where i went wrong ..i never used gloss papper 🤦🏽♂️..i feel so foolish..
DUDE. thank you SO FUCKING MUCH for the displate thing... that is litterally the BEST SPONSORSHIP EVER
when the displate logo popped up i thought it said Despacito
For some reason this guys videos are very satisfying to watch keep up the good work
Is this a lifehack?? 0.o
The most necessary of all life hacks!
Finally an in video ad I actually care about
Deep down you'll always know... it's fake
At least the spine doesnt stick out like a sore thumb on my shelf anymore, even if I know its fake, it still isn't as bad as my empty case
@Ben Harrison, It's not a "fake"
I cant wait to use this to improve my collection. Seriously awesome!!! Thanks!!
Thank GOD this exists! Now I can make cases for my GameCube collection!
I'm happy that stuff like this is even possible.
Thank you! I've been looking for a video like this for years! I lost the case to one of my favorite games years ago and, while I've bought empty cases, I've never found a good resource for box art.
My old DS game cases have gotten lost over the years, thank you for this!
Ayy I've been doing this for a while, another tip too, is if you don't feel like waiting for a shipment of cases to come in and the game store doesn't have any, try the 99 cent store. They always seem to have regular retail DVDs and often times too ones in white cases. I bought like 3 copies of the third TMNT movie and gave the contents to people who might want them, or tossed them, and then BAM high quality cases for cheap and no waiting on shipping!
What also works fine: Download a GameBoy image on CoverProject and put it into a DS case. Some of the images are especially made for them, and they're looking great in your shelf.
Im so glad you did this. I recently bought A Hat in time on Switch (So I could have a physical copy) and it came with one of those Cheapo Gamestop stock covers. This is gonna be a huge help for me.
I had to choice but to go at a copy digital local where to print my covers and I had to install Gimp in their machines so I can get the most accurate measured for my CD PS1 boxes, and to find a good render of the box art I have to resource to Gamefaqs instead of the cover project (sometimes they have in-lay covers)
So yeah this is the most useful video I've seen so far :)
Finally I can start putting my 3ds games in cases and I can start getting more job offers!
I did one for Link's crossbow training even though it's not that good of a game, but the case looks amazing. From the Wii logo to the side of the cover are all gold
Perfect timing on this one, I was just looking into how to do this. 😁
0:10 According to another video, they do that because the game was sold to them without the case or in a case with a damaged insert, and they want to avoid copyright infringement like what happened to CEX.
Thanks for making this. A long time ago, my mom threw out all of my old wii cases and now i have to make new ones. So I have to do this for every last wii game lol. Thanks again!
5 years later and this was extremely helpful thanks!
ok, that custom virtual boy box is actually pretty cool!
honestly just being told about the nintendo replacement cases was a huge plus
Three of my games cases got ruined via flooding, this guide was vedry helpful in remaking the covers. Thank you.
I was at game xchange on Friday and got really excited to see they had tactics ogre and lufia for gba. Took them home and cleaned them up only to find out lufia was a repro. Thankfully it was only $20 and still saves normally so I'm going to keep it.
Thank you. Because of this I now have proper box art for melee and brawl!
@Nintendrew I use the same solution for my game collection as well but with a twist. Basically for Disc based Games such as DVD, CD, Blu-ray, Mini DVD etc if games have sequels trilogies etc I put them together in case that can hold more than one disc then print off the right cover art rather than individual covers for each individual game.
Just as an added step, if you're going to be making box art reproductions often enough, it might be worth it to get a paper cutter to trim the paper evenly instead of cutting with regular scissors, especially for the smaller and odd sized boxes like for the Switch or DS. I've seen compact sized ones for about $25, so it might be worth checking out a craft or office supply store.
I was able to re-print some of my most beloved games, such as Silent Hill (2,3,4 and 0), Clock tower 3, dragon quest 8.... thanks dude!
Room and collection is truly nice!
I just today bought a used copy of New Super Mario Bros. 2 and was thinking about how bad the cover looked when I saw this video. Thank you, this was super helpful!
I’m glad i found this my aunt just gave me a bunch of loose cartridges for the switch with no cases so I wanted to do this to make it look like I have the actual cases
All the effort just to make our games look good should show the developers how we hate all the 'classics/essentials/playstation hits/platinum/etc.' shitty covers and force 'em to stop priducing them. THANKS A LOT. I can finally make some of my games (which I got from someone) look like they should