We threw in the towel last week when we mistakenly identified GameFly's Victorious Boxers: Revolution mockup as the finalized design, but now we're scrambling into the ring to retrieve the surrendered cloth. "Uh, sorry about that! It must've slipped out of our hands!"Dynamite Glove, a community site for the Hajime no Ippo series, received a first look at publisher XSeed's actual packaging, and it is a thing of beauty. This is the sort of box that we could run up the Philadelphia Museum of Art's steps with, holding it above our heads once we've reached the top, hopping up and down in slow-motion as the training montage fades out.
Those of you who would still rather have Ippo's fighting figure on the front will be happy to hear that the jacket is reversible, the opposite side using artwork from the Japanese cover. Jump past the break for a better look at both boxart designs.
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8-20-2007 @ 1:03PM
b-rock said...
Why not just ship with the Japanese cover as DEFAULT and include the crappy USA version anyway and then the anime-haters can change it if they want. Bottom line: who WOULDN'T want the Japanese version?!?
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8-20-2007 @ 1:33PM
FlimFlammy said...
WOW, this is great! Not only did they succeed at making a universal appealing boxart, they were even able to stick in Ippos figure in it!
And because they know the fan base is huge & dedicated, they kept the original Japanese boxart on the reverse side.
I've spoken with XSeed before and I know that they are a comapny that care about the fans.
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8-20-2007 @ 3:57PM
hvnlysoldr said...
OOh. Awe. Even Rocky had a montage.
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8-20-2007 @ 5:28PM
TWOO DEE said...
Large bright patriotic colors ftw. The US version is extremely slick - I prefer it to the original, actually.
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8-20-2007 @ 6:29PM
padgon said...
That’s better, I guess…
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8-20-2007 @ 7:55PM
BPM said...
The new US cover is much better than the previous mockup.
Reversable cover? Neat. First time I've seen it done for a video game (seen it done with several anime DVDs before, though).
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9-06-2007 @ 12:06PM
Racy said...
what about gameplay?
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