We're starting to think that Rising Star Games are taking all their cues from the Japanese release of No More Heroes. The European version of the game will, of course, lack blood like the Japanese version; this was revealed as the decision of the game's creators, Suda 51 and Yasuhiro Wada.
Now the European boxart has been released, and it features the exact same piece of artwork that the Japanese boxart used. The artwork has been tilted and, for some reason, a white haze now decorates the bottom quarter of the box. In addition, the logo has been moved around and given a border. But those are minor changes compared to the American boxart. Maybe Rising Star is exercising just a bit of safe rebellion by making extremely slight changes.
No More Heroes' European boxart is familiar
Posted Dec 17th 2007 12:45PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Imports
Tags: boxart, europe, grasshopper-manufacture, no-more-heroes, rising-star-games
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12-17-2007 @ 12:59PM
Geoff Gibson said...
This box art is way better than the American one.
Can't wait to get my hands on it.
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12-17-2007 @ 1:19PM
sn1per said...
You might have gotten better boxart, but I'll take the non-censored gameplay over that any day.
12-17-2007 @ 1:23PM
Geoff Gibson said...
I'm American. . .
I have no qualms about that. I'm just saying: Euro box art is better than the American one. Something I wish we could have in the states.
12-17-2007 @ 1:30PM
sn1per said...
Ah, well, there's always the option of finding a scan of it online once the game comes out and printing that out (which is what I plan on doing).
12-17-2007 @ 1:35PM
Zack W. said...
I typically don't even look at the box art while I am filling the screen with the blood of my enemies.
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12-17-2007 @ 1:49PM
TendoMan said...
Travis Touchdown is getting a little bit handsy, no?
SLY.
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12-17-2007 @ 2:10PM
Calvin said...
I'd rather have that boxart with the lack of the shitty looking blood.
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12-17-2007 @ 3:47PM
baronjon said...
the only time i spend looking at a cover is the 2 seconds it takes to identify the game ive decided to buy in advance.
ill buy this game.. when rising star treat me like an adult.
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12-17-2007 @ 4:30PM
tiamat1990 said...
16+!!! WTF! Put blood in it assholes and make it 18+! It ain't getting banned since it's stylistic unlike shitty Manhunt 2.
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