Box Art Battle #2: Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series

Box Art Battle is a series where we compare box art for several games across multiple regions – and declare one of them the best.

Battle 1: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

The difference in covers between the US/Canadian and Japanese/UK versions of TFF shows a difference in culture. You may be aware of a trope known as “American Kirby Is Hardcore”. This is when a Japanese game with a cutesy and non-confrontational cover is imported and changed for other regions into something less friendly and more action-oriented.

US/Canada Cover

JP/UK Cover

In the US/Canada, the game’s cover sets up the conflict between the warriors aligned with Cosmos and the monsters that work for Chaos. It’s a simple dichotomy that perfectly conveys the game’s adorable art style.

However, in Japan and the UK, we have what appears to be a chocobo singing a song of the game’s numerous characters, protagonists of the Final Fantasy games contained therein. It’s more whimsical and even cuter than the US and Canada’s box art, so I have to give the edge to it.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Part 10: Exorcising the Demons

We had to use the Wheel Plate to unlock the path to Manitou’s Sanctuary.
Manitou itself… Imagine a big, blue, fiber-optic mushroom. It’s the thing that the Spookies stand in front of at the end of the anime intro.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Part Nine

There’s a skill called Despair Night. Wow. All it does is cause paralysis, though.

Some demons can’t be swayed by gifts but orders.

The targeting reticule is, like, so hypnotic~ @o@

Frolic works on male and female demons. 😉