Gamers in the US are being taken back to the PS2 era as the Japanese and European box art of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is way better than the US release.
While everything is pretty standardized nowadays, video game box art used to vary a ton depending on which region you were in. Crash Bandicoot was marketed as cute in Japan, Kirby got angry eyes in the US, you know the classics. The PS2 era in particular was filled with these differences, and for the most part the US was always on the worst end. Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4 got gorgeous Yoji Shinkawa-penned covers vs the US' 3D renders; Resident Evil 4 in Europe is a work of art, while the US got a somewhat tacky collage of game models; and the all-time classic is Ico, which is a stunning piece of art in Europe, while the US got… yeah.
