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May 22nd, 2008, 16:10
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Square Enix released an image of the box for the North American release (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/21/square-enix-reveals-dragon-quest-iv-us-release-date-confirms-v/) of the Dragon Quest IV (http://www.dsfanboy.com/tag/dragon-quest-iv) remake, and it looks pretty nice! It suffers from Akira Toriyama "every character looks exactly the same" syndrome, but there's not really much that can be done about that! It's the same art as the Japanese version, with a more traditional layout, highlighting the hero.
Dragon Quest IV has been sold a bunch of times over the years, on three different systems, so it's naturally had a few different box designs. We thought it might be interesting to show you the boxarts for each iteration of the game. Well, not all of them -- we've omitted stuff like the budget rereleases of the PlayStation version, because they're exactly the same art with a different border.
Out of all the variations, we like the art on the Famicom release the best. It seems the most dynamic and exciting. We think we like the NES version's art the least, because there isn't any.
Gallery: Dragon Quest IV boxarts (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/)
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Square Enix released an image of the box for the North American release (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/21/square-enix-reveals-dragon-quest-iv-us-release-date-confirms-v/) of the Dragon Quest IV (http://www.dsfanboy.com/tag/dragon-quest-iv) remake, and it looks pretty nice! It suffers from Akira Toriyama "every character looks exactly the same" syndrome, but there's not really much that can be done about that! It's the same art as the Japanese version, with a more traditional layout, highlighting the hero.
Dragon Quest IV has been sold a bunch of times over the years, on three different systems, so it's naturally had a few different box designs. We thought it might be interesting to show you the boxarts for each iteration of the game. Well, not all of them -- we've omitted stuff like the budget rereleases of the PlayStation version, because they're exactly the same art with a different border.
Out of all the variations, we like the art on the Famicom release the best. It seems the most dynamic and exciting. We think we like the NES version's art the least, because there isn't any.
Gallery: Dragon Quest IV boxarts (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dq4jpfc052208_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/819144/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dq4usnes052208_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/819152/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dq4jpps052208_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/819149/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dq4jpds052208_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/819148/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dq4usds052208_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/dragon-quest-iv-boxarts/819147/)
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