Why do early NES game covers displayed pixel arts instead of flattering artworks? To rebuild buyers’ trust. A VG market crash of '83 where games of poor quality saturated the market killed the public faith in it. Nintendo Entertaining System was a mouthful to avoid alluding to the bad rap of VGs.

March 28, 2026 - 21:47 UTC

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WRONG. They did this bc they were lazy af!!!!! #youknowgaming
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Yeah its true, in Japan these kinds of boxart dosent exist for the black box games
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And yet it seems we will be trapped down this rabbit hole once again after 40 years...
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It sure did help with consumer trust and protecting the company's image. One main reason being that this type of boxart more accurately represented the in-game graphics as opposed to some abstract art like you'd see on other games or arcade cabinets.

What people saw was pretty much what they got.
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This is exactly why people demand to see gameplay in trailers nowadays
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