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Persona 4 Golden

Game » consists of 6 releases. First released on Nov 20, 2012

Persona 4 Golden is an update of the critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 role-playing game. New additions and changes have been made exclusively for the PlayStation Vita.

Box Art is appropriately crazy

#1 Edited by DonutFever (3032 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

 According to Andriasang, this is the box art (Though there's no title or anything).
 
 
 
 I'm not sure if this is the first time we've seen the outside of the Velvet Room, you can see it on the left, under Marie. 
EDIT: Man, how do all these double posts keep happening? 

#2 Posted by Venatio (4435 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

I don't see it

#3 Posted by Winternet (7624 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Me neither.

#4 Edited by Neurotic (616 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Me neither. Is this what was supposed to be there?

Source: Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/11-1/persona-4-the-golden-videogame-box-art-unveiled

#5 Posted by msavo (7360 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Can't see it.

#6 Posted by Sergio (884 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Nice, but I'm still going to go with the download version.

#7 Posted by James_Giant_Peach (751 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

I actually don't like that too much, but I've never really been a fan of the "Hey we got pictures of dozens of characters in random poses and slapped them altogether in one big image, how cool is that?!" style.

Game looks great though.

#8 Posted by DonutFever (3032 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@Neurotic said:

Me neither. Is this what was supposed to be there?

Source: Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/11-1/persona-4-the-golden-videogame-box-art-unveiled

Yeah, though I can still see it. Weird.
#9 Posted by Rolyatkcinmai (2549 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
#10 Posted by Neurotic (616 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

It's alright. Box art is rarely outstanding. I like the way Chie looks in this, although I like the way Chie looks all the time. I see your point about the outside of the Velvet Room. Doesn't look too roomy, it must be like the Tardis. If it wasn't already confirmed before, I think Marie sitting on top of the Velvet Room is a pretty clear sign that she is a resident or something like that.

#11 Posted by AndrewB (6918 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

@Neurotic said:

I like the way Chie looks in this, although I like the way Chie looks all the time.

Err, uh... this.

I also like that they're sticking with the theme of Chie's legs taking up a prominent percentage of the cover.

#12 Posted by Nottle (1881 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Good God, Izanagi could crush them, he's in the palm of there hand. Also everyones faces look a little wacky.

#13 Edited by mustachioeugene (450 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Kanji looks totally badass, like the end boss of a fighting game.

#14 Posted by 0blivion (227 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Can someone make this into a Vita wallpaper? I must justify the reason for my purchase. Or else.

#15 Posted by AngelN7 (2861 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Hmm I don't know why do they look so cartoony? or I don't know it's like they all have that face

#16 Posted by MiniPato (2362 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Not sure I like it. I'd prefer something more stylistic, something that doesn't look like generic ensemble anime poster.

#17 Posted by Video_Game_King (29836 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Still makes more sense than the original cover :P.

#18 Posted by FluxWaveZ (18013 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

It's too busy; I'd probably like it more as a wallpaper/poster than box art. The original cover is definitely better than this one.

#19 Posted by Dalai (6264 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Love it hate it, we can all agree that it's a clusterfuck.

#20 Posted by benjaebe (2782 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Box art is cool, but I'm more concerned about whether or not they're gonna include this Vita sticker as a bonus like they do in Japan. Because that would be pretty sick.

#21 Posted by Devoid (428 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

..Since when has Izanagi had stairs for fingers?

#22 Posted by BestUsernameEver (4688 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

@DonutFever said:

@Neurotic said:

Me neither. Is this what was supposed to be there?

Source: Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/11-1/persona-4-the-golden-videogame-box-art-unveiled

Yeah, though I can still see it. Weird.

Yeah I dont see it.

#23 Posted by Phatmac (5293 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Meh. Not a fan of hey look at these guys box art. Would have just liked Yu and some sweet P4 color themes. Still pumped for this game, the only problem is actually getting a Vita...

#24 Posted by Milkman (14214 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

@Neurotic said:

Me neither. Is this what was supposed to be there?

Source: Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/11-1/persona-4-the-golden-videogame-box-art-unveiled

Who are the people in the car?

#25 Posted by RoyCampbell (1072 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@benjaebe said:

Box art is cool, but I'm more concerned about whether or not they're gonna include this Vita sticker as a bonus like they do in Japan. Because that would be pretty sick.

*drool*
#26 Posted by LooseChange (1720 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

I have a headache from looking at it...

#27 Edited by mutha3 (4963 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@FluxWaveZ said:

It's too busy; I'd probably like it more as a wallpaper/poster than box art. The original cover is definitely better than this one.

Yeah, the original P4 cover was stylish, clean and eyecatching. The one in the OP is just a diarrhea of P4.  Hell, there is exactly as much stuff going on in the P4 cover as the P4G cover.
 
Really not sure why Soejima seems to have almost backed down completely from working on P4 stuff. He didn't work on the P4 animation, I've yet to see actual new art from him in P4A(though, this is still up in the air-- the character select screen art might totally just be him employing a different style) and now for P4G, the boxart looks like its done by someone else again. Well, I hope that means good things for P5, I guess...
 
 @Milkman said:

@Neurotic said:

Me neither. Is this what was supposed to be there?

Source: Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/11-1/persona-4-the-golden-videogame-box-art-unveiled

Who are the people in the car?

New girl and Velvet Room lady "You show me an ippon-datara, I'll show you a nipple" Margaret
#28 Posted by Phatmac (5293 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

ALSO WHERE IS MYSTERIOUS FOX?

#29 Posted by DonutFever (3032 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@Milkman said:

@Neurotic said:

Me neither. Is this what was supposed to be there?

Source: Crunchyroll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/03/11-1/persona-4-the-golden-videogame-box-art-unveiled

Who are the people in the car?

You mean the silhouettes in the rear window? Pretty sure it's just Igor and Margaret (Which would be weird because she's outside of the limo too).
#30 Posted by Soren (285 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

@mutha3: Isn't this Soejima art? If not, I must be losing it big time.

And wow, Yosuke and Kanji are derpin' pretty hard in this one.

#31 Posted by mutha3 (4963 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@Soren said:

@mutha3: Isn't this Soejima art? If not, I must be losing it big time.

And wow, Yosuke and Kanji are derpin' pretty hard in this one.

hrm.  It might be. He's not employing his usual style if it is, though. The characters look more cartoony and exaggerated. Yosuke's mouth in particular is the most apparant in that pic you posted. Also, the shading is a lil' bit clumsy. Look at the weird triangle forming on Yu's face in that shot. Soejima is usually really good with that stuff.                               


 
 
 
 
 
 
  
These arcade mode pieces of artwork are definitely Soejima though.....Then again, the P4 characters just get their all-out attack portraits, and I'm 99% sure that Mitsuru's artwork is an altered image from an artbook(going from memory with this one, though!). Akihiko's arcade mode pic might be the only legitimately new Soejima artwork in the game...at least as far as I can tell!
#32 Posted by Milkman (14214 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@DonutFever: No, I meant sitting on the car. It looks like one might be Margaret but I don't recognize the other. 
#33 Posted by FluxWaveZ (18013 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
#34 Posted by Rudeboy217 (1735 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

I agree, it needs more Mysterious Fox but other than that it looks wonderful.

#35 Posted by iAmJohn (5844 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Prominent Chie placing. I am pleased.

#36 Posted by WatanabeKazuma (989 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

What in the hell has happened to Kanji? Between this and the anime, it seems like no one can decide how he is supposed to look, probably the most inconsistent depiction out of the entire cast.

#37 Posted by eroticfishcake (7745 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Bit too busy that cover. Looks more like the box art for Mayonaka Arena instead. It's okay but the original is definitely better.

#38 Posted by SilvarusLupus (310 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Oh look, Naoto is finally facing us.

Rise's hair, so crazy.

Kanji's face is the best face.

Strategic Chie placement.

Izanagi, he's got the whole cast in his hands.

#39 Posted by jello44 (44 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
@Neurotic said:

 I like the way Chie looks in this, although I like the way Chie looks all the time.

Me too man, me too.
 
@AndrewB said:


I also like that they're sticking with the theme of Chie's legs taking up a prominent percentage of the cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWuyFz6V8O8
#40 Posted by Vexxan (4577 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Too much going on on that cover...I don't like it. Should've kept it simple and less crowded.

#41 Posted by MrAristocrates (194 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Where would the title even go?

#42 Posted by jello44 (44 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
#43 Posted by Neurotic (616 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

@jello44: Oh, man. I want it. Now.

#44 Edited by FluxWaveZ (18013 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

@jello44: Whoa. I didn't like it when it was simply the image, but looking at it like that, it seems much, much better. Is that official?

#45 Edited by jello44 (44 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago
#46 Posted by DonutFever (3032 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Oh, wow. That looks way better.

#47 Posted by MrAristocrates (194 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago

Yeah, it looks a lot less cluttered this way.

#48 Posted by TheRealJpoe (132 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

@benjaebe said:

Box art is cool, but I'm more concerned about whether or not they're gonna include this Vita sticker as a bonus like they do in Japan. Because that would be pretty sick.

awe damn, when I first saw this in the trailer I was hoping it was a special P4 edition Vita. Makes more since as a sticker though.

#49 Posted by JasonR86 (7907 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

What's up with Chie's hip thrust? Is this one of those 'presenting' things I've heard about?

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