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* ''[[Alisia Dragoon]]'', a fairly obscure Genesis game by [[Game Arts]], features a [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/image/586021.html?box=3311 pretty cover] in Japan, while the [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/image/586021.html?box=88170 Western boxart] is... well, cool-looking but [[Contemptible Cover|rather contemptible]].
* ''[[Alisia Dragoon]]'', a fairly obscure Genesis game by [[Game Arts]], features a [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/image/586021.html?box=3311 pretty cover] in Japan, while the [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/image/586021.html?box=88170 Western boxart] is... well, cool-looking but [[Contemptible Cover|rather contemptible]].
* The original boxart for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' gave us a fairly confident looking Sonic with a tasty palette of colors surrounding him. The US boxart gave him a chubbier redesign with a mohawk, the art has him posing for a 'tude expression, and they sprayed him with a coat of airbrush. Even the original members of Sonic Team said they [[Creator Backlash|despised this Americanized Sonic design.]]
* The original boxart for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' gave us a fairly confident looking Sonic with a tasty palette of colors surrounding him. The US boxart gave him a chubbier redesign with a mohawk, the art has him posing for a 'tude expression, and they sprayed him with a coat of airbrush. Even the original members of Sonic Team said they [[Creator Backlash|despised this Americanized Sonic design.]]
** [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Dr. Eggman/Robotnik's]] classic design looked like a [http://eggmanempire.sonicworld.net/downloads/images/official/classic/Eggman01_32.png happy spherical fellow] in the Japanese games. The American games made him a [http://eggmanempire.sonicworld.net/downloads/images/official/soa/Spinball_eggman.png constantly scowling spherical fellow with... no eyes.] This isn't even taking into account the weird cartoon-based design they switched to for some of the [http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gamegear/image/586810.html?box=83258 later boxart.]
** [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Dr. Eggman/Robotnik's]] classic design looked like a [http://eggmanempire.sonicworld.net/downloads/images/official/classic/Eggman01_32.png happy spherical fellow] in the Japanese games. The American games made him a [https://web.archive.org/web/20150729184629/http://eggmanempire.sonicworld.net/downloads/images/official/soa/Spinball_eggman.png constantly scowling spherical fellow with... no eyes.] This isn't even taking into account the weird cartoon-based design they switched to for some of the [http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gamegear/image/586810.html?box=83258 later boxart.]
** The EU covers went in and out with both the Japanese and American styles. Interestingly cases such as ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' ''[[Sonic Chaos]]'' actually used Japanese promo artwork not related the region's original cover.
** The EU covers went in and out with both the Japanese and American styles. Interestingly cases such as ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' ''[[Sonic Chaos]]'' actually used Japanese promo artwork not related the region's original cover.
*** The differences are probably best illustrated through the ''[[Sonic Shorts]] 5'' segment in which Dr. Robotnik from the American [[Sonic Sat AM|Saturday morning Sonic cartoon]] discovers Dr. Eggman from the Japanese ''[[Sonic X]]''.
*** The differences are probably best illustrated through the ''[[Sonic Shorts]] 5'' segment in which Dr. Robotnik from the American [[Sonic Sat AM|Saturday morning Sonic cartoon]] discovers Dr. Eggman from the Japanese ''[[Sonic X]]''.
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