Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection
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Description
It wasn’t easy being a Nintendo fan in the early 90s: the wonderful Super Famicom was released in Europe as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was hobbled by a bordered, 50Hz image and delayed release schedule. True Nintendo fans got hold of a Japanese console and bought their games on the grey import market.
As well as the benefits of faster, smoother, full-screen gameplay, Japanese Super Famicom cartridges came in beautiful portrait-shaped boxes, rather than the landscape packaging sold in Europe and North America. The stylish, intricate Japanese designs were almost always superior to those afforded the Western releases.
As a celebration of this unique artwork, Bitmap Books is proud to present Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection – a compilation of Japanese game packaging images, professionally shot and presented as a glorious hardback edition. The book features around 250 titles, including many rare examples and some that have never before been documented in print. Sourced from the archives of renowned collector Stuart Brett (a.k.a. Super Famicom Guy), each box is beautifully presented, life-size, with a critique of the artwork, plus interviews with other collectors, talking about their love of the format.
Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection comes in a square format book, bound in charcoal grey with a gold foil block logo and lithographically printed to the highest standards. Long-time games journalist Steve Jarratt, launch editor of Edge and Nintendo magazine Total!, has overseen the text and also written the foreword.
Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection is an unmissable treat for anyone who had a passion for Nintendo’s 16-bit games console, and who came to embrace the distinctive Japanese artwork adorning these iconic games.
Includes contributions from:
Stuart Brett, Masaaki Enami, Steve Jarratt, Damien McFerran, Van Orton Design and James Wragg.
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- NSNick S.Verified Buyer1 year agoRated 5 out of 5 starsHigh Quality
A very well presented book, which includes pretty much any Super Famicom game you could think of. High quality images of the box art. The only negative is that it has increased my Super Famicom wish-list of games
- MMMarko M.Verified Buyer2 years agoRated 5 out of 5 starsSuper Book
If you’re a SNES/Super Famicom fan this book is a must as it regales you of stories past and more importantly showcases the high quality art with one of favorite consoles of yesteryear.
- JFJoshua F.Verified Buyer2 years agoRated 5 out of 5 starsI wish this could have a 'sequel'.
As someone who's learning Japanese and who was infatuated with the 'mystical' world of Japanese games when I was a kid, this book is as close to a stroll down someone else's memory lane as makes sense. This coffee table book will always be one of my favorites to display, and to eagerly talk to friends who come over whether they really wanna or not.
- BDBenjamin Devard - K.Verified Buyer3 years agoRated 5 out of 5 starsJust beautiful
The price is really correct and the book so beautiful. Nothing else , just perfect ..
- NLNik L.Verified Buyer3 years agoRated 5 out of 5 starsAwesome insight into the amazing artwork that SFC games had
This book is awesome. I believe every SFC game ever published is included and since I did not grow up in Japan nor had any stores near my home that had imports, I never got to experience these back then. Many covers were changed for their overseas releases (both US and Europe) while many originals were similarly great - or even better.
All games are included with both their English/translated name and the original Japanese (Kanji/Kana) title, publisher, year of release and genre. Every game comes with a brief description of the game and the artist who made the cover, and the print quality is very good. Must own for any retro gaming fan. Also a great source of information if you're looking to find new SFC games to try out.
