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01/21/2011 08:13 PM (UTC)
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Love the box art. and people stop your bitching. YOU may not like Scorpion and Subby but they are the most popular characters. Sub- Zero and Scorpion are to Mk as Ryu and Ken are to SF.
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01/21/2011 08:17 PM (UTC)
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TheManWithTheGoldenGun Wrote:
YES! Finally a solid release date and a week earlier than expected. I was expecting a delay but thats not the case now!


Shh... don't jinx it!

As for the cover... eh, I still prefer the predetermine cover with just the Dragon logo; that cover screams Classic. This new cover however is another cereal box, but at least there's a prize inside.
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01/21/2011 08:17 PM (UTC)
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SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
Toxik Wrote:
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Having the dragon logo by itself isn't any better. Try picking that cover out on a game shelf. Nothing about it catches your eye.


If you don't know what MK is or what the dragon logo is, then the blue ninja shooting a ball of ice at a yellow ninja throwing a shuriken would still catch your attention. Not to mention Kratos is on the cover as well.

Ninjas, the dragon logo and Kratos would catch any casual gamer's eye.
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01/21/2011 08:18 PM (UTC)
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They should had stuck with the awesome formula they had during MKvsDC and even MKDA and MK3. There were always the "main ones" (Scorpion, Subby, Sonya, Raiden, etc) for promotion, but there was also the rest of the cast (seriously).


I've seen you mention this a few times, but I don't see it. What awesome formula? What Promotion? I've followed all MK releases since MKDA. We are getting ALOT more for this game;

They are all over the major social networks facebook, twitter, Youtube.

They have been showing the game at all the major game expos.

Cover stories in all major mags.

We are getting actual character specific combo vids (fist time ever!)

Character wallpapers and Artworks that look better than all the ones from previous games combined!

A new MK album with actual good artists composing tracks.

Collectors edition that includes GOOD stuff (all the previous ones were pathetic) 100+ page artbook, amazing figurines and a freaking Arcade stick!


You cannot say they havent done a good job. There has not been hype about an MK game for a LONG ASS time, like this one is getting! I mean, I know you want to see Sonya and all, but give it some time...game is only 3 moths away. ;)



Yeah I was wondering this too. I've been going here since 2001, when MK:DA was being hyped up etc., and I don't recall such promotional work as of now. Plus, all of the awesome extras and stuff that WB is shelling out money to offer. For the first time in a long time, MK seems to be a big name player with merchandise, music cd, web series, and actual special editions with great products rather than a simple bonus DVD with an hour of behind the scened footage etc. They are treating MK like a big deal, and they have the money and budget to support it during the process, unlike Midway. Midway was just rushing the game out the door in order to get a check, because they had no other successful franchises going anymore. WB is actually taking care of it and letting the game/franchise flourish, because they aren't using MK as a leg to stand on, but as another link in the chain so to speak.

So I am a little confused as to what promotional expertise we received in the past you are talking about. This has by far been the best lead up to an MK game as far as a nice balance between showing off the game, and holding stuff back in order to make it exciting and fresh, something that was severely lacking in the past if you ask me. By the time I got my hands on MK:D, MK:A, and MKvsDC...it got boring within the first few weeks because of how much was revealed and shown before the game.
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01/21/2011 08:23 PM (UTC)
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SubMan799 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
Toxik Wrote:
Ugly and boring. sleep


Having the dragon logo by itself isn't any better. Try picking that cover out on a game shelf. Nothing about it catches your eye.


If you don't know what MK is or what the dragon logo is, then the blue ninja shooting a ball of ice at a yellow ninja throwing a shuriken would still catch your attention. Not to mention Kratos is on the cover as well.

Ninjas, the dragon logo and Kratos would catch any casual gamer's eye.


Which is why the cover is designed the way it is, and not designed to just have the MK dragon on there by itself.
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01/21/2011 08:28 PM (UTC)
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Oh no! What a travesty! Another Sub-Zero and Scorpion product! This is the final straw! Why can't others be on the cover? Why must they put their two biggest marketing products on the cover? WHY OH WHY EDIT:
SubMan799 Wrote:
Looking good. Love the Kratos trolling on the PS3 cover


Yes, I can see it now. Kids oblivious to MK will see that and go apeshit.


Um I never said anything about wanting my favorite characters on the box-art. I simply made the point that other fighting games include various characters on their covers while MK fans always get Sub and Scorp, which is boring. So you can stop the troll posts because they're not going to get you anywhere.

The only vaild argument I've heard for Sub/Scorp on the cover is "They're the MK poster boys!". Which brings me back to the point why? Look at SSF4, Ryu and Chun li are the two big characters on the cover but a lesser known character like Dudley is there as well. MvC3's cover is packed with lesser known characters.

I guess my over all point is, yeah they're the biggest names in Mortal kombat, I just don't give two shits anymore. They were interesting when the game was announced, but after months and months of Sub/Scorp content I just don't care and would've prefered something different.

I love how people keep throwing words in my mouth that I wanted my favorites on the cover. I would never in a million years expect to see Stryker or Sheeva on a Mortal kombat cover. I just said that given the choice between seeing blurry magazine scans of a recently announced character, or more Sub-zero content, I'm ten times more excited for the blurry magazine pics.
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01/21/2011 08:28 PM (UTC)
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SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
SubMan799 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
Toxik Wrote:
Ugly and boring. sleep


Having the dragon logo by itself isn't any better. Try picking that cover out on a game shelf. Nothing about it catches your eye.


If you don't know what MK is or what the dragon logo is, then the blue ninja shooting a ball of ice at a yellow ninja throwing a shuriken would still catch your attention. Not to mention Kratos is on the cover as well.

Ninjas, the dragon logo and Kratos would catch any casual gamer's eye.


Which is why the cover is designed the way it is, and not designed to just have the MK dragon on there by itself.


For some reason I thought you were saying the cover wasn't eye catching lol.

But yeah, I'd say the majority of people walking into a Gamestop would know what the dragon logo meant.
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01/21/2011 08:31 PM (UTC)
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SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
JAX007 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
LucaTurilli Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
Toxik Wrote:
Ugly and boring. sleep


Having the dragon logo by itself isn't any better. Try picking that cover out on a game shelf. Nothing about it catches your eye.


Cept the big dragon symbol.


Yeah, the dragon symbol squashed between two other games that could much more eye catching covers.


VERY few other game have a logo as iconic and recognizable as the MK dragon logo...Its legendary.


Sure, but is that going to stand out on a shelf with other games by itself? Nobody here is going to pass the game by on a shelf at Gamestop or Best Buy, or Amazon. But the marketing for this game really isn't trying to target us, is it?


Look at this; All I see is the dragon logo on row #1. The new box on row #2 fades in the sea of overloaded CG box artworks;

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01/21/2011 08:34 PM (UTC)
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Look at this; All I see is the dragon logo on row #1. The new box on row #2 fades in the sea of overloaded CG box artworks;



/THREAD
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01/21/2011 08:37 PM (UTC)
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Thibideau Wrote:
Hooky-Fooky Wrote:
Oh no! What a travesty! Another Sub-Zero and Scorpion product! This is the final straw! Why can't others be on the cover? Why must they put their two biggest marketing products on the cover? WHY OH WHY EDIT:
SubMan799 Wrote:
Looking good. Love the Kratos trolling on the PS3 cover


Yes, I can see it now. Kids oblivious to MK will see that and go apeshit.


Um I never said anything about wanting my favorite characters on the box-art. I simply made the point that other fighting games include various characters on their covers while MK fans always get Sub and Scorp, which is boring. So you can stop the troll posts because they're not going to get you anywhere.

The only vaild argument I've heard for Sub/Scorp on the cover is "They're the MK poster boys!". Which brings me back to the point why? Look at SSF4, Ryu and Chun li are the two big characters on the cover but a lesser known character like Dudley is there as well. MvC3's cover is packed with lesser known characters.

I guess my over all point is, yeah they're the biggest names in Mortal kombat, I just don't give two shits anymore. They were interesting when the game was announced, but after months and months of Sub/Scorp content I just don't care and would've prefered something different.

I love how people keep throwing words in my mouth that I wanted my favorites on the cover. I would never in a million years expect to see Stryker or Sheeva on a Mortal kombat cover. I just said that given the choice between seeing blurry magazine scans of a recently announced character, or more Sub-zero content, I'm ten times more excited for the blurry magazine pics.


I really doubt shoving more characters onto a cover makes it any better.
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01/21/2011 08:52 PM (UTC)
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Thibideau Wrote:
Hooky-Fooky Wrote:
Oh no! What a travesty! Another Sub-Zero and Scorpion product! This is the final straw! Why can't others be on the cover? Why must they put their two biggest marketing products on the cover? WHY OH WHY EDIT:
SubMan799 Wrote:
Looking good. Love the Kratos trolling on the PS3 cover


Yes, I can see it now. Kids oblivious to MK will see that and go apeshit.


Um I never said anything about wanting my favorite characters on the box-art. I simply made the point that other fighting games include various characters on their covers while MK fans always get Sub and Scorp, which is boring. So you can stop the troll posts because they're not going to get you anywhere.

The only vaild argument I've heard for Sub/Scorp on the cover is "They're the MK poster boys!". Which brings me back to the point why? Look at SSF4, Ryu and Chun li are the two big characters on the cover but a lesser known character like Dudley is there as well. MvC3's cover is packed with lesser known characters.

I guess my over all point is, yeah they're the biggest names in Mortal kombat, I just don't give two shits anymore. They were interesting when the game was announced, but after months and months of Sub/Scorp content I just don't care and would've prefered something different.

I love how people keep throwing words in my mouth that I wanted my favorites on the cover. I would never in a million years expect to see Stryker or Sheeva on a Mortal kombat cover. I just said that given the choice between seeing blurry magazine scans of a recently announced character, or more Sub-zero content, I'm ten times more excited for the blurry magazine pics.


Quite defensive. My post made no mention to you or any of your posts, but you felt the need to take mine out and respond to it. Whatever man, if you consider it a "TROLL POST" then why take time to respond?
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01/21/2011 08:52 PM (UTC)
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JAX007 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
JAX007 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
LucaTurilli Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
Toxik Wrote:
Ugly and boring. sleep


Having the dragon logo by itself isn't any better. Try picking that cover out on a game shelf. Nothing about it catches your eye.


Cept the big dragon symbol.


Yeah, the dragon symbol squashed between two other games that could much more eye catching covers.


VERY few other game have a logo as iconic and recognizable as the MK dragon logo...Its legendary.


Sure, but is that going to stand out on a shelf with other games by itself? Nobody here is going to pass the game by on a shelf at Gamestop or Best Buy, or Amazon. But the marketing for this game really isn't trying to target us, is it?


Look at this; All I see is the dragon logo on row #1. The new box on row #2 fades in the sea of overloaded CG box artworks;



Kay, now look at just the bottom row.

Does the dragon not stand out, as well as Scorpion and Sub-Zero?
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01/21/2011 08:54 PM (UTC)
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JAX007 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
JAX007 Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
LucaTurilli Wrote:
SmokeNc-017 Wrote:
Toxik Wrote:
Ugly and boring. sleep


Having the dragon logo by itself isn't any better. Try picking that cover out on a game shelf. Nothing about it catches your eye.


Cept the big dragon symbol.


Yeah, the dragon symbol squashed between two other games that could much more eye catching covers.


VERY few other game have a logo as iconic and recognizable as the MK dragon logo...Its legendary.


Sure, but is that going to stand out on a shelf with other games by itself? Nobody here is going to pass the game by on a shelf at Gamestop or Best Buy, or Amazon. But the marketing for this game really isn't trying to target us, is it?


Look at this; All I see is the dragon logo on row #1. The new box on row #2 fades in the sea of overloaded CG box artworks;



Oh come on man, that proves nothing. For one, you are saying all you see is that logo....which is making it the first thing we see as well. Two, youre posting this on a MK board so of course the dragon logo is going to pop out at us.

I am going to once again ask, whats the big deal here? Its not like our favorite characters are on the cover having gay sex. ITS BOXART....it will in no way effect the game we are all going to enjoy.

Some of you people have this sense of entitlement that is over the top. We are getting all kinds of content to look at and take in. And we are still a bit away from release. But everytime some new piece of information is released you nitpick and express your outrage. THE GIRL IN RED IS FAT!!

You act like were monkeys staring at pretty colors
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01/21/2011 09:02 PM (UTC)
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I never thought I'd say this but... I'm sick of sub and scorpion! I wouldn't have minded their attention because their my favs but changing the dragon logo to them is to much.... Ill be getting the kollectors edition will the box art be different?
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01/21/2011 09:03 PM (UTC)
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Hey I like the box, this is no outrage. Just illustrating how a simple cover can stand out from the typical artworks out there. That is all.
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01/21/2011 09:11 PM (UTC)
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The "outrage" comment was directed towards all the people on here constantly complaining whenever we get new content to look at.

But I still stand by what i said regarding the picture you posted. That proves nothing putting them side by side. Then saying "The first thing that pops out to ME" is the MK logo.

Who cares....I cant wait for this game. Screw the case that I will look at hardly ever.
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01/21/2011 09:15 PM (UTC)
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JAX007 Wrote:
Hey I like the box, this is no outrage. Just illustrating how a simple cover can stand out from the typical artworks out there. That is all.


You're expecting coherence. Tisk tisk tisk.
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01/21/2011 09:17 PM (UTC)
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Sooo happy about the release date announcement!! Something concrete to look forward to, finally. The way I look at it, just 2 more months to go! And since March is PAX East and we'll likely get a lot of footage, it makes the wait seem that much more tolerable tongue

And I am gonna jump on the already-overflowing bandwagon of fans who threw up at the computer screen at the sight of the boxarts. I understand their often overstated need to go after casual fans using the two more recognizable MK characters, but it greatly bothers me that this act is sacrificial toward us more hardcore fans, who have to take this barrage for their sake. We're not just finding out about MK all over again. We're not in awe of the cool ninjas with fire and ice powers. We're choking on them, while struggling with the curiosity of how the various other characters are being treated and portrayed. It's frustrating. It's very frustrating. And at this point, I would pay extra for a cover without these two douches.

In closing, this:

Thibideau Wrote:Yeah big tickets, not the only tickets. Did you see the cover art for SSFIV or MvC3? Both had the "Star" characters on it, but also featured lesser known characters. I don't see why Mortal Kombat ALWAYS focuses around the same two characters when other fighting games, with worse plot lines, seem to manage to spread the lime light around some.

I wouldn't be such a stick in the mud about this if we hadn't already been bombarded with Sub-zero and Scorpion info, renders, gameplay, Story trailers, fatality trailers, and knowning we get Sub-zero and Scorpion figures with the Kollector's edition.

The view of the characters is so slanted towards those two that when we get more new Sub-zero and Scorpion info, I find myself not caring. I would rather see a blurry magazine scan of Sindel or Jade, then see some more drawn out Scorpion/Sub-zero content.

Not saying this to start a debate, just wanted to get it off my chest. /rant
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01/21/2011 09:19 PM (UTC)
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Pretty lame artwork. You'd think with going back to a simple title, they'd stick to simple box art as well.

JAX007 Wrote:
Look at this; All I see is the dragon logo on row #1. The new box on row #2 fades in the sea of overloaded CG box artworks;



Also, this.
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Cliffhanger
01/21/2011 09:22 PM (UTC)
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If you don't like this new cover, then here's an idea! Find a high quality custom cover with the Dragon logo, print it, then replace it. I'm sure someone at CDcovers is already planning to do that, like me... smile
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01/21/2011 09:23 PM (UTC)
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Yea The dragon logo alone would have epic

But this is Ok

Because you people need to realize the reason for it, these are the 2 most iconic characters of MK so people will recognize them and the "play as Kratos" shit may have took it a bit far but I can understand.

See, but who gives a fuck about the cover as long as the actual game is good, is that matters

But seriously they could of made the cover way with scorpion and sub zero like a badass scene, this looks shitty, but Mortal Kombat is known for shitty covers with shitty games in them.

No, but this game is gonna rock my world

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GlockXIII
01/21/2011 09:25 PM (UTC)
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not the worst cover I've seen, but it'll do.
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01/21/2011 09:27 PM (UTC)
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Never thought I'd see boxart create such a divide in fans. Shit's intense lol. Be happy though, I mean they could've gone the route of putting Kratos .. on .. the .. cov....fuck. Well at least there are no unwanted guest characters on the 360 version. Boxart looks top notch to me personally
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01/21/2011 09:29 PM (UTC)
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Sooo happy about the release date announcement!! Something concrete to look forward to, finally. The way I look at it, just 2 more months to go! And since March is PAX East and we'll likely get a lot of footage, it makes the wait seem that much more tolerable tongue

And I am gonna jump on the already-overflowing bandwagon of fans who threw up at the computer screen at the sight of the boxarts. I understand their often overstated need to go after casual fans using the two more recognizable MK characters, but it greatly bothers me that this act is sacrificial toward us more hardcore fans, who have to take this barrage for their sake. We're not just finding out about MK all over again. We're not in awe of the cool ninjas with fire and ice powers. We're choking on them, while struggling with the curiosity of how the various other characters are being treated and portrayed. It's frustrating. It's very frustrating. And at this point, I would pay extra for a cover without these two douches.

In closing, this:

Thibideau Wrote:Yeah big tickets, not the only tickets. Did you see the cover art for SSFIV or MvC3? Both had the "Star" characters on it, but also featured lesser known characters. I don't see why Mortal Kombat ALWAYS focuses around the same two characters when other fighting games, with worse plot lines, seem to manage to spread the lime light around some.

I wouldn't be such a stick in the mud about this if we hadn't already been bombarded with Sub-zero and Scorpion info, renders, gameplay, Story trailers, fatality trailers, and knowning we get Sub-zero and Scorpion figures with the Kollector's edition.

The view of the characters is so slanted towards those two that when we get more new Sub-zero and Scorpion info, I find myself not caring. I would rather see a blurry magazine scan of Sindel or Jade, then see some more drawn out Scorpion/Sub-zero content.

Not saying this to start a debate, just wanted to get it off my chest. /rant


This is exactly what im talking about. But apparently I am too incoherent to read....tisk tisk

This guy is willing to pay more for a game that has a different box. Describing himself as throwing up on the computer screen because of the cover art. This may just be me being INCOHERENT again...but this looks like outrage to me.

If this conversation was about a particular character getting excluded from the game, or someone not having a certain move. I might jump on board and be upset myself. But we are talking about a plastic box here, a box that holds the game that will most likely stay in your system for quite awhile. Are you planning on turning it into a poster? Is it going to be your next christmas card? What exactly is the big deal here?
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01/21/2011 09:35 PM (UTC)
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I'm thinking the only reason they put Scorp and Sub on the cover was because Kratos would look really awkward and out of place all by himself.
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