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The artist behind this box art
The box art of The Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance was done by Joe Roth.
Get more details from Mobygames.
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Look at all these variants
Gameroom Ramblings shared a post where he wondered why some games have different box art and well, that's a good question.
My latest purchase [...] made me wonder once again why publishers in different regions decided that different box art was needed.
Me, I have of course also come across variants too. We're not talking about small layout shifts here, those are often necessary due to translated names and tag lines as well as to make space for huge USK labels, but completely different art. Here's a couple of examples from my shelf:
For some, I do like the European variant a bit more (e.g. MDK), while others, I definitely prefer the US take (e.g. Last Ninja 2) but all in all, they all have their own reasons to exist. Looking at my sample, one major reason might just come down to having different publishers with a different line-up of games to cater and — like in the case of Epxy — their own style to follow and also marketing trying to match whatever's cool with the kids right now in their part of the world.
As a collector, I am, like GR, happy knowing that there's more than just the one box art out there, waiting to be stumbled upon and put onto my shelf.
Poster thingy
Here's a #C64 thingy thanks to procrastinating and seeing some of my textures being used for real bad looking 3D mockups: A quick & dirty Last Ninja poster... or so. Definitely not perfect.

Ad
Got myself a Last Ninja 2 "poster" via eBay and by "poster" I mean it's a two-page ad that was cut-out from a mag 🙃
Anyway, attached, a scan

Awww... the VC
WiiU > Wii > VirtualConsole > C64 = ðŸ˜

Video game Posters and maps
Scanning and uploading boxes is one thing, adding high-res scans of posters and maps another as stitching and sometimes a lot of cleaning up is needed. Nonetheless, I try to add those bits of memorabilia too.
The uploads are available in the Information tab of the game in question and via my Google Drive.







































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