Cover Art Localization: Jack Bros

With the recent discovery of new "alternate boxart" for Catherine games have been all in a fuss. Thankfully it was diffused when Atlus said this truly was just a different cover that would be available in certain places if people want it. All of this Catherine cover talk reminded me of another Atlus game that unfortunately had  quite the cover change when moving from east to west.

Here we have the adorable Japanese cover. The "Snow Jack" character became the unofficial mascot for Atlus through his mascot status in the Megami Tensei series (like Prinny for NIS). With such a cute appearance on a cover like this, it's easy to see why! Snow Jack's brothers are apparently the skeleton and pumpkin head but they don't get to appreciate much time in the limelight beyond this game. 

Oh America, what have you done? You turned a perfectly adorable set of Jack brothers into these monstrosities! It looks extremely Halloween-y and there's not an ounce of cuteness to be found. What even happened to Jack Frost? Is he there behind the logo? I don't know about you, but that doesn't look like a snowman as much as it looks like a somewhat muscular, naked man with boots.