Box art roundup (12th - 18th of April)

This is a Kodak moment, people. There's really not much to complain about in the PAL section this week, with the exception of Kidz Sports Crazy Mini Golf. Why not replace the 'S' with a 'Z' on 'sports', too? Why not put a Z on the end of everything? Popcorn Arcade is proud to present Kidz Sportz Crazyz Miniz GolfzzzZZZZZZZZZzz. Where's the crazy? Where's the mini golf? The box completely fails. I think it fills my bowels with rage.

I guess it shouldn't be surprising a Dragonology game is on its way. The books spawned a board game, card card and a whole slew of toys. As the title and box art may suggest, it's all about elephants on their quest to find Carmen Sandiego. Good luck! Let's Tap is making my eyes excited, I have to squint as I scroll past. Sports Island 2 is keeping with Hudson's rather... dull theme. The original game and Job Island had the exact same layout. I mean yeah, it shows everything you can do, but it could use more car chases and explosions.


Wow, SpeedZone's box art is straight out of the mid-90's, with its badly rendered 'this is what the future of racing is like!' Remember POD? It's so POD. Archer MacLean is behind the game, creator of titles such as Mercury Meltdown and International Karate (C64). Amusingly, it'll support up to eight players via split screen. That'd be awesome on a 34cm TV.

There's already a game on the Wii called Ultimate Duck Hunting, and it too has a hilariously awful box art. I'm guessing this is simply a case of ZOO picking up the publishing rights. The duck's right there, stupid! At least he won't get crushed by his own dog anymore.

Ubisoft's decided to rename Anno for America, so now we have Dawn of Discovery discovering the Slimer Edition of Ghostbusters. Waaait a second... WHAT ARE THOSE TWO KIDS DOING WITHOUT THEIR SPACE HELMETS? Oh God, Space Camp promotes suicide. This is the hardcore you've been waiting for.


That's a box set of the Duel Master anime. It's hard to tell, at first I thought it was Garfield and Friends. The DSvision was a failed experiment, but it looks like Nintendo's keen to try and revive it. First you have to buy the DSvision adaptor, which is a regular DS cartridge with a mini-SD slot. Then you buy movies and such that slot in, or you can even download content with Nintendo Points.

Ju-on is nice and happy. The back of the box has a unicorn shooting rainbows out of its eyes. Higurashi's cover confuses me a tad. It's the third visual novel for the DS, based on a series known for its rather disturbing content. What with all the death and everything. Oh well. Two Fushigi Yuugi DS boxes, one game! It's a bit like Pokémon, but nothing like it at all.

It's time to get a Bubble-o-Bill ice cream, see you next we... eeeaaaaauuugghh!