Author Topic: Cover requests for GBA games (UK, retail)  (Read 459 times)

April 15, 2017, 11:02:23 AM
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Tangocow

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All Game Boy Advance
All retail
All UK

A couple of these games already have European covers, but I'm assuming those are different, given that some other games have both listed separately? (If not, please be patient with me - I'm new to this and very anxious not to annoy anyone!)

My partner and I have just moved home and are trying to organise our GBA collection (on top of all the other work we have to do!), so thanks very much to anyone who can help out with these - hugely appreciated :)

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templar
ChuChu Rocket!
Columns Crown
Crash Bandicoot XS
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Doom
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Sega Smash Pack
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Battle
Sonic Pinball Party
Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace
Super Bust-a-Move
Super Mario Advance
Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 3
Super Mario Advance 4
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Wario Land 4
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April 15, 2017, 12:02:16 PM
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Generally speaking UK versions are the same as EU versions, as after all U.K. Is part of the EU........for now. 😉

April 15, 2017, 02:35:38 PM
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A couple of these games already have European covers, but I'm assuming those are different, given that some other games have both listed separately?

No, that is not the case!  :)

To this day european games are usually published in only ONE of three ways:

EITHER there is only one uniform "european" version with multiple languages on the box (english, german, french, dutch, spanish, italian), that is the same in every country.
OR each country gets their own version with only their own language on the box.
OR each region gets their own version with 1 or 2 languages on the box.

There might only be very few exceptions.

Donkey Kong Country (1-3), Super Mario Advance (1-4) and Mario Kart Super Circuit were all published as multi-language "european" version.
They don't have dedicated UK english only version. So the covers, that are already on the site, are in fact the correct covers, that were sold in the UK.  ;)


April 17, 2017, 10:58:49 AM
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A couple of these games already have European covers, but I'm assuming those are different, given that some other games have both listed separately?

No, that is not the case!  :)

To this day european games are usually published in only ONE of three ways:

EITHER there is only one uniform "european" version with multiple languages on the box (english, german, french, dutch, spanish, italian), that is the same in every country.
OR each country gets their own version with only their own language on the box.
OR each region gets their own version with 1 or 2 languages on the box.

There might only be very few exceptions.

Donkey Kong Country (1-3), Super Mario Advance (1-4) and Mario Kart Super Circuit were all published as multi-language "european" version.
They don't have dedicated UK english only version. So the covers, that are already on the site, are in fact the correct covers, that were sold in the UK.  ;)



Ah, great! Thanks for that, very much appreciated  :)

As I say, I tend to be very ignorant about this sort of thing, so it's good to hear I can save a bit of time on those ones!

April 20, 2017, 11:27:25 AM
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A couple of these games already have European covers, but I'm assuming those are different, given that some other games have both listed separately?

No, that is not the case!  :)

To this day european games are usually published in only ONE of three ways:

EITHER there is only one uniform "european" version with multiple languages on the box (english, german, french, dutch, spanish, italian), that is the same in every country.
OR each country gets their own version with only their own language on the box.
OR each region gets their own version with 1 or 2 languages on the box.

There might only be very few exceptions.

Donkey Kong Country (1-3), Super Mario Advance (1-4) and Mario Kart Super Circuit were all published as multi-language "european" version.
They don't have dedicated UK english only version. So the covers, that are already on the site, are in fact the correct covers, that were sold in the UK.  ;)



Come to think of it, is that why their instruction manuals are much larger? I always used to wonder...

June 02, 2017, 04:03:53 PM
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Just to say that I have three more requests to add (same format as the others), and that's definitely it :)

Sonic Battle
Sonic Pinball Party
Wario Land 4

I've updated the original list to include these. Thanks very much!

June 02, 2017, 05:37:23 PM
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I recreated the EU version of Wario Land 4 a while ago.
It is already on the site:

-> http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=15847

Again, there is no standalone UK version, only this multi-language cover.  :)

I also recreated the US version.
You could make a custom "UK" version by combining the front of the EU cover, with the english-only backside of the US cover.

-> http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11846.msg197912#msg197912