The Art of Box Art - Scott The Woz 

i was gonna become a serial killer but then i watched this video and now i'm a doctor. thanks, scott! 8.5/10

Scott: This is a message to all serial killers, STOP! *_Murder rate drops to 0%_*

Fun Fact: The Resident Evil 4 box art is not a 3D render of Leon, it's an actual drawing by Toshiaki Mori. It's just INSANELY convincing if you never look too closely.

I'd like to see graphic designers' early box art designs. See what their vision was before the marketing execs got to it.

Hey, um... So there's this girl... And, umm... *Mega Man 1 Box Art*

The best box art is the one thats on all those pre owned Game Stop cases

It’s been three years and I still don’t know how many games are in n-sane trilogy

Fun Fact: The Sonic R ending image was originally going to be both the Box Art and TItle Screen, but was removed as it'd spoil Metal Sonic being an unlockable character...why didn't they just edit him out?

Casuals: Nintendo Labo Intellectuals: *_Box Art_*

Thank you Scott I’ll stop serial killing now

When Scott mentioned the Spider-Man cover being bad my mind instantly went to trying to fix it. My main idea is him sitting on a rooftop eating a sandwich with New York visible behind him, Empire State Building, Central Park, and Oscorp visible in the background. Just imagine it. It sounds great imo

How to fix the Spider-Man Box Art: Scenic shot of New York City instead of the red background

Scott: This is a message to all serial killers, STOP! Well boys, we did it. Murder is no more

This just in; Serial killer rate drops to 0%. "Some guy online told me to stop and I felt bad." -Alleged Serial Killer

Fire Emblem Awakening has some of the best box art of the 3DS era. It's one of the few box arts I see parodied from time to time the art is that good. It is both memorable and symbolic of the game's content plus there is some cool attention to detail such as Kellam's face being covered in every rendition. (A running gag is Awakening is that Kellam is this giant dude but nobody notices him when he is in the room.)

i love how no one is talking about the actual video, they're just talking about the anti-serial killer speech

Scott is able to upload quality videos once a week, scott you are a legend

I've been a serial killer for 14 years now, committing over 40 murders. I now have finally changed my ways, all thanks to you Scott. Thank you so much.

Imagine being an artist in any medium working on a video game. You spend months designing something or a year composing a soundtrack only to be told it’s not art. Soul crushing.

Scott should’ve mentioned the New Vegas box art, and the differences between the standard edition and the ultimate edition. The standard edition does that same “guy with gun” thing as any fps while the city of new Vegas takes a backseat to the ranger who is staring into the camera with a gun in his hand. In the ultimate edition, the city is the main focus, shining bright and towering into the sky while the ranger stands to the side and looks on into the city. The ultimate edition gives a much better representation of the game’s themes and style.

This channel is a piece of art.

Ya know, I used to like Scott, but then he said that thing about serial killers. I can't believe he got political like that.

I like how Scott actually kept that WarioWorld picture in his game room and it wasn't just for a quick gag.

American Box Arts : Where making covers look edgy and cool is absolute tradition.

I don't really like Scott The Woz's channel art. There's just WAY too much blue.

Ah yes, the art of boxing, my favorite.

It would seem that Insomniac is actually going to do the "similar covers for every game in the series" thing for Spider-Man and it could end up looking quite nice once they get to three or four installments in the franchise.

All that box art needs to be good is: 1. A nice layout 2. Luigi

As of now, Scott is the gaming community’s best role model

Remember when Scott was super underrated? Well, the times have truly changed.

"yeah that looks like a golf"

*fades into Donkey Kong Country* "...we reach an ugly era of box art." Scott, I like you, so imma let you live this time.

I'm surprised Scott did not bring up the greatest box art in video game history... Madden 08

Sonic 06's cover shows Sonic running away Even he hated this game

9:10 Scott I agree with you 110% because of one thing: Doom Eternal’s box art Holy crap on a biscuit Doom Eternal has one of the most kickass and beautiful box art pieces of all gaming! It shows that the Doom 2016 box art was just done to help people get back into Doom, and once Doom was back on top they decided to get crazy! And it worked

The creators of the old video game boxes: what’s your favorite idea, mine is being creative

Now you just need to do box arts older brother chad DISC ART

I think that the old Doom’s cover art is one of the greatest cover arts ever.

Pac-Man was definitely art in it's code. Each of the ghosts had it's own "personality" - ie, routine based on your actions - which you might never have noticed once the game started.

I've heard the word art enough that it doesn't feel like a real word now

Basically if Scott the woz made nakey jakeys video on this.

I didn't know my doom had a second art on the back so I litterally while the video was playing switched the cover

9:21 Scott complimented Kingdom Hearts I can die in peace now

“While North America can have some great box-art..” *shows Kingdom Hearts 3 Thank you for also seeing this Scott.

Scott you are Z tier. Make a video on how it feels.

Box Art : *exists* Gamestop : time to end this man's whole career

One of the best pieces of videogame box art imo is the cover of Blue Reflection: Second Light, it was the sole reason why I got it and it turned out to be such an amazing game. It still remains one of my favorite covers of any piece of media.

Im guessing its cheaper to whip up a few character models in photoshop then to pay an artist to draw out an orginal drawing based on the game. That could be the reason for the change

The Art of Box Art Also known as Box Art Art

Scott The Woz Box Art Japan: A Logo that WhaddupNico drew America: “Oh, just throw his face in there.”

Sometimes I feel like his parents are just video games and he was raised by a house full of consoles and went to school at E3

0:09 I don’t see a wario world box art I see a beautiful painting of a pretty lady

"Box Art isn't real art" Y'all out here buying blank white canvases calling it the new Mona Lisa

STOP - Scott talking about serial killers Give this man a Nobel peace prize

Whenever I see the "Remember me" box art I go "oh yeah, I forgot about that one"

4:06 notice how all of these games were made by the same company

Man, this guy can be persuasive. Like I was gonna kill 5 people tonight but now I might only kill 2.

My favourite Alternate Box Art is Super Mario 3D Land's. It’s nice seeing the Simplicity of the Characters and Enemies in Red Outlines. Though the normal Box Art is quite nice too.

I used to think the doom box art was actually metroid!

Sonic Mania: THIS GAME IS AMAZING Sonic Forces: Oh god this game is bad Sonic the Hedgehog Movie: 18:19

True box art is the replacement GameStop cases for the used games

11:50 that is actually a pretty good box art

8:13 The fact that Troy Baker voiced both of these characters makes this extra funny

Ooh, an early Wozniak episode! Truly a great Sunday night!

Me: Look mom I drew something on my Mario paint!!! Mom: Oh that’s nice honey what is it? Me: A *Wii U*

That TLOU music really gave me memories! It was just playing in my head...even tho it was only a picture of the box art

I feel like any idiot, I always thought it was weird that the insides have art, didn't realize it was supposed to be reversible 😂

Hey Scott all here we still need top 10 L buttons

Hey ya'll! Z tier. -Videogamedunkey

When it comes to Bioshock covers I personally think The Collection cover is the best. It's simple, thematic and represents all the games.

0:35 that swing is super satisfying

I used to be a serial killer... but then I watched Scott the woz.

Scott: Stop! Me: Looks at my Bowl of Fruity Pebbles. Me: Never!

Personally I think Fire Emblem: Awakening has one of the best box art. Simple background, with multiple characters in striking poses, and A LOT of meaning. I mean after you play the game you realize the two swords are parallel and Kellam is covered up. The art references the game itself 😂

11:07 and that somebody is me! ill take that boxart anyday over the sandpaper-looking japan/europe one!

You should've talked about steelbook cases. They usually come with radically different art

US/JP Link: "This is gonna be an epic quest!" EU Link: "You expect me to go through this shit?"

BotW and Twilight Princess are two of the best games ever, and have wonderful box art depicting it in addition.

Probably won't read this, but at 6:17 you said take an in-game model and spruce it up while showing the Street Fighter V box art, but that box art is a drawing by professional artist Stanley Lau, aka ArtGerm. He's done a decent amount of work with Capcom doing promotional images for their fighting games, such as the character art for SF3:Third Strike Online Edition and Darkstalkers Resurrection being the more notable examples.

Me: I’m bored Subscription page: A new Scott the Woz video Me: My boredom has been fixed by Scott (as always)

Just started watching the video, and i hope you're praising Madden 08's box art here EDIT: *you've sinned*

4:20 - Oml, yes. Atari box art: *10/10, honestly.* As much flack as Atari gets, and believe me, all justified, you can't deny that the box art for a ton of the games on that system were honestly mind blowing. If you blow up the often small box art you can see that Atari is one of the systems whose library has one of, if not the best and most consistent box art in gaming history, and it's literally never brought up unless it's to make a joke about how bad the games are in comparison. I would argue Atari had better art than modern box art in consistency personally. So much more variety than just "dude with gun in front of title" x30. It's clear that many developers for the Atari put a lot of time in that art which was often used for full page ads as well in order to help people imagine what their games were supposed to look like, I mean look at the "Asteroids" cover. Holy crap. I love the painterly feel, a ton of them look like movie posters which adds a strange kind of weight to them in a mainstream kind of way. Like you could hang that art up on the wall as a poster and it doesn't scream "this is a box art for a video game on my wall". There is a real artistry put into many of them. Other highlights you should look up: "Space Invaders", "Gravitar", and "Mario Bros" for the Atari 2600. All insanely good for absolutely no reason, the Mario one for me a contender for the best Mario game box art. Honestly interesting to take a certain thing about video games and ask what system and it's library did it best. The size of packaging, the manuals, the extra stuff. That's where outliers can shine, consoles that usually get sort of pushed aside. A good idea for conversation that isn't really had that much. The games on Atari, though.. uuuh.... I dont wanna piss of AtariAge people, so let's just say, they are _rough_ if you aren't used to them. I like me some Kaboom though, that game is really addicting. Activision should remake it.

A good box art for Spider-Man PS4 would be him crouching on the Empire State Building overlooking the city facing away kinda like botw

I like the European art for BotW, it looks like Link is inviting you to come along to the adventure.

the mega man box art makes me moist

You can tell Scott recorded several videos in a row when pepto is in the background.

18:18 Scott: STOP My ear drums: *Explodes*

The ending joke is one of your best

Hey i like the cover of Thief, it looks like he's going to steal the logo.

9:47 That is American Kirby, and he is HARDCORE.

Scott told me to stop, but I'm not gonna stop till every cereal box is crossed off my list!

so you're telling me Wii Play and Wii Music box art aren't telling you that an emotional story will be told?

My favorite box art is the Persona 5 box art. Plus the GTA games have a cool box art format.

I’ve seen someone comment that he looks like all the Spider-Man actors fused together

I love how he can talk about the boxes themselves 3x longer than the art on them

So glad to see Scott taking a stand against Serial Killers. He is an inspiration to us all

imo the box art is one of the most important part of the game, you want someone to look at it and say “that looks cool”

Thanks for this video, I have two games that need covers since they have the standard pre-owned Gamestop cover.

as a student in graphic design thank you this will help me greatly with my work

Next time on Scott The Woz: Video Game Cases.