I can't research it at the moment, but I want to say that was a common thing in the pre-NES days, and I think Nintendo required actual gameplay graphics to be shown on the box because of that.

Could be off on the specifics, but I do vaguely recall those kinds of non-representative box art having some controversy.

[–] TexasDrunk 32 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Mega Man would like a word.

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Just look at that sexy bastard.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Mind you, that was only American artwork. Original Japanese:

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