this is getting old now really

[antoj]

it seems like wherever it is my collection gets posted there is always someone that doesn't get it. i can see not getting collecting but ... idk people.

take this comment i got on deviantART:

... Why throw away money on different regional versions? Different cover, ok, but that you could easily find on the internet and print.

there is a lot of things i could have said to this. a lot. "just printing it" isn't the same. it won't be the same quality, not to mention you can't even find decent size scans of most of the covers anyway. maybe for PAL/NA but probs not for japan...and probably not the inside of the insert, or the manual.

not to mention i don't even have a printer.

i replied with this though:

I'll "throw my money away" on whatever I damn well please. :U

There is more to regional copies than just the cover, and there is more to being a collector than just "throwing money away". Everyone's got a hobby.

that's right.

there is really no point in trying to explain these things to people sometimes. lol. at least this person says it to me and not on a forum where they don't think i'll find it. :D

ah, also the artbook isn't coming out in August... I expected as much because I hadn't seen any news from the publisher yet and August is fast approaching. Amazon changed the date to Dec 6th 2011...which if that is the date is funny because its the same day the comic collective book is coming out. At least I get more infamoose at the end of the year then, eh? lol my christmas gifts to myself. :b

also gives me more time to save up money for it all :3

tl;dr: collecting is srs bsns and infamous is my life.

Comments

[kyogres.livejournal.com]

I think that response is fine. I get the whole "collecting different versions" aspect, and have even considered doing it with Fire Emblem... but the covers are so similar that it wouldn't make much difference.

[antoj.livejournal.com]

Yea, see! Other collectors usually get these things (even if they don't collect the same things... XD) idk. The regional inFAMOUS copies (especially inFAMOUS 2) covers are so different...and most of the time when I actually get the game I find other differences as well... the japanese release's manual was so ridiculously colorful inside, for example.

Also, about fire emblem... maybe you should try getting another regional copy. :b If the cover is even a little different you might find more differences when you get the game and can compare disc art and manuals. Even my inFAMOUS vs inFAMOUS greatest hits (US reprint, pretty much) has different disc artwork. :o

[kyogres.livejournal.com]

The problem with FE (at least, FE 9 and 10, which are my favorites) is that the box art is almost exactly the same, minus the placement of the text.

English box art
Japanese box art

I haven't checked other countries, but I'm guessing they're the same since I've never seen a different cover.

Though, come to think of it, don't even have the English cover. There was only one Gamestop in my city that had the game, and they said "sorry, we lost the case". So they gave me an empty PS2 case instead.

[antoj.livejournal.com]

Hmm... but you never know if the inside will be different too? Judging by my inFAMOUS releases, the NA release book is black and white, but the japanese one is full color and has different art inside it. :U THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN THERE???

tbh I'm not sure why sony game covers vary so much. ._. This is pretty typical for their releases...