Star Ocean box art splits the world in two

Posted Sep 12th 2008 9:33AM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Star Ocean

The US box art for the upcoming PSP Star Ocean remakes are surprisingly void of anime characters. Instead, Square Enix USA has opted to go for something a bit more subtle: cracking the world in half. Like those friendship rings of yesteryear, buying both First Departure and Second Evolution and putting them together creates a whole image. As the Square Enix blog says, "How can you own one and not the other?"

[Thanks. T.J. F.!]

Tags: first-departure, second-evolution, square-enix, star-ocean

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

9-12-2008 @ 10:02AM

anders said...

"how can you own one and not the other?"

i think i'll just own neither and solve that problem

9-12-2008 @ 12:58PM

ZeroCorpse said...

Hear! Hear!

I can live without having a single JRPG in my collection. I got sick of them sometime around Ys Book 1 & 2.

9-13-2008 @ 2:32AM

aj said...

And I have no intention of ever buying God of War or Madden.

Different strokes for different folks, as the saying says.

9-12-2008 @ 10:07AM

Alien said...

Wow... that actually looks cool :D But tbh the only one I want is the First Departure...

9-12-2008 @ 10:18AM

daniel-kun said...

Haha nice move, will definitely force some fanboys to buy both although they don't really want to :-)

9-12-2008 @ 10:54AM

edhc44 said...

Have you even played SO2? I believe if you had, you'd be one of the "fanboys" you're talking about...

9-12-2008 @ 12:12PM

Jerry said...

That's some pretty good marketing right there.

9-12-2008 @ 10:39AM

112358 said...

that's actually pretty cool!

9-12-2008 @ 12:02PM

josearoldan said...

ah so many hours lost playing star ocean 2, I will definitely buy both games, since I loved the second one so much and never bought the first one....

9-12-2008 @ 12:03PM

josearoldan said...

for the record I know the first one wasnt available on the US... but I seen people play it on emulators....

9-12-2008 @ 2:17PM

CitizenGeek said...

I was planning on buying both anyway - but this is a nicde bonus!

9-12-2008 @ 2:32PM

merc25 said...

I gave up on the series after SO3, I know SO4 will out do it's predecessor it atrociousness. Even though these are repackings(tweaking the sprite colors and adding more animated cutscenes doesn't make it a remake) of the first two games, SE can't reel me into buying them(especially with their standard inflated prices, because they think they're hot ****).

9-12-2008 @ 2:46PM

Makoto99 said...

I don't remember reading about it, but are they doing a new translation for Star Ocean 2, or is it the same original, craptastic translation from the PS days? I'm hoping for a new one personally, but I already have them preordered either way.

Also the box art looks cool... I like it.

9-14-2008 @ 9:17PM

omar said...

they are. type in second evolution on youtube.

9-12-2008 @ 3:46PM

-Jad- said...

I'm going a buy late after buy my new PSP.

9-12-2008 @ 4:33PM

omar said...

well i plan on buying both. people say US doesnt get alot of psp games compared to japan, which is true, but here comes a game and im gonna support it. But October is so far away...

9-12-2008 @ 5:43PM

Ashe said...

Awesome box art! Looking forward to playing both.

9-13-2008 @ 2:35AM

aj said...

That's actually pretty nice box art.

Well, I had already decided to pick up both of them way back when I first heard they were coming out, so this is just a nice bonus.

9-13-2008 @ 6:06AM

Duff_B said...

Nooo! Not more anime-styled RPG...

Sorry, I know that some American and European gamers like the style, but this actually puts me off games. Please, Sony and third party developers, give us more western style RPGs!?

9-13-2008 @ 9:01AM

TJF588 said...

On the flip-side, I find Western-style stuff to feature primarily bulky builds and countenances. Would you know of any games that hav something of a best-of middle ground between the styles?

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