The Japanese box art for Heavy Rain, featuring a nose and mouth barely staying above water, is probably the most sinister and mysterious out of all the regions. Andriasang has posted all three images in succession for comparison. No word yet if the Japanese art will be available online to print like the European cover -- but that would only seem fair, right? (Come on, play along.)
It'll be interesting to see how the game does across the oceans, with the European and Japanese covers lacking a certain marketing appeal that's quite prominent in the North American cover. Heavy Rain will try to grab attention with its box art -- and whatever else it has at its disposal -- when it releases later next month.
Reader Comments (21)
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 11:34AM s ls said
yeah I'm happy with the wet boob cover for NA
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 3:27PM kentuckyfried said
JPN cover = worst cover of all the 3 now.
It's the nose that knows!
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It's the nose that knows!
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 11:50AM (Unverified) said
It's funny, I've seen a half dozen news reports on Joystiq for this game, and I still don't know what kind of a game it is. . . only what it'll look like on the shelf across the globe.
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 11:56AM Lambrick said
well, looks like the japanese cover is just barely staying above wa-
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dammit.
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dammit.
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 12:03PM HardBoiled2009 said
ok so all you see is the nose mouth and chin of the guy and the rest rain. weird cover it's like the earth is floded cause you see nothing but those things. but that wouldn't fit the game at all it's a murder mystery isn't it not ?. all it is, is a cover but a strange one at that.
for my feelings on the game i'm watching it but i wanna see what gamers say about the game cause i don't trust Game Review sites these days as they in my opinion are Corrupt and probably paid to give games a good review so this is why i'm gonna lisiten to the Joystiq Posters for their opinion on the game.
random Shout out..... Hey Chris D ! would you say this is a day one buy for you ?
for my feelings on the game i'm watching it but i wanna see what gamers say about the game cause i don't trust Game Review sites these days as they in my opinion are Corrupt and probably paid to give games a good review so this is why i'm gonna lisiten to the Joystiq Posters for their opinion on the game.
random Shout out..... Hey Chris D ! would you say this is a day one buy for you ?
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 12:07PM den69 said
Make up your mind, Joystiq.
One day you saying the EU version is better next minute you are saying they are lacking the marketing of the US version which you have been previously mocking? lol
One day you saying the EU version is better next minute you are saying they are lacking the marketing of the US version which you have been previously mocking? lol
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 12:53PM DevilSei said
Don't you know, they are now suffering from DBWS, Digital Breast Withdrawal Syndrome. Without any digital breasts in the picture, after previously being exposed to the breasts, they are now fixated upon only that picture. When something of the exact same nature, sans breast, appears, it suddenly becomes inferior and said inferiority must be mentioned.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2010 1:53PM (Unverified) said
North America's >> Europe's >>>>>>>> Japan's.
NA's beats all others by a mile. =/
NA's beats all others by a mile. =/
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 6:13PM (Unverified) said
I guess we're all different. See, I think the Japanese art is the best, followed by the european art, both far far ahead of the north america version. They actually have style. Uncluttered, meaningful, interesting. the NA is just... Meh., even with wet shirts.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2010 1:54PM (Unverified) said
I prefer North america's, then Europe's, then... way over across the pond Japan's
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 1:55PM (Unverified) said
Stupid thing, didnt show my previous post. Ignore this one. x.x
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Posted: Jan 20th 2010 4:50PM sho220 said
euro cover is the best. it's mysterious, conveys darkness, and the crane is obviously the best part. it represents peace but there's blood on the end of it. so there's peace but it was a deadly treacherous road, thus, 'heavy rain'. brilliance! (i know the NA version also has a crane but, with the people in the picture it doesn't have the same representation.)
i'm still excited for this game even though i'll be getting the NA version.
i'm still excited for this game even though i'll be getting the NA version.
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 5:34PM Kinjiro said
God damnit
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 6:41PM DrunkRaba said
Should have just been the boobs in a wet shirt "barely above the water". That would have been worth importing.
Posted: Jan 20th 2010 6:59PM calgaryaltahotmailcom said
I kinda like the japanese version, actually I like all three. I'm really looking forward to playing this.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 6:06PM Ethan said
It's so heavy, it's opaque!
Posted: Feb 18th 2010 1:55PM (Unverified) said
I think it's all right. Could be better, could be worse. The NA one is cool because it looks like a movie poster. The Europe one is nice because of it's simplicity... but to those saying it's the best thing since sliced bread, how about a cover that's solid black with basic white font saying HEAVY RAIN? That still probably wouldn't be good enough with the rating on the front and PS3 logo and all....
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