Don't judge a book by its cover but judge a game by it's inner box art

That Advance wars 1+2 is just 11/10. Such an amazing attention to detail. That decision must have come from WayForward. Such good devs

I was half debating on making a video on this incredibly specific topic so I'm glad you did this 😂

If you reverse the dk tropical freeze you loose that iconic funky kong sticker in the corner!

This is such a Jon video, I love it. Inner boxart is very unappreciated, great to see some love!

Jon's "meow" is one of my favorite things now 9:50

Honorable mention to Japanese copies of Katamari Reroll and Shantae Half Genie which have unique interior art Really glad Sakuna got the shoutout in the thumbnail, one of my favorite switch games

I also have the european version of breath of the wild but the artwork on the inside was different. It just has link climbing on the side of a cliff

I'm glad you included 13 Sentinels. I recently bought the game and I was pleasantly surprised to see a cat when taking out the cartridge.

I love your immediate 180 on an amazing game immediately being garbage because of its blank inner cover.

Shout out to Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age on Switch. I love that the default box art is the European key art they used for the original PlayStation 2 release with the Amano emblem of Judge Gabranth , but the reverse art of the main party is phenomenal, and it wasn't in the original PS4 release

The inner/reversible box arts are a highlight. Does make me sad when they are just blank but most of the games I've gotten over the years have inner art

Can confirm that my Australian copy of Breath of the Wild has BOTH a different front cover AND inner art than your European version, Jon. Your front cover art actually came as a bonus poster for my version.

Maybe there were several different inner box designs for Breath of the Wild in Europe. My german copy of the game at least has Link climbing a mountain side and I think that's cool.

6 years late. I've been hanging up the inside arts of the switch games on my walls since day 1

It's one of the things I like most about the physical copy, unfortunately it doesn't have a manual, but the arts are incredible.

Triangle Strategy has a similar inner box art to the pixel remasters where it displays the sprites of all of the characters in the game.

I'm from Sourh Africa and we get the European version for our games. My copy of Breath the wild got a different inside box art. It's the one with link climbing the side of a mountain like the one you see on the main menu

Every game should have inner box art or reverse able box art.

That recording box in the top right corner with the green light that lights up every time Jon speaks in just a small added joy to this video. I just find it neat (also proff that the audio track was recorded alongside the video and not in post, though the fact we can hear the opening and closing of boxes also proves that)

One particularly great one is Sonic Mania Plus-you could reverse the cover to have red Genesis branding on the spine and just generally a retro vibe. Prior to getting it I already had my Switch and Genesis games near each other because of similarities in color scheme, so it was pretty sick to see

I would definitely watch a follow up to this video, this is my jam

Love to see Everybody 1, 2, Switch continuing this trend of excellent inner box work. When I opened the case yesterday I nearly passed out from the maximalism

its just depressing on the 3DS, very few games used the square cutouts for art.

FFXII has a cool reversible box art too. I know the “Let’s Go” and NSMBWU Deluxe edition have the world maps on the inside as well

9:00 I wasn’t expecting that. In NA it’s the region. I’m honestly a fan of that with Pokémon games. Getting a look at the world your journey will take place in before you even start.

You encouraged me to check all my games reverse covers are the best but mario kart 8 deluxe shows the controls which are really basic but In a world without manuals I'd love them to put game controls inside the case

I dont why, but looking at the green light around the knob in the back blink every time Jon speaks is fun😂

I don’t own Axiom Verge, but the inside looked like a 1-1 version of Axiom Verge

I've recently started decorating the boring, plain interiors with stickers of characters from the games.

Happy to hear Jon liked Harvestella. I’ve wanted to play it ever since I saw the first trailer, but haven’t heard anyone talk about it since. Also, someone needs to get Jon Octopath II and Dokapon Kingdom Connect.

Bowsers fury is the GOAT of inner box art

These are gorgeous!

Love the green circle on the mic, perhaps Jon was actually a machine all along, I mean, I don’t see a face here

10:01 wait, I know that block arrangement anywhere. WORLD 1-1, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles in Japan had inner box art explaining controls and having descriptions of investigation and trial parts of the game. It's actually practically the same as the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy inner box art.

One of my favorite inner box arts is Kid Icarus Uprising. The little square-ish windows on the inside would allow a bunch of character portraits you could see in-game, mainly for Pit and Palutena, to peek through BUT pulling it out and getting the full glimpse would show the symbols for the various weapons and Larger artwork for Palutena, Pit, and Medusa! It was just fun inner box art!

I’ve never heard of Lumote, so it was a nice surprise to discover it has a cool box. Also I’ll take any chance to shill Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. It’s such a vibe!

Yup, my NA copy of Breath Of The Wild has a different cover and a different inside box art. It's a great inside art too. It shows Link scaling a mountain on the right side and you see Hyrule Castle over in the distance on the left. It's great. BTW, your inside art for your copy of Super Bomberman R is a lot better looking than mine. Mine has legal warnings on the lower left and upper right with some controls on the upper left and a bit of art on the lower right. I like the old school bombermen better. Also, Sonic Frontiers was very disappointing to get on Switch. You'd think that Sonic would have some awesome art, especially for a game with some cool art direction possibilities like Frontiers...but no...we just get the white void. Why?!?

The axiom verge one is so cool it depicts an alternate version 1-1 from Super Mario Bros.

the omori one is my favourite, it even has a secret behind the cartridge

It does make me very sad/angry when a physical game just has the white blank background. Edit: One of the best boxes is YS VIII, the reversible cover is pretty cool

Finally someone brings up what really matters. My only real complaint is that I wish the alternate coves still had the name of the game so it can be worth it to flip it other than it just looking cool which it is. Sony,Microsoft step it up.

I love the joy that Jon brings to any and every topic he creates a video for - I’m mesmerized by the inner box art gallery! Anyone know who signed his copy of BOTW?

for advance wars, they really thought of everything.

About the Super Smash Bros Ultimate one, only the collector edition has that thing, otherwise the normal release has both Ken and Incineroar.

Bayonetta 3 is a real interesting case as far as inside art goes. If you got the collector’s edition of that game, you got two cases for the prior two games that each had part of a really nice-looking mural featuring all the characters from the series as their covers, and the inside art of the copy of Bayo 3 was the last piece of the mural. I didn’t know the regular edition had a different inside art until today.

Didn’t realize Jon and Zion were fans of Clannad! Clannad After Story is probably one of the most heart wrenching shows I’ve ever seen

Axiom Verge's inner art parodies Super Mario Bros level 1-1.

Whenever you see Jon's hands you know you're in for a good time

All games should have inner box art, even digital only games!

axiom verge has mario bros 1-1 level layout

One of my personal favourite box insides is let's go Pikachu/Eevee having a map of Kanto on the inside with all of the locations of pokemon on the map where they're found in game

I print my own inner boxarts, it's fun

You may have missed that the Axiom Verge one is an awesome reference to the first stage in the first Super Mario game

One of my favorites is a game with a reverseable cover that just recently came out being the HD Remaster of Dokapon Kingdom. The inside cover of that game is absolutely sick!

I saw now the inside of boxes, of games I downloaded. Thank you🙂

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin in the thumbnail. 🍚 Amazing choice! 👍🏼

I love reversible covers, like Sonic Mania Plus

i love the nier automata one for the switch

The interesting thing about 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is that the Asia release actually includes inside box art of key characters in paint style which looks nice. And here is an irrelevant thing about the PS4 version at least in HK & TW version. While it doesn't contain a inside box art, it contains an JRPG title called Princess Crown. (This title is based off the PSP version which is originally a Saturn release in Japan) While it's only with JP language, it's still a neat inclusion :D

I remember borderlands 2 on 360 had a reversible cover and I thought it was so sick in eighth grade. That was the first time I ever saw that

Astral Chain and No More Heroes 3 are favorites in my collection. Bayonetta 2's reversible cover for Bayo 1 is neat too.

The Nintendo Switch can be a great gaming console for older adults. With its versatile design, range of games, and user-friendly controls, it offers an enjoyable and engaging experience that can be tailored to fit a variety of preferences and abilities.

love to see Sakuna in videos, great game

They look amazing!

My UK copy of Smash Ultimate has Ken & Incineroar.

One of my favourites is the reversible cover art that comes with the physical PAL release of Dokapon Kingdom Connect. It looks like the promo image for a Saturday morning anime we never got. I love a good reversible cover!

I saw the title and thumbnail and knew immediately it was a Jon video

I noticed a couple of differences between my American versions and the European versions that you showed: 1. My version of Pokémon Shield, rather than showing the Rotom phone, shows a map of the Galar region. 2. The American version of Breath of the Wild shows an illustration of Link climbing a mountain. 3. Pretty obvious one, but the Sonic Mania cover is reversed to a Sega Genesis cover rather than a Mega Drive one. 4. The American version of Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 *does* have interior boxart. It boils down to instructions for buttons, while also depicting a bunch of Puyos and Tetrominoes in the middle of a stadium. 5. The American version of Team Sonic Racing does have something inside of its case, but it’s just instructions for racing maneuvers and a rundown of what each wisp does. My personal favorite that wasn’t in your video is the reversible cover for Dragon Quest Builders 2. While the normal cover is just 3-D models, the reversible cover is an illustration that uses Akira Toriyama’s art style and falls in line with the first Dragon Quest Builders' cover.

I love that reversible cover art for NieR Automata so much

There are more in here that are good than not. I'm impressed

Most of the time, straight Nintendo published games have inner art, while it's a 50/50 shot for third party published games.

John and Daniel carry this channel.

9:59 I am slightly disappointed he didn't point out the SMB reference XD

i love this video, more of this content please

Been waiting for this one since I saw it on Twitter, loving the vids lately Jon as usual By the way, the Breath of the Wild NA inside art had a guardian instead of the master sword

My favorite one is absolutely pikmin 3 deluxe. Its so silly and serene and green!

Ace Attorney's inside is secretly brilliant since it has legal info

Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu is my fav!

Oh cool you got Zelda's VA to sign your copy of BOTW

I wonder what the pikmin 4 inner box art will be

The Doki Doki Literature Club Plus box is one of my favorites if not my favorite switch box, SO clever in my opinion!!!

You missed the fact that Axiom Verge is recreating Super Mario Bros 1-1 in its inside art.

the inner art for all the mainline Pokémon games (that I have at least) in the US is a pretty neat map of the region, has kind of a mini poster vibe to it edit: also the inner art for botw is different in the US and tbh I wish we got what Europe did since ours is just link climbing a cliff

The piles should represent the games with or without box art, in order to see the proportions between the two cases (pun intended).

If you thought the inside of a box were cool, wait till you see whats inside a Nintendo Switch ;)

My copy of Mario Rabbids (NA) has no inside box art. Honestly, my favourite inside box art is 1-2 Switch. It’s just a list of all the games w/pictures, but it’s nice to look at.

Thanks for giving Sushi strikers a bit of love. Such a fun game, wish it got more attention or a sequel. 😅

I remember Tearaway on PS Vita had inner box art... but the box was OPAQUE

7:00 NOOO JON THE PAPER STUCK OUT

I want to give a shout to Pokémon let’s go pikachu and eevee. Their inner art is a really beautiful rendition of the Kanto region map complete with Pokémon drawn near the locations they’d be found in game. Also I have the NA versions of Pokémon gen 8 and 9 and we get the full region art map which I much prefer to the phone case and book

Based Jon for choosing the right Katherine on his box art

This catches major Scott’s Stash vibes

We all know the boxart for the Super Mario RPG remake is... polemic to say the least BUT let's hope the inside art is some kind of amazing masterpiece art!! (Edit: 12:41 shows how Metroid Prime's inside art is the Japanese boxart and it's the American on the ouside so they may do this too for SMRPG but with the Japanese outside and the American inside)

I just noticed, that the Axiom Verge inner box art seems to be a parody on Mario Bros 1-1.

Bro how many of those regional games change this shit that is so rad

Advance Wars has in my opinion the second best box art on the Switch. #1 of course being Tropical Freeze because what can honestly top that.

11:02 Interesting as my copy and probably all of NA has inside box art showing the controls like tetris 99.

Slow down jon. I don't want you tearing up those inserts.