Star Ocean box art splits the world in two

by Andrew Yoon { Sep 12th 2008 at 9:33AM }

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

anders @ Sep 12th 2008 10:02AM

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

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

ZeroCorpse @ Sep 12th 2008 12:58PM

Hear! Hear!

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

aj @ Sep 13th 2008 2:32AM

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

Different strokes for different folks, as the saying says.

Alien @ Sep 12th 2008 10:07AM

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

daniel-kun @ Sep 12th 2008 10:18AM

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

edhc44 @ Sep 12th 2008 10:54AM

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

Jerry @ Sep 12th 2008 12:12PM

That's some pretty good marketing right there.

112358 @ Sep 12th 2008 10:39AM

that's actually pretty cool!

josearoldan @ Sep 12th 2008 12:02PM

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....

josearoldan @ Sep 12th 2008 12:03PM

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

CitizenGeek @ Sep 12th 2008 2:17PM

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

merc25 @ Sep 12th 2008 2:32PM

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 ****).

Makoto99 @ Sep 12th 2008 2:46PM

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.