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Best boxart ever: My Weight Loss Coach DS
Colette Bennett04.16.2008 11:44 (142 day(s) ago) 21 comments

Best boxart ever: My Weight Loss Coach DS screenshot

Of course, it's human nature to click a link entitled "stupidest f*cking box art ever", but since everyone's opinion differs, who can say if I would agree? I wasn't disappointed once I got to the source and saw My Weight Loss Coach DS, which has one other feature sure to turn your WTF icon to blink status: its $40 price tag. Considering that only Final Fantasy titles usually sport that price and that My Weight Loss Coach features stick figures that teach you how to lose weight, somehow the difference seems significant and a little laughable. I'm just saying.

At any rate, the game comes packaged with a pedometer and looks to be aimed at the same type of consumers that are buying Wii Fit. I'm not going to straight-out judge anything that is intended to aid people with keeping healthy, but that box art hurts my face. If you want to see more screens, head over to DS Fanboy's gallery and peep (warning: your face may hurt too after looking at thirty some-odd screens of stick figures.)

[Thanks, Gynecologist Cobra!]

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Latest comment by Holyetheline |view all 21 comments
@Gynecologist Cobra hahahaha That'd be freakin awesome....





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MrSadistic at 04/16/2008 11:44

That box art makes me feel ashamed about my body, and is going to force me into some sort of weight problem which I will hide from my family and friends.

... or something like that.
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MechaMonkey at 04/16/2008 11:47

"the game comes packaged with a pedometer"

For detecting pedophiles who like overweight children.
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CelicaCrazed at 04/16/2008 11:56

Still better than Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow's boxart. And I'm talking about the "Konami's Best" version :S.
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Rucksack at 04/16/2008 12:02

I think it's pretty straight to the point.
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Cube at 04/16/2008 12:28

That is the best box art ever Retro is in.

It is like the sega master system covers.

http://www.brooklynboysgames.com/sms/Ghost_House.jpg
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pendelton21 at 04/16/2008 12:32

Pretty!!!
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monkey_robot at 04/16/2008 12:38

Maybe I'm turning into a soccer mom, but I kind of like it.

It's comforting in a Hitchhiker's Guide, "Don't Panic!" sort of way.
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Eschatos at 04/16/2008 13:09

Your goal is to become as skinny as the model on the box.
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BlackSheep at 04/16/2008 13:12

tons of fat kids will be shaking their DS' like they did with the pikachu pedometer, so that you got the points to gamble and win things and be mean to him.

anyone else have the dumb pikachu tamagotchi type thing with built in pedometer?
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The-Excel at 04/16/2008 14:02

I hate boxart that prominently features main characters. This pleases me because it goes against all conventions of boxart design.
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liquidninja at 04/16/2008 14:10

I might get this because I like the idea of having a fitness coach that I only have to pay once.

Also, because I like video games.
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sushi111 at 04/16/2008 14:16

I like it.
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Dexter345 at 04/16/2008 15:37

It's simple, to the point, and retarded. Perfect.
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king3vbo at 04/16/2008 15:51

Very nice
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Visc at 04/16/2008 16:08

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Notyavgkat at 04/16/2008 16:44

luckily i'm not overweight, or a pedophile
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TheHunter234 at 04/16/2008 18:39

I don't know, I still think there are some that could give this a run for its money:
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TrailerParkJesus at 04/16/2008 19:15

I could have designed a better cover with my eyes closed.
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Gynecologist Cobra at 04/16/2008 23:14

20 bucks says that the spine is completely fancy and long drawn out, just to spite us.
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Holyetheline at 04/17/2008 10:42

@Gynecologist Cobra

hahahaha That'd be freakin awesome.

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