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You know how it works. With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised video game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week has a simple theme, but I used some really obscure cover disguises to make each game harder to solve. Don't be afraid to shout out a few ideas even if you're not sure -- this week might take a lot of team work to finish. Good luck!

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Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 22:46
Brass
Easy 1 is Omniusha 2
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 22:47
BahamutZero
hey fronz we got ten minutes till midnite.
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 22:55
Brass
I can't be certain, but Medium 1 looks like some sort of sword to me, while the scimitar in Medium 2 resting on the hexagonal box reminds me of a title of some sort. Blargh... sword theme? I'm having trouble with this one.
Lord Helmet's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:05
Lord Helmet
@ Brass:
Well, it's not any of the Prince Of Persia games...
Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:08
Kyuzo
Neither is ninja gaiden or soul caliber
Iron Gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:11
Iron Gamer
Hard #3 is Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:17
Brass
-Lord Helmet
That was my immediate thought as well... a quick Google search corrected me though.

-Iron Gamer
Are you certain?
http://www.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/images/products/4/59374-large.jpg
Doesn't look quite right to me, but I could be wrong.
Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:18
Kyuzo

I don't think it is
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:20
Brass
Medium 1 is driving me nuts! It's so familiar...
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:27
Fronz
Looks like I've finally challenged you guys a bit for a change. The only correct guess so far has been the Onimusha 2 guess, and the theme is still up for grabs as well. keep trying!
Jacki Jinx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:39
Jacki Jinx
I know people are saying scimitar, but I can't help but see a crappy yet familiar feather in hard #1...or a giant banana boat? Leaf boat? Blarg. It looks so familiar too!
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:44
Brass
I find it hard to be anything but a sword, but it's within the realm of possibility. Lord. I won't get sleep until I figure these out.
Jacki Jinx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:47
Jacki Jinx
Is hard #3 Double Dragon?
Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:47
Kyuzo
Lets assume it's not a sword theme for a second. Onimusha 2 uses the likeness of Jean Reno and Takeshi Kaneshiro (or is that just Onimusha 3? I don't know haven't played either). So maybe it's games that use the likeness of actors? Hard 3 looks like it can be someone famous. Almost looks like Chow Yun Fat, but that's not the cover to Stranglehold.
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:50
Brass
It isn't a sword theme, I'm almost certain. I was only bouncing around ideas... however, as for the the actor idea...
Omniusha used that famous Japanese Actor (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Omniusha 3 is the one with Jean Reno. I have no idea if Omniusha 2 used anyone like that...
Dennen's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:50
Dennen
Is it a sequels theme?
wario67's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:51
wario67
Kyuzo,
its the 3rd game

Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:54
Brass
We'll need at least one more game before we can ascertain anything resembling a theme.
Jacki Jinx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:54
Jacki Jinx
Meh, I just was assuming it was a game theme of numbers, which is why I guessed Double Dragon. Oni means one. Maybe it is a sequel thing though.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:54
Samit Sarkar
Hm...well, if we’re taking stabs in the dark at the “likeness” theme, though I don’t think that Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny used anybody’s likeness, Hard #3 definitely isn’t Jet Li: Rise to Honor.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:58
Samit Sarkar
@Brass: I agree...does Medium #1 look to anyone else like somebody holding a pair of garden shears (hedge clippers, if you don’t know what I’m talking about), or is it just me?
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 23:59
Brass
Hah, I tried the Jet Li game too... it's because it got in our damn heads that it would be a famous kung fu actor.

Hoooowever... Onimusha 2 used
* Jubei Yagyu. Jubei was modeled after the late Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:01
Brass
-Bronxbomber
I've run the gambit from sword to giant shuriken in my thought process... frankly, I still think it looks like a sword of some sort, with a gem or something set at the hilt. I could be way off though.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:01
Samit Sarkar
Hahaha...here’s an aside: I Googled the phrase hedge clipper “video game” and one of the results was this, because the entry contained the phrase, “Don't play hacky-sack with a hedge clipper?”
Jacki Jinx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:02
Jacki Jinx
If we're going actors, then I'm guessing Strangehold for the last one. The way his arm is, he could be taking out a gun instead of posing.
wario67's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:02
wario67
hard 3 looked so much like Zhao Yun from dynasty warriors
I looked at all the dyansty warriors games but non of them looked the same as hard 3
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:03
the GAMEGOBLIN
I immediately looked up Clock tower when I heard "Clock Tower" but otherwise nothin.
Dennen's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:04
Dennen
I gave Bujingai a shot what with the famous people theme... There was one picture that was close to Hard 3, but it wasn't a match, as well as mirrored on the other side.. Meh.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:04
the GAMEGOBLIN
I'm stupid. When I heard Hedge Clippers. Sorry.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:05
Samit Sarkar
Don’t think so, Jacki...

Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:05
Samit Sarkar
Dang it...I wish my laptop’s resolution went above 1024×768, because now my image screws up the page’s display.
Dennen's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:07
Dennen
Hah i'm playing at a high resolution and that's still messin up my display =P Gonna have to turn on Firefox' image resizing.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:09
Samit Sarkar
Nah...I can just set Firefox to block images from joystiq.com, which is where I linked the pic from
Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:09
Kyuzo
Ok, so far we got:
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:10
Brass
We've made a lot of progress in the past hour and a half.
wario67's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:11
wario67
indeed
OpTiMaL's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:13
OpTiMaL
Medium #1 is Tales of Destiny. I believe the theme is games with Destiny in the title.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:14
Samit Sarkar
Well, to me, Hard #1 could be nothing other than a scimitar. I mean...maybe it’s a scimitar on top of a building or ledge or something...?
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:14
the GAMEGOBLIN
I was just thinking about the destiny thing.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:15
Samit Sarkar
Hot damn, OpTiMaL, so it is; well done:


Well, this should expedite things significantly...
gomeja's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:19
gomeja
Hard #3 - Fighters Destiny
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:19
Samit Sarkar
Aha! Hard #3 is Fighters Destiny, on the N64:
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:19
Brass
I KNEW it is a freaking sword!
gomeja's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:19
gomeja
Hard #1 - Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:20
Fronz
hehehe, good job you guys. the theme IS games with "destiny" in their title. shouldn't take long now...
Dennen's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:23
Dennen
I believe you may be right since Hard 3 is Fighters Destiny

Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:24
Kyuzo
Hard 2?
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:25
the GAMEGOBLIN
Don't think so Kyuzo.
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:27
Brass
Okay, so.
Easy = Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Medium 1 = Tales of Destiny
Hard 1 = Make Knight: Destiny's Solider
Hard 3 = Fighter's Destiny

Just leaves Hard 2... could be a LOT of games from what I'm looking at. Destiny games have a lot of bubbles. For starters,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Atelier_Iris_2_Box_Art.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Destiny_2
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:30
Samit Sarkar
Yeah, once we figured out the theme, I also came across Atelier Iris 2, but it didn’t appear as if the bubbles matched up (no big bubble in upper left part). Same thing with Tales of Destiny 2...like, there’s no big bubble in the upper right corner.
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