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Thanks for your feedback on the Wii box. It's done now! :)

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  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2008
    StewG wrote: »
    And the Sam & Max logo is supposed to be red. End of case.

    I hate to re-open your case, but I don't find your evidence convincing.

    Exhibit A:

    250px-Sam_%26_Max_-_Surfin_The_Highway_%28front_cover%29.jpg

    Exhibits B-F:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sam_and_max_se.png
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sam_and_max_cmcs.png
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sam_and_max_bdotm.png
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Seasondisc_boxart.gif
    http://www.amazon.com/DreamCatcher-PCO55250MB-Sam-Max/dp/B000OZHDWO/ref=cm_lmf_img_26_rdssss1

    It was red in the opening title/box for Sam & Max Hit the Road, and in the trailer for Sam & Max: Freelance Police (and the cover to the Epic Color Collection comic book), but those are the only three major instances, out of five+ comic books/anthologies, 11 Telltale episodes, 13 TV episodes, and 1 LucasArts game (and one LucasArts trailer for a game that never came out) that the logo was red.
  • Harley QuinnHarley Quinn
    edited June 2008
    Ha, you got told.
  • dg10050dg10050
    edited June 2008
    [Citation Needed]
  • StewGStewG
    edited June 2008
    White. White is Wii, and Sam & Max is supposed to be written with red writing!!!
    The people who voted for yellow should be ashamed of their self.
    For shame!!!!
  • StewGStewG
    edited June 2008
    Jake wrote: »
    I hate to re-open your case, but I don't find your evidence convincing.

    It was red in the opening title/box for Sam & Max Hit the Road, and in the trailer for Sam & Max: Freelance Police (and the cover to the Epic Color Collection comic book), but those are the only three major instances, out of five+ comic books/anthologies, 11 Telltale episodes, 13 TV episodes, and 1 LucasArts game (and one LucasArts trailer for a game that never came out) that the logo was red.

    Maby not only red then, but at least not blue!
  • TrogLlamaTrogLlama
    edited June 2008
    StewG wrote: »
    Maby not only red then, but at least not blue!
    I happen to like the blue.
    I am a blasphemer! Shun... shun...
  • Harley QuinnHarley Quinn
    edited June 2008
    StewG wrote: »
    White. White is Wii, and Sam & Max is supposed to be written with red writing!!!
    The people who voted for yellow should be ashamed of their self.
    For shame!!!!

    I'm proud to be ashamed.
  • barchettabarchetta
    edited June 2008
    Yellow.

    But tone down the lens flare a bit. At first I thought Sam was a bit transparent! And it was hard to spot the yellowish Max.

    So no lens flare on Sam's leg, a bit more white on Max (use Quick'n'Brite), red logo, fix typo and I'd be happy to buy it for my brother who has a Wii.
  • enciclopediaenciclopedia
    edited June 2008
    Hello to everybody, my english is BAD, so I don't talk too much...

    I love the yellow one! :)
  • BreakmanBreakman
    edited June 2008
    Neither. But if I had to choose, I would pick the yellow (even though the light source is... distracting...).

    As a few people had suggested before, I would highly suggest going for a redesign or add something extra to what the cover already has. I know the main idea was probably to make it clean and simple, but it's too simplistic as it is.

    Also, I have a problem that the cover does not describe the game very well. Don't assume that some random person will walk into a game store and automatically know who Sam and Max are if they saw this cover.

    I'm not going to hide that I'm a new S&M fan. I just started playing the games early this year. Before then, my only knowledge about them were: it was an adventure game series and the main characters are animals. It was only when I actually browsed a few of Steve Purcell's drawings that I figured out that they were "cops" and starting to get a gist of their personalities. (Why I don't read game reviews or something? I don't know, I just don't.)

    But definitely the fact that they were police (and that they looked like a fun duo) hit a key with me. There are so many games out there with animal protagonists, and guns won't set S&M apart from the gaggle. I looked over Hit the Road, Season 1 for PC, and the animated cartoon's box arts. They all have signs that they are police: their two-toned desoto on the first two covers and a "shield stamp" on the cartoon (as if "Freelance Police" wasn't clear enough in the title).

    So, if I may ask a very important question: Why make a Wii version?

    I want to say, and I hope you all agree, along the words of 'to gain new fans who wouldn't have given a glance at S&M before because it was exclusively a PC game.' Therefore, I think there should be different strategy for the premier cover. This is, after all, their first game console game...

    Sorry for making such a long reply. I guess I needed to get that off my chest. ^^;
  • Freelance PosterFreelance Poster
    edited June 2008
    Breakman wrote: »
    So, if I may ask a very important question: Why make a Wii version?

    http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/comics/44527685
  • purple_monkfishpurple_monkfish
    edited June 2008
    Personally, i'd suggest that sickly green that the swirly hypno stuff was in season 1... it was the iconic colour of the season after all! Why no sickly swirly green!
  • ZeekZeek
    edited June 2008
    Because there was already enough vomitting in the game and they don't want that to happen in the game alise of Target?
  • GI JoeGI Joe
    edited June 2008
    Of the two, I prefer the white one.
  • AwesomepantsmanAwesomepantsman
    edited June 2008
    The yellow works for me, actually. Am I the only person who appreciates the 'lense flare'?
  • EmilyEmily Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2008
    The box is done and submitted. Thanks everyone for the feedback. :D
  • Major_HigginsMajor_Higgins
    edited July 2008
    White one suits Wii best, and the title in red looks better.

    Yellow and blue? Come on people, where's your sense of color-matching?!
  • Freelance PosterFreelance Poster
    edited July 2008
    Emily wrote: »
    The box is done and submitted. Thanks everyone for the feedback. :D

    So, the yellow one then?
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2008
    As it stands now, it's yellow, with red text, with Max lightened up a bit to be less yellow, and with the light burst (it's not a lens flare) reduced slightly. It's still subject to change a bit at TTG's and The Adventure Company's discretion, but everyone's feedback has been very helpful to the process :)
  • Sir LemmingSir Lemming
    edited July 2008
    Jake wrote: »
    and with the light burst (it's not a lens flare)
    Yes! I told you! I told you all!!!!!
  • questionthemajorityquestionthemajority
    edited July 2008
    I like the white one, but why not go with a green spiral in the background instead since it was so prevalent throughout the storyline of Season One?
  • some nerdy guysome nerdy guy
    edited July 2008
    Yellow, it's just better! Also YAY, we get to vote!
  • ErwinErwin
    edited July 2008
    Jake wrote: »
    As it stands now, it's yellow, with red text, with Max lightened up a bit to be less yellow

    All right! Good call :D

    --Erwin
  • locloc
    edited July 2008
    at the moment, its going to be yellow, so could you please, after launch give a white version to download, with the back and all for the case
  • M.AcornM.Acorn
    edited July 2008
    i like the yellow one :) it stands out that little bit more and has more of an impact than the white one has :D cant wait for it to be released :D
  • lucario96lucario96
    edited July 2008
    Emily wrote: »
    wiiboxvariants.png

    Please make your voice heard!

    yellow because it stands out alot
  • lucario96lucario96
    edited July 2008
    yellow cuz it stands out
  • AwesomepantsmanAwesomepantsman
    edited July 2008
    Jake wrote: »
    As it stands now, it's yellow, with red text, with Max lightened up a bit to be less yellow, and with the light burst (it's not a lens flare) reduced slightly.:)

    So... are you going to post it? We're (or at least I'm) looking forward to seeing the finished product.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2008
    I think we're waiting for it to be officially 100% finished and approved by all parties.
  • Harley QuinnHarley Quinn
    edited July 2008
    Even the Monster Raving Loony Party?
  • DerwinDerwin
    edited July 2008
    The yellow one looks like a GOTY edition. As such, I prefer the white cover. However, I do wonder how the cover would look with a light blue background. I think it would make the characters stand out, add a touch of color, and still fit in with the Wii motif.

    *EDIT* Gaaah! How did I not notice this thread had a closed poll and six pages. Oops... well, looking forward to seeing the game in stores when that happens.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited July 2008
    From the screenshot i prefer the white one.
  • Freelance PosterFreelance Poster
    edited July 2008
    So is this box from Amazon the final box? (Can't remember if they had this art up before the poll or not)

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FKG652zGL._SS500_.jpg
  • TelltaleToolTelltaleTool
    edited July 2008
    It's reasonably close, but not the final art.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2008
    The images on the first page of this poll are both far closer to the final art than that Amazon shot.
  • locloc
    edited July 2008
    an ad for it
    smr.jpg
    the final art in corner maybe

    edit: image should be working now
    edit2: found image here: http://digg.com/nintendo/Sam_Max_print_ad
  • Harley QuinnHarley Quinn
    edited July 2008
    The image isn't showing
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2008
    Cool! The box in the corner there isn't final -- it's a temp one, but they had to send that ad out to get printed early.

    Here's the box which went out for submission:

    wiibox_reflect.jpg
  • Harald BHarald B
    edited July 2008
    Ooh, is this site new? Looking great!
  • patterspatters
    edited July 2008
    Jake wrote: »
    Cool! The box in the corner there isn't final -- it's a temp one, but they had to send that ad out to get printed early.

    Here's the box which went out for submission:

    wiibox_reflect.jpg

    that box is so good,
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