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=== Simulation Games ===
* There isn't much you can do to make peaceful series like ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' "hardcore" however many of the early western covers are more normal then the [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] Japanese ones. A noticeable exception is the European boxart for the first game: Compare the Japanese art, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102145840/http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/562623_4976_front.jpg with its cute animals and bright colors] to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102145948/http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/562623_59784_front.jpg darker] and more realistic looking PAL cover. Notice how [[Covers Always Lie|Pete isn't wearing the right hat]] and the game [http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/11/harvestmoonsnes.jpg looks like this].
* The game ''[[Princess Onon Ice]]'' isn't so much "hardcore" as hideously ugly in the US version, even going so far as to replace the cute in-game sprites with "girls" that look like what you see on the box. [[media:princess-on-ice.jpg|Observe]].
** Aksys learned their lesson afterward and released ''Rockin' Pretty'', which uses the same characters, [http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/image/954317.html with the artwork untouched.]