Revised Okami Box Art: Suitable for Framing

By Joe Fourhman | April 24, 2008

In a strange example of “I can’t believe their graphic designers did this,” Okami for Wii shipped with an IGN watermark on the cover! If you squint, you can even see it on our post announcing the game’s imminent release. The IGN circle-dpad-planet logo is right by Ammy’s mouth. Whoever composited the cover art must have Googled “Okami artwork” and grabbed one of IGN’s art files. Rather than, you know, walking down the hall and asking Capcom’s artists for the original files. Weird.

But Capcom is not ignoring this teeny little embarrassment; they’re giving away free stuff!

Visit their Cover Artwork Redemption page and you can request a new printing of the box art. Capcom doesn’t say why they redesigned the cover, just that they did and would like to send it to you. Ahem.

And it gets better… you can alternately choose from two other pieces of art, both sized to fit a DVD case.

Note that Capcom does not seem to require any kind of proof that you purchased Okami for Wii and are ticked off about the IGN fiasco. All they ask for is your name, email and address. So use your best judgment. Don’t forget, your workplace has an address too, wink wink. We won’t tell anyone.

I’m totally getting mine framed.