Is it me, or is the Nintendo Switch 2 box art really ugly?

Destructoid, I have something I need to get off my chest that feels petty the more I think about it, but has become a bigger concern as a physical video game collector. Why on earth of the Switch 2 boxes, and box art, so darn ugly? I adore collecting physical media and having a shelf of content to pick out during my time off. I enjoy looking at my collection of games, books, and the aesthetic it gives off. But the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes aren't cutting it for me. For those who haven't seen the Switch 2 box art yet, they are red with a thick label at the top of the box with the Switch 2 logo dead center, with the game's box art underneath it with all the usual bells and whistles you'd expect to see. I get it. Nintendo had to do something to make the box art different from the Switch 1 so consumers didn't pick up a Nintendo Switch 2 box and think it would work on the older system, but the more I look into the box art for day one and year one games, the less appealing I've been finding it. https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1927713625642332379 This feeling was heightened by the recent reveal of the Pokémon Legends Z-A Switch and Switch 2 Edition boxes. The Switch box art is minimal and gorgeous, letting the art pop out with a small Switch 1 logo. The Switch 2 version, though, feels condensed, and don't even get me started on the massive text box at the bottom of the Switch 2 edition games that feel like an eyesore. I think for these versions, I would rather buy the Nintendo Switch version and pay for the upgrade fee digitally so that I have a piece of physical media that I care about. But I can't help but wonder if it's just a me thing, or if others share the same views. Let me know in the comments below what you think. The post Is it me, or is the Nintendo Switch 2 box art really ugly? appeared first on Destructoid.

May 29, 2025 - 14:06

Is it me, or is the Nintendo Switch 2 box art really ugly?

Destructoid, I have something I need to get off my chest that feels petty the more I think about it, but has become a bigger concern as a physical video game collector. Why on earth of the Switch 2 boxes, and box art, so darn ugly?

I adore collecting physical media and having a shelf of content to pick out during my time off. I enjoy looking at my collection of games, books, and the aesthetic it gives off. But the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes aren't cutting it for me.

For those who haven't seen the Switch 2 box art yet, they are red with a thick label at the top of the box with the Switch 2 logo dead center, with the game's box art underneath it with all the usual bells and whistles you'd expect to see.

I get it. Nintendo had to do something to make the box art different from the Switch 1 so consumers didn't pick up a Nintendo Switch 2 box and think it would work on the older system, but the more I look into the box art for day one and year one games, the less appealing I've been finding it.

https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1927713625642332379

This feeling was heightened by the recent reveal of the Pokémon Legends Z-A Switch and Switch 2 Edition boxes. The Switch box art is minimal and gorgeous, letting the art pop out with a small Switch 1 logo. The Switch 2 version, though, feels condensed, and don't even get me started on the massive text box at the bottom of the Switch 2 edition games that feel like an eyesore.

I think for these versions, I would rather buy the Nintendo Switch version and pay for the upgrade fee digitally so that I have a piece of physical media that I care about. But I can't help but wonder if it's just a me thing, or if others share the same views.

Let me know in the comments below what you think.

The post Is it me, or is the Nintendo Switch 2 box art really ugly? appeared first on Destructoid.