Box swap: My Weight Loss Coach
by Eric Caoili 
{ Apr 26th 2008 at 10:00PM }
Only a week and a half after we questioned Ubisoft's My Weight Loss Coach boxart -- as we've made a habit of doing with the publisher's boxes -- the placeholder art posted on Amazon has been replaced with a much more predictable and bland cover. While weren't sure if we fancied the previous packshot or not, we're very sure about not liking this one.
Ubisoft has done away with the old box's minimalist presentation and Don Hertzfeldt-esque stick figures. Instead, the packaging is crowded with the publisher's enlarged logo, the software's bundled pedometer, a stock photo of a running couple, and a looming, slimmed waist. Also, you can now see the same banner and chunky, slab-serif typeface used on Ubisoft's other "My Coach" covers.
Bring your disdain past the post break for larger comparison shots of the boxes.
Gallery: My Weight Loss Coach
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Roto13 @ Apr 26th 2008 10:31PM
At least the first one looks like it fits with the other "My Whatever Coach" games.
Dio @ Apr 27th 2008 3:50AM
Welp, I think you're being a bit harsh here. The expectations for the casual gaming market are much lower than regular/hardcore/whatever else gaming. Besides, do YOU think you could come up with something better to convey the idea that you're getting exercise out of this non-game? I think the current is very adequate.
Blue_Falcon @ Apr 27th 2008 1:34PM
Ew. I like the one with the stick figure-y guy much more.
The newer one is way too crowded for my liking.
LocalToast @ Jun 27th 2008 3:07PM
For casual gamers or non-game gamers, I'm sure the revised boxart gets a point across. They're probably not going to notice the quiet text and a picture of a DS with a stick figure in it, as they would a more illustrated and outstanding boxart.
I like both, personally.