Summary
- A Pokemon fan creates custom cassette cases for game cartridges, making for a nostalgic display.
- The Pokemon games have evolved over time on different systems, with the box designs varying in design and size.
- Custom cassette cases offer a solution for displaying games uniformly despite shifts in box designs.
A clever Pokemon fan found a unique way to store their copies of some of the games in the series by making a custom cassette case for each cartridge, giving them a more uniform look since they were originally released across multiple systems. The custom cases are just one of many ways in which Pokemon fans have expressed their love for the series through creative works, which often serve useful functions while doubling as a unique piece of decor.
The Pokemon series has evolved across multiple generations of gaming platforms, starting off its life as a sprite-based RPG for the Game Boy and adding more mechanics and graphical changes over time to become what it is today. As a result of its age and influence in the gaming industry, the cases the games are stored in have similarly changed shape over time and created a similar sense of nostalgia among fans.
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Nostalgia seems to be the theme of the custom Pokemon cassette cases created by Reddit user smolpanda99, who shared images of their creations to the series' official subreddit to major attention and praise from other fans. The cases mostly replicate the official cover art of each respective game, with each one cropped to fit the size and dimensions of a cassette tape box, giving them a uniform look when displayed on a shelf.
Pokemon Cassette Cases Offer a Nostalgic Alternative for Storing Games
Since the Pokemon series has been released on various systems throughout its lifespan, the sizes and designs of its box art in each generation have similarly shifted over time according to the platform on which each game launches. The original Pokemon Red and Blue, alongside its successors on the Game Boy Color and Advance, were released in cardboard boxes before Nintendo shifted to small, plastic cases for the DS and 3DS entries.
The box design shifted again when Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee and Pikachu launched on the Nintendo Switch, potentially making it difficult for fans to display copies of the game in an aesthetically cohesive manner due to the differences in size and dimensions. Fortunately, this user's custom cassette cases serve as a creative solution to this issue, making the designs of each case for the 3DS and Switch games dimensionally identical.
There are many other methods that others have found to display their games, too, such as one fan who created custom Nintendo Switch cases for their old Pokemon game cartridges. With the Nintendo Switch 2 finally getting an official reveal recently, it seems like the Pokemon games might get another new case design soon, and only time will tell what it may look like.
- Created by
- Satoshi Tajiri
Pokemon is a franchise that needs no introduction. One of the most successful media empires in history, Pokemon spans games, television, films, manga, merchandise, music, and more.