Believing that Capcom has learned its lesson from past box art mistakes is a fool's job, because it's clear that Capcom continues to make terrible art mistakes time and time again. Do you remember the original Street Fighter II box art? Or what about that Resident Evil remake for the GameCube? And should I even bring up the terrible art associated with Resident Evil Zero? I didn't think so. But none of these bad covers holds a candle to one of Capcom's earliest mistakes, Mega Man. If Capcom was going to learn anything from its terrible box art it should have been from Mega Man, because this is easily one of the worst covers you will ever see. Some actually believe that this is the worst cover ever. I'm not going to say they are wrong, but at the same I'm kind of happy I have something like this so that I can fairly judge all of the great covers that have come my way over the years. Mega Man's box art may be terrible, but there's something endearing about it. Something that I wouldn't give up for anything.

While future Mega Man games would end up making our favorite hero robot look like a young boy, this 1987 cover actually goes a long way to make the guy look like a real man. The problem is that they made him look like a real insecure man. You can almost see him shaking in his blue and yellow uniform (which, for what it's worth, is NOT a good look for him). Heck, he's so scared that he didn't even put his helmet on straight, which certainly gives off the impression that he's going to be a push over. And since when did Mega Man pack heat? I thought Dr. Light gave Mega Man some sort of arm cannon? I guess that these are the small details that Capcom filled in later ... when they got around to hiring somebody that actually knew how to draw an attractive cover! As it is it looks like they hired a very nervous Chris Kattan to star in one of the longest running franchises of all time, and don't even get me started on how bad of a choice that was.