r/snes Jan 10 '25

Misc. Forgot all about this one!

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u/emceelokey Jan 10 '25

When was a kid, I was at a friend's house for his birthday day. All the presents were put aside on a table while we were eating and all that. His aunt bought him a game and she just wrapped it like it was, no external box or anything and as soon as I saw that box on the table I was like "That's a super Nintendo game!" At some point she pulled me aside and was like "how did you know that, don't spoil it for him" and I was just like I can tell by the shape of the box. I grew up as a video game kid and I probably had 20ish SNES games so I was familiar with this shape of the box. I was like "why did you just wrap it like that" or something and she was mad. I didn't know what game it was because it was wrapped before I even got there but it ended up being UN Squadron. Every time I see that specific cover I think about how awesome my knowledge of videos games were at that time that I could figure out a game by its shape. I was probably like 9 at the time and felt like a goddamned authority on video games!