Honestly, I don’t even remember now. I didn’t scan it, downloaded it somewhere. The last-modified time on my local copy of the file is August 24, 2023, so that might have been when I picked the copy up, but it could also have predated that.
I’d been looking for a good-quality version on a number of occasions. Then some time over the past few years search – maybe it was Google Images or Tineye or something – and found that someone had finally put a really good quality scan online.
I also don’t know what the actual physical printed source of the scan is.
The form I originally saw the artwork in was a centerfold in a Nintendo Power edition in probably the early 1990s. I don’t think that this is likely the source, because there are no visible folds; if that was it, someone did a really outstanding job of cleaning it up. Also, I doubt – though I can’t remember, as it was about thirty years ago – that the centerfold had “Printed in Japan” on it. I assume that the “Printed in Japan” text in English probably means that this is some kind of promotional print aimed at a North American audience.
The aspect ratio on it is .7585 (2758/3636). Assuming that Nintendo Power used US Letter pages, then a three-page centerfold (which I think the centerfold I recall was) would have had an aspect ratio of 8.5x3/11= .4313. If it was a two-page, then it would have been .6471. So that’s also an argument that whatever the promotional material here, it’s not from that centerfold.
Looking online, there was apparently a poster included with the original game, though I’d have to assume that that would also have shipped folded, given the constraints of an SNES video game box. If you can find the dimensions of that somewhere online, you might be able to make an argument that this is the source – that someone did a really good job of smoothing any folds out, and then ran it through a large-format scanner.
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Whatever the source, if I found it via Tineye, it’s no longer available online wherever I originally ran into it.
So…sorry, I don’t know what its origins are, just can narrow it down a bit.
OMG I’ve been looking for this art in better quality for sooo long! Just beautiful! Where do you get this from?
Honestly, I don’t even remember now. I didn’t scan it, downloaded it somewhere. The last-modified time on my local copy of the file is August 24, 2023, so that might have been when I picked the copy up, but it could also have predated that.
I’d been looking for a good-quality version on a number of occasions. Then some time over the past few years search – maybe it was Google Images or Tineye or something – and found that someone had finally put a really good quality scan online.
I also don’t know what the actual physical printed source of the scan is.
The form I originally saw the artwork in was a centerfold in a Nintendo Power edition in probably the early 1990s. I don’t think that this is likely the source, because there are no visible folds; if that was it, someone did a really outstanding job of cleaning it up. Also, I doubt – though I can’t remember, as it was about thirty years ago – that the centerfold had “Printed in Japan” on it. I assume that the “Printed in Japan” text in English probably means that this is some kind of promotional print aimed at a North American audience.
The aspect ratio on it is .7585 (2758/3636). Assuming that Nintendo Power used US Letter pages, then a three-page centerfold (which I think the centerfold I recall was) would have had an aspect ratio of 8.5x3/11= .4313. If it was a two-page, then it would have been .6471. So that’s also an argument that whatever the promotional material here, it’s not from that centerfold.
Looking online, there was apparently a poster included with the original game, though I’d have to assume that that would also have shipped folded, given the constraints of an SNES video game box. If you can find the dimensions of that somewhere online, you might be able to make an argument that this is the source – that someone did a really good job of smoothing any folds out, and then ran it through a large-format scanner.
searches
Whatever the source, if I found it via Tineye, it’s no longer available online wherever I originally ran into it.
So…sorry, I don’t know what its origins are, just can narrow it down a bit.
That’s ok, thanks for the reply and upload anyway i realy appreaciate