Remove Region Assignment for Fanart Images

Ideally, region-specific versions should be requested if the design of the 3D box, box art, etc., respects the dimensions, aspect ratio, and design of a real, equivalent case for that platform—rather than eliminating regional variations.

Furthermore, it wouldn't make a difference anyway, since there are moderators and contributors who—out of sheer selfishness—simply don't care; they are determined to prioritize art consistent with their own region, and no one sanctions or blocks them. For years, to avoid conflicts with proponents of having fan art everywhere, regional tags were omitted from 3D fan cases, fan logos, and the like to prevent them from being mixed up with official assets; yet, as soon as regional tagging became mandatory, they disregarded that entirely and started doing it anyway—even resorting to absurdities like tagging fan art (or art that only matches EU/USA standards) as "World." All of this happens because there are stubborn users who insist on a US-style aesthetic for everything; out of pure selfishness, they apply tags based on their own preferences, turning the download section into something that serves only their own interests.

I do not agree with this proposal. The problem isn't that the fanart is region-specific—which is actually very useful for anyone wanting a collection with a consistent regional visual style, or for those downloading art for games that lack physical releases (like digital-only titles or homebrew). The real problem is that the standard categories are cluttered with fanart that doesn't belong there, and LaunchBox fails to distinguish between "main art" and fanart when handling regional priorities. The solution isn't to turn all the fanart into a chaotic jumble of designs lacking order or tags; the solution is to give fanart its own dedicated categories across all image types—ONCE AND FOR ALL! We’ve been waiting years for this! It needs to be kept separate from the main art and presented as a clear, transparent option that users can choose to enable or disable when downloading media.

I agree with this and would go a step further and just make region optional on all images. The current system is problematic when old images that were added before the requirement was in place don’t have regions but any new images (or even replacing an old image) must have a region attached. Just make them all optional. If someone is adding an image and doesn’t know the region I’d prefer not having anything rather than force the user to guess and perhaps and inaccurate data. In my opinion missing metadata is better than inaccurate.