Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
In last week’s feud we looked at the GBA karting classic, Mario Kart Super Circuit. North America and Europe joined forces against Japan and emerged victorious, winning an incredible 75% of the vote. It’s clear that the simpler composition has proven extremely popular with readers, which we have to say, we strongly agree with.
This week we’ll be checking out the SNES version of Prince of Persia, released for the system by Konami. This 1992 version of the game featured improved visuals and more levels compared to the original Apple II release and was quite well received by players and critics.
It’s a real three-way feud this week, so buckle up folks; Let’s start!
Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let’s look at the box designs themselves.
North America
The North American design for Prince of Persia shares much in common with the Japanese design, although it has been scaled down considerably to fit the region’s standard frame layout. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful work of art bursting with color and detail.
On the other hand, though, because it’s so truncated, we’re missing great details like the terrifying skeleton emerging from what looks like lava at the bottom. Check out Japan’s entry to see what we mean!
Europe
So the European variant is, uhh… strange. It shows the prince himself skipping the title of the game, with an interesting gold pattern in the background. It’s certainly bold, but we’re not quite sure why this is the chosen design when there’s a Japanese/American one… We can’t imagine this will be particularly popular with voters.
Japan
The Japanese design is the full image seen in the North American version, showing everything missing from the otherwise cropped image. The artwork does all the heavy lifting here, and even the title itself seems to be hidden at the bottom to avoid intruding on the beautiful imagery. Nice thing!
We have a feeling we know how this vote will go, but then we’ve been horribly wrong in the past, so we’ll see!
Thanks for voting! See you next time for another round of Box Art Brawl.
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