It’s time to witness another clash of covers as we dive into this week’s edition of the Box Art Brawl!
Last time, things got medieval as we combined two different covers from the DS’s Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia with North America facing the combined forces of Europe and Japan. Holy shit, this was close! NA just managed to seal the win with 55% of the vote, while EU/JP took home 45% — classic Box Art Brawl action.
This week we’re sticking with the Nintendo DS and pitting three covers from 2009’s Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes against each other. This fantastic mystery RPG just got a classy Switch remaster thanks to Dotemu, who we gave a ‘great’ 8/10 in our review. Now that we’ve re-entered the world of Ashan, it only seemed right to look back at the source with a good old fashioned cover match.
This week you can choose from three different covers, but only from two different regions. Why? Since NA brought a duo of fighters into this fight — why didn’t Europe think of that?
And so, without further ado, let the challenge… begin.
Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let’s look at the box designs themselves.
North America #1
The North American cover hits just about every awesome beat you could hope for. We see our main heroes at the bottom, each wielding their own fantasy skill, small silhouettes of dragons and castles pepper the background, and even the “Clash of Heroes” font has a certain Lord of the Rings torch. There is no doubt what kind of world this game takes place in.
North America #2
North America else the frame art is similar to the first, although there are some significant changes. The characters are now the main focal point, but the cream background returns, here decorated with tall buildings instead of dragons and mountains. The title font has also changed and now has a silhouette of the characters at the top.
Europe
The European cover takes things up a notch. The cream background is gone, replaced here by fiery red; The characters are again front and center, stacked like the poster of a contemporary superhero movie; even the dragons are clearer to see, with more detail than in the first NA version. In fact, the only thing that seems to be toned down is the font, which seems far more standard than what we’ve seen before.
Thanks for voting! See you next time for another round of Box Art Brawl.
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