Welcome to all of you in the 39th edition of the Box Art Brawl, a mid-week bout amongst the box art from around the world where you vote for the winner …
Last week Mario dropped one of his dos on the N64 Mario Party 2, a hot swindig that appears before the formula holds up a bit. Looking back we can say for sure that the Japanese cover was your favorite, where North America is a distant second from Europe and a distant third. Mario teams are tough in Japan, it seems.
This week we're sticking with the Nintendo 64 and 3D puzzler Wetrix. Little known perhaps, but heartily remembered, the game genres have appeared on PC, Dreamcast and Game Boy Color. Wetrix is a favorite of the week and we looked at the making of this little addictive game a few years back. It's a must read if you are a fan or however you want to look at this player but have never been close to it.
That's enough. Today we are only interested in the details of the covers that adorn the boxes of our main locations. Let's go inside.
North America
Starting in North America, we find a blue sky overlooking a blue sea with a blue logo and blue drops descending. So, a lot of blue. Fortunately, the bright yellow ground from the game below breaks things down a bit and mirrors the red stripe down the side of the box with the yellow & # 39; bottom & # 39; back nail & # 39; Only End & # 39; on the corner. It is also notable that this game needed Memory Pak & # 39; Full & # 39; to save its data.
To quote Nintendo Power which makes reference to the great biblical flood entering the space sky to the left, but doing little to make a living. There is a fine line between silence and chaos, and we're not sure whether the cover gets the balance right. Gotta love that Ocean logo.
Japan
The Japanese boxing direction was given a white frame with good characters from the game it came out. The & # 39; Wetrix & # 39; logo still exists under the Japanese version, though slightly hidden by the light from underneath the letters.
It's colorful, it's beautiful, but it doesn't bother you. However, it is effective to use a lot of green without making us think they have a special agreement on that color with the print company, so that's the thing.
Europe
The PAL box puts some nice little letters on the front-center as well, with a chunky mark that takes up a large portion of the cover below. The art gives you no other idea of gameplay than the Japanese version, but the bright blue light of the characters means some kind of y-fun. There is no scope for telling us that it is a puzzle game, but the & # 39; trix & # 39; s name almost gives you all the clues you need before.
The black stripes are a bit bizarre, but we say a colorful picture. It is a strong link between Europe and Japan for us, although this may strengthen it. Our opinion means nothing, though – the choice is yours …
And there we are! Click on your preferences below, hit the & # 39; Vote & # 39 ;, button, and sit back to see democracy in action.
Ah Wetrix. You are one of those games that you intended to play back in the day but you may never have. If you've made a sample of its damp flavors, let us know below; you all feel free to hit ebay or your favorite internet site to see what 100 cart is going on these days. We'll catch you next week!
