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Sunday24th Mar 2024

  • Poll Box Art Brawl: Super Scribblenauts

    Think it. Vote it.

    Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! In last week's brawl, we checked out Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color, pitting the Western Design against the rather quirky effort from Japan. In the end, Japan won the vote at 72% - well done! This week, we're moving onto the Nintendo DS with Super Scribblenauts from WB Games and...

Sunday10th Mar 2024

  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time

    It's a MAR10 Day special

    Welcome back to another clash of the covers in this week's Box Art Brawl! Before we meet today's contenders, let's take a look at what happened last time when we matched up three regional covers for Ninja Gaiden Shadow (or Shadow Warriors for those in Europe and Australia). Despite there being three options, it wasn't a...

Saturday9th Mar 2024

Tuesday5th Mar 2024

Sunday18th Feb 2024

  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Mario Vs. Donkey Kong 2: March Of The Minis

    The Minis go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah

    Welcome one and all, to another episode of Box Art Brawl! Right then... Before we get cracking with this week's brawl, let's see how we got on last time, shall we? We looked at the lovely Inazuma Eleven Strikers for the Wii, pitting Japan against Europe in a classic duel. It was a relatively close...

Monday1st Jan 2024

Sunday17th Dec 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Trace Memory

    Remember remember

    Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl, are you ready to rank some covers? Before we head into this week's competition, however, let's check out what happened last time. We got all agricultural as we matched up two covers for Harvest Moon 64 in celebration of it landing on NSO. They were both pretty sweet options, but...

Tuesday5th Dec 2023

Monday27th Nov 2023

Sunday19th Nov 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Contact

    No, it's not Mother 3

    It's time for another clash of the covers as we dive into the latest edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we matched up a duo of box art from the 3DS' Hey! Pikmin and, let us tell you, it wasn't even close. The friendlier European cover walked away with a whopping 73% of the vote, leaving North America and Japan in the...

Monday13th Nov 2023

Sunday5th Nov 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Kirby Mass Attack

    They... they're multiplying!

    It's time for another edition of Box Art Brawl, are you ready to judge a game by its cover(s)? Before we dive into the proceedings of today's match-up, let's check out what happened last time. It was a good old one-on-one duel for The Lion King on the SNES, with Europe and North America going head-to-head. After you...

Sunday29th Oct 2023

Monday23rd Oct 2023

Thursday19th Oct 2023

  • News Ayaneo's New Handheld Looks Like A 2023 Nintendo DS Successor

    Yep, that's nice

    Tech company Ayaneo is pumping out more hardware iterations than we can possibly keep up with, but its latest effort is of particular interest thanks to its remarkable resemblance to Nintendo's own DS line. Yes, the Ayaneo Flip DS is on its way (thanks, The Verge) and boasts a 7-inch 120Hz display screen with an additional screen...

Sunday15th Oct 2023

Thursday14th Sep 2023

Sunday10th Sep 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: New Super Mario Bros.

    Let's-a vote

    It's the weekend and that can mean only one thing — yes, it's time for another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we dive into this week's contestants, let's take a look at how things played out last time. Celebrating the release of Sabotage's excellent RPG Sea of Stars, we took a look at the cover variants from around the world, with...

Tuesday5th Sep 2023

Sunday23rd Jul 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl: Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes (DS)

    Puzzling

    It's time to witness another clash of the covers as we dive into this week's edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, things got medieval as we matched up two different covers from the DS' Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia with North America facing off against the combined forces of Europe and Japan. Holy smokes was this a close one! NA just...

Saturday22nd Jul 2023

Sunday16th Jul 2023

Monday10th Jul 2023

Monday19th Jun 2023

  • Random Nintendo's DS Demo Kit Is A Remarkable Feat Of DIY

    They don't make 'em like this anymore

    We love seeing how seemingly normal pieces of hardware can be bent and twisted to fit specific needs, and this particular discovery from YouTuber 'The Retro Future' is one of our favourites. After getting their mitts on a special demo distribution version of the Nintendo DS that only displays one screen with no...

Sunday4th Jun 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS)

    Objection!

    Welcome back to yet another round of Box Art Brawl! Before we hop onto the case of this week's match-up, let's first take a look at the results from last time. We pitted three covers for the GameCube shmup Ikaruga against each other and wow, it was a close one. The European cover art just topped the competition with 36% of the vote,...

Sunday21st May 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

    The other boat one

    Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we dive into this week's face-off, let's quickly recap what happened last time when we asked you to pick a favourite design between the two regional cover art options for Beyond Good and Evil. This was a slightly closer-fought contest than we have seen in recent weeks, but...

Sunday23rd Apr 2023

  • Poll Box Art Brawl: Final Fantasy IV (DS)

    You spoony bard!

    Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get cracking with this week's rumble, let's take a look at how the votes panned out last time. We took a look at Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the DS and, holy moly, it was actually a rather close call. North America won out with 48% of the vote,...

Sunday16th Apr 2023

Thursday13th Apr 2023

Thursday30th Mar 2023