Poll: Box Art Brawl: Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey And Donald (GBA)

Mickey looks off-brand in the US version

I choose USA version.

Oh, so this is not a port of Land of Illusion on the Megadrive? I have never heard of this on the Snes otherwise.

One of the rare Europe wins in my opinion. I find it better than the NA art, and while the Japanese one shows more of it, the yellow bar on the right bothers me too much.

The American version, ironically enough, looks like some hideous bootleg shizz.

I thought Europe was the clear winner until I saw that Mickey's extended arm can be seen punching the crow on the Japanese cover, making the EU art look like a weird afterthought in comparison.

@Mana_Knight Nah, it's the third entry in Capcom's Magical Quest series. The SNES version never left Japan, but the GBA port did. Really sollid platformer, highly recommended!

The US one is creepy

@NicolausCamp Ah, interesting. Thanks. Shame, sounds like one I would have enjoyed co-op with my brother as we loved the megadrive game.

Is North American Mickey threatening me! 😮

American one being a bit creepy with Donald and Mickey having their best time with Huey, Dewey, and Louie trapped three steps behind them 🤭

What the hell is wrong with that NA Mickey?

The USA art looks like immitation knock-off art. You can tell it’s not done by an official Disney artist. Like Mickey’s nose is all wrong.

Japan's cover looks just right and gives me these warm 90's Disney vibes.

@Dom_31 Looks like it’s rubbing Mickey the right way

I voted for Europe, but all of them look at least fine. I have nothing else to say here.

Don't know anything about the game but the forest background in the US one gives me magical vibes, so...

Edit: I do agree it looks knock-offish, especially Mickey...

Trying to see this through my 11yo self’s eyes, Japan would feel the most magical.

Not a fan of the cropping on the western releases.

The US art Mickey looks like they used a carnival ride as reference …

Eurpe and Japan for me. The American version is wrong in so many ways. Looks like Mickey is holding something else in that area.

Like others said, Mickey looks off on NA. And Europe almost got my vote, but they just sloppily cropped the Japanese box art (notice the bird feet above Mickey). JP got my vote.

The US art looks like a knock off, Mickeys Face is just so off.
In the others the Face i typically classic Art.
The japanese looks the best

Edit: @1up-husky now i can not unsee it LOL

I had to pick Europe because that is some pretty questionable placement of that boxing glove in the North America version. 😂

I tried playing this a couple weeks back for RetroAchievements and genuinely hated it. I cannot stand platformers that lack any fluidity and punish you for tiny mistakes. Mad to think how the original Mario perfected movement that many years ago.

NA feels aimless and sloppy, went with Japanese cover art.

I also think Mickey looks off on the NA box. Perhaps it's an imposter or impersonator, maybe Morty Mouse or something like that. Mackie Mouse? Anyway, as someone said above, I do like how NA shows Pete and the nephews in the background, but that's not enough to put NA in the lead.

Europe's is way too cramped by all the logos. They just destroy all the space and leave no breathing room at all. The Japanese version is much more pleasant because it's not cropped or crushed by logos. Japan wins.

Well, to be fair Magical Quest 3 is probably the most obscure of the trilogy given that the SNES original was only released in Japan (we can only imagine was due to Disney deciding to get into console publishing themselves at that time in the west, surely taking down Capcom's license except in Japan)

Then the GBA port gave the game its official English debut but was released fairly late in the console's lifespan.

The wide format really brings the image to life for me, so Japan FTW! NA's feels pretty generic.

American box art Mickey looks like Temu Mickey…

Too bad, this one of these games, which are really expensive nowadays. I have the 1st one of these.

I don't know man, that Mickey looks weird on the first one.

And also I always thought that GBA banner thingy on the side of the EU/US GBA boxarts is really huge and ugly. So when it comes to GBA I might just systematically vote for JP just because of that thing.

I voted Japan, I don't like Donald's I Dream Of Jeannie cosplay.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Or at a European fair with off-brand characters next to the Bugs Bunny with a blunt.

Europe looks the most charming and nice to look at, kind of the point with a Disney product.

@larryisaman Dude XD...

@The_Nintend_Pedant In Germany ripoff Transformers art for car shows and stuff is absurdly popular. Makes sense, as someone who's worked with kids in the area, they love love "Autos" almost as much as "Dinosaurier" XD

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 104

Japan: 99

North America: 118

Australia and New Zealand: 1

@The_Nintend_Pedant He's also holding the weapon completely wrong and in the wrong hand and now I feel ashamed I voted US.

It’s nice occasionally having games that I’ve never seen before come up. It allows me to be way more objective.
Was originally gonna vote for the Japanese one. It is very aesthetically pleasing and I dig the green. But after giving each thorough inspection the NA cover has more depth. There are story references with Pete and the kidnapped ducklings. Also Donald’s got that lamp which is just full of possibilities.
Mickey’s face is …. unfortunate.
And that barrel Donald is wearing in the other covers just gets weirder the longer I look at it.

I think they all look really nice

I went with the NA one, because it looks the most like a movie cover.