Poll: Box Art Brawl: Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (GameCube)

All very similar box arts this week. I'd say America because it has a jungle, and looks a bit more like the box art for a platformer.

I think Europe has the most appealing color scheme but really these are pretty much interchangeable.

They're all terrible but at least the NA one has better coloring.

My vote is for the one with an actual jungle

Only one actually features Jungle, so…

NA version looks better in my opinion

I don’t like any of these 😂
Voting NA be it’s the most pleasing one, relatively speaking.

Was the jungle background too much for Europe or something? Sometimes I just can't understand the decisions they make.

Americas is the best but only because it has a jungle on it. Kinda weird to choose 3 so similar boxarts, it doesn't make me think as to which i like more or less as much as previous brawls.

@ToniK The game came out earlier in the EU on the gamecube. Europe didn't remove the jungle, America added it.

“THE KING OF KINGS!” Very impressive!

Japan has been taking Ls lately

I voted Europe because you can see the other characters better

What a game. Loved this back in the day. Recently bought another set of bongos (and emulated it on my laptop as I don't have a gamecube or Wii anymore). Still brilliant. Picked up a decent set from japan for a good price too. Locally buying the game / bongos in good condition is more than I paid for it new 😂😂 as is with a lot of games now though.

These are all kinda dull but I have to give it to the one that bestows upon DK the title of King of Kings a title that I certainly can’t disagree with.

Yeah, definitely the one with an actual jungle. Even if the JP box sneaks in a DK Rap nod.

Had to go with NA as its the one I imported 🤣

I went for Europe, I think it handles displaying the bongos info better.

I'm intrigued to see how Nintendo handles this game for NSO considering as the bongos are recommended, will they sell the bongos on the Nintendo Store like they did the Virtual Boy headset?

They all suck for different reasons.

The pixelation on that “jungle” on the US version is actually nostalgic for a lot of reasons.

It reminds me of so many games from that era. 😅

Surprised NA is in the lead, not sure if its just the quality of the image but the DK looks like he’s got weird lines all over him, makes the overall box art look very poor quality to me.

NA for me this time. DK in all his glory, enemies in the background along with the jungle, AND the bongos. The other covers are...fine - I do like the camo on the Japanese cover - but actual landscapes do wonders in my book.

Europe.
Because more yellow = more banana.
That’s just maths.

The yellow on the European box art makes everything else pop more. So that one's the best for me.

I'm abstaining as they're all equally terrible this week. Good thing DK is less of an afterthought for Nintendo these days.

EU is too chipper, JP is too Resident Evil. NA is perfect.

Damn this game was genius. Wish I still had my GC and bongos!

Bongo Pounding Controls for the win. I miss that game. I got so BORED of it at the time, but it would be something cool to have on my collectables shelf now.

The North American variant is the best one in my opinion. They all have their issues but I feel that the color palette works the best on that one.

"King of KINGS?!" I can see why that cover or tagline didn't make it to western audiences. And what's with the camo printing? Jungle, okay, but it's for military fatigues. Huh?

I get what everyone is saying about the jungle background. I would prefer that too, but I do think DK gets lost in it on the NA art. I've selected EU for this.

Just like with Mario Power Tennis, don't forget the New Play Control!/Wii de Asobu versions.
(Sorry this time the images aren't of the best quality possible)

But before showing the Wii covers, there seems to be a variant of the GC Japanese cover for copies that came on the Taru Konga Set (the DK Bongos Pak)

North American Wii variants
New Play Control! Cover

North American Reverse cover

Europe New Play Control! cover

Europe Reverse cover

Australia New Play Control! cover

Australia Reverse cover

Japan Wii de Asobu cover

Japan Reverse cover

Disc art as a separate comment

North America GC version

North America Wii version (+ manual art)

Europe GC version. I'm assuming it's also shared with Australia. Can anyone confirm, please?

Europe Wii version, shared with Australia

Japan GC version

Japan Wii version (+ manual art)

Now. I also found the different box arts of the DK Bongos Pak while searching the Wii box arts and disc arts. They seem to follow the same principles as the original box arts, so I'm not sure if I should also post those as well.

I like north America because of the jungle and waterfall background.

What does "not to be sold separately" mean on the European box?

Wow. I hate all of these. I think the cover concept and composition are terrible. The yellow background of the Euro cover provides contrast for better visbility. It is also better in how it features the bongos and doesn't have the extra marketing line the NA version has which I found further detracts from that version. For both of those reason, I have chosen the Euro cover as the least horrible of the three.

@PrinceFroggy In that case, the game was bundled with the controllers. That bundle version of the game is not to be separated by the retailer to sell separately. It's the same as "Not for resale" on old pack-in games to ensure they were not removed and sold on their own.

They all suck

One of the best games on the GameCube - top 5 for me easily.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 123

Japan: 118

North America: 145

Australia and New Zealand: 1

@sdelfin Ah OK, I was assuming that one didn't come with the bongos since it said "best with" rather than "included". Odd wording.

Europe because Yellow - the best colour. Also "Best with" the bongo drum does a better job at selling the peripheral than saying the game's compatible with it.

I'll give Japan a pity vote for DK truly is the king of kings

You know what I think I like the NA a but better for the color palette. But it's really messy it's got too much going on with a background that just sort of destroys the clarity of the whole thing. What is this terrible looking blue thing anyway? A very blurry waterfall that comes out of nowhere?

I voted for EU it's a lot cleaner.

They all look horrible, but the US one is best in looking slightly less horrible, I guess.

The box art is ok, not great. On the other hand the game either on NGC or Wii gets a 100/10 (yes you read It correctly, one humdred out of ten). Very fun, very Nintendo, very experimental, one of Nintendo's best in my opinion. No wonder the same team would develop Super Mario.Gslaxy after finishing this.

I have the Japanese version (not sure why. I actually thought it was because there was no European version, but apparently not. I am convinced thought it looks different so i’ll check when back from holiday

Btw for those with bongos. Connect it to your switch. Has some fun uses. At least with the taiko games. But remapping makes kore possible

I was just about to give it to the US when I saw the DK face next to the 'King of Kings! Donkey Kong is Here!' text on the Japanese cover. I now need this superior version.

@PrinceFroggy I agree, that was very clunky how they did it. I think what happened was they made the standard cover with "Best with" and then just slapped the sales disclaimer on it with no regard for clarity.

Only one of them quotes the DK rap.

Kidding. I voted NA for the reasons above.