Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Fatal Fury Special (SNES)

Fantastic drawing on the Japanese version, but I just like the streamlined North American cover style better.

Funny how turns have tabled around; now SW2 covers are more streamlined, trying to convey all sorts of information, with the art taking a backseat.. and it's absolutely miserable.

Also going for the NA/EU one because it's just a bit more interesting to look at.

The moment I saw this abomination of Japanese cover, I knew that the NintendoLife community will let it win by a mile.

Why are the faces so ugly in both? (More so on the Japanese cover with its bizarre smirks and abundance of potato heads)

I don't like either, and I was fully expecting myself to like the Japanese art too. I prefer the Western art, but just barely.

Japanese one looks wild I love it

They both look at least slightly good, but I chose the Japan one this week.

Japanese. I love how funny it looks.

When in doubt, Japan.

I like that the western one tells you it's 32 megs, that's 4 megabytes! One megabyte more than EarthBound!

Curiously, the games that actually had an unusual size like Tales of Phantasia or Star Ocean don't tell you at all... because it's useless information!

Shinkiro > everything.

The original and best goes to the Japanese version

JP one, of course! That's Shinkiro, after all.
@RootsGenoa Hiroaki "HIROAKI" Hashimoto > Shinkiro.

Hmmm... a lot of love for what I perceive as very generic looking characters.

JP for me this time.

There's a smiling young woman (those thighs !) lost among the steroid club on the japanese cover, so....

That Japanese one is miles better, you want your game to stand out on the shelves? that's how it's done.

The expressions on the Japanese box are definitely odd (and the entire cast needs to buy less eyeliner), but the characters at least look like themselves. The North American / European art is good, but everyone's way off model. Terry's face is so... bulge-y. Like someone wrapped a mask around some ground beef.

The Japanese one because the guy at the top of the graphic looks like some sort of Fatal Uncle Fester.

I like both but I gave my vote to Japan.

The Shinkiro artwork with all the characters is too iconic. In my head that is the art for the NEO GEO version, and I associate this buggy snes conversion with that western artwork more.

I like the color choices on the NA box better, but the JP one has the better character designs. A tie.

The Japanese one is so goofy. I love it

Japanese version for me.

In theory the Japanese one is better, but I hate how some of the faces are drawn on it.

The Japanese Box Art by Shinkiro looks way better.

I'm picking neither this week. They're both ugly.

Honestly both covers are just god awful because there's just tiny little minor details across both covers that just give me so much uncanny valley vibes times 10. For example in the NA/EU cover, the main man of this Franchise Terry looks so bootleg looking in his facial expression it's just so off putting and the guy getting punched in the face his whole backside proportions look werid essentially his neck skin it looks off and I can't place it why it feels wrong looking to me. Now as for Japanese cover same thing but a little less uncanny valley vibes but man those facial expressions on a few of these characters here look so goofy and hard to take it seriously. As for my ultimate pick on this poll, I picked the NA/EU covers despite my criticisms i still think the overall vibe is just pure 90's fighting game energy and I gotta respect it for that.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 107

Japan: 104

North America: 124

Australia and New Zealand: 1

I gotta vote for the North American/European box art.

Voted for Japan, I just prefer that style of illustration. I see what they were going for with the NA one but, Geese's head, (I assume that's supposed to be Geese), is just way too tiny and it's throwing off the entire illustration.

The Japan one would give me nightmares.

I've been told the actual game was cheapened for Europe, having less than the 32 megabits advertised on the US box and cutting some characters as a result.

I appreciate what the western cover is going for by attempting to depict action, but it just looks very static. Terry and Geese especially look stiff. The fighters are basically expressionless. Also, the framing and composition are weak.

While Japan is the generic gaggle of characters, it works far better as a cover. Seeing them next to each other in the actual poll is very telling as the Japanese cover pops. Japan gets my vote.

I hated that the PAL version was smaller and had less characters

Again I beg for a "neither" option both artworks are hideous and unappealing.

What's with anime/video game characters having that very specific cross-shaped scar you see here on the mullet dude in the JP version and also on Zangief. How would you even get that shape of scar? I guess they got slashed twice by happenstance in the same place from different angles.

I'm gonna go with Japan for showing Duck King.

However, the western cover has a few "cheeks" to its favor* as well as Not-Master Roshi.

*And yes, that probably sounds wrong. I apologize.

EDIT: Looking closely at the Japanese cover, it's hard to not laugh at Kim's goofy smile.

NA/EU cover for me. @JimNorman Also can we do Electroplankton next Boxart brawl? That game doesn't get much love honestly...

Y'all need to add a both option to these I swear😭

How is this a contest in the slightest?

@HammerGalladeBro Thank you for making me not feel alone with my cheek-noticing abililties

japanese one a bit scary, but still voted for it because it stands out and shows terry b. more clearly, na/europe couldbe so many games...

Classic SNK will always win.

I like both, but I voted NA for its originality.

There is so much meme worthy material in the Japanese art.

And you can’t tell me that isn’t Ryan Gosling at the top!

I was going to say the Japanese was bland but then I saw the western one and oh boy that is really bad 😂

Tough choice; both great examples of good art and composition, but the western one actually shows exactly what the game is about; whereas the Japanese cover is just almost every character looking really silly. JP looks less like product-shelf art and more like back-of-the-manual spread image

@wollywoo WRONG! They were seared by a holy cross. (Duh!)

Neither of them are very good because one has weird body proportions, and the other has creepy faces.