Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Mega Man 6

I like the manga style of the Japanese version but it is a bit too busy.
The US version is a piece of art. I wouldn't mind a full size poster or something.

this one is a no brainer. For once the USA takes it. yet people going with JP in the poll

This week, I much prefer the JP one and voted for that. But the NA one isn't bad either.

Genuinely can't believe people like the North American one, it's terrible.

The NA setting is better, but the Japanese art style is WAY better. As such Japan wins this one for me.

Japan has had some stinkers too, but this isn't one of them. The US one is lovely too, and on the one hand I really appreciate the different outfit, but on the other hand... at the end, a small win for Japan for me.

Goofy face aside, I prefer the composition of the NA box to the cluttered-ness of the JP one.

A huge improvement on earlier US releases (especially the one where MegaOldMan looks like he’s messed his pants) but the Japanese version is still the clear winner. The US one reminds me a bit of the art style of those old Garbage Pail Kids cards!

Wait a second, this game wasn't released in PAL regions at all?

Both of these are pretty great!

They're both gorgeous but I chose Japan for the colours

Awesome jet pack beats weird robot busts.

Snark aside, great game. Kirby's Adventure, Star Tropics 2, and Mega Man 6 were excellent swan songs for the NES by Nintendo in NA. Picked up each back in the day well after the SNES was alive and kicking.

NA- better overall
JP- better art style

I like both a lot, but I feel that the US version just captures the sense of adventure the most!

It's trivial but I HATE the shape of his mouth on the NA cover.

The castle on a bland background seemed lazy for a Mega Man cover to me, so I always hated MM6's box art 😆
I prefer the intended artwork any day over interpretations, so JP ftw today.

Despite its better art style, the Japanese cover lacks the color and the scene of the NA cover (and looks too similar to the previous five Japanese covers).

I swear to god people just vote Japan because it’s Japan. Wake up.

NA really pops, whereas JP is a relatively flat composition by comparison.

Ill have to go with North America for this one. Japan looks cool but its so busy, besides, this one nails the Megaman Look over I guess, any other cover or at least most than most of the others

Voted for Japanese

Knew it would be Mega Man this week (although I thought it would be 7 instead of 6 lol)
I like the composition of the U.S. better (and it shows the rush powers), but the JP art nails the style and has every robot master.

@The_Nintendo_Expat

If I were to nitpick your comment, which I would never because it is your reserved habit around here, I would just relax and bathe myself in hot source waters, rubbing some of my end against your Costanza avatar upper curves.

Onsen-tamago.

Because no, "Japanese people (...) have" NOTHING "against utiliZing composition"...

But "you people" should be ashamed of such generaliZation.

@Olliemar28 It's worth noting that Knight Man and Wind Man, two of the three Robot Masters presented on the American boxart, were created by Nintendo Power readers. At least I'm pretty sure I got that right.
It is speculated that the contest was one reason that Nintendo chose to publish the game in North America.

Though I think Freeze Man (from 7 on the SNES) was spotted among the entries showcased in NP. I also remember a Clown Man, but I'm not familiar enough with 8 (Saturn and PS1) to know if it was necessarily the same design.

@PinchedCake6 The NES market was so behind in Europe (I'm less surprised each time I see or hear of a PAL version game being three or four years behind its US counterpart). I've heard they barely got FIVE by the end of the market life (though to be honest 5 is the scarcest game in the physical NA set so I imagine the PAL version of it is even rarer), so it's too not surprising that #6 wasn't officially seen over there until the 3DS VC.