Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Metal Slug Advance (GBA)

Wow both of these are pretty good! I chose the western one because its shows nicer scenery. But i really like both

Definitely got to go with the western one on this one. Japanese one I can't stop looking at how the guy's face is way too big for his head.

japan’s is better. i like the emphasis on the pistol and the island backdrop, it looks bad ass. north america looks too soft and the two people behind the bushes like “peek-a-boo” is silly lol

I like North America / Europe way more.

I wish the game had an auto-fire option. Having to spam the fire button feels really uncomfortable. I can only play couple of levels before I have to stop. I'm fine with the run and gun stuff since most enemies die in one hit and there are small breaks in-between enemies but the bosses kill my fingers.

Team JP this week

They both look great, but I like NA/EU's one just a fraction more.

@Late There is an auto-fire option. It's on the file select screen.

Yep. Japan got its a** properly kicked for once. It rarely happens but it certainly did there.

I like the character designs on the Japanese version better, but the overall composition is...what?!

NA for me, even with the goofy characters.

I squint my eyes and I see advance wars on the NA box.

I like that one better, nice cute anime art, bright colors, nothing too special but it is easy on the eyes.

NA/EU has to be the winner. The guys on the Japanese box art look like they're hurtling into space for Pete's sake.

Voted for Japan because the logo is too big for me on the other one, and hides the titular Metal Slug and other stuff.

Western one feels more "Metal Slug" to me, so I pick that one. The Japanese one is just kind of...weird looking, knowing the series. Like someone tried drawing metal slug OCs, basically lol

@Penguinpengy Thanks! I didn't notice it when I made my save file and I've not been to that menu since. I make a save state when I'm about to quit which means I always start on the next menu.

The main character on the JP one is so generic, it's scary. The girl looks alright, but the Western one just looks better overall. Better background too.

@Daniel36
The game itself is really generic and devoid of much personality unfortunately, animations especially for the playable characters are very limited and that’s a sin for this series, the NGP games are much better in this regard.

Europe/NA for me. This is a great game, btw. Never played a Metal Slug before but had great fun with this on NSO. I could never have beaten it without rewind though!

I've never played the series but don't recall seeing any screenshots of them in space. NA/EU

I don't mind the Japan one. But the Europe one gets my vote

Definitely NA. The JP one looks a bit amateurish. I know Metal Slug characters don't exactly have realistic proportions, but that just looks off.

I think the thing that ruins the Japanese one is the Male Protagonist’s face. There’s something not right, like the eyes look a little… dead? It totally ruins the whole thing since he’s the focus.
It’s almost like they got the art specially done, but didn’t get one of their usual artists. Like it was done after the Western version? Why?
Meanwhile the Western one uses an anime style similar to what we expect of Metal Slug and pulls it off well. It might be one of their usual artists?

If I recall correctly, I think I actually kept the box for this game back when it was new. The weakest aspect of the NA/EU cover is the composition when you factor in the logo. The logo takes so much space that it crushes and obscures the art somewhat. Still, it's very well done in execution and composition.

The JP cover isn't as well executed and the composition is just okay. NA/EU wins this one for me.

It’s interesting as neither seem to sum up the metal slug franchise.

I went with the *North American/European variant! That one is so pleasing on the eyes!

I think I might have gone with JP if blue hair dude didn't have a weird face. What happened there?

I voted for the EU one. I like the art direction better.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 128

Japan: 124

North America: 149

Australia and New Zealand: 1

These are both great art, but I picked the more dynamically posed Japanese version. Just barely.

They way she runs swinging the gun behind her on NA box got me. Had to pick that. Just nonchalantly running with a revolver. No big deal. haha