Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Sonic X Shadow Generations

I voted the Japanese version.
It looks like Yin Yang version.

Both of them looks boring. But, my vote goes to the NA/PAL one just because it features Sonic from classic games.

I dislike them both, but I really appreciate Sega giving people the opportunity to choose.

Wow how do people find the Japanese one boring?? It’s so cool! It’s different than your typical box and I like how it works even upside down showing Shadow

Japanese one's a million times better. The clashing colors look much nicer and the international one suffers from weird perspective that makes Shadow look like he's twice Sonic's height.

Japan's one reminds me of the SA2 logo

The Japanese one uses all-new art of Sonic and Shadow, and looks really cool.

Shadow looks cool in the NA / Europe one, but it mainly just slaps the old renders of the Sonics on there, and put all 3 on some floating squares.

NA/Europe looks like every other Sonic cover. I like how Shadow is literally a shadow in Japan's art but the seam between the two is bit weird looking.

This is a no-brainer. How are they so close? Japan should be the only option.

A difficult choice this week. Given the games story, I chose NA / Europe as it shows classic Sonic. I do prefer the colour divide on the Japanese cover. They could of had classic Sonic in the bottom left corner.

JP needs Sonic with the SA smirk it would mirror Shadow as he’s doing the reverse of that.

Had no idea Japan had its own game box. I'm gonna go with that, it gives the idea that Sonic and Shadow are polar opposites.

Maybe if the Sonics had new art on the western cover I'd vote for that.

I voted Japan, very nice looking and I think it shows better than NA/EU that Shadow generations is a separate campaign. Both are cool though!

Voted japan though it could be because I have the day one version but the cover is reversable.

None of them.
The cover art on modern games, are so damn generic and boring.

Classic Sonic is so cute and adorable!

@Steel76 Lol. What's your idea of not boring? There's plenty of good looking box art.

I’m just not a fan of stuff being upside down on front covers.

I'm shocked how much people like the Japanese one. I find it kind of generic, but also very visually messy.

I'm not an expert on graphic design, but as I understand it, you don't want to have a bunch of different elements overlapping each other. If you were to look at a silhouette of the Western box art, you'd be able to make out each of the characters distinctly. But if you make a silhouette of the Japanese one, Sonic, Shadow, and the logo would all appear as a conjoined mess. It's too visually busy.

I reversed the cover on my PS5 version. Options are always welcome.

North America/Europe looks really good.

Japanese box art misses 16-bit Sonic, so I couldn’t vote for it

Both good but neither is great.
Japan is a little better.

The Japanese one looks better with the mirrored/duality/shadow self/ying-yang vibe.

I know nothing about this game. Is there a baby Sonic? Will Yoshi have to raise him? What's going on?

@Purgatorium not sure if you're serious or not. If so, I'll explain the best I can. Haven't played the game.

The original Sonic Generations is about a time-space distortion that causes Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic to meet each other as two separate characters and working together to fix this mess.
Classic Sonic levels play like the Mega Drive/Genesis games, while the Modern Sonic ones play like your usual boost-based Sonic (Unleashed, Colors, Forces).

The Shadow Generations part is perhaps its own thing that probably links to Sonic Generations.

I like them both decently enough but I like the Japanese one a bit more because it doesn't have Sonic 2 Shadow 1, and it's just more stylized in a fitting manner.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 85

Japan: 85

North America: 100

Australia and New Zealand: 1

@HammerGalladeBro I was seriou (except about the Yoshi part).

Thanks for the explanation!

I honestly think the Japanese one is just awesome! Reminds me of adventure two somewhat.

Both kinda boring. But I voted the western one as the Japan one looks like they've just placed stock art on a background (reminiscent of SA2, which is a nice callback tbf) and called it a day.

The Japanese cover is so mych better it ain't even funny.

@Steel76 if you're saying you miss the dawn covers like SA2, I agree.

The Japan cover reminded me of another games cover, can't remember what it is so I went with US.

I don't think either cover is especially good, but just like another commenter above, I also don't like the upside-down character for the Japanese cover. The yin-yang concept seems better in theory than in execution on the cover. It just doesn't work for me. Because of that, I chose the western cover as the better of the two.

@SoIDecidedTo the original twilight princess cover?

After Shadow being out of the spotlight for so many years I prefer to see him front and centre in the Western cover, rather than upside down in the Japanese one

Not at all a fan of the US cover, it’s literally the same models and art from 13 years ago for the two Sonic’s but with Shadow squeezed in the middle. The Japan version is much better, with an updated Sonic render that better matches his current portrayal, a beautiful background and cool yin-yang motif. I will say the Japanese cover really makes Shadow look like the villain, if I didn’t already know the character I’d probably assume he’s evil.

As a Sonic Adventure 2 fan that Japanese cover is just amazing!

Sonic Adventure 2 is my favorite Sonic game, so of course I went with Japan.

I don't like SA2 but the JP cover looks like it's literally Shadow as Sonic's shadow. JP takes my vote

Graphic design is Japan's passion. LOL

Japan wins this one for me. But honestly, it's what's inside that counts, and both these cases contain traaaaaaaaassssssh.

I got the day one edition so my N.A. cover can reverse to the Japanese one.

@Vyacheslav333 This is the reason for my vote as well

No contest, JP wins.

@LikelySatan You hate the game or something? Or just another "lolz sonic bad"?

I honestly prefer the Japanese variant over the latter. I love the flipped character images. This one was absolutely an easy vote for me.

@domatron66 This wasn't the exact one, but YES, I can totally get the vibes from this.

Oh hey Sonic's got Twilight Princess boxart.

I really appreciate that the JP cover tributes its SA2 roots, so I am going with that one. Also makes the game look more like a sequel rather than a remaster with a dlc tacked on, which, while misleading, is just a better overall design decision imho.