Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Tales Of Symphonia (GameCube)

Sheena alone puts the NA/EU, cover over the top, but the addition of the summon spirits in the background are just awesome.

The NA/EU cover is so good. And pure nostalgia bait for me. Instant and undisputed champion.

Literally got no opinion this time. They are.. effectively the same? This is a survey between blue and green.

NA. More characters in better poses with extra details in the background for those who've played it.

Yeesh; Japanese version looks like it was pulled from of a drawing contest in a videogame magazine.

Not much competition, that NA one is just better. Other one looks unfinished compared

Europe/NA.
4 characters, better reflect it did have 4-player co-op in battles.
You probably wouldn't guess that from a glance, but just seems to fit better.

Western release is probably better, although it contains spoilers about the party, while the Japanese box doesn't. Still watching the opening movie was already a bit too revelatory, so no big deal probably.

I don't like ToS much but I do feel the international cover is really eye catching, the art makes the characters look cooler than they are, the background colors are nice. It is a very good cover for an anime JRPG.

The western cover goes hard. Japanese one is too smiley.

Yeah, the western one just clears in this case. The Japanese one still isn't bad though!

NA/Europe version looks better to me

"...this might just push Japan toward a win. It'll be close though."
I think not 😆

@Wewewi is correct. The Japanese cover looks like it was done by a 15 year old who is really good at drawing, but not a professional.

Such an amazing game. My first and only from the series. So glad I got to experience it at that time.

It'll be close though.

Uhm... Not with the current poll results heavily favoring NA/EU. I also went with NA/EU for reasons others mentioned in the comments.

I do like the US/EU cover more.
That being said, I think Zelos isn't as important a character as Kratos, but it's no big deal

I actually dislike both, but NA EU less so.

Not even close. Im with the majority on this one.

Both quite ***** aren't they?

Angry Kirby covers have gotten to other series.

Thanks for the reminder that I have this game in my collection and that I need to give it a go, but that will happen only when I beat Baten Kaitos I.

Well, the results prove Namco had good instincts when they decided to ignore Kosuke Fujishima original design for the localization. There are better pieces by the same artist of course, like the boxart from the Ps2 version which was reused in all subsequent re-releases, but this particular design used for the japanese gamecube releae definitely seems goofy and far too cheery.

Today, generic nonspecific anime style wins over original artist creative vision, and that is quite uncommon.

Japanese one definitely is more eye-catching to me so I say that one.

The japanese box art is okay.
But the NA/EU box art is the best. It has Sheena, and 4 Summon Spirits are in the background (Aska, Celsius, Undine and Luna).

The Remaster cover is better than both.

They both have nice artwork. I went with Japan.

It's pretty clear which one looks cooler but bewbs will always raise the level, I mean, that's straight up the focus of the article's thumbnail.

Can't beat that.

I might've preferred Japan for the more hand drawn look but... there is just something about Lloyd's smile that does not work for me. Not that he's smiling, but that specific smile, that I find too goofy and off-putting.

I didn't even have to see the results to have a good laugh as the assertion "It'll be close though." No. NA is way better. The busier background for the western cover works very well. The featured characters are posed much better. The quality of the illustration is also noticeably better for the west, especially for the main character which looks a bit too off model. I should say the Japanese cover isn't bad, but the western cover is much more refined in a good way.

NA/Europe here.

Though I will point out a certain irony for the Japanese box art.....

Europe, easily. The extra character, the nice blend of colors, the quality of the illustration, the poses. And of course, that square box for "Gamecube" is so harsh on the eyes compared to the nice curve of the European version.

I prefer the Japan one cuz well its hand drawn and the na one was done digitally I will always appreciate hand drawn more

No contest. Europe.

Much as I’m a huge fan of Kōsuke Fujishima’s work, and I love the hand drawn Japanese cover, Sheena’s presence alone wins out. I knew a ridiculously cute cosplayer who did her back in the day. Sparks many a fond memory.

I don't know what that one girl is doing spinning rings on her fingers in the Japanese art.

I like the Nintendo Switch one the very best.

@KingMike
Colette's main weapon is her chakrams.

...this isn't a game with 100% realistic weapons - Genis uses a kendama after all

I don't like the blonde is staring at basically nothing but it's still better than the Japanese version.

"It'll be close though"

Turns out it's not close.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 117

Japan: 111

North America: 134

Australia and New Zealand: 1

They're both nice, but the western one is best.

Man I love this game.
The occidental one lacks the line drawing of the Japanese one but the composition and the background, basically everything else is just so much better.

I like that the three characters on the Japanese cover are three different colors, and the greyed out background scenes in the Western one are a bit busy, but I still prefer the more serious poses of the Western one.