Weaponlord - BAB
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Greetings – welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last week, we looked at Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald on the GBA, and it was a surprisingly close battle. In the end, Japan won with 42% of the vote. Europe came in second place with 30%, and North America bagged 27%.

This time, we're going back to the SNES to check out a rather deep cut: Weaponlord. Developed by Visual Concepts and published by Namco in 1995, it was a fighting game that received fairly mixed reception. It never received a sequel, though many believe that its mechanics would go on to inform the Soul Blade / SoulCalibur franchises.

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It's another duel this week as North America and Europe go head-to-head. So let's get to it.

Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let's check out the box art designs themselves.

North America

Weaponlord - NA
Image: Namco / Launchbox

With a large, imposing logo taking centre stage and an even larger and imposing character in the background (with a second kinda covered up by the logo), the North American design is pretty badass, indeed. We love the art style too – very '90s. In fact, we're kinda puzzled as to why it didn't sell so well with such a cool cover.

Europe

Weaponlord - EU
Image: Namco / Launchbox

This is uhhh... different? Really nice use of colour on this one, actually. It stands out a lot. Though the decision to not feature any characters is admittedly a bit of an odd one. When it comes to movies and games, faces sell. There are no faces here. Unless you count the scary skull in the middle.

Which region got the best Weaponlord box art? (1,479 votes)

  1. North America
    North America85%
  2. Europe
    Europe15%

Thanks for voting! We'll see you next time for another round of Box Art Brawl.