Poll: Box Art Brawl - Ice Climber

Always love the European version gets the black box mixed with the Famicom box art, there's a alt of the European Super Mario Bros that does this too, the USA sprite work is nice and shows what your likely see in-game but there's something about the actual drawn artwork from Nintendo especially from their early titles.

Japan for me. The EU version has too much black with nothing else interesting going on, and the US version is just the sprites.

None are bad, just that Japan is the better one for me here.

I don't care what Nintendo says. That's a pterodactyl, not a condor.

I’ll go with EU, but there is no big loser here. A bit weird that they both focus on Nana, who is Player 2 exclusively.

Japan and Europe : "Heavens! my husband !"

I clicked on the review...and the art is not the same as in this brawl.
The seal was replaced by...something.

Europe cover would have been much more likely to trick me into trying this game back in the days.

@Potimarron Censorship in some regions, because during that period "seal clubbing" was a very sensitive and controversial topic.

For this week, I'm going with the American pixel art cover.

Japan for the reason that I think the grey border suits the game more. I know that the background in-game is black and that a lot of nes games had the black box template, but I think the grey feels like it actually belongs in the arctic.

FWIW, the "little snowflakes falling down the black backdrop" of the North American box art are stars. They're the same stars seen on the box art of many other first-party NES titles of that era, such as Super Mario Bros.

@Erigen yes, my German copy has no seal on it as well!

@schweinebrot @Potimarron
The same censorship exists in Smash Melee as well. The enemy is called a Topi. The Japanese version has a Topi trophy that appears like a seal, but in the US and EU version the Topi trophy appears as a yeti-like thing.

Pixel art always wins

I'm liking the European design better for some reason. It looks more clean