Poll: Box Art Brawl: Wario Land 3

Europe shows THE best part of Wario Land 2 and 3, the transformations. Easy pick.

I definitely have to go with Europe on this one. The transformations are so much more eyecatching than the random backdrop.

NA this time for just having the most interesting background and not having it too blocked off from view.

NA looks peaceful and calming. You also get a good view of the music box. Please take my vote.

I never even knew that Europe had unique artwork.

I'm a simple guy. I see Bat Wario, and I lovingly approve. 🥰

And then there's Yarn Wario and Frozen Wario, and I approve even harder.

Don’t love any of them, but none of them are bad, either. Europe is probably the most interesting, mainly because I like the overlapping hand and bat on the side border. Not a fan of the snow globe village background, so I’ll take the clean one.

Europe wins this one for me. The US and JP boxes are cute, but I I like that the background art of the European box is consistent with the Wario in the front, and shows off more of what the game is about.

This is the first time where none of them is very good. I was scrolling down and expecting the Japanese one to be something original. But in this case, interestingly, it looks like a reworked and messier version of the US cover. Hm.

shocked japan is dead last, its the only good one here.

@Jhena peaceful and calming. True but...

It's a Wario game though!

EU for me. Those Warios in the background are so unhinged.

@jimnorman I believe the orange footer on the japanese box art is actually the base of the music box, not an extra graphical element covering anything up.

@Daniel36
True, not even the peaceful village is peaceful in this game. Wario would probably die of boredom, if his life was peaceful and calming.

Thankfully I do not share Wario's taste.

Well these aren't great

Literally just moments ago, I beat Wario Land II on the 3DS Virtual Console, though I missed most of the game. Before I move on to Wario Land 3 (probably in a simultaneous playthrough on both the 3DSVC and NSO), I want to complete WL2.

All of them have something going for them, so this time it'll be hard to decide which one I like. I just wish the "Only for Game Boy Color" banner from the western covers wasn't so intrusive.

I kinda like how the Japanese cover presents Wario as if he were another world of the music box. Kind of like Mario Zone in Super Mario Land 2.

@JohnnyMind Meanwhile, on the Cartridge Art is the opposite. It's a snow glove in NA and a music box (sorta) in Japan.

North America

Oceania variant

Europe

Japan

OH! The three fingers is a W. Now I get it.

Not again! Most people here should not be allowed to vote because they unfortunately lack the sense to realize that it is obvious that the Japanese art is superior when it comes to pretty much all the boxes!

Ya I had no idea what was going on as a kid in WarioLand, if the box art showed how he transforms I think I'd have been better off so I vote Europe.

First off, the "only for" nonsense in the lower-right corner of both western releases is terrible and a huge waste of space. Also terrible? The entire composition of the Japanese cover. The logo and text ruin that cover because you can see that there is a background, but you can barely see the background making it pointless. It's not good. The NA cover is far better due to the layout and visibility. However, I prefer seeing the different Wario versions on the Euro cover, especially Bat Wario. Europe is my pick this week.

I don't care for the CG music box, but the European version gives me little reason to vote for it with its "let's see how many images of Wario we can copy-paste" approach.

Honestly I like the EU version mainly because it shows off the transformations. Though the English version is also good since it does help show off the world that wario got himself trapped inside. The JPN version though, jeez it’s so cramped with text that you can only see like 50% of the actual art.

This is a hard one. I don’t like how they show all the transformations on the European cover. But I like the fact that the main Wario pops out so much.

Voted NA ot is again another example of boxart that gives you a little bit of the premise without spoiling the whole thing.

Wow, the European "ONLY FOR GAME BOY COLOR" logo takes up an unnecessary amount of space on the artwork.
I guess it's a good thing that is before the German ratings.

@BASEDSAKRI

It is the same background as the US, but zoomed in.
I take the US, as the handcrafted Background has something nice, but they could have put Wario elsewhere.

I'm choosing the European cover, that frozen Wario looks so funny!

Hate that "only for Gameboy colour" taking up a whole corner, therefore Japan wins by default.

USA on this one, love the full view of the music box, and the centering of the logo. The European one just feels off to me, even though I do enjoy the transformations on the cover.

I like Europe the best.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 89

Japan: 86

North America: 103

Australia and New Zealand: 1

I was torn between Europe and NA but went with NA.

@Jhena If your profile pic shows Terranigma, then we do share taste

I say the more wario the better.
Go Europe! Wah!

@Daniel36
Of course we do, we are the peaceful gamers of Nintendo Life.

Think I had to give it to Europe on this one the way they show off the transformations is more indicative of the gameplay and just more visually interesting.