Poll: Box Art Brawl - Zone Of The Enders: The Fist Of Mars (GBA)

Europe having the better boxart of an anime game?

Someone fetch me a moist towelette and a fainting couch.

Love the Japanese one, it looks so 80s, no weird special effects

The only problem with EU is the weird bloom(?) effect on the mech. Thus Japan is slightly beter. And America is just the mech, logo is a bit better. I chose Japan

Japan has the most dynamic art, while the US one features only a robot and the EU one looks more like a Hollywood movie poster. My vote goes to Japan this time!

Japan is the one that spoke to me most. I think NA having no human characters makes it quite boring. I wouldn't look twice at that in a shop back in the day, but I would turn over the box for the EU/Jap art to see what it was about.

Definitely have to go Japan on this one. The NA one just looks dull and the European one the mixed and matched elements just clash.

North America wins again, lol. It’s the only one that actually looks like a video game/GBA cover.

European one is surprisingly good, but Japan is a bit better. NA is boring and the logo is terrible.

God I love this game
Cage n Myona were adorable
And Deckson was papa for the crew like Mebius was mama.

It was basically an anime.
And the music ? So immensly good

I still humm the main theme (Z.O.E. 2173) from time to time

Japanese boxart wins as always
(No the EUs Frame centered as bg is not as impressive. Go back into your garage Testament...)

Man this is the first I have ever heard that ZotE had a GBA game

Loved this game in my teen years. Forgot that this series existed. I wonder if there is any future for this IP.

Yeah, what the heck does "Fist of Mars" mean?
I'm not familiar with these games except by the series title. I picked NA.

JP is best, EU is alright, NA is a bit dull, but the logo is alright.

JP > EU > NA.

JP is just cleaner and more coherent.
NA is a mess.
EU is a blooming mess, but the characters save it, just not enough.

Went with Europe, the na one may be cool but the huge logo in the middle made it hard for me to see anything else

I went with the EU cover since I like character showcases and prefer the mech on that one. Though they could tone down the bloom a bit. Japan is VERY close for me though. NA is pretty boring in comparison.

I'll be honest: I don't think I've ever heard of this game. Some comments seem to suggest it has anime ties?

Europe and Japan are both really good. I like the contrast of the 3D robot behind the 2D anime people, but those colors on the Japanese cover are really just so nice and inviting.

I had no idea there was a Zone of the Enders game on GBA, the PS2 games are great. Anyway I went with NA. The logo is a bit much, but I just prefer the illustration.

If the logo wasn't so big, the NA one would be perfect.

JP cover is the best.
The EU cover looks good (I like the use of the main games logo).
The NA cover looks generic (also, that giant "M" looks ugly).

@Tyranexx They did produce an anime show that came out several months after the original PS2 game, but it was all part of a coordinated marketing blitz rather than this being based on a show. What Zone of the Enders might be most known for is that, when it first came out in many territories, it was released with a demo of Metal Gear Solid 2 to get people to buy and try the game.

I remember the NA one from back in the day, and the awfulness of its logo creeps into my head unprompted like once a year. Maybe it's a fist coming at you? At any rate, only the EU one has the logo of the broader series. What were they thinking?

Oh my there's a ZOE game on the GBA? I wonder if it's any good.

The mech on the NA cover looks okay, though I don't love the coloring. I really don't like the logo placement on that one.

As others have said, the bloom effect for the Euro cover doesn't work for me and doesn't really add anything positive to the art. The composition is good, though.

I could have been swayed to pick Europe if a few different choices were made. Japan's has good composition too, though not necessarily as good with regard to logo placement. I like that the art isn't overwhelmed by effects. I also like how the mech is drawn and colored better for Japan. The Japanese box art is my favorite of the three.

I picked up ZoE for GBA used a while after it came out and did like it, but I only got partway through it because things got in the way(same story for Fire Emblem), so I'm one of the people aware of it, maybe not when it came out, but not too long after it did.

@sdelfin That's a pretty good marketing tactic, tying the demo of a known IP to an unknown game. Makes sense why I haven't heard of the franchise; I didn't have regular PS2 access back in the day. Some cousins we occasionally visited had one, but they had mostly sports games, shooters, and the only GTA game I've tried (Liberty City, which was...fine). I appreciate the info nugget!

Japan looks a lot cleaner.

Something about the art style in the Japanese variant hits me hard in a good way. It looks like something that would catch my eye on a shelf at a store. That is the one I voted for.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 126

Japan: 123

North America: 148

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Wow the na one is lame. I'm going with Japan. The Europe one has a weird blur effect i don't like.

@AussieMcBucket Maybe Mars is the robot?

@Tempestryke Hmm, could be. Or is it like, an honorific for the militaristic government that has taken power on Mars?

@AussieMcBucket That could be the case

@Tempestryke 😆

As always, I’m in the minority with these.