Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel: Metroid Fusion

This is the first time that I've ever witnessed a perfect 50/50 split, it'll probably change soon but wow.

I was equally unmoved by both pictures.

Japanese because half the box is covered in blue slime. Neat sectioning.

Am I the only one that gets Splatoon Octo Expansion vibes from the japanese cover? Both are great but Japan's version is slightly cooler, imo

Both are good so it gets a tie.

Last week, I believe I went with the North American box art, however, this week I gotta give it to the Japanese cover.

the slime effect looks kind of tacky to me.

I think Japan takes it this time. And that blue blob could be an X Parasite, if you think about it, specifically the one found in Sector 5 (ARC) and Sector 6 (NOC) of the BSL station that can damage Samus until she gets the Varia Suit upgrade.

@ryu_san Technically, she kind of is now, being part Metroid. Samus spent so long fighting Metroids, but it was the Metroids that saved her life in the end. Her abilities did not truly awaken until the events of Metroid Dread, though.

@Uncle_Franklin
Looks like it was tacked on to stop the left side from being empty, I guess it’s supposed to be X I can easily see there being a earlier concept of them where they were more watery with less form as that makes sense for a shapeshifter but obviously would have been near impossible to represent on a GBA.

Got to be the Japanese version, love those cardboard boxes the games come in.

Japan for me:
1) The aliens are more sinister looking than US/EU
2) Samus is both doing a traditional pose (hand on the gun) and something that makes sense in the context of the moment (changing guns or getting ready to aim). In the US/EU she’s….doing a weird superhero landing? Readying herself for a 500-yard dash? Clumsily getting up from a nice sit-down break as soon as she saw aliens coming to get her?
3) The blue slime is a nice fourth-wall breaking touch

I'm gonna go with Japan this time, that slime really got me and the corridor evokes better that sense of solitude.
The western cover makes me think the enemies are like Samus' minions or something. And where are they supposed to be anyway? In space instead of the station?

The Japanese boxart is so much more indicative of the game as a whole.

I actually can't wait for this one to drop onto NSO. I replayed it a few years ago, in anticipation of Dread, but it's probably my favorite Metroid title for how well it controls. Dread will probably overtake it whenever I play that one a few more times.

Went with Japan due to the added background detail, though this seems hardly fair given that the box has more room to work with. The baddies on the ship's background and the goop really sold it for me. I do like the NA/EU cover as well.

If I'm really honest, I think both are not very strong

Both are pretty good, but I gotta give it to JPN this time.

It's pretty much doing everything the US box is doing, but then adds a better sense of place (actually showing a corridor of the station) & it looks like Samus has recently splattered an enemy all over the camera (or as others have said, could be seen as an "X" tease).

I almost went with the Western cover as I liked the larger drawing of Samus, but that big GBA caption on the spine is so conspicuous!

I’ve never played Fusion but will look forward to its arrival on the NSO expansion pack.

The eu/na one looks cleaner to me, less cluttered. Plus I love me a superhero landing pose

Again both brilliant, but for a start the Japanese GBA boxes are so cool:)

NA/EU is straight up menacing looking!! I love it!! JP's is still cool though,

I like Samus' pose more in the NA cover, but the Japanese one creates a better sense of place with the corridor behind her. I think the cool pose wins out though, NA.

Neither are great. But Samus’ legs look really goofy on the Japanese box, so I went with NA.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 47

Japan: 53

North America: 57

Australia and New Zealand: 1

North America has a better pose for Samus but the Japanese one has a better background, I voted for the NA one since Samus is the focus.

Japan...Samus is Doomed? at least that's what it makes me think of.

I think both are very good, which is refreshing to say. The western cover is a bit cramped, especially with the big logo, but it's a good use of space under those circumstances. The Japanese cover's layout is its weakness, with the logos shoved to the left, but the strength of the artwork more than makes up for it. Both covers have cool poses for Samus, but I really love the background for the Japanese cover with very good use of shadow giving it that Metroid feeling. Japan is my pick here, but it was a strong effort on both covers.

I really like both, but I'll give it to the Japanese cover. It better reflects the theme of the game.

Japans is a lot better. Samus’s pose is really cool on the NA box art, but the rest is weird. Why are there just pictures of the enemies in space?
The Japan box art gives off a haunting feeling of dread while still showing off the enemies. No contest for me

This is the first time I'm abstaining. These are both absolutely horrible and I can't bring myself to vote for either one

The Japanese one is a little more heroic but the game is often about Samus being powerless in unfamiliar environments, and the western cover conveys that better

I vote japan because I like the landscape version, north america version is also great but there's annoying big "Gameboy Advance" text on the left.

Honestly, I like them both though I am voting for the NA & Europe one since it is more focused than the Japan version. I would be happy with either of them as my box art though.

You really can't go wrong. They're both nice.

@Zeldinion no longer 50/50 by time I voted it was 43/57. Though when I voted on Metroid Prime Remastered it was 50/50.

I prefer Samus's pose on the NA/EU version, but I much prefer the the layout and background on the JPN cover. This swayed my vote! What a game.

The JAP cover uses too much shadow for my eyes, particularly on Samus.

Japanese one is cool but they don't need that big blue splash across half of the box and the aliens behind Samus are a bit too obscurred. Europe for me.

Never liked the promotional art for this game. Love the game, though.