Poll: Box Art Brawl: Professor Layton And The Curious Village

European all the way all the others don't do the series justice by looking so generic.

European one's got class, think I would've gone for that even if I wasn't nostalgic to me.

The european covers of Layton are pure art

Love the EU box arts for the series, they’ve got style and class!

European cover tells me the game is about series of puzzles. The North American cover tells me it is about series of puzzles AND a story.
Asthetics aside, North American and Japanese cover sell the idea of the game much better.

Interesting perspectives in the comments!
I wouldn’t have thought so many would prefer the EU covers since, as someone mentioned, the NA one is more indicative of the content of the game to me.
I do agree that the EU one has style, but as a game cover, you’d have to know what Layton was to have much of an indication of what you’re in for, right?

This battle is between the EU and NA for sure. I went with the NA because it just tells me more about what to expect. Nothing wrong with the EU as it looks nice but doesn't give me the whole picture of what to expect. The NA cover sells me on the game more than the EU.

Europe's easily triumphs, as with all Layton games.

The European one has style.

I agree that Europe’s cover is rather classy and arguably heightens the air of intrigue and mystery by using the enigmatic top-hat emblem as a window into Layton’s world, in place of the more literal portrayal of the game’s setting/characters found on the other versions.

I do like the US one, though it doesn’t really do anything particularly novel or clever with its design. The Japanese one is too cluttered and devotes a huge chunk of its real estate to explaining itself with words, which should really be the job of the box art itself.

I dislike that the EU cover makes me think of all the Brain Training copycat shovelware that ended up on the DS. Prefer the anime style of NA.

I nearly went with the NA cover out of nostalgia, the character showcase, and those natural poses for our favorite puzzle-solving duo, but...then I saw the Japanese cover. It's very similar, but adds more characters into the mix. I agree with the writer; it shows you have a whole town to contend with, not just a few people.

That North American box art looks lovely.

The red text box ruins the Japanese cover for me, the scroll like one on the North American cover fits so much better. Voted for North America.

North America all the way. It's much more pleasant to look at than the others.
The European one is reminiscent of a Brain Age cover.

The creator of the games actively fought against the EU box art when it was suggested by nintendo, but it proved to be much more popular with adult buyers thanks to it looking closer to a magazine than a video game cover. I'll have to go with EU as well, these games are my favourite

The EU one is the classiest, but I think the NA works the best for me.

Also, the NA / Japanese one has Layton holding a piece of paper with an arrow pointing at his groin, which is quite funny.

Tough one, EU has a nice consistency throughout the series, but for a first game, the story and style is what made it interesting and is better represented onthe other ones. I'm not voting, both are good, neither is more nor less than good. Between US and Japan, US. A red block doesn't fit the drawing, an out of focus page from an old book or a pirate treasure map or whatever fits much better.

Now I kind of want to replay the games... But I kind of also don't and I'm playing other games right now, so I won't.

The EU one for me, I think the title is enough indication that you're going to play a story based game. I don't mind the others but this one is more classy.

The Azran Legacy cover from europe with the shining gold is especially epic

I've always thought the European covers for these games were a bit dull, but looking at it again here, the gold lettering against the black background and the town shown through the hat logo actually look pretty stylish.

I would vote Japan if it weren't for that text, maybe if they had left it at "Nazotoki x Story". So I'll go with the American one.

Sorry, as great as the European one is, it's not really doing anything to me.

The European box art sets a consistent style across all of the games that I enjoy more.

Europe would be so perfect without the bubbles around the main logo

Gonna go American on this one. I think the European one doesn’t really pull you in if you’re not a puzzle guy whereas American and Japanese sells it like a Sherlock Holmes thing which it kinda is. I would vote Japanese but honestly the red banner at the bottom ruined it it’s way too cramped.

The North American is my pick. European one looks like some shovelware puzzle game. Japanese one is interesting but NA is just more aesthetically pleasing overall.

EU for me. Looks classy. The others look a bit boring.

I voted NA for having what I consider to be a better layout to the Japanese cover. One thing that was immediately clear to me was that I would not even be considering the Euro cover. That one looks just awful to me. I absolutely hate it.

I really love the color scheme of that European case. They could probably do just a little bit more to show the blend between the story and puzzles (though not go so far as the JPN box which screams in red “PUZZLE-SOLVING X STORY”

It’s kinda like the opposite of the Zelda covers. There America gets the classy monochrome covers, and Europe gets the fancy character art.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 52

Japan: 55

North America: 62

Australia and New Zealand: 1

I think the European ones ooze mystery novel to me. It also gives more of a spotlight to the puzzles, which was the main selling point of the first game.

I believe the following boxarts combine the two. Using the European one as a template, but putting more of the character and story on them. Which now that I think about it may be my pick for the best designed box covers ever!

I like the European one. If you look at it in person the gold really contrasts well with the black background. I remember it well.

We liked the boxarts and actual video games of the series in our household. Good times.

This is an easy North American variant vote for this one. A bunch more eye-popping to me, and I get a better idea of what to expect from the game.

I'd pick EU but the 6 ovals on the side ruin it for me.