Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Yoshi's Cookie

Yum yum… cookies!!!

Japan for me this time, the image of Yoshi enjoying(?) some cookies from a visible jar looks better to me than Yoshi standing in the middle of nowhere with random cookies floating around.

Nr 2. Even the Japanese jar says Cookies...

I think the Japanese version is the better box art. The different variety of cookies are clearly shown along with the tin. An easy choice this time.

That blue background is ugly.

BTW, it's not really relevant to this game in particular, but I've always disliked that red and black icon that says "Official / Original Game Boy / Game Link Game Pak" with the red outline guys. I hate that almost every GB game has a square centimetre of its cover artwork dedicated to displaying ugly red outlines of bald men playing GB. It's not easily parseable at a glance, and it's not cute or nintendo-y either, it's just weird looking.
If they wanted to let us know which GB games supported link cable, there are way better ways they could have done that. :/

This one is difficult for me because I like them both, but I will need to go with JPN simply because the more variation of cookies the better,right?

Will this game ever get re-released? It came out on the Wii virtual console and I think it was shown as an upcoming Wii U VC release but it never came out on Wii U or Switch Online.

I honestly don’t care for either but I prefer the JP art. Also can we all appreciate how nice the green looks on this site!

@FullMetalWesker I completely agree, it's the same reason, I voted for the Japanese box art this week.

Japan, since the cookie jar adds extra charm.

They’re both unsettling…

They're both cute but Japan wins for just having an overall cuter pose!

The Western one gives Yoshi's legs a bit of a weird positioning in my eyes too so that doesn't help lol. Still cute though.

The dreamy expression in both is enough for my heart to melt

Japan wins by a tiny margin

Those are all biscuits. Mostly jammie dodgers. I don't see a single cookie on either image. The Japanese one looks like the contents of a Crawford's Family Circle selection box are raining from the sky.

The japanese one creeps me out, even though it's a better drawing.

@Woderwick You realize that the words are used essentially interchangeably between different regions right? That's like level 0 regional difference knowledge.

I like the Japanese art better, but the gray with orange letters is rubbing me the wrong way. It just looks weird.

What an amazing and underappreciated puzzle game!
I wish Nintendo could get the rights for this from Bullet Proof Software, who has seemingly no intention of doing anything with the gameplay formula.

@Poodlestargenerica

whoosh.

I voted for the Japanese one as the NA/EU cover lies by claiming the game is exciting, which it absolutely isn't.

Japan and it's not even close

Japan. The cookie jar is so cute!

Yep, going with Japan this week as well.

@Poodlestargenerica

All cookies are biscuits. Not all biscuits are cookies.

Both kind of meh.
Not sure why the Japanese version needs the title twice.

Mmmh yummy, those are some of my favourite cookies on the japanese cover. It is also cuter and I like the warm tone.

@Woderwick No you are incorrect. Cookies is an American term which some people in the UK have adopted for softer biscuits. But I also know for a fact that most people in England still say biscuit regardless and that anything called a biscuit there is called a cookie here. Also widespread use of the word cookie was even less common caught on at the time of this release so it's irrelevant. They mean the same thing.

I like how the cookies are falling on the Japanese cover, plus the cookie box is a nice touch. (so I voted for Japan)

@Poodlestargenerica

Nah, they're not the same at all, and cookie isn't an American term. It's pretty much only the US which calls all biscuits cookies.

Everywhere else cookie is a specific type of biscuit, as opposed to say a digestive, a rich tea or a custard cream. Or the aforementioned jammie dodgers which are prominent on both images.
And there are no cookies in either image. You think they'd have included at least one.

Japan for me, there's something lovable about that cookie jar

Yep, the Japanese one does it for me. I like how the Japanese logo has Yoshi's eyes seemingly looking at each other on the "tsu"(ッ) characters.

EDIT: Wasn't there already a Box Art Brawl of the SNES version? Or am I having a Mandela Effect?

EDIT 2: I almost forget, cartridge art:
Western

Japanese

Well no, you're just wrong. The word Cookie in it's modern form originated in America, and other cultures adopted it from us. Everyone here uses the word cookie to describe all of the types of cookies you are talking about. We would say jam thumbprint cookie, not jammy dodger. This isn't some matter of opinion, you are just saying things that only make sense within a very narrow purview of someone from (Wild Stab here) The UK.

Japan for me. The US background always just looked so...basic and dull. The Japan one looks fun.

The western cover is okay. While basic in concept, the Japanese cover works much better due to the cookie jar and more cookies overall. It also has much better placement of its logos compared to the western cover where all the logos and things get in the way.

had this on the NES. was one of my mom's favorites back then.

I'm torn on this one! The cookies look so much better on the Japanese box art, but I really love the soothing blue of the North American box art.

This would be a rare case where I would have to say both!

Both are cute. I can't choose today.

The Japanese one doesn't make any sense, why would he have a tin of cookies when cookies are falling from the sky?

The Japanese one is ugly as well.

So much character in the JP version, I love it.

Gotta go with Japan on this one and it ain’t even close and yes I won’t lie I’m like everyone else. It’s because of the cookie tin. It’s because he has a little cookie tin in front of him.

Gotta go with Japan for this one

What’s up with Yoshi’s boots in the American one

japanese box art made me want to crave cookies

The egg was the tiebreaker for me. That's pretty much his logo.

I voted for the Japanese variant because the Yoshi in its picture looks cuter than in the North American/European variant. 😊

Is it just me or does Yoshi look a little spaced out? Like he’s not really into it or would rather be somewhere else? 😅

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 63

Japan: 67

North America: 69

Australia and New Zealand: 1

@Emacster

he touched fuzzy.

This comment section is getting HEATED!!! Time to bring out a jar of cookies and enjoy the match.

@Emacster Maybe they are "special" cookies?

I really like blue, and this was my favourite childhood game. Being objective be damned, the nostalgia is too strong!

The cookie jar of the Japan cover art adds cuteness to the boxart. So that wins it for me.

@EarthboundBenjy The Vaporware Bald Twins always looked creepy and out of place for me too, funny. (But if you look closely, on a bigger image, they have the hair drawn)

I'm surprised they didn't rename the game "Yoshi's Biscuit" in Europe.