Poll: Box Art Brawl - Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time

NA. That doesn't leave me questioning what exactly Luigi smells on his finger. I don't know if that is a cultural thing, because I'm a product of American edjerkayshun.

For me, the NA version is too cluttered, but the Japanese version is too sparse. The Korean version strikes a decent balance between the two by way of a little extra background color.

I choose the USA version.
Looks better than Japan version.

NA/EU wins this by a landslide, the minimal art of the Japanese one just does not hold up and I'm sad that this minimalist approach creeped onto the western box arts after this game.

The others have too much free Room

for some reason i love the simplicity of the japanese cover

NA/PAL one, easily.

South Korea for me.

North America/Europe wins for me, there is so much more to look at.

SuperStar Saga & Parters In Time had some of the best Western Box arts compared to their Japanese counterparts. Huge bummer that from Bowser's Inside Story onward it was kept to the boring Japanese aesthetic worldwide.

NA is by far the best, the other two feel kinda lazy by comparison. Also, is Luigi picking his nose?

North America/ Europe is wild. The Japanese title is funny, Mario & Luigi RPG 2x2, with older and younger Mario and Luigi running on it.

NA/EU by far and away. They put a lot more effort into it and it looks better as a whole.

As much as I'm fine with poses, I like a good image with action that draws me in, so NA gets it this week.

I don't care what anybody says, Partners in Time is an underrated gem. It's right up there with Superstar Saga as my two favorite games in the series. I honestly think Bowser's Inside Story gets overhyped quite a bit--great concept and phenomenal music, but the overworld is pretty generic and the character designs felt a lot less creative to me.

I would adore an HD remaster of this game. The game really didn't do much at all to take advantage of the DS' unique features like Inside Story did, so it's not like there would be any major compromises. Everything can easily be reworked to one screen, and the touchscreen is only used in like one instance at the end of the game when you're cleaning muck off a map. If Nintendo can remake Super Mario RPG and Thousand-Year Door after all this time, it's Mario & Luigi's turn next.

Really??? But the NA and Europe one is so visually noisy and busy! I like the simple artwork of the other two better, they're more pleasant to look at.

I love the trippy/funky look of the North American/European box art.

Only one of the covers has Baby Peach on it. And while it's Mario Day, it's Peach month.

Can I go off a tangent and say this time I like all three of them?
There's something about each version that makes me like them equally.

Not that it matters, but just so you know, the Korean version was a really late release compared to other Korean releases at the time as it came out in 2010 (the original release of Partners in Time is from 2005). Most Korean versions back then were released mostly between months to 1 year later. 3 years at most for some cases such as WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Zelda: Twilight Princess and Mario Strikers Charged.

Cartridge art
Europe (the North American one is similar, only with different logos)

Japan (nevermind the image quality, that's on whoever took the photo), the cartridge art is in line with that of the Japanese Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga cartrdige art, save for the copyright.

South Korea

Japan is too minimal for my taste. Minimalism like that doesn't work for Mario, in my opinion. The knock against the US/Euro cover will be that there's too much going on, but it's so well done that I think it overcomes that issue. US/Euro cover gets my vote easily.

The baby versions of Mario and Luigi are weird looking with no mouths.

NA/Europe looks great.

NA/Europe 100% for sure is my vote.

NA/EU definitely. The others are... OK. They aren’t like the SMRPG remake box art where it’s just the character models in a white void but it’s still kinda boring looking.

I think the japanese one is more consistent with the series as a whole but I love the colors of the NA/EU one. My vote goes the japanese one (por una cabeza)

This reminds me of the first ever Box Art Brawl. It was late 2006 and my mom was getting me a game for my birthday. We went to the game store and I narrowed it down to two options. I held both M&L Partners in Time, and Animal Crossing Wild World in my hands, and I thought I'd decide based on which cover I liked better. Needless to say I became an Animal Crossing fan on that day.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 74

Japan: 69

North America: 84

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Most importantly, why is Luigi sniffing his finger in the Japanese/South Korean artwork?

An easy win for the NA/Europe cover here. More artwork and more going on there. Indicated the kaleidoscopicness of the Mario&Luigi game.

The NA/Europe one is too busy, while the Japanese one is too minimalistic. The Korean one strikes a good balance - enough going on to catch your eye, but not so much that it makes your eyes glaze over.

ok, as box art, the Japanese cover just doesn’t tell you enough about the game, or do enough to sell you on it….but as a wall poster, it would be totally awesome. I really dig it

@JohnnyMind Fascinating. Figured it had to have been something like that. Thanks for the info!

@JohnnyMind ahhh, so he smells culture? Nice.
Really though, thanks. I know I expressed my curiosity like a typical idiot, but I do appreciate the info.

@JohnnyMind Hmm… dwfinite deviant behaviour

This one this time has to go to NA for me. The others are a little too boring to me but also this is a childhood classic I love the art of this game it’s so memorable