Pelea de arte de caja: Castlevania: líneas de sangre
Hola amigos, y bienvenidos a otra edición de Pelea de arte de caja!
Antes de comenzar con la pelea de esta semana, volvamos a pensar en la semana pasada. Mirábamos CD sónico for the Sega CD and, surprising no one, the more action packed box art for North America won the vote by a decent margin, trayendo 48%. Europe came in second place with 30%, and the weird, squishy-titled Japanese box art finished with 22%.
Esta semana, we’re going to stick with Sega’s console line and take a look at Castlevania: líneas de sangre. Released back in 1994, the game was known in Japan as ‘Vampire Killer’ and in Europe as ‘Castlevania: The New Generation’, while North America took on what would arguably become the game’s most well known title, ‘Bloodlines’.
The game was well received by critics at the time of its release, praising the faster pace and more action-focused gameplay, but criticism was levelled against the visuals, which were regarded as inferior to the SNES title Súper Castlevania IV.
Two of our competitiors this week share similar designs for their respective box arts, but we’re going to go with a three-way brawl, if only for the stark difference in game titles.
Asegúrese de emitir sus votos en la siguiente encuesta; pero primero, echemos un vistazo a los propios diseños de box art.
América del norte
Along with its title, the North American box art design is probably the most well known among fans. We see our protagonist in the bottom half of the composition and a whole bunch of nasty creatures surrounding him. The ‘Bloodlines’ title itself is pretty macabre, with blood dripping from its letters to look like something straight out of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps or something! We’re big fans of this one.
Europa
Europe’s ‘New Generation’ design is perhaps a little more ominous, with significantly darker colours and a sinister red tone in the background, with bats flying about and a blood red moon looming in the sky. The characters here are very well designed and their positions within the composition make for a pretty impactful piece of art.
Japan
Japan’s design is more or less the same as Europe’s, except everything has been zoomed in significantly to remove some of the empty black space. The main difference here, por supuesto,, is the title itself. We’ve got ‘Vampire Killer’ that looks like it’s been written in blood and it’s a pretty striking; certainly more so than the rather dull ‘New Generation’ title seen on Europe’s cover.
Gracias por votar! Nos vemos la próxima vez para otra ronda de Box Art Brawl.