Rissa di box art: Duel – Astroragazzo: Fattore Omega
We are back, back, back for another edition of Rissa di box art!
Last week, we took a look at a trio of Contra: Hard Corps covers for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Despite three rather sweet designs (by our eye), the vote wasn’t even close. You lovely lot crowned the North American variant the clear winner with 64% del voto, leaving Japan and Europe to pick up the remaining 29% e 7%.
This time we are rocketing into the future as we match up two different covers for Astroragazzo: Fattore Omega sul GBA. This side-scrolling beat/shoot-em-up was released by SEGA (THQ in Europe) in 2003, 2004 e 2005 in Giappone, North America and Europe respectively, staggered to match the premiere of the TV anime in the States. It’s a treat for fans of Astro Boy and Osamu Tezuka’s wider work, with high-octane action and gorgeous pixel art to boot.
Europe and North America opted for the same design on this one, so we’ve got a good old-fashioned duel on our hands, with the shared design facing off against Japan’s variant. Entriamo nel merito…
Assicurati di esprimere i tuoi voti nel sondaggio qui sotto; but first, diamo un'occhiata agli stessi disegni di box art.
Europe / Nord America
The European and North American cover is all about action. There’s no denying who this game is about as Astro Boy flies directly at us, front and centre. It’s a somewhat simple take, di sicuro, but we respect the ‘no-nonsense’-ness of it all. You might not know what the game is about, but you certainly know its star.
Japan
Now here’s something different! Making use of its wider regional box design, the Japanese cover still puts Astro Boy at the forefront, but it saves some space for the villains too with Blue Knight, Atlas and Pluto standing menacingly above the title. With the animated TV series already popular in Japan, it makes sense that the design would show a little more of what’s on offer, though we can’t help but feel like this one looks a little busy compared to the simplicity of what we saw before. Hmm.
Grazie per aver votato! We’ll see you next time for another round of Box Art Brawl.