{"id":130458,"date":"2022-12-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-142387"},"modified":"2022-12-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-mario-kart-super-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/11\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-mario-kart-super-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel &#8211; Mario Kart: Super Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/77f9fcc8b1fab\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/77f9fcc8b1fab\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Super Circuit - Box Art Brawl\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/77f9fcc8b1fab\/super-circuit-box-art-brawl.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTE2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"516\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/77f9fcc8b1fab\/super-circuit-box-art-brawl.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Super Circuit - Box Art Brawl\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/box-art-brawl\">Box Art Brawl<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Last time we took a look at one of the Sega Genesis&#8217; finest games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/castlevania_bloodlines\">Castlevania: Bloodlines<\/a> (also known as Castlevania: The New Generation). It was a close call and it looked like Japan might have run away with the crown, but ultimately, the North American variant &#8211; with its bold colours and busier composition &#8211; took home the win with 42% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we&#8217;re going to check out the GBA racing classic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/mario_kart_super_circuit\">Mario Kart Super Circuit<\/a>. Released back in 2001, it received significant critical acclaim for its visuals and slick gameplay. For this week&#8217;s edition of Box Art Brawl, North America and Europe will be teaming up against Japan, which once again utilises a horizontal landscape for its GBA box art.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s get cracking!<\/p>\n<p><em>Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let&#8217;s check out the box art designs themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>North America \/ Europe<br \/><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Super Circuit - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5d4036117f41c\/super-circuit-na.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgODkwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"890\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5d4036117f41c\/super-circuit-na.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Super Circuit - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So this is the one we&#8217;re probably all familiar with, right? It showcases Mario himself chilling out in his kart, looking back at the camera with a look of, uh&#8230; Determination? Seduction? We&#8217;re not sure, but it&#8217;s a striking image nonetheless, even if it lacks the inclusion of other characters from the game. The blue background is nice and we like the logo at the top, too &#8211; nice and bold.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Super Circuit - Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13f0a384979f4\/super-circuit-japan.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTYzIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13f0a384979f4\/super-circuit-japan.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Super Circuit - Japan\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s cover features the same image of Mario, but the landscape orientation allows for a bit more to be added in, including Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Peach, and Toad in the top left corner. The white background here is a nice contrast to the western design, and the Japanese text is very striking, indeed. We&#8217;re kind of glad it wasn&#8217;t called &#8220;Mario Kart Advance&#8221; over here, mind.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"poll-which-region-got-the-best-mario-kart-super-circuit-box-art\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_mario_kart_super_circuit_box_art\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which region got the best Mario Kart Super Circuit box art?\">Which region got the best Mario Kart Super Circuit box art? (1,857 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result with-image first\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba2880e5819ea\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America \/ Europe\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North America \/ Europe<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1,388 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"75\"><span class=\"val\">75<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result with-image last\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d76624db91642\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"469 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"25\"><span class=\"val\">25<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Thanks for voting! We&#8217;ll see you next time for another round of the Box Art Brawl.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time we took a look at one of the Sega Genesis&#8217; finest games, Castlevania: Bloodlines (also known as Castlevania: The New Generation). It was a close call and it looked like Japan might have run away with the crown, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}