{"id":132088,"date":"2023-02-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145652"},"modified":"2023-02-26T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-golden-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/26\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-golden-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel: Golden Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/94c42f29fb81b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/94c42f29fb81b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Golden Sun - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/94c42f29fb81b\/golden-sun-bab.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\/94c42f29fb81b\/golden-sun-bab.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Sun - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hello, 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 kept the metaphorical Morph Ball rolling with another Metroid game: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/metroid_fusion\">Metroid Fusion<\/a>. The end result was surprisingly close, all told, but Japan managed to claim the victory with 57% of the vote. We guess folks like the blue goo!<\/p>\n<p>This week, we&#8217;re going to check out another GBA game, and it&#8217;s one that is currently earmarked to appear on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack alongside Metroid Fusion, and that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/golden_sun\">Golden Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 2001 (or 2002 if you&#8217;re in Europe), Golden Sun is still to this day held as one of the finest RPG games of all time, with many critics praising the exceptional visuals and throwbacks to the SNES era of role-playing.<\/p>\n<p>The designs here are pretty similar, and since the west got the same variant, it&#8217;s going to be another duel against Japan&#8217;s landscape design. So let&#8217;s get to it!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/retro\/related-articles:39404 @ 2023-02-26T23:07:00+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\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<hr>\n<h2>North America and Europe<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Golden Sun UK\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d873df8b5466\/golden-sun-uk.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgOTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"906\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d873df8b5466\/golden-sun-uk.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Sun UK\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, both designs in the running this week showcase the same set of characters, and they&#8217;re looking <em>very<\/em> heroic. With the western design, there&#8217;s nothing else here to take the focus away from the characters, with the logo itself nestled in at the top of the composition.<\/p>\n<p>The colours used here are simply <em>beautiful<\/em>; it&#8217;s bold and striking, yet maintains an almost typical colour pallete for a fantasy game, with lots of brown, green, and, well&#8230; <em>gold<\/em>. Nice.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Golden Sun Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21f21a5e90ced\/golden-sun-japan.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTgwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21f21a5e90ced\/golden-sun-japan.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Sun Japan\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s design features the same set of characters, though admittedly there&#8217;s a bit more to look at here thanks to the ESRB and Nintendo logo&#8217;s blocking out one character on the western design. Boooo.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also an awful lot of blue in this design, surrounding the characters and stretching out towards the left, allowing the Golden Sun logo to really pop out. It&#8217;s a great design, and we&#8217;re honestly a bit torn on this one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-which-region-got-the-best-golden-sun-box-art\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_golden_sun_box_art\" data-id=\"7537\" data-question=\"Which region got the best Golden Sun box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which region got the best Golden Sun box art?\">Which region got the best Golden Sun box art? (1,312 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\/0300f7c987c0a\/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=\"909 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"69\"><span class=\"val\">69<\/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\/257b3d70ddcb4\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"403 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"31\"><span class=\"val\">31<\/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 Hello, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we kept the metaphorical Morph Ball rolling with another Metroid game: Metroid Fusion. The end result was surprisingly close, all told, but Japan managed to claim the victory with 57% of the vote. We guess folks like the blue goo! 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