{"id":132405,"date":"2023-03-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146320"},"modified":"2023-03-12T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T12:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-mega-man-x2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/12\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-mega-man-x2\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel &#8211; Mega Man X2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a23d6db15a5ad\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a23d6db15a5ad\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mega Man X2 - Box Art Brawl: Duel\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a23d6db15a5ad\/mega-man-x2-box-art-brawl-duel.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\/a23d6db15a5ad\/mega-man-x2-box-art-brawl-duel.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Man X2 - Box Art Brawl: Duel\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hi Folks &#8211; welcome back to another edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/box-art-brawl\">Box Art Brawl<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>In last week&#8217;s battle, we took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/legend_of_zelda_twilight_princess\">The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess<\/a> for the GameCube, pitting North America and Europe against Japan. It wasn&#8217;t a close one, either: North America and Europe absolutely <em>smashed<\/em> it, bringing in 86% of the vote at the time of writing. Indeed, the very first comment on the piece from &#8216;Scooby-Doo&#8217; nailed it by stating <em>&#8220;The one with the dog wins. Easy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t agree more, Scoob.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we&#8217;re going to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/mega_man_x2\">Mega Man X2<\/a> for the SNES. The second entry in the &#8216;X&#8217; sub-series launched in Japan back in 1994 before making its way to North America and Europe in 1995. General reception was mostly positive, though some thought that it didn&#8217;t really change things up enough when compared to the first game.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good old-fashioned duel this week between North America \/ Europe and Japan since the western design is more or less identical. So let&#8217;s get cracking!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/snes\/related-articles:63245 @ 2023-03-13T00:14:00+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<h2>Europe \/ North America<br \/><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mega Man X2 EU \/ NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/de0bfe0b84661\/mega-man-x2-eu-na.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNjM3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/de0bfe0b84661\/mega-man-x2-eu-na.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Man X2 EU \/ NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Capcom<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The western design for Mega Man X2 is very action-oriented. It showcases X himself zooming along in his Ride Chaser, with Magna Centipede looking suitably menacing in the background. You can also see a couple of other Mavericks and standard enemies further out in the background, but why X seems to be running <em>away<\/em> from them, we don&#8217;t know. You should be fighting them! Anyway, this is a really nice composition and reflects the opening scene of the game rather well. Man, we wish the Ride Chaser would show up more often&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mega Man X2 JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6b0c59730c8a6\/mega-man-x2-jp.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgMTYyNSI+PC9zdmc+\" width=\"900\" height=\"1625\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6b0c59730c8a6\/mega-man-x2-jp.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Man X2 JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Capcom<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s design is incredibly eye-catching and utilises the portrait orientation to great effect. Here, you&#8217;ve got quite literally all of the Mavericks in full view with X front and center. You can even see Sigma looming in the distance! We&#8217;d argue that perhaps the composition is a bit too busy, overall, but there&#8217;s no denying it&#8217;s a gorgeous piece of artwork.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"poll-which-region-got-the-best-mega-man-x2-box-art\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_mega_man_x2_box_art\" data-id=\"7588\" data-question=\"Which region got the best Mega Man X2 box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which region got the best Mega Man X2 box art?\">Which region got the best Mega Man X2 box art? (1,446 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\/d404e97ae0b16\/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=\"370 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"26\"><span class=\"val\">26<\/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\/c2ce187e15ab8\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1,076 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"74\"><span class=\"val\">74<\/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 &#8211; welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! In last week&#8217;s battle, we took a look at The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the GameCube, pitting North America and Europe against Japan. It wasn&#8217;t a close one, either: North America and Europe absolutely smashed it, bringing in [&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-132405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132405","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=132405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}