{"id":134583,"date":"2023-09-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-154811"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-sea-of-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/03\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-sea-of-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl &#8211; Duel: Sea Of Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15c9d41bfac20\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15c9d41bfac20\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Sea of Stars - Box Art Brawl\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15c9d41bfac20\/sea-of-stars-box-art-brawl.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15c9d41bfac20\/sea-of-stars-box-art-brawl.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sea of Stars - Box Art Brawl\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/box-art-brawl\">Box Art Brawl<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Before we get cracking with this week&#8217;s brawl, let&#8217;s take a look at how we got on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/08\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-excitebike-64\">last time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/excitebike_64\">Excitebike 64<\/a> on Nintendo Switch Online, we looked at the original release on N64, pitting the Western design against Japan. In the end, Japan took the prize with an impressive 64% of the vote, though the North American \/ European design certainly had its fair share of fans.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we&#8217;ll be checking out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sea_of_stars\">Sea of Stars<\/a> on the Nintendo Switch. The game, developed by Sabotage Studio, launched digitally on the eShop at the end of August, but with physical editions coming in 2024 from iam8bit and Kakehashi Games, we thought it would give us the perfect opportunity to scroll our peepers over the gorgeous box art.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth keeping in mind, however, that the artwork for both regional options here may be subject to change ahead of launch. Heck, if nothing else, it&#8217;ll give us the opportunity to do this again at a later date!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s another duel this week, so get your votes and let your voice be heard, Solstice Warriors!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:153881,154713 @ 2023-09-04T02:04:17+01:00 --><\/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<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Excitebike 64 - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a39f6053f7cb1\/excitebike-64-na.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgMTU3MSI+PC9zdmc+\" width=\"900\" height=\"1571\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a39f6053f7cb1\/excitebike-64-na.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Excitebike 64 - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Sabotage Studio\/iam8bit<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Western design for Sea of Stars uses the standard key art that we&#8217;re all likely familiar with at this point. It showcases our Solstice Warriors Valere and Zale (poor Garl) looking suitably grand and imposing against an impressive blue moon in the background.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great composition, with the moon drawing the viewers&#8217; eyes down toward the characters and the logo at the bottom. It&#8217;s neat, it&#8217;s clean, and we love it.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Excitebike 64 - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0d21a56180f5d\/excitebike-64-jp.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgMTQ2OCI+PC9zdmc+\" width=\"900\" height=\"1468\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0d21a56180f5d\/excitebike-64-jp.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Excitebike 64 - JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Sabotage Studio\/Kakehashi Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s approach, meanwhile, goes for something a touch busier and features a whole bunch of additional playable characters that you&#8217;ll be meeting on your journey. Valere and Zale are front and centre again, but Garl has joined them this time, and the overall colour palette is a lot softer and brighter than its Western counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be a tough one, for sure. Who will take the crown this week?<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-which-region-will-get-the-best-sea-of-stars-box-art\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_will_get_the_best_sea_of_stars_box_art\" data-id=\"8095\" data-question=\"Which region will get the best Sea of Stars box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which region will get the best Sea of Stars box art?\">Which region will get the best Sea of Stars box art? (1,770 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\/5f621c0ea837d\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North Amerca \/ Europe\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North Amerca \/ Europe<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"850 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"48\"><span class=\"val\">48<\/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\/3f0c81564f9b5\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"920 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"52\"><span class=\"val\">52<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\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 folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get cracking with this week&#8217;s brawl, let&#8217;s take a look at how we got on last time. With the launch of Excitebike 64 on Nintendo Switch Online, we looked at the original release on N64, pitting the Western design [&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-134583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134583","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=134583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}