{"id":135705,"date":"2026-01-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196295"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-final-fantasy-tactics-a2-grimoire-of-the-rift-ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/18\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-final-fantasy-tactics-a2-grimoire-of-the-rift-ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel &#8211; Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c9b87432da19c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c9b87432da19c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c9b87432da19c\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tactics A2 - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c9b87432da19c\/tactics-a2-bab.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c9b87432da19c\/tactics-a2-bab.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"516\" alt=\"Tactics A2 - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Welcome, folks, to another edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/box-art-brawl\">Box Art Brawl<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-mario-power-tennis-gamecube\">Last week<\/a>, we checked out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/mario_power_tennis\">Mario Power Tennis<\/a> for the GameCube and, as expected, the results weren&#8217;t even remotely close. With a much more interesting cover, Europe and North America easily won the day with 70% of the vote, leaving Japan to mop up the remaining 30%.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we&#8217;re heading to the land of the DS to look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/final_fantasy_tactics_a2_grimoire_of_the_rift\">Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift<\/a>. Originally released in 2007, it was very well regarded at the time and remains a firm fan-favourite to this day. With the recent success of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles<\/a> on Switch and Switch 2, many (including us) are no doubt hoping to see its sequels remastered in a similar manner.<\/p>\n<p>For now, let&#8217;s check out the box arts for Grimoire of the Rift. This time, Europe and Japan team up to take on North America.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/ds\/related-articles:195904,195979 @ 1768734003 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Europe \/ Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"f4741f6d2bc59\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tactics A2 - EU \/ JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f4741f6d2bc59\/tactics-a2-eu-jp.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f4741f6d2bc59\/tactics-a2-eu-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"802\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tactics A2 - EU \/ JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/6510-final-fantasy-tactics-a2-grimoire-of-the-rift\">Square Enix \/ LaunchBox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Europe and Japan have gone for what could arguably be described as a more &#8216;traditional&#8217; approach for a Final Fantasy game, opting for a white background to allow the logo and characters to really stand out. It&#8217;s clean, it&#8217;s eye-catching, and we like it.<\/p>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b56d735ef9284\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tactics A2 - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b56d735ef9284\/tactics-a2-na.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b56d735ef9284\/tactics-a2-na.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"805\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tactics A2 - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/6510-final-fantasy-tactics-a2-grimoire-of-the-rift\">Square Enix \/ LaunchBox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North America, meanwhile, has gone for a much darker approach, showcasing a black background with a dark blue outline of a key character. Very ominous stuff, indeed. It&#8217;s cool though, and despite the change in approach, it&#8217;s still quite classy and restrained. This might be a tough one to call.<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-11429\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_final_fantasy_tactics_a2_grimoire_of_the_rift_box_art\" data-id=\"11429\" data-question=\"Which region got the best Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which region got the best Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift box art? (124 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\/f00385ec2dca0\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Europe \/ Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Europe \/ Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"119 votes (96%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"96\"><span class=\"val\">96<\/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\/8e1864942ff72\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North America<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 votes (4%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"4\"><span class=\"val\">4<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Thanks for voting! W<\/em><em>e&#8217;ll see you next time for another Box Art Brawl.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Welcome, folks, to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we checked out Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube and, as expected, the results weren&#8217;t even remotely close. With a much more interesting cover, Europe and North America easily won the day with 70% of the vote, leaving Japan to mop [&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-135705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135705","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=135705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}