{"id":136186,"date":"2026-02-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197784"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel &#8211; The Legend Of Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ddb2d8278bc44\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ddb2d8278bc44\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"ddb2d8278bc44\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Zelda: Link's Awakening - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ddb2d8278bc44\/zelda-links-awakening-bab.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ddb2d8278bc44\/zelda-links-awakening-bab.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Zelda: Link's Awakening - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>HYYAAGGHH!<\/em> *<em>cough<\/em>*, Sorry about that. Hello there, folks! Welcome to another edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/box-art-brawl\">Box Art Brawl<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>That little Hylian slip-up might be a hint of things to come, but first, let&#8217;s take a look at what happened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/poll-box-art-brawl-rayman-gbc\">last time<\/a>, when a trio of covers for the Game Boy Color&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gbc\/rayman\">Rayman<\/a> went head-to-head (to-head). The votes were pretty evenly split, but it was the red European cover that walked away with 49% and the win. The green North American variant followed behind with 31%, while Japan brought up the rear with 21%.<\/p>\n<p>With The Legend of Zelda series celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend, we&#8217;re taking a look at the only BAB contender we <em>haven&#8217;t<\/em> touched on before: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening\">Link&#8217;s Awakening<\/a>. Now yes, BAB fans, we did look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/poll_box_art_brawl_9_-_the_legend_of_zelda_links_awakening_dx\">GBC&#8217;s DX version<\/a> back in 2019, but the OG release came with regional covers of its own, don&#8217;t you know.<\/p>\n<p>Europe and North America went down the same route this time, so we&#8217;ve got a duel between East and West. Let&#8217;s crack this egg open!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/zelda\/related-articles:5571,150579 @ 1771768861 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>North America \/ Europe<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"8d3d0b10b62c3\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Zelda: Link's Awakening - NA\/EU\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d3d0b10b62c3\/zelda-links-awakening-naeu.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d3d0b10b62c3\/zelda-links-awakening-naeu.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Zelda: Link's Awakening - NA\/EU\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/3033-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ll admit, this design is very similar to what you&#8217;ll find for the GBC version in North America, but it&#8217;s worth checking out again, all the same. It&#8217;s a classic format for the series, with the title and sword\/shield symbol pasted against a gold-y beige backdrop. Perhaps not the most stunning design out there, but it has become somewhat synonymous with Zelda over the years.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"1787e45990e19\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Zelda: Link's Awakening - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1787e45990e19\/zelda-links-awakening-jp.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1787e45990e19\/zelda-links-awakening-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1146\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Zelda: Link's Awakening - JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/3033-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Much like the DX version, the Japanese variant for the original GB release swaps in original art of Link, Marin and Tarin against the backdrop of Koholint Island. Link&#8217;s springing into action in this one, leaping through the air with his sword held aloft, while the other pair lounge around behind. It&#8217;s bright, fun, and colourful \u2014 an almighty departure from the Western cover, no?<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-11541\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_the_legend_of_zelda_links_awakening_box_art\" data-id=\"11541\" data-question=\"Which region got the best The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which region got the best The Legend of Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening box art? (736 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results many-results\">\n<li class=\"result with-image first\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6e31c2d79bdf7\/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=\"356 votes (48.4%)\"><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\/d2058d1b82f71\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"380 votes (51.6%)\"><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<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 HYYAAGGHH! *cough*, Sorry about that. Hello there, folks! Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! That little Hylian slip-up might be a hint of things to come, but first, let&#8217;s take a look at what happened last time, when a trio of covers for the Game Boy Color&#8217;s Rayman went head-to-head [&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-136186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136186","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=136186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}