{"id":136954,"date":"2026-04-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200311"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-yoshis-universal-gravitation-gba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/26\/poll-box-art-brawl-yoshis-universal-gravitation-gba\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Yoshi&#8217;s Universal Gravitation (GBA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2e41f96a27c4d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2e41f96a27c4d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"2e41f96a27c4d\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi's Universal Gravitation - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2e41f96a27c4d\/yoshis-universal-gravitation-bab.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2e41f96a27c4d\/yoshis-universal-gravitation-bab.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"516\" alt=\"Yoshi's Universal Gravitation - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hello chums, and welcome 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-professor-layton-and-pandoras-box\">Last week<\/a>, we checked out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/professor_layton_and_pandoras_box\">Professor Layton and Pandora&#8217;s Box<\/a> for the Nintendo DS. It was a surprisingly close race, but in the end, Europe managed to take the win with 41% of the vote. Japan claimed second place with 31%, and North America trailed with 28%. Well done, Europe!<\/p>\n<p>This week, as we inch toward the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book\">Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/a>, we thought we&#8217;d go back to one of the dino&#8217;s more obscure titles for the GBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/yoshi_topsy-turvy\">Yoshi&#8217;s Universal Gravitation<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/yoshi_topsy-turvy\">Yoshi Topsy-Turvy<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Originally launched in 2004 in Japan before moving West in 2005, Universal Gravitation utilised a built-in sensor to tilt the game&#8217;s environment. It received some middling reviews at the time, but you have to commend the originality. We also have a proper three-way brawl this week, so let&#8217;s get to it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/related-articles:199667,200274 @ 1777225924 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Europe<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"a09f1cdd80849\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi's Universal Gravitation - EU\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a09f1cdd80849\/yoshis-universal-gravitation-eu.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a09f1cdd80849\/yoshis-universal-gravitation-eu.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yoshi's Universal Gravitation - EU\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/18292\/yoshi-topsy-turvy\/cover\/group-67735\/cover-183202\/\">Nintendo \/ MobyGames<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Europe&#8217;s approach is probably the more action-packed of the bunch, featuring Yoshi and a whole bunch of bad guys careening down a slope. Even Bowser&#8217;s joining in the fun!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a colourful piece, and we just can&#8217;t get over the game&#8217;s title: Yoshi&#8217;s Universal Gravitation. How cool!<\/p>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"1c39f35844ec9\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi Topsy-Turvy - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1c39f35844ec9\/yoshi-topsy-turvy-na.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1c39f35844ec9\/yoshi-topsy-turvy-na.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yoshi Topsy-Turvy - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/3818-yoshi-topsy-turvy\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What&#8217;s the deal, America? Yoshi Topsy-Turvy? Come on, we all know that just doesn&#8217;t sound as good as Yoshi&#8217;s Universal Gravitation. Anyway&#8230; This design takes on a more abstract approach, with the enemies featured in the European background relegated to an arrow at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>We like the texture used for the background though. That&#8217;s nice.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"da65a78da169f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi's Universal Gravitation - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/da65a78da169f\/yoshis-universal-gravitation-jp.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/da65a78da169f\/yoshis-universal-gravitation-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"581\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yoshi's Universal Gravitation - JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/3818-yoshi-topsy-turvy\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s design is actually quite similar to North America&#8217;s, utilising a similar colour scheme. Naturally, it&#8217;s using the region&#8217;s landscape boxes to great effect, adding in more character artwork to fill the scene. Bowser, for example, is back \u2013 well, sort of.<\/p>\n<p>Also, look how they integrated Yoshi into the actual title text. Adorable!<\/p>\n<section id=\"poll-11741\" data-block-type=\"poll\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_yoshis_universal_gravitation_box_art\" data-id=\"11741\" data-question=\"Which region got the best Yoshi's Universal Gravitation box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which region got the best Yoshi&#8217;s Universal Gravitation box art? (1,334 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\/1f57173903890\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Europe\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Europe<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"565 votes (42.4%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"42\"><span class=\"val\">42<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result with-image\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4f20361abce1c\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North America<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"166 votes (12.4%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"12\"><span class=\"val\">12<\/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\/4b813685c4d85\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"603 votes (45.2%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"45\"><span class=\"val\">45<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><em>Thank you for voting! We&#8217;ll see you next week for another edition of Box Art Brawl!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Hello chums, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we checked out Professor Layton and Pandora&#8217;s Box for the Nintendo DS. It was a surprisingly close race, but in the end, Europe managed to take the win with 41% of the vote. Japan claimed second place with 31%, [&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-136954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136954","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=136954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}