{"id":137230,"date":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201242"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-duel-galactic-pinball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/17\/poll-box-art-brawl-duel-galactic-pinball\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel &#8211; Galactic Pinball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/22e69603abf71\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/22e69603abf71\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"22e69603abf71\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Galactic Pinball - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/22e69603abf71\/galactic-pinball-bab.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/22e69603abf71\/galactic-pinball-bab.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Galactic Pinball - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for yet another edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/box-art-brawl\">Box Art Brawl<\/a>, and we&#8217;re going virtual.<\/p>\n<p>Before we strap a plastic peripheral to our faces, however, let&#8217;s take a look at last week&#8217;s showdown, where a trio of covers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/bubsy_in_claws_encounters_of_the_furred_kind\">Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind<\/a> went head-to-head. Despite some close competition from Japan, it was the North American design that came out on top, snapping up 44% of the vote. Japan came in second with 37%, leaving Europe to claim the remaining 18%.<\/p>\n<p>This time, with a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/nintendo-expands-switch-onlines-virtual-boy-library-with-five-more-games\">new titles joining the Nintendo Switch Online Virtual Boy collection<\/a>, we&#8217;re taking another look at the library and picking out a pair of covers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/virtualboy\/galactic_pinball\">Galactic Pinball<\/a>. It&#8217;s pinball on the Virtual Boy, what&#8217;s not to like (aside from the headaches)? Naturally, there&#8217;s no EU design to showcase this week, so let&#8217;s meet the two contenders&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/retro\/related-articles:4571,201175 @ 1779034263 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"6f687c99ec5bc\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Galactic Pinball - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6f687c99ec5bc\/galactic-pinball-na.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6f687c99ec5bc\/galactic-pinball-na.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"803\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Galactic Pinball - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/14243-galactic-pinball\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s colourful, it&#8217;s bright, it&#8217;s&#8230; pinball? Honestly, while there&#8217;s certainly some pinball paraphernalia on display here, it&#8217;s not quite as flipper-filled as we&#8217;d expect. A bumper and a rail can only do so much heavy lifting when the most iconic part is obscured by the VB logo. Still, it&#8217;s not too bad on the eye.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"cb1c64df41642\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Galactic Pinball - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cb1c64df41642\/galactic-pinball-jp.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cb1c64df41642\/galactic-pinball-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Galactic Pinball - JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/14243-galactic-pinball\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Japanese cover dares ask the question: what if Picasso painted a pinball machine? It&#8217;s a bit all over the place, but there&#8217;s no denying that it&#8217;s interesting to look at. And hey, there&#8217;s a certain charm to those mid-&#8217;90s 3D graphics, isn&#8217;t there?<\/p>\n<section id=\"poll-11855\" data-block-type=\"poll\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_galactic_pinball_box_art\" data-id=\"11855\" data-question=\"Which region got the best Galactic Pinball box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which region got the best Galactic Pinball box art? (722 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\/2a320f245b145\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North America<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"516 votes (71.5%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"71\"><span class=\"val\">71<\/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\/c34d65ac79b96\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"206 votes (28.5%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"29\"><span class=\"val\">29<\/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 It&#8217;s time for yet another edition of Box Art Brawl, and we&#8217;re going virtual. Before we strap a plastic peripheral to our faces, however, let&#8217;s take a look at last week&#8217;s showdown, where a trio of covers for Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind went head-to-head. Despite some close competition [&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-137230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137230","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=137230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}