{"id":137307,"date":"2026-05-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201502"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-yoshi-nes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/24\/poll-box-art-brawl-yoshi-nes\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: Yoshi (NES)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/129d0ee088220\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/129d0ee088220\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"129d0ee088220\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/129d0ee088220\/yoshi-bab.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/129d0ee088220\/yoshi-bab.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Yoshi - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Mlem<\/em>. Howdy partners! Hop on board your nearest dinosaur, because it&#8217;s time to set off on 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-galactic-pinball\">Last time<\/a>, we went virtual, as we took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/virtualboy\/galactic_pinball\">Galactic Pinball<\/a> for the Virtual Boy. There were just two options to choose between, and it wasn&#8217;t even close. North America walked away with a staggering 71% of the vote, leaving the trippy Japanese variant to deal with the remaining 29%.<\/p>\n<p>This week, with Yoshi turning to a new chapter on Switch 2, we&#8217;re taking a look at his first solo outing in the aptly named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/yoshi\">Yoshi<\/a> (or <strong>Mario &amp; Yoshi<\/strong>, for those in Europe) on the NES. Was it the best tile-matching puzzler we&#8217;d ever played? No. Heck, it&#8217;s not even the best <em>Yoshi tile-matching puzzler<\/em>. But there&#8217;s a certain retro charm from this Game Freak joint that&#8217;s left us turning to it on NSO on more than one occasion in the years since.<\/p>\n<p>There are three covers to choose between this week, so let&#8217;s match &#8217;em up!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/yoshi\/related-articles:32038,200844 @ 1779642355 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"4130ece0c7733\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4130ece0c7733\/yoshi-na.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4130ece0c7733\/yoshi-na.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1230\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yoshi - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/1244-yoshi\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got to give it to the North American design, this really is rather sweet. We&#8217;ve got a smiling little Yoshi cracking out of his egg, surrounded by a cascade of falling enemies and eggshell. It&#8217;s simple, but it&#8217;s charming.<\/p>\n<h2>Europe<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"e74dd15dcc562\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi - EU\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e74dd15dcc562\/yoshi-eu.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e74dd15dcc562\/yoshi-eu.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1280\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yoshi - EU\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/1244-yoshi\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crowbarring the prized plumber in there to reflect the regional name change, <em>Mario<\/em> &amp; Yoshi&#8217;s European design is similar to its NA counterpart, but with added Mario. Yoshi is still cracking out of his egg, and enemies are still falling around him, but Mario&#8217;s there this time, plates in hand, to&#8230; help? Hey, whatever it takes to up the brand recognition, we suppose.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"3f41dde3d55e4\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Yoshi - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3f41dde3d55e4\/yoshi-jp.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3f41dde3d55e4\/yoshi-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1290\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Yoshi - JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/1244-yoshi\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Things are much more simplistic in the Japanese cover, dropping the falling enemies to focus solely on Yoshi&#8217;s egg cracking \u2014 which makes sense, given the <strong>Yoshi&#8217;s Egg<\/strong> title change in the region. We like how the titular dino is positively <em>springing<\/em> from his eggy casing in this one, with a big old smile on his face.<\/p>\n<section id=\"poll-11888\" data-block-type=\"poll\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_yoshi_nes_box_art\" data-id=\"11888\" data-question=\"Which region got the best Yoshi (NES) box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which region got the best Yoshi (NES) box art? (1,084 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\/01c5ae954a14c\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North America<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"419 votes (38.7%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"39\"><span class=\"val\">39<\/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\/1519a416b3935\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Europe\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Europe<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"544 votes (50.2%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"50\"><span class=\"val\">50<\/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\/7b8e32210c1e1\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"121 votes (11.2%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"11\"><span class=\"val\">11<\/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 Mlem. Howdy partners! Hop on board your nearest dinosaur, because it&#8217;s time to set off on another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last time, we went virtual, as we took a look at Galactic Pinball for the Virtual Boy. There were just two options to choose between, and it wasn&#8217;t even close. 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