{"id":137392,"date":"2026-05-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201795"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:00:00","slug":"poll-box-art-brawl-warioware-inc-mega-party-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/31\/poll-box-art-brawl-warioware-inc-mega-party-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Box Art Brawl: WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c086acc670e58\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c086acc670e58\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c086acc670e58\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - BAB\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c086acc670e58\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-bab.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c086acc670e58\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-bab.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - BAB\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VOTE! Think fast, it&#8217;s time for another edition of Box Art Brawl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/poll-box-art-brawl-yoshi-nes\">Last time<\/a>, to celebrate the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book\">Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/a>, we took a look at where the solo series all began as we compared three covers for the NES&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/yoshi\">Yoshi<\/a>. The European Mario &amp; Yoshi design walked away with the win in that one, receiving 48% of the vote and leaving North America and Japan with the remaining 41% and 11%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s latest not-<strong>WarioWare<\/strong> project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pictonico\">Pictonico!<\/a>, has got us in the mood for some microgames, so this week we&#8217;re throwing it back to the GameCube and the inexplicably hard to type <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/warioware_inc_mega_party_gameusd\">WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$!<\/a> The first series entry to make the jump to home console, Mega Party Game$ might be missing some of the handheld charm of its predecessors, but it&#8217;s nonetheless packed with signature silliness and big laughs.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we have three covers to pick between this week, so go on, PICK!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/gamecube\/related-articles:146790 @ 1780248235 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"27d61c79af3b8\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - NA\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/27d61c79af3b8\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-na.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/27d61c79af3b8\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-na.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1257\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - NA\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/6772-warioware-inc-mega-party-game\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Wario up top and all of his &#8216;Ware companions split off below, the North American design really is a beauty. We&#8217;re big fans of the blue backdrop here, and how the central logo holds everything together, with the dividing lines extending out of it. Good work, all round.<\/p>\n<h2>Europe<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"3cd7a83c51d5b\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - EU\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3cd7a83c51d5b\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-eu.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3cd7a83c51d5b\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-eu.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1264\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - EU\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/6772-warioware-inc-mega-party-game\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The European design takes the same Wario art as its NA companion, but subs out the bonus characters and blue backing for something more&#8230; yellow. It&#8217;s <em>much<\/em> simpler as a consequence, it&#8217;s true, but we always appreciated how the yellow extends up the design to the GameCube banner itself.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b788c59a36718\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b788c59a36718\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-jp.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b788c59a36718\/warioware-inc-mega-party-gameusd-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1264\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ - JP\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/6772-warioware-inc-mega-party-game\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As ever, the Japanese design swings for something different. The Wario PNG is gone, replaced by his key facial features against a pink polka dot background. It&#8217;s a more abstract approach, but it&#8217;s certainly eye-catching.<\/p>\n<section id=\"poll-11909\" data-block-type=\"poll\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_region_got_the_best_warioware_inc_mega_party_gameusd_box_art\" data-id=\"11909\" data-question=\"Which region got the best WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$! box art?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which region got the best WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$! box art? (923 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\/bf5dec88b1ba7\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">North America<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"704 votes (76.3%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"76\"><span class=\"val\">76<\/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\/21851aa6338ff\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Europe\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Europe<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"108 votes (11.7%)\"><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\/c9c2e99932d1b\/100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"111 votes (12%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"12\"><span class=\"val\">12<\/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 VOTE! Think fast, it&#8217;s time for another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last time, to celebrate the arrival of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, we took a look at where the solo series all began as we compared three covers for the NES&#8217; Yoshi. The European Mario &amp; Yoshi design walked away [&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-137392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137392","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=137392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}