Welcome of us, to a different version of ‘Box Art Brawl’!

Last week noticed the traditional N64 title Pilotwings 64 battle it out for field artwork supremacy. The outcomes have been actually fairly a bit nearer than we have been anticipating, however however, Japan’s vertical design took the lion’s share of the vote with 60%. Bad luck, North America and Europe – your designs weren’t unhealthy, however they weren’t nice.

This week, we’ll be diving again into the world of Capcom’s Mega Man with its fourth NES title: Mega Man 4. Released again in 1991, it obtained sturdy essential reception, although many of us have been fast to notice that it did little or no totally different to the earlier entries within the collection. Franchise fatigue was starting to set in, although not earlier than Capcom launched one other two follow-ups for the NES earlier than lastly transferring onto the Super NES.

It’ll be a three-way brawl this week – simply the way in which we prefer it – as a result of key variations in artwork design between North America and Europe. But sufficient speaking, let’s get proper to it!

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Be positive to forged your votes within the ballot beneath; however first, let’s try the field artwork designs themselves.

North America

North America’s design for Mega Man 4 is, um… attention-grabbing, to say the least. There are hints right here that the artwork type is transferring away from the admittedly hellish method taken in earlier titles, however there’s nonetheless one thing somewhat odd about Mega Man himself. Why are his cheeks so rosey? Why does he appears so… properly, actual? At least, actual compared to the extra stylistic method taken with the opposite area variants.

Europe

Interestingly, Europe’s design for Mega Man 4 opts for a similar composition as its North American counterpart, however swaps out the artwork type for Mega Man himself for one thing arguably extra conventional. The background is strictly the identical, however Mega Man’s face appears decidedly much less unsettling, matching the visible type current in Japan’s field artwork design.

Japan

Speaking of which, Japan’s field artwork design utilises an artwork type that is nonetheless used to depict Mega Man to this very day. It additionally makes sturdy use of the panorama orientation, including in some Robot Masters for a barely busier composition. Mega Man himself appears fairly superior right here too, lined in flames and about to let free what we solely assume to be a charged shot.

Thanks for voting! We’ll see you subsequent time for an additional spherical of the Box Art Brawl.