Hello friends, and welcome to another version of Box Art Brawl!
Before we get ripped off with this week’s brawl, let’s go back to last week. We see Audio CDs for the Sega CD and, to no one’s surprise, the more North American action-packed box art won the votes by a decent margin, bringing in 48%. Europe comes in at second with 30% and weirdly titled Japanese box art finishes with 22%.
This week, we’ll stick with Sega’s console line and take a look Castlevania: Bloodline. Released back in 1994, the game was known in Japan as ‘Vampire Assassin’ and in Europe like ‘Castlevania: New Generation’while North America took on what was supposed to become the most popular game title, ‘Blood’.
The game was well received by critics at the time of release, praising its faster pace and more action-focused gameplay, but criticism was directed at the visuals, which were considered poor. than the SNES game. Super Castlevania IV.
Two of our competitors this week share similar designs for their respective boxy shapes, but we’ll be waging a duel, if only for the stark differences in titles. game.
Be sure to cast your vote in the poll below; but first, check out the box art designs yourself.
North America
Along with its title, the North American box art design is probably what is best known to fans. We see our main character in the bottom half of the composition and a whole bunch of nasty creatures surrounding him. The title ‘Bloodlines’ itself is pretty creepy, with the blood oozing out of its letters looking like something out of RL Stine’s Goosebumps or something! We are big fans of this one.
Europe
The European ‘New Generation’ design is perhaps a bit more ominous, with significantly darker colors and sinister red tones in the background, with bats hovering and a blood-red moon looming over them. sky. The characters here are very well designed and their placement in the composition makes for a pretty impressive work of art.
Japan
The Japanese design is more or less the same as the European one, except that everything has been greatly enlarged to remove some of the black space. Of course, the main difference here is the title. We have ‘Vampire Killer’ that looks like it’s written in blood and it’s pretty impressive; certainly more than the rather dull ‘New Generation’ headline seen on the cover of Europe.
Thanks for voting! See you in the next round of Box Art Brawl.
