Poll: Box Art Brawl: Pokémon Colosseum

Europe wins this one hands down for me as well. I don't like how the NA one puts Wes in the background like he's the looming threat, and I don't like his absense in the Japanese one. Aside from that, the European one just looks more pleasing.

I like the Europe box the most, I think the background makes the art pop the most and it has the most impact imo.

Europe. It makes the character look like a cool guy who has all these legendary Pokémon and he just sent them out.

I have more nostalgia for the box art than I have for the game. I used to see it in toy catalogues and had it on my Christmas list for multiple years but I never got it or a GameCube. I got to play the game once in some shop that had the rare demo kiosk (you don't see demo kiosk too often where I live) and I was in awe. I finally bought the game years later (2010?) but it didn't live up to my childhood memories. I'm yet to beat it.

they are all very ugly imho

I'm all about the Jp box.

Just had more impact in the design.

They are all very bad

Funny, I dislike Europe's. I think JP is the nicest.

For me also Europe, it shows the Protagonist and the Region, so it has something to do with the Game itself.

They really should have named it differently, to make clear that it is a RPG.
Some of the Cities had some Final Fantasy Feeling, as they were in the desert and kinda junky.

Japan just so I don't need to look at the derpy protagonist this game has.

The hero looks like a bad guy in the NA version to me.

PAL one for me. It was quite a long time since I preferred PAL box art last time...

Defaulting to NA here. There isn't a whole lot here to distinguish the three covers, and the inclusion of the Japanese cover is almost redundant.

Incidentally, I made an unfinished Pokémon Gold hack in early high school in 2002 called Pokémon Colosseum before this was a thing (it was briefly available for download via my GeoCities page; remember those?). I made a dummy cover for it too, but unfortunately that hadn't survived the ravages of time. I even finished playing it on my phone recently just to see how much of the game had been modified (due to tools being so limited back then, it was mostly just the contents of towns and routes being shuffled around a bit, and rarer Pokémon being available in the wild, and the protagonist hadn't yet been fully changed, but it takes on a ghost appearance based on my alias).

Don't like any of them but I guess I don't like NA a bit less.

NA wins this one for me, for being the one feeling the least cluttered with different logos and blurbs.

It was a tough decision but Europe got the best one.

What makes this funny is that Groudon and Kyogre aren't even in the game (unless you transfer them from a GBA game). All three versions are built on false advertising!

@TheMegaMarshtomp they do appear in the Battle Mode as opponents, they can be used by the final opponent of the Orre Colosseum Doubles tourney, along with Latias and Latios.
So my guess is that Kyogre and Groudon advertise the Battle Mode.

EDIT: Come to think of it, even the name Pokémon Colosseum is a bit of false advertising.
The name makes you think it's the next game in the Pokémon Stadium series, instead it's mostly a main version on consoles (same with XD: Gale of Darkness, but at least that one has a different name). Granted the Battle Mode is essentally Pokémon Stadium Poké Cup and Prime Cup, but it's not the same as an actual Stadium game.

As for my vote, it'll be Europe this time, not only for its desert backgroud, but also for having a proper facing orientation for Kyogre and Groudon.
If the logo had the brick wall behind it, like the Japanese version and the pre-release logo, it would be perfect.

Disc art

North America:

Europe

Japan, my personal favorite but why does it has a JASRAC register?

EDIT: Perfect time to share that "glitch" (not sure if I can call it that) you can pull off at the start of the game.

You can get the 3 Johto evolved starters at the beginning of the game and not wait until post-game to capture the other two if you simply knock yourself out after catching them, losing the battles.
Repeat until you have the three, then you're free to proceed with the rest of the game with Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw in your team.

I voted NA, but honestly none of them are very good.

Hard to pick between North America and Japan, so I choose not to vote

All the of these are incredibly ugly and look like they were made by people that have color blindness.

NA, no question this week

For me I like the Japan cover best, then NA, then EU. But I do like the EU cover having desert you don't normally see that.

In terms of disks it's the opposite. I like EU disk best, then NA, then Japan.

They all work, though I'm not a big fan of the overall design. I ultimately chose Japan's.

First time I wanted to vote, but couldn't pick because they're all way too hideous..

hard choice. they're all good and similar(how/if you want the person). not a Pokémon fan so don't know who that is but makes me think of Yu-gi-oh's Kaiba.

They're fairly similar...I kinda like Europe's but went with NA because I really don't like the logos encroaching on the upper half.

To the point, I don't like any of them, so my vote is for the one that is least bad. The NA cover is a bit messy because of the trainer face at the top. The Euro cover is the one I think is the best. The desert background doesn't add much since everything looks disconnected from it, but I think the lighter color of the background ends up working out best for this game's cover design.

North America, probably cos I like its familiarity since it's the same artwork we got in Australia. (Which is slightly odd in itself - generally when there were regional variations we ended up with the Euro artwork.)

Pokemon x Yu-Gi-Oh because it's darker than mainline Pokemon games if you play it. Also European cover for the background.

JP > NA > EU. Not that any of them are great.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 83

Japan: 82

North America: 97

Australia and New Zealand: 1

@Uncle_Franklin heyyyyy Franklin!

Japan has good instincts to shy away from showing off that awful character model

You know what had brilliant box art? Radar Mission. To my shame I threw away the box, as I just kept my game boy games in those plastic cases they came with. I really regret that.

This game was such a great spin-off game! I have very fond memories of Gen 3, because of this game even more so. It felt like it really had to offer something unique to the franchise. And it was a lot of fun linking with my GBA games!

Mmm...none of them are that good.

As nostalgic as I am for NA I had to go Europe this time the composition is simply perfect and beautiful

wow this is a close one

No hesitation there EU is by far the best one.