Castlevania Order of Ecclesia boxart

Finally, a glimpse at the latest NDS castlevania boxart. Not too shabby huh? At least it looks nicer than the previous 2 games boxart on NDS. Even though I am not a fanatic boxart fan, I am glad that that it has taken the old drawing style and drastically changes the boxart of this iteration. I never think that the boxarts of Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruins are ugly, it is just that the whole package looks nicer if the they decide to go in the old direction for boxart. The game now itself certainly has the creepy and gothic feelings, which are nowhere to be found in the previous NDS games. I wonder what the inclusion of Wifi symbol means? Does it mean that we are still getting the same boss rush co op mode and buying stuffs online or there will be another tricks up in Konami sleeves? I guess we will never find out until the game itself is released and it is rumored that this may have something to do with Wii connectivity. Dont tell me it has anything to do with the upcoming Castlevania Judgment please!


Hehe both the boxarts above will never freak the hell out of you and you might think these maybe some anime games if you are just mere casual gamers but luckily the games still have the same solid gameplay. Definitely recommend for long time Castlevania hardcore fans.

Why Japanese boxart is better?......(are they?)

Personally I am a person who could not care less about the box arts of games as I rarely take out those game boxes that I own and marvel at the awesomeness of the beautiful box art. But for some, they are just particularly fussy about this issue and I personally know a friend who can get a myriad versions of a particular game just because the same game from other regions feature prettier boxarts. I dont know the rationale behind this habit(nor I dont think I will for the rest of my life) but I guess pretty boxarts hold special spots in my friend heart. Anyway, unless the boxarts really differs that much like Mystery Dungeon: Shiren The Wanderer on Nintendo DS, I guess I will just settle with the so called inferior boxart of North America release.
North Amerika box art. Looks fine in your opinion? Wait until you scroll down and look at the Japan box art.


Hands down, this definitely looks much better than the NA counterpart and I wonder who has decided to change the boxart and maybe that is why this game bombed in NA.

Gameradar has recently posted an article comparing the boxarts of North Amerika and Japan games. You will be amazed at how different the boxarts could be and leave you wondering that some ugly boxarts are just not meant to be published.