![Bloodlines - Box Art Brawl](https://images.nintendolife.com/cfd03a69f1407/bloodlines-box-art-brawl.900x.jpg)
Hello people, and welcome to a different version of Field Artwork Brawl!
Earlier than we get cracking with this week’s brawl, let’s forged our minds again to final week. We checked out Sonic CD for the Sega CD and, shocking nobody, the extra motion packed field artwork for North America gained the vote by a good margin, bringing in 48%. Europe got here in second place with 30%, and the bizarre, squishy-titled Japanese field artwork completed with 22%.
This week, we’ll keep on with Sega’s console line and check out Castlevania: Bloodlines. Launched again in 1994, the sport was identified in Japan as ‘Vampire Killer’ and in Europe as ‘Castlevania: The New Technology’, whereas North America took on what would arguably turn into the sport’s most well-known title, ‘Bloodlines’.
The sport was nicely acquired by critics on the time of its launch, praising the sooner tempo and extra action-focused gameplay, however criticism was levelled towards the visuals, which had been thought to be inferior to the SNES title Tremendous Castlevania IV.
Two of our competitiors this week share related designs for his or her respective field arts, however we’ll go along with a three-way brawl, if just for the stark distinction in recreation titles.
Be sure you forged your votes within the ballot beneath; however first, let’s try the field artwork designs themselves.
North America
![Bloodlines - NA](https://images.nintendolife.com/3f62ba0d19449/bloodlines-na.900x.jpg)
Together with its title, the North American field artwork design might be probably the most well-known amongst followers. We see our protagonist within the backside half of the composition and an entire bunch of nasty creatures surrounding him. The ‘Bloodlines’ title itself is fairly macabre, with blood dripping from its letters to seem like one thing straight out of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps or one thing! We’re huge followers of this one.
Europe
![New Generation - EU](https://images.nintendolife.com/d9f6b246f0fe5/new-generation-eu.900x.jpg)
Europe’s ‘New Technology’ design is maybe a bit extra ominous, with considerably darker colors and a sinister pink tone within the background, with bats flying about and a blood pink moon looming within the sky. The characters listed here are very nicely designed and their positions throughout the composition make for a fairly impactful piece of artwork.
Japan
![Vampire Killer - Japan](https://images.nintendolife.com/a701b06248b61/vampire-killer-japan.900x.jpg)
Japan’s design is kind of the identical as Europe’s, besides every part has been zoomed in considerably to take away a number of the empty black area. The principle distinction right here, in fact, is the title itself. We have ‘Vampire Killer’ that appears prefer it’s been written in blood and it is a fairly placing; definitely extra so than the fairly uninteresting ‘New Technology’ title seen on Europe’s cowl.
Thanks for voting! We’ll see you subsequent time for an additional spherical of the Field Artwork Brawl.