{"id":57527,"date":"2025-04-28T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57527\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:16:12","slug":"box-art-brawl-duel-fire-emblem-the-sacred-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57527\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Art Brawl &#8211; Duel: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let&#8217;s check out the box art designs themselves.<\/p>\n<p>North America \/ Europe<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones - NA\/EU\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0216cde7e2c30\/fire-emblem-sacred-stones-naeu.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fire-emblem-sacred-stones-naeu.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones - NA\/EU\"\/><\/a>Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/3260-fire-emblem-the-sacred-stones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The design shared by North America and Europe is likely the one you&#8217;ll have seen before. Erika and Ephraim stand front and centre, brandishing their sword and lance like only the pretty protagonists of the Fire Emblem series can. The background is a little blurred, but we see a dragon, a huge door and&#8230; maybe some flames? The painterly aesthetic of the backdrop is almost a little too unclear, but it sure does make the character art pop.<\/p>\n<p>Japan<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones - JP\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/49426e3bd6e25\/fire-emblem-sacred-stones-jp.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fire-emblem-sacred-stones-jp.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"579\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones - JP\"\/><\/a>Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com\/games\/details\/3260-fire-emblem-the-sacred-stones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo \/ Launchbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The protagonist art is much the same as the NA \/ EU version here, but that blurred background has been replaced with a map of Magvel, making the most of the Japanese GBA box&#8217;s horizontal real estate. It might not have quite as much going on as the previous version, but we kinda like that.<\/p>\n<p>Which region got the best Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones box art? (1,542 votes)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result with-image first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745846172_229_100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"North America \/ Europe\"\/><br \/>\n<strong class=\"answer\">North America \/ Europe<\/strong>52%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result with-image last\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745846172_497_100x60.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Japan\"\/><br \/>\n<strong class=\"answer\">Japan<\/strong>48%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thanks for voting! We&#8217;ll see you next time for another round of Box Art Brawl.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let&#8217;s check out the box art&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11837,121,126,30207,30211,30209,30210,128,30208,2733,125,124,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-57527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-box-art-brawl","9":"tag-feature","10":"tag-features","11":"tag-fire-emblem-the-sacred-stones","12":"tag-game-boy-advance","13":"tag-gba","14":"tag-intelligent-systems","15":"tag-nintendo","16":"tag-nintendo-game-boy-advance","17":"tag-nintendo-switch-online","18":"tag-polls","19":"tag-rpg","20":"tag-technology","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114415782361365772","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}