Best Game Boxart Tournament ROUND 2

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Round 2 of the Best Game Boxart Tournament begins on July 1st, 2026!

The winners of the Qualifying Round are back and ready to take down Round 1's survivors! 256 polls will narrow down the field once again.

8 polls will drop daily, each lasting a week.

Current status: Active

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That's the halfway point for the round! (And just over the halfway point for the full tournament's polls!)

Polls will be on pause for a couple of days while I build up the backlog again.

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#128: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Kingdom Hearts III

Genghis Khan

Remaining time: 3 hours 40 minutes

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#127: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Pipe Dream

初音ミク -Project DIVA-

Remaining time: 2 hours 39 minutes

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#126: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Hollow Knight

Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+

Remaining time: 1 hour 45 minutes

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Hollow Knight

It's my favorite version of the hollow knight cover!

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#125: Vote for your favorite boxart!

No More Heroes

Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

Remaining time: 41 minutes

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#124: Vote for your favorite boxart!

ガーディック外伝

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Voting ended on20m

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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

I'm certain there will be more dramatic and artsy covers but it's just so whimsical and iconic I think it deserves a spotlight

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#123: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Pikmin 3

カービィのきらきらきっず

Voting ended on1h

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#122: Vote for your favorite boxart!

みんな大好き塊魂

Scurge: Hive

Voting ended on2h

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みんな大好き塊魂

From what I can read, the signs are WE ENJOY 王様 (We Enjoy The King), 塊魂 (Katamari Damacy), KD in a heart, and たのしい(fun). If those last two are together, it could be read as Katamari Damacy (implied is) fun, which is so cute. Look how excited everyone is for Katamari!! This game was made incredibly quickly after the first one skyrocketed in popularity and it’s really neat to see all of that love and charm applied to not only the sequel itself, but the box art too!! I believe this was the current Namco office building and these are presumably workers or fans out front. Neat!

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#121: Vote for your favorite boxart!

鋼鉄帝国

初音ミク Project Mirai でらっくす

Voting ended on3h

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#120: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Final Fantasy XII

Endless Ocean

Voting ended onJul 22

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#119: Vote for your favorite boxart!

星のカービィスーパーデラックス

7th Dragon III Code: VFD

Voting ended onJul 22

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#118: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Amnios

Super Mario Strikers

Voting ended onJul 22

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#117: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Night in the Woods

Blockout! / Breakdown!

Voting ended onJul 22

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Night in the Woods

*sigh* I miss gregg's green eyes

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#116: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

剣が君 for V

Voting ended onJul 22

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#115: Vote for your favorite boxart!

Chrono Quest

Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars

Voting ended onJul 22

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Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars

It’s modeled after old b-film posters, and sets a distinct vision for the game!

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#114: Vote for your favorite boxart!

星のカービィ 夢の泉の物語

The Incredible Machine

Voting ended onJul 22