Box Art Battle #2: Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series

Box Art Battle is a series where we compare box art for several games across multiple regions – and declare one of them the best.

Battle 1: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

The difference in covers between the US/Canadian and Japanese/UK versions of TFF shows a difference in culture. You may be aware of a trope known as “American Kirby Is Hardcore”. This is when a Japanese game with a cutesy and non-confrontational cover is imported and changed for other regions into something less friendly and more action-oriented.

US/Canada Cover

JP/UK Cover

In the US/Canada, the game’s cover sets up the conflict between the warriors aligned with Cosmos and the monsters that work for Chaos. It’s a simple dichotomy that perfectly conveys the game’s adorable art style.

However, in Japan and the UK, we have what appears to be a chocobo singing a song of the game’s numerous characters, protagonists of the Final Fantasy games contained therein. It’s more whimsical and even cuter than the US and Canada’s box art, so I have to give the edge to it.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Tournament of Champions

Just like my 2017 Final Fantasy Record Keeper Tournament of Champions, the Theatrhythm Tournament of Champions seeks to settle once and for all the strongest characters in Final Fantasy.

The Method: Assign points values to each character’s stats. Multiple characters from the same title are pitted against each other to determine who moves on to the next round.

I removed all skills that increase or decrease stats to have the truest representation of a character’s stats as possible.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call – Final Stats and Thoughts

Sometimes, I felt guilty playing these games so much after beating them when I have so many other games to beat, but doing these LP’s back to back made me realize just how much I love these games. However you choose to classify it, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a classic.