{"id":378079,"date":"2026-01-19T06:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378079\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:46:15","slug":"box-art-brawl-duel-final-fantasy-tactics-a2-grimoire-of-the-rift-ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378079\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Art Brawl: Duel – Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tactics<\/a> Image: Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Welcome, folks, to another edition of Box Art Brawl<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Last week<\/a>, we checked out Mario Power Tennis<\/a> for the GameCube and, as expected, the results weren’t even remotely close. With a much more interesting cover, Europe and North America easily won the day with 70% of the vote, leaving Japan to mop up the remaining 30%.<\/p>\n

This week, we’re heading to the land of the DS to look at Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift<\/a>. Originally released in 2007, it was very well regarded at the time and remains a firm fan-favourite to this day. With the recent success of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles<\/a> on Switch and Switch 2, many (including us) are no doubt hoping to see its sequels remastered in a similar manner.<\/p>\n

For now, let’s check out the box arts for Grimoire of the Rift. This time, Europe and Japan team up to take on North America.<\/p>\n

Europe \/ Japan
\n\"Tactics<\/a> Image: Square Enix \/ LaunchBox<\/a><\/p>\n

Europe and Japan have gone for what could arguably be described as a more ‘traditional’ approach for a Final Fantasy game, opting for a white background to allow the logo and characters to really stand out. It’s clean, it’s eye-catching, and we like it.<\/p>\n

North America
\n\"Tactics<\/a> Image: Square Enix \/ LaunchBox<\/a><\/p>\n

North America, meanwhile, has gone for a much darker approach, showcasing a black background with a dark blue outline of a key character. Very ominous stuff, indeed. It’s cool though, and despite the change in approach, it’s still quite classy and restrained. This might be a tough one to call.<\/p>\n

Which region got the best Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift box art? (1,601 votes)
\n\"Europe
\nEurope \/ Japan90%\"North
\nNorth America10%<\/p>\n

Thanks for voting! We’ll see you next time for another Box Art Brawl.<\/p>\n

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\"Ollie<\/p>\n

Nintendo Life\u2019s resident horror fanatic, when he\u2019s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Life Welcome, folks, to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we checked out Mario…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7119,46163,242,59,3631,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-378079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-box-art-brawl","tag-ds","tag-features","tag-gb","tag-polls","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}