I have nothing against anime art in general, but the previous two Castlevania box arts were definitely a slap in the face to the classy gothic horror imagery the Castlevania series is known for. I will mention, though, that I'm surprised that we get an entirely different box art than the Japanese--theirs had an image of Shanoa leaping in the air upon the backdrop of a full moon, and was similarly awesome to the NA art.

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Aww, come on - I think every game's box art should be a picture of the game's box art. ;)

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I love it, except for a small detail. Shanoa's hair is a bit out of control but I do like the effect it gives. The guy (I forgot his name) looks really cool too. Hopefully he as well as the old guy are playable.

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What's colada?

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the order of ecclesia box art looks stunning (just like the game itself) ^^

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It still looks anime-inspired to me, albeit in an infinitely more mature and artistic style than the FoxBox-style crap used in previous titles.

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I thought the Shanoa's sword looked like a plastic cocktail sword, too!

And it's amazing how much of a difference there is between this art and the box art of the previous two games. I had no idea. Besides those two, I've only ever played Circle of the Moon. This is like the first real Castlevania art I've seen.

But I'm actually rather disappointed that they changed the box art on us. Why?? I mean, they didn't do that the other two times. The JP art was kick@**.

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I think that it could trasnlate like "leaked"

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This still looks anime to me. Not nearly as bad as the last two Castlevanias, of course, but still a very far cry from the incredible Symphony of the Night style.

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I stil like original box arts for most of the games. I also wonder
why they would like to change them for NA. Europe usually doesn't.
Europe also tends not to deviate from the original in terms of
translation as I read in what they did to advance wars dark conflict.
It just ruins it for me even though dialogue is better in the NA
version.

anyways, I found a very funny article regarding
differences in box arts.

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/why-japanese-box-art-is-better/a-20080729123833874037

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I actually miss the old Castlevania art, consisting of overly muscular long haired men in animal skin short shorts, with huge weapons and a vampire's face in the moon.

Just like Conan, they were so gay, it went full circle back to tough.

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lol giant plastic cocktail sword

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Oh snap, I have an idea for a new stylus now. Thanks DS Fanboy! *goes and gets a red cocktail sword*

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Meh. I liked the Japanese box art much better.
Shanoa is the only playable character, right? Why then do we get another stupid dude on the cover?

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/07/order-of-ecclesia-box-0-dsf.jpg

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"HMmm... I don't have any references weapon, but I've got this plastic cocktail sword! That'll do!" *scribblescribblescribble*

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Man, I never get tired of the "Metroidvania" mini-genre. I don't know what it is, but I've loved every post SOTN 2D Castlevania (even Circle of the Moon, which is the only one that requires a fair amount of grinding to overcome the frustratingly hard difficulty).

I know some people will call this game, "more of the same", but, the glyph system should provide a fresh new gameplay dynamic -- you're *forced* to get glyphs or you can't fight (as opposed to the soul collecting thing in the Sorrow games, which more for the ocd "collector" types than having any real use). Besides, if you were forced to choose, you know you'd play this over Kastlevania Kombat (what's next? a racing game? "Use your Wiimote to race legendary Castlevania characters, in a variety of vehicles such as Richter's horse and carriage -- and unlockables like Alucard in his speedy wolf form!").

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