*beep beep, beep beep*
a snake: This is the snake. Colonel, can you hear me?
Campbell: Clear and loud. What’s the situation, Snake?
a snake: You’ve reached a kind of digital space. It’s hard to know exactly what’s going on, but I’m in an empty room, and the words’Nintendo Live And the “Box Art Brawl” It seems to come true in front of me.
Campbell: What or what?! Well, you have to make your way somehow. But make sure no one sees you.
a snake: There is another thing. There is a leaderboard at the back of the room; Apparently past weeks Box Art Brawl featured something called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time. Colonel, what’s going on?
Campbell: I have no idea. what do you say?
a snake: It says North America and Europe won the vote with 76%, followed by Japan with 24%. Is this FoxHound business?
Campbell: FoxHound disbanded after the Shadow Moses, Snake incident. You must know this.
a snake: Harrar. Wait - there is one more thing. The leaderboard has changed. It now displays something called “Metal Gear: Ghost of Babylon‘…Metal Gearer?! Colonel, is there a new Metal Gear prototype I’m not aware of?!
Campbell: It’s possible. We may have to wait and see what the vote is on this one to decide our next move. Who are the participants?
a snake: North America, Europe and Japan. It’s a three-way fight.
Campbell: Show. Well, stay where you are now, snake. If you need, you can contact me at Codec. Frequency 140.85. When you want to use the codec, press the select button. When we need to contact you, the codec will beep. When you hear this noise, press the select button. The coding receptor directly stimulates the small bones in your ear. Nobody but you will be able to hear it.
a snake: I understood you. Well, I’m ready to vote.
*Bob*
Make sure to cast your vote in the poll below; But first, let’s check out the artistic box designs themselves.
North Amarica
*beep beep, beep beep*
a snake: Colonel, I’m in front of North American box art.
Campbell: Excellent, snake. Age hasn’t slowed you down a bit. Now what do you see?
a snake: I see, ah… I.
Campbell: Are you sure this isn’t another Big Boss clone?
a snake: No, that’s me. I look too handsome to be anyone else. Looking at the design, it appears to have been drawn by an artist known as Yoji Shinkawa. He captured my features well; His skills may have been enhanced by nanomachines.
Campbell: could be. I love this design too, but we need to see others to make an informed decision.
a snake: I understood you.
*Bob*
Europe
*beep beep, beep beep*
liquid snake: BROTHERRRRRRR!
a snake: liquid!
liquid snake: It’s been too long, brother! I just fell; I wanted to share my thoughts on this particular design here from Europe. I have to say, even though it shows an inferior version of Big Boss, I love it, all of it! Who is this woman with you though?
a snake: Sergeant Kristen Jenner. “Chris” for short. She helped me through the Galuade incident in Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.
liquid snake: Ghost of Babylon? Fucking - is this even canon?
a snake: No, but I don’t expect you to understand anyway. It was made for a system called Game Boy Color.
liquid snake: The Snake game is very interesting, but did I ever tell you about the “Les Infants Terribles” project?
a snake: I am going.
liquid snake: Not yet, snake! not finished yet!
a snake: I went.
liquid: wait-
*Bob*
Japan
*beep beep, beep beep*
Campbell: I hear it’s amazing when the famous purple jaw-space stuffed worm with a tuning fork throws a simple flash at Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!
a snake: What or what..? Colonel, are you okay?
*Bob*
*beep beep, beep beep*
Campbell: The juice of anemone or the jasmine plant can cause a rash. When trimming it is a good idea to wear gloves.
a snake: Colonel, get out of it!
*Bob*
*beep beep, beep beep*
Campbell: Raiden, something happened to me last Thursday when I was driving home. I had a few miles to go; I looked up and saw something glowing orange in the sky to the east! She was moving erratically… Suddenly there was a strong light around me, and when I came, I was at home. What do you think happened to me?
a snake: RAIDEN IS NOT HERE!
*Bob*
*beep beep, beep beep*
a snake: Go away, colonel. Everyone out there, be sure to vote for your favorite box art and get me out of here!
*Bob*
Thanks for participating in Box Art Brawl again, and to all our US friends, have a great workers’ day!
Thanks for voting! We’ll see you next time for another round of Box Art Brawl.