Ohhhh, I see it now. Could this be hinting at the NX being the long-coming revival of the Game and Watch brand?
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Nintendo going red - a rebranding in progress?
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Ohhhh, I see it now. Could this be hinting at the NX being the long-coming revival of the Game and Watch brand?
Yellow will be Dreamcast 2.
It probably is nothing.
Beer Monkey
Member
Makes me think of all the red ink they've been going through in accounting for the last few years.
And a cloud.
Except I bet you that the designer also wanted to get a cloud across, as well as the hat.
Glass Shark
Banned
Not sure why they ever went gray in the first place. I feel like they were going for an Apple approach and it just didn't quite work for them.
And Homer Simpson from the side with an oversized nose.
While I didn't like the logo I'd say it worked really well for them, considering they introduced it in the Wii/NDS era.
The M could stand for My Nintendo
It worked out pretty well for a while.
One-handed Kirby disagrees tho..
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Day 1 for everything if it's really purple.
nintendors
Member
So Nintendo Network is still a thing? Or its a part of the grand "My Nintendo" scheme?
I'm confused really
I'm confused really
Who are you to say? Smart Watches are a thing now and hipsters love outdated tech. They'd be hitting on a massive untapped market, I say. It's practically confirmed.
LordOcidax
Member
Good job Nintendo.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Except My Nintendo has, as far as we know, little to do with Homer Simpson, and plenty to do with clouds.
Specifically the part that says it will be used to "coordinate cloud data".
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
So Nintendo is the renegade choice? Ironic.
Basically Nintendo's going for an over-arching account seperate from their consoles. You sign up for a Nintendo Account (the old NNIDs but not tied to one or two things) and that grants you access to My Nintendo. My Nintendo is basically the new Club Nintendo but instead of physical goods you get digital ones instead; and we're assuming that it's going to be used for cloud saves as well.
Your Nintendo Network ID can link to a My Nintendo account, but I don't think it's required. I think you can have a My Nintento account for Miitomo with only a Twitter linked to it, for example. So in a way, Nintendo Network is kind of a subset of My Nintendo.
pinkurocket
Member
The Wii branding is among the greatest in videogame history. Even electronics in general.
Pokemon Xbox, Pokemon Playstation and Pokemon NX.
Supervlieg
Member
Excitement!
Right, it's not totally required, you can even link your Nintendo Account to your NNID whenever you get one for their dedicated systems. Everything will be under one umbrella like how MS and other companies now do things.
Seems accurate.
linkandzelda
Member
My Nintendo is Nintendo's reward program.
Nintendo Account is Nintendo's Account system.
Nintendo Network is the online services for their consoles such as Wii U and 3DS.
Nintendo Account can link all of Nintendo's various services togother.
TheDinoman
Member
lol at Conker sitting in the corner in plain sight before chainsawing the logo.
Ah, N64 emulation errors.
User 479360
Banned
Yeah, they do. Thanks.
Good job Nintendo.
If Club Nintendo was any indicator, then this definitely means we're getting more Game & Watch games shoved in there
User 479360
Banned
Yeah, the red is/always has been best for them.
James Scott
Banned
The gray logo was fine during the Wii which was going more for an apple like approach, but I think red fits their current style much better and moving away from the wii/apple branding would do them some good
JetSetRadio
Banned
Yellowred or pinklimegreen!
Ninty is a cool kid.
Ninty is a cool kid.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Remember when red was the main branding color for PS3's early years (along with that godawful Spider-Man font)? That shit felt all kinds of wrong, the first of many mistakes for Sony. Thank god they eventually came to their senses and doubled down on blue, no doubt trying to recapture that PS2 magic.
Likewise, Nintendo is making the right move by reclaiming red. It just makes them seem more distinct and confident.
Likewise, Nintendo is making the right move by reclaiming red. It just makes them seem more distinct and confident.
Lionel Richie
Member
Why did Nintendo ever mess around with the GOAT logo is still beyond me. Just bring it back.