Okay this is driving me nuts, what does this mean!?
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Nintendo going red - a rebranding in progress?
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Okay this is driving me nuts, what does this mean!?
OrbitalBeard
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Man, we're really desperate for NX news, aren't we? lol
In all seriousness, I like the new (old?) look.
In all seriousness, I like the new (old?) look.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
There will be blood!
Smiles and Cries
Member
i see a cloud
You never seen Donald Duck der Nazi?
Doesn't ring a bell.
Donald Duck was a Commie.
What does that have to do with vBulletin?
Edit: I have the feeling that is not what I should be seeing.
Diprosalic
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SinCityAssassin
Member
The time has come...
Omnii-chan
Member
Good. Grey and white were sterile colours for their logo.
Nintendo logo is best as red, like it was.
Nintendo logo is best as red, like it was.
Also a good way to pay homage to Mother Merica.
#NintendoRising
Jack Scofield
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That logo reminds me of Game & Watch man with Homer Simpson hair.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Red Dead Redemption
The white logo on red is interesting and an inverse of the red on white (or black) era which lasted a very long time. I don't know why Nintendo box arts still have grey logos, or if they'll ever go back to red logos for box arts. After all, Nintendo changed to grey basically 4 years into the DS' lifespan in NA at least so there's precedent.
It really does look like the grey era is coming to a close.
The white logo on red is interesting and an inverse of the red on white (or black) era which lasted a very long time. I don't know why Nintendo box arts still have grey logos, or if they'll ever go back to red logos for box arts. After all, Nintendo changed to grey basically 4 years into the DS' lifespan in NA at least so there's precedent.
It really does look like the grey era is coming to a close.
Aztechnology
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I like my game companies like my Mass Effect endings.
CrimsonSquall
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Blue>Red>Green (PS4>WII U>XB1)
The three basic starters in color. But, most importantly the three starters in pokemon.
The three basic starters in color. But, most importantly the three starters in pokemon.
Zomba13
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Is PC where you shoot the ghost kid in the face?
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
The 80s rumors were true, Nintendo the Japanese company is turning American children into commies through subliminal brainwashing when they watch their Nintendos !!!!!
I will never understand the color selections Nintendo used with the Wii U, especially on their box template:
Why the blue and WHYYY the yellow stripe underneath? What's the yellow for? It's the ugliest combination of colors I've ever seen for a box template. It reminds me of your generic medicine pills you get on the drug store. Wii U was simply a mess in all aspects starting from it's selection of colors to represent it.
Why the blue and WHYYY the yellow stripe underneath? What's the yellow for? It's the ugliest combination of colors I've ever seen for a box template. It reminds me of your generic medicine pills you get on the drug store. Wii U was simply a mess in all aspects starting from it's selection of colors to represent it.
Aztechnology
Member
Yes and then Teabag lean dance on his body.
RichiRamjag
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You go get em Nintendo!
openrob
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TheGoddamn
Member
That's a bush though.
NumberThree
Member
Good. I hope they release a red NX.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Wait a minute they removed the Console / Handheld logos from their YouTube video and replaced it with just Nintendo!
Yep!
Its a good thing though. Hardware brands are confusing. Putting everything under a single brand like Sony does with Playstation and Apple does with iOS is much better, it's much cleaner. Also puts Nintendo's name front and center, more will recognize the name Nintendo than they will the differently named hardware brands like 3DS and Wii U.
I do wonder about the naming conventions they'll choose to go with for the home console and handheld, because simplicity will be key. People know what a Playstation is, they know what the Playstation Portable is, they know what a Playstation VR is. People also know what iOS is and what it encompasses, they know what an ipad, iphone, itunes, ipod are.
MemoryHumanity
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I will never understand the color selections Nintendo used with the Wii U, especially on their box template:
Why the blue and WHYYY the yellow stripe underneath? What's the yellow for? It's the ugliest combination of colors I've ever seen for a box template. It reminds me of your generic medicine pills you get on the drug store. Wii U was simply a mess in all aspects starting from it's selection of colors to represent it.
Was this a North America thing? Never seen a Wii U box with that yellow in Europe.
American Wii U spines are white instead of blue. The yellow isn't actually there. I think he's referring to the curved line below the Wii U logo at the front.
SinCityAssassin
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Yeah that was in-between. We even made it the Power segment in the Triforce, it was a lot of fun.
mocolostrocolos
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Of course Nintendo is Charmander.
If youve lived in a cave for the last decade, yes
Well, it was red from the 70s to 2006 specifically.
D
Deleted member 465307
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They went gray around the time of the DS/Wii and it continued through those consoles' successors. It was likely part of the aesthetic, design, and branding they adopted with the DS (Lite) and Wii eras but also slowly lost as time went on.