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[Stopdoor]

The other week there was a topic about Mario Kart's 'boring' logo, but with all the Sonic excitement going on, and people continually asking 'is/was Sonic good?', I think one thing we can give Sega kudos on: Sonic's logo is timeless.

Some may get garish in colours, but they fit whatever game, and consistently, for nearly (the counterexamples are rare) every piece of official Sonic games and media, even cheap-o mobile games, reboots, and tv shows, they've kept the exact same font, with the lop-sided 'O' and 'C'. It's a clean design that just works - great foresight.

Not even classic Nintendo franchises have that claim to fame - old-school Mario is old-school. Old-school Zelda is old-school. And so when you look at Sonic Mania, that's one thing they didn't even need to throw back on - Sonic's logo is as classic as it is modern. There's no identity crisis there.

 

[DeathSparks]

Agree, that and the music is always great

 

[PowderedToast]

yeah, its a fantastically enduring typeface. not much more I can add.

 

[raven777]

I really like Sonic Adventure logo..

 

[GraveHorizon]

I never noticed that. The one consistenly good thing about the franchise.

 

[jax]

Brought to you by Totinos.

 

[pizzacat]

That animation of him being obnoxious over the logo in the new trailer looks real real good

 

[Nanashrew]

Sonic Mania is channeling the old JP boxart and it's great for it.

 

[Daingurse]

Yep, Love the Sonic logo/font. I remember the Archie comics using that same typeface on the covers.

 

[TheDinoman]

I really like Sonic Adventure logo..

The ocean in it kinda gives me Chrono Cross vibes.

 

[DeathSparks]

Even Sonic Boom has a good logo. Though the less we talk about Rise of Lyric and more on the TV show, the better.

 

[Nanashrew]

Still so good. Same font as all the current stuff.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

I always thought it looked like the Alpha Bits cereal, especially when it's yellow

 

[EchoChamber]

I have never noticed the the o and c were different hahaha.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I love the Sky, Ground and Sea textures that are embedded into the Sonic Adventure logo. Encapsulates the scope of the game perfectly.

 

[Guess Who]

I love the Sky, Ground and Sea textures that are embedded into the Sonic Adventure logo. Encapsulates the scope of the game perfectly.

It's the three adventure fields! (Egg Carrier, Mystic Ruins, and Station Square, respectively.)

 

[bobawesome]

Why'd you have to remind me that I spent money on Sonic and the Secret Rings? What a mess, even as far as Sonic games go.

 

[rekameohs]

The lopsided "O" always looked pretty awesome for whatever reason.

 

[Rlan]

Always weird when they go "off model". This would happen a bunch in the Game Gear games.

 

[OverdriveOtaku]

Unless it's time for a chili dog.

 

[Regiruler]

Not a huge fan of the game itself, but I really like mania's logo.

 

[Claude Augario]

Unless it's time for a chili dog.

Someone should try combining the logos.

 

[Torokil]

The letters are better blue, NOT yellow! Boycott these games!

Spoiler

For real though, the blue letting is much better, dunno why they made the change.

 

[Stopdoor]

Always weird when they go "off model". This would happen a bunch in the Game Gear games.

Sonic Heroes is one of the weirdest biggest titles, but even that is still the same font just squashed in a weird way.

Even those Game Gear examples, except maybe the 2nd one are just stretched versions of the same font. The consistency is pretty impressive!

 

[Stopdoor]

The letters are better blue, NOT yellow! Boycott these games!

Spoiler

For real though, the blue letting is much better, dunno why they made the change.

Maybe a certain game put them off blue lettering...

 

[Sciz]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

 

[RecRoulette]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

How the fuck have I missed that until now. Holy shit.

Edit: Probably not intentional since the spindash wasn't in 1. But still, gonna see that all the time now.

 

[Jazzem]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

...ahhh!

 

[Stopdoor]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

Hmm, I always wondered if it was related to rings, but I can see that too.

Except spin-dash didn't come along until Sonic 2, but yeah.

 

[Chase17]

Can we count the sonic team logo?

 

[Nanashrew]

Maybe a certain game put them off blue lettering...

To be fair, they're just mimicking the original Sonic 1 blue font

 

[BocoDragon]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

Probably unintentional, though, since it's on the Sonic 1 box too (in PAL regions, Canada and Japan).

No spin-dash in that one.

 

[Guess Who]

The letters are better blue, NOT yellow! Boycott these games!

Spoiler

For real though, the blue letting is much better, dunno why they made the change.

Maybe a certain game put them off blue lettering...

 

[Coonce]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

 

[Rlan]

Probably the weirdest ones:

 

[BocoDragon]

Probably the weirdest ones:

I think all of those are PAL only. Probably not designed in Japan?

edit: my bad. Second to last was used in Japan.

 

[nkarafo]

This is the best

It's also the best Sonic game. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[Sciz]

Edit: Probably not intentional since the spindash wasn't in 1. But still, gonna see that all the time now.

Hmm, I always wondered if it was related to rings, but I can see that too.

Except spin-dash didn't come along until Sonic 2, but yeah.

Probably unintentional, though, since it's on the Sonic 1 box too (in PAL regions, Canada and Japan).

No spin-dash in that one.

Yeah, it's just a weird coincidence. Maybe the other way around, but I'm not going to go that far out on the crazy limb.

 

[sn00zer]

OMG I just realized sonic doing a spin dash is the center of the O

EDIT: D'oh people mentioned it while I was making the above image.

 

[ascii42]

Probably unintentional, though, since it's on the Sonic 1 box too (in PAL regions, Canada and Japan).

No spin-dash in that one.

The US release didn't have the tilt, so I always thought it was added in 2 as a nod to the spin dash. Interesting that it did elsewhere.

 

[Speedwagon]

I'm never going to be able to unsee Sonic revving up a spindash in the O now.

Literally first thing I thought, and I never even noticed the lopsided inner-ovals in the letters until now.

 

[Stopdoor]

OMG I just realized sonic doing a spin dash is the center of the O


EDIT: D'oh people mentioned it while I was making the above image.

Even if it debuted in Sonic 2, this just proves the logo is timeless enough that it even influenced or predicted iconography of Sonic from future games.

 

[Stopdoor]

The US release didn't have the tilt, so I always thought it was added in 2 as a nod to the spin dash. Interesting that it did elsewhere.

Woah, this is probably the most high-profile example I've seen of missing the iconic font-face. Dang early NA marketing, always throwing off classic Japanese designs, like the actual design of Sonic and Robotnik on the boxarts

 

[Speedwagon]

The spindash was probably in the design phase of Sonic 1 but didn't make the cut

Woah, this is probably the most high-profile example I've seen of missing the iconic font-face. Dang early NA marketing, always throwing off classic Japanese designs, like the actual design of Sonic and Robotnik on the boxarts

They probably didn't know how to install the font

 

[sixteen-bit]

This is the best

It's also the best Sonic game. Coincidence? I think not.

one of the best game logos of all time

 

[exfatal]

This is the best

It's also the best Sonic game. Coincidence? I think not.

was wondering why OP was missing the best logo

 

[The Lone Dragon]

Nice catch!

Never noticed that.

 

[Stopdoor]

was wondering why OP was missing the best logo

Sonic has a heck of a lot of logos, would've been a pain to list them all.

 

[Seven Force]

This is the best

It's also the best Sonic game. Coincidence? I think not.

That S&K logo is still the coolest fucking thing all these years later.

 

[thebigmachine]

never noticed the tilted O, mind blown.