Nintendo Logo
Logos[]
1st logo (1990-2003)[]
On a black background, the white text:
– Nintendo –
Presents
with "Nintendo" in its corporate font, appears. It fades out.
Variant[]
On Super NES: Super Scope 6, it fades in and fades out.
2nd logo (1992)[]
Just the Nintendo corporate logo in white on the black background.
3rd logo (1993-1994)[]
On the black background, we see the good Mario coin. Below the coin is the Nintendo corporate logo in white, but the left and right sides of its rounded shape were stretched. The coin shines.
4th logo (1993-)[]
Depending on the game:
- Goldeneye 007: A similar variant to the one above, but instead, the logo suddenly zooms in, is silver, and spins around only at a slow and steady pace. Also, it does not leave a trail of other views of it behind.
- Perfect Dark: The Nintendo logo, tilted downwards in the darkness, appears and faces the viewer, while a light brightens to make the logo visible, as it slowly turns and becomes dark again.
- Other games have the logo still. The U.S. games has this in red in the black background. In Japan, it has this in blue on black. Recent games had this in gray on white.
5th logo (2002)[]
On a black background, we see some reddish-grey smoke rising, forming a red skeleton with its eyes lit green which then looks to the camera with its mouth opening. Its eyes brighten up before a cyan flash of light appears, causing the skeleton to move to the right, off the screen. The flash becomes a beam of light, circling around before it reaches the bottom-center of an outline of the Nintendo logo. It flashes even brighter and the full Nintendo logo appears in light blue. During this time, the color of the Nintendo logo changes to red.
Music/Sounds[]
1st logo[]
The sound effect varies:
- On Super Mario World (Where it debuted) & Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island for the SNES, and Super Mario Advanced 2 & 4 for the GBA (The latter where it last seen), a coin sound effect is heard.
- On The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, a sound of a rupee being picked up is heard.
- On the Super Scope 6 variation, it is silent.
- On Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Yoshi says "Nin-ten-do".
2nd logo[]
Same sound as the Super Mario World version of the previous logo, but slightly enhanced.
3rd logo[]
Same as the Super Mario World version of the first logo, which syncs to the shining coin.
4th logo[]
Depending on the game:
- Goldeneye 007: Its opening theme.
- Perfect Dark: A droning sound plays, as the logo continues from the Rare logo.
- Animal Crossing: Wild World: A child says "Nintendo".
- On other games, the logo is silent.
5th logo[]
Ominous orchestral music, accompanied by the skeleton growling. After the Nintendo logo gets formed, a creepy male announcer says the company name.
Scare Factor[]
1st logo[]
None, especially the Super Scope 6 variation.
2nd logo[]
None.
3rd logo[]
None.
4th logo[]
Depending on the variant:
- Goldeneye 007: Minimal, as you might not expect the sudden zoom-in of the logo.
- Perfect Dark: Low, due to the dark ambiance.
- Animal Crossing: Wild World: None.
- None for the silent/still variant.
5th logo[]
High to nightmare. The smoke, the frightening and jarring appearance of the creature growling, the orchestral sting and the creepy announcer will be very unsettling to most. But this is undeniably intentional given the subject matter of the game that follows it.
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