Topic: Revolution Logos?

[HereticPB]

True or Fake I don't know. I think it looks cool. Pass it around.

Picture 1

Picture 2

HtPB

[Rancid Planet]

Just don't ask him where he got them. He's already had to threaten my life once...heh

[Arbok]

I hate all of them personally, so I hope none of those are it.  

[KnowsNothing]

The first one can be easily be made in photoshop.  The N64 and GC logos looked like they were made by professionals, this looks like  just some guy who thinks he's creative for making his picture looked scanned.  Plus, what's with the uneven check down in the corner?  Looks pretty squigly and ugly and fake to me.  It doesn't look like someone wrote that on there in pen either.

The second one is just horrible.

[Talon]

Well considering Revolution is only the code name it would be a safe bet to assume that they are fake

[Rhoq]

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Originally posted by: Talon
Well considering Revolution is only the code name it would be a safe bet to assume that they are fake

The "Nintendo DS" was also originally just the code name. Until Nintendo decided to use it at the final name. I actually think that Nintendo has generated enough hype with the name "Revolution" that it has stuck. I would be surprised, if they name it something else.

[UncleBob]

I thought that Nitro was the code name for the DS....

[Stimutacs Addict]

'twas.. and yea, i highly doubt the validity of those scans

[Darc Requiem]

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Originally posted by: UncleBob
I thought that Nitro was the code name for the DS....

Nitro was the originally supposedt o be the DS's final name. You can look at the back your DS to see the proof. That NTR definately doesn't stand for DS.

[Artimus]

Darc, the patents always carry the codename because of when they're filed. The NTR does stand for Nitro, but it's not proof that was the final name. The GCN patents are under DLP.

[RickPowers]

You know, I'm hearing the same arguments all over for why these HAVE to be fake.  Let me clue you in.  I own my own buisness doing graphic design, including logos.  Just because it could be done in Photoshop, doesn't make it fake.  Obscure fonts and Photoshop are my primary tools, and it's the same across the industry.  As for Revolution being "just" the codename, everyone is calling it Revolution, and it's because Nintendo was calling it Revolution.  I have little doubt this is the final name.  Are the logos real?  I'm not sure, but there is nothing in that scan that suggests to me that it's not legit (and a few things that corroborate it).

[stevey]

I like the 2nd one ,but for the logo for the rev. wount be a r so 100% fake

[KnowsNothing]

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As for Revolution being "just" the codename, everyone is calling it Revolution, and it's because Nintendo was calling it Revolution.

*sits back and plays my Nintendo Dolphin*

Besides, Nintendo has stated that "Revolution" is the codename of their next home console.  They have not said anything about the real name.  So if you're going by what Nintendo has said so far, then the Revoltuion is not the true name of the console.  But I'm not saying that it can't be- in fact, I love the name and I think there's a good chance that it'll stick.  But you can't say that it's going to be the real name just because Nintendo's been using the word when they talk to the press.

If that IS the real name, and these ARE real logos, I really don't think that they'll be the actual design you'll be seeing at the Rev's start up screen.  The second one...no way, too hideously hideous.  The first one, maybe, but I can't see Nintendo just using a screwed up R as their next logo unless it has some other meaning ( ie. the GC logo was a Cube that made a G.)  They don't look like final designs to me, and if they are, well oh well because it means nothing anyway

I know a guy who works for Nintendo of Australia so I'm right

[NRevolutionR]

Let us all pray that those are not the final logos.    

[ThePerm]

there was alot of hype towards dolphin...but as soon s it became gamecube it died down.

i remember reading boards and lameass 12 year olds would say this "yeah dolphin was going to suck so they made gamecube"

idiocy

[nemo_83]

I like the first one.

I was over at the nintendo.com forums and they locked a thread on this and put up a picture of Tommy Lee Jones with one of those red glow stick memory wiper thingies.  Below it said, "you didn't see anything."

[GamecubeBoy05]

i like the first one the best. some stupid kid told me that the revolution was supposed to be pyramid shaped

[StrikerObi]

As for the "they don't use codenames for console names" argument, the DS thing does present an argument, even if the system was known as Nitro in the development community. The point is that Nintendo never reffered to it as Nitro to the pubilc. They call the Revolution by code-name to the public. People know it as Revolution and why make them forget all the hype by changing the name?

Apple does the same thing. OS X used to just be OS X 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2. With OS X 10.3 they stuck the development name, "Panther," to the end of it, and they did the same with OS X 10.4 "Tiger." Tiger had hype building for months, why not use it as the final name?

[blackfootsteps]

*sits back and plays my Nintendo Ultra 64*

Wouldn't it be Nintendo of Japan that would come up with the logo and such?

[HereticPB]

 

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I was over at the nintendo.com forums and they locked a thread on this and put up a picture of Tommy Lee Jones with one of those red glow stick memory wiper thingies. Below it said, "you didn't see anything."

That is interesting!!

HtPB

[decoyman]

That's an interesting thought, blackfootsteps, considering if NOA would have a say in the final logo. It's the main reason I MIGHT think these are fake.

However, I'm a designer in an advertising and design agency, and one of our core services is brand identity development (aka "making logos"). Rick's right: Photoshop is an industry standard design program, and is often used in the creation of identity systems. I tend more towards Illustrator, at least in the beginning, but to each his own. It'd be crazy (or at least, a waste of billable time) to go all out and do 3D renders or other such stuff in a Preliminary Design Phase (which is what these designs appear to be). Add all the polish to your logo AFTER the client likes your direction.

If these are fakes, whoever made them at least shows a good sense of the design process (check the version numbering system, for example).  

[nemo_83]

http://www.n-next.com/crapmock2.jpg

http://www.n-next.com/crapmock1.jpg

[Ian Sane]

"Wouldn't it be Nintendo of Japan that would come up with the logo and such?"

Yeah but NCL doesn't quite understand the North American market so they might have NOA design it to get something with more universal appeal.  With the hiring of Reggie and the DS launching first in North America I think NCL knows that they don't know North America and thus are letting NOA call a bit more of the shots.

If any of those are the logo I really hope the "R cube" one doesn't get used.  It's gross and it associates with the Cube which I think the Rev should try to be the virtual opposite of.  The Cube represents a lot of what people don't like about Nintendo.  Therefore the Rev should be seen as a new beginning for a new Nintendo and that means a totally different logo.

[RABicle]

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Apple does the same thing. OS X used to just be OS X 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2. With OS X 10.3 they stuck the development name, "Panther," to the end of it, and they did the same with OS X 10.4 "Tiger." Tiger had hype building for months, why not use it as the final name?

10.2 was codenamed "Jaguar", the original box, while named 10.2 had an X with jaguar fur on it, it was full fisted. I think 10.1 was code named Cheetah too.

The logo should be a fist. Nothing says "Revolution" better than a fist. I mean I was going to suggest that they had a red star or a hammer and sickle but those don't roll over too well with the conservative crowd.

[King of Twitch]

And they wouldn't want people to joke about it being a failed 'system'