Nintendo of Europe has decided to ditch its traditional red logo in favour of the grey version that adorns the Wii and DS packaging.
Various sites have reported receiving a press release from Nintendo of Europe asking media to make use of the new grey logo instead of the red.
The full press release reads as follows:
“For several years, a new generation of Wii and Nintendo DS games have adorned themselves with a new logo, in discrete grey.
In various publications the former logo, with red lettering, can still be seen. In the event that you have not already done so, we would like to sincerely ask you to now only use the current, grey Nintendo logo.”
Although the grey logo has been around for quite some time now, it was still used in conjunction with the traditional red one. We will keep our ear to the ground for confirmation from Nintendo. Until then which logo do you prefer? The red or the grey…
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Comments:
Does it really make a difference? It still says Nintendo.
From what I have read most gamers prefer the red because it is more eye-catching. I think it is probably more because gamers know the traditional red logo and some don't approve of Nintendo changing something they grew up with.
Personally, if they were going to go for a change, they should have made it a bit more drastic than a simple change from #ff0000 to #aaaaaaa. Add some pizazz to it, Nintendo! No wonder no one calls you the "Big N" anymore! Still....it's hysterical that Nintendo took 2 years to notice that no one was using the new logo.