I like the games and the hardware, of course, but one of my favourite things about Japanese video games from the 1980s were the logos.
And some of the best ones came out of Nintendo.
Iâm not talking about the companyâs primary logo, either. Iâm talking about the series of logos drawn up for the Famicom line of products: the console itself, its disk system add-on (an adorable little mascot!) and, best of all, the iconic and wonderful âswooshâ that we, fittingly, used as the inspiration for our Kotaku East branding
If you dabble in Photoshop work, need some classy wallpaper or just want to stare at the logos dovirced from the distractions of a poster or piece of box art, courtesy of Eoin Stanleyâs Nintendo Logo Resource, here they are. Theyâre not just from the 80s, either, they run right through to the Wii and DS.
Note the above illustrations are just forâŠillustration. The actual pics, linked below, are available as pdf files, so you can blow them right up
If you like what you see, Eoinâs got a range of other pieces of Nintendo art as well, like vector illustrations of consoles and even a bullet-point history of the entire company (though itâs obviously missing a few of the saucier details).
https://lastchance.cc/the-nintendo-theyve-tried-to-forget-gambling-gangster-5784314%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Nintendo Logo Resource [Eoin Stanley]
