StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Terrible logo. The cut off quotation part looks bad. And the tagline is barely coherent.
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Bandai Namco Has A New Logo
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Beer Baelly
Al Pachinko, Konami President
BusierDonkey
Member
This looks like a sign I'd see hanging outside at a failing dry cleaners
GhostOfTsu
Banned
Fun for All into the Future? WTF does that mean? Is it engrish?
Astral Dog
Member
To be more inclusive, its fun for ALL after all. Or so it seems
Paulistano
Member
Looks like shit...
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
I love that logoWhat a let down, I always liked to think of the old logo as a red bell pepper lying on top of a lemon, but the lemon is a big girl the bell pepper has been feeding. Tell me I'm wrong:
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Syphon Filter
Member
I didn't see a need to get a new logo.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I think this new, more plain logo could be indicative of a new direction for Bandai Namco. I heard they will probably go into a more globalized and inclusive path and that concerns me. Hopefully I’ll be proven wrong and maybe it’s nothing, but we’ll see.
Fare thee well
Neophyte
Company board-room: 'we really think this new logo tested with 3 rounds of focus groups will show much greater user retention and interest by quarter 1 of 2022.'
Gamers: 'So what games ya makin?'
Gamers: 'So what games ya makin?'
Virt McPolygon
Banned
You mean the shitty era when Bandai bought Namco and churned out a bunch of mediocre anime games and milked Dark Souls?
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IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Bandai Namco has changed its logo again | VGC
The latest refresh follows a polling of Bandai Namco’s employees over colours…
www.videogameschronicle.com
The October announcement stated that the new logo would feature the words Bandai Namco inside a magenta speech bubble, and that it would come into use starting in April 2022.
However, while sharing details on its mid-term plan (April 2022 to March 2025) with shareholders today, the publisher also revealed that the logo will now be red instead.
The thought process behind the new logo was explained again during the mid-term plan report, and much of it repeats what was said in October when the magenta logo was revealed.
“The logo’s design incorporates ‘Bandai Namco’ into a motif that brings to mind a speech bubble, called ‘fukidashi’ in Japanese,” the publisher said.
“Through this design, the logo expresses the potential of the brand to connect with people around the world through dreams, fun and inspiration and inspire them with amazing ideas.
“The speech bubble also represents Japan’s manga culture, which has become popular around the world. In this way, the logo stands for our determination to communicate and connect with fans worldwide as we strive to create entertainment unique to Bandai Namco.”
However, in October, Bandai Namco also stated: “The magenta used as the motif colour not only represents diversity, but also creates a bright and fun impression and is easy to reproduce.”
This has been replaced in the new mid-term plan with a new explanation for the decision to make the logo red.
“For the motif colour, we sent questionnaires to employees around the world to gather their thoughts about words that express images associated with the aims of the Group,” the new explanation reads.
“From among the words that were frequently mentioned, we selected candidate colours through scientific methods linking words with colours. From among these candidates, we selected a bright red colour that creates an impression that is enthusiastic, fun, active, and bold.”
The publisher gave no reason for the change from magenta to red in its report. Indeed, it makes no reference to the magenta logo at all, as if it had never happened.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
I'm getting GaaS vibes.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
What a let down, I always liked to think of the old logo as a red bell pepper lying on top of a lemon, but the lemon is a big girl the bell pepper has been feeding. Tell me I'm wrong:
That logo means huge quality.
CamHostage
Member
Man, there was a "Bandai Namco Era"? I guess so. Seems like I'm just old, but I'm still getting over when they were kind of wobbling about whether they're "Bandai Namco" or "Namco Bandai" or two separate subcompanies called "Bandai" and "Namco" or...
(I still have to correct myself from saying "Namco Bandai" sometimes when talking about Tekken or RR, by accident or otherwise...)
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MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Someone got paid for that "design", lol.
Oddvintagechap
Member
way better in red. should have kept one of the fonts.
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I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
In these days and ages, the new logo should be more like that:
Or
Anyway, the 80´s logo still rocks!
Or
Anyway, the 80´s logo still rocks!
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01011001
Banned
Man, there was a "Bandai Namco Era"? I guess so. Seems like I'm just old, but I'm still getting over when they were kind of wobbling about whether they're "Bandai Namco" or "Namco Bandai" or two separate subcompanies called "Bandai" and "Namco" or...
(I still have to correct myself from saying "Namco Bandai" sometimes when talking about Tekken or RR, by accident or otherwise...)
well they were Namco Bandai in the West and Bandai Namco in Aisa... it was weird lol.
IMO they should just stick to Namco for their games and use Bandai for everything else tbh
Honey Bunny
Member
Damn, the old logo really said '75ish metacritic anime game' to me. This one says nothing!
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
In these days and ages, the new logo should be more like that:
Or
Anyway, the 80´s logo still rocks!
and my favorite
lostinblue
Banned
it's good for slapping a $19.99 price on.
Kadve
Member
Not a fan of the "name inside a circle" Design language of logos today.
Just look at Electronic Arts pre-2000 one. What was wrong with that?
I also bet some design studio got paid 7 digits+ in order to come up with it. Money which could be been spent on actually relevant stuff.
Just look at Electronic Arts pre-2000 one. What was wrong with that?
I also bet some design studio got paid 7 digits+ in order to come up with it. Money which could be been spent on actually relevant stuff.
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ReBurn
Gold Member
That logo was great in 1982Not a fan of the "name inside a circle" Design language of logos today.
Just look at Electronic Arts pre-2000 one. What was wrong with that?
I also bet some design studio got paid 7 digits+ in order to come up with it. Money which could be been spent on actually relevant stuff.