There's something wrong with this iconic N64 logo – can you spot the design mistake?
Back in the 90s the kind of design docs we create now just didn't get made, and 3D was still a very new and uncommon thing. So when Nintendo rolled out its bold new 3D logo many game developers had to imagine how it would look when rotating. You see, the N64 logo also makes use of Nintendo's famous green, red, yellow and blue colour scheme, and this is where many developers came unstuck.
Below is the real, authentic N64 logo side by side with the one at the top of this page. Can you spot the common mistake?Above, the correct N64 logo is on the right and the wrong one is on the left. Here's why: Every game released for N64 would have a uniquely animated N64 logo that introduced the game. Many of these logos had the wrong colour scheme because the designers had towhat the colour of the hidden 'N' would be.
The N64 logo remains one of the finest logos you'll see, as even with many mistaken takes on the design at the time the personality of this logo is strong enough to withstand these errors. No matter then slight colour changes the logo is clearly identifiable. Oh, and there's a nice secret lurking in the N64 logo design too; it's made from 64 faces and 64 vertices when rendered as a solid 3D model. If in doubt, you'll need to imagine the faces and vertices you can't actually see.
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