Creatures Inc.

Background

Creatures Inc. is a Japanese video game development company affiliated with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. It was founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara in November 1995, with the assistance of Satoru Iwata, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's Ape Inc. The company is one-third of the Pokémon Company joint venture (the others being Nintendo and Game Freak), and it is responsible for merchanding and 3D modeling of Pokémon.

Ape Inc.

(August 27, 1994-June 5, 1995)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on MOTHER 2, known as Earthbound in North America.

Creatures Inc.

(February 27, 2001-May 25, 2009)

Logo: TBA

Variants: Most of the time, the logo is still, and sometimes it shares the screen with other logos.

FX/SFX: The animation of the silhouettes.

Music/Sounds: Some chattering noises, followed by a Japanese voice saying "Creatures!".

Music/Sounds Variants: The still version is silent.

Availability: Can be seen on Chee-Chai Alien, Pokémon Ranger, Nonono Puzzle Chalien (this is the only known appearance of the animated logo), Project Hacker: Awakening, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia and Personal Trainer: Walking. Don't expect to see this logo on any 3DS-era games.