Genius Sonority
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Background
Genius Sonority (ジニアス・ソノリティ株式会社, Jiniasu Sonoriti Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese video game publisher and developer founded in 2002 by Manabu Yamana. It's staff mostly comprises of staff from the Dragon Quest series of video games. The company was founded as a purpose to develop Pokémon games for home consoles, with its first title being Pokémon Colosseum. Current shareholders of the company include Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Yamana Satoru.
Logo (November 21, 2003-)
Visuals: On a blue background, the text "GENIUS" in a bold modified Optima fades in, along with "SONORITY" in a thinner version immediately after. A group of white ripples emerge from the "O", turning the background white. As the ripples spread and disappear, the background fades to white with the text in a dark deep sea blue tone. One of the ripples leaves behind a tilted arc which settles and stops between the two words.
Variant: Sometimes, the logo will appear still. This appears mostly on their handheld ports of games.
Technique: Computer-generated animation done by James Turner.
Audio: Two ascending piano notes, followed by a fast-pased arpeggio which changes pitch, repeats and fades out. Composed by Tsukasa Tawada, who is also the composer for several of the company's games.
Audio Trivia: According to Turner's X account post, "Sonority" stands for "resonant sound", which is why the theme, according to him, is a soundwave.
Availability: Seen on their games of the period, including Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokémon Trozei!, and Pokémon Battle Revolution, among others.
