Logo description by mr3urious
Logo capture by mr3urious

(November 18,2001-2006)

Logo: Against a black BG, a purple cube drops in the middle of the screen (causing a hexagon shape to flash briefly) and begins rolling around, forming a blocky purple "G" out of squares. When the cube finishes rolling, it spins around rapidly and lands in the center of the "G", causing it to shake a bit and solidify into a solid line with a large cube in the center, and the words "GAMECUBE", in white, drop out from under it. The words "NINTENDO", in small gray letters, unfold above it.

FX: The small cube rolling around.

Variants:

• In Wii platforms, the logo is still.
• You can turn the cube around with L and R. Also, if you keep turning it, the GameCube menu appears.
  

Music/Sounds: It starts with a laser zap, then a series of xylophone notes ending in a short drumroll/string chord.

Music/Sound Variants: If you turn on the system with the Z button on the controller held down, different tunes play, which vary depending on how many people are holding the button down (if multiple controllers are plugged in). Here are the variants:
1 controller: A series of squeaking/vibraphone sounds ending with a "boing" and a child laughing.
4 controllers: A Japanese yell followed by the beating of Japanese drums, which ends in a "ding".

Availability: Seen when you turn on a Nintendo GameCube. No longer available in stores, but some games are still available.

Scare Factor: None for the regular variant, and low for the other variants.