Apple & Nintendo Design

[waxpoet]

Thoughts welcome...

[poloplayr]

"borrowing is talent. stealing is genius"

[gjb-sensei]

Nothing wrong with using Apple as a template of sorts to design hardware... after all, if you're going to use something, use something that looks really damn good.

[studvicious]

Now if only they had released the Gamecube in that color FIRST instead of purple....

[lordnikon]

These image compositions are biased.

With Nintendo's Wii, and DS, they do have an Apple look.

However...

Nintendo's red logo was formed a long time ago. And I don't think they were thinking: "Hmmm there is this other company called Apple, even though their logo is rainbow colored... an apple as a fruit is red, so lets make our logo red!" Remember Apple's logo at the time was multi-colored.

All of the images of laptops above could have easily been replaced with Sony Vaio's or any number of laptops on the market. The GBA SP's casing is obviously modeled after a laptop. Not Apple laptops, but any laptop design on the market. "Nintendo is stealing ideas from Apple! Look their GBA SP flips open, and Apples laptops do to!" - ridiculous

The GameCube originally shipped as purple and black, and the platinum unit didn't come out until well after that. I doubt anyone said "OH Nintendo is stealing from Apple!", when the GameCube first launched.

This is a lot like that Dreamcast vs 360 thing 1UP ran, which was completly rediculious, using comparisons like "Backwards compatibility: DC has Bleemcast!! and the 360 can play xbox games!!" - ridiculous

I should make a comparrison how Ronald McDonald promotes car accidents because his outfit all matches modern day traffic sign colors, and he has "blood" on his face.

[Griking]

I think comparing the DS to Apple notebooks is stretching it a bit. So the DS folds in half, so does my wallet and my cell phone. And as for the logo, I don't even get the comparison there. Is it because there's red in both of them?

[jajaja]

I think comparing the DS to Apple notebooks is stretching it a bit. So the DS folds in half, so does my wallet and my cell phone. And as for the logo, I don't even get the comparison there. Is it because there's red in both of them?

Agree. You could compare it to any laptop then imo. Having the same color doesnt make it copied. I dont think the logos are being compared tho, probly just to show whats Apple and whats Nintendo. What is that Apple box btw? I dont see the simularity with it and the GC, except that its squared. You could just as well have compared it to a shuttle PC just because its small and square.

[Pico956]

I don't really see any comparisons with any of the examples shown. The same could be said for any other manufacturer’s product

[slip81]

You forgot one comparisson, the N64 is obviously a rip off of the Mac mini.

[waxpoet]

The logos are not being compaired...

The Apple computer shown is called a G4 Cube. The Nintendo of course being called the Gamecube. While they don't look alike the same concept of a cube was used.

It might be hard to tell from the pictures given but if you have a 12" Powerbook (the laptop I'm typing this on now) and a Silver GBA SP...and put them side by side. They are strikingly similar. Yes, there are many other silver laptops out there...but the curved edges...shape...etc are quite similar.

The Nintendo DS Lite and the white iBook (now white MacBook Pro)....have the same exact shiny plastic finish...although it could be the influence of the original iPod which also has the same finish.

If you disagree that is fine, but there are certainly are quite a few similarities. I am not knocking either company. I think the design's of both products are similar. Notice, how I just said "Thoughts Welcome"....no opinion.

It would be hard to confirm the influence of one on the other but I have a feeling that if you talked to the Nintendo design team...

[waxpoet]

ok I just did a websearch and found out that I am certainly not the first person to see similarities....

check the link!...it has far better pictures than I could provide

http://gadgets.advancedmn.com/articl...ents=&preview=

[waxpoet]

hey slip....you might want to check this picture before you continue with your sarcasm...



By the way...there was also a translucent grey iMac..contrary to the above picture's caption

[cyberfluxor]

I've seen these debates over a decent length of time. It's nothing I'm concered with but the designs of sleak are really nice. Everyone is always aiming for this as seen in car designs (aerodynamic & looks) and slowly creaping into electronics. If you recall those old bulky cell phones that were just huge blocks that looked ugly, same with older handheld systems (except the Lynx). It's just a trend and eventually you'll see most everything looking more generic. You'll always however have companies that just want to look different, which is what Apple have been doing for the longest time and finally some of the PC business is tending towards.

[slip81]

hey slip....you might want to check this picture before you continue with your sarcasm...



By the way...there was also a translucent grey iMac..contrary to the above picture's caption

Actually my sarcasm compaired the N64 to the Mac Mini, not the iMac. I'm fully aware that Apple ripped off Nintendo with their decision to release an electronic in multiple colors.

[8-bitNesMan]

I thought about the similarities between the G4 cube and the Gamecube a
few days ago. Also the Wii remote (and the Wii itself) does remind me of
Apple design. The N64 pic is a great example of "inspiration". But Apple has always had great aesthetics in their designs, so if Nintendo was going to "borrow" ideas from anyone I think they picked a winner.

[mills]

yeah, because apple patented colors. x_x

[Muscelli]

i cant see what the nintendo deciples have to say about this.. b...b.. Nintendo is teh innovative!

i mean this on other message boards too, its just funny to see fanboys get in a panic

[jajaja]

I must say that its wierd that the N64 got the exact (?) same colors as the iMacs

[Super Mario Fan]

yeah, because apple patented colors. x_x

And you can't forget how they patented the hinge, aswell.

[Jasoco]

"borrowing is talent. stealing is genius"

"Good artists copy. Great artists steal." —Pablo Picasso (and later Steve Jobs)