Acquire

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1st Logo (February 26, 1998-February 25, 1999)

Visuals: On a black background, various white, orange, and purple dust particles fly in from off-screen and form the Acquire logo in the center of the screen. The logo consists of the text "ACQUIRE" in a italicized Arial font, colored a orange-yellow gradient with a faint white glow around it. Behind it is a faded purple bar that's longer on the right side of it and below is the Japanese text "株式会社アクワイア" in a white angular font. The bar then disappears briefly and flips back in just as water begins to ripple underneath the logo. Pink cracks then glow all around the logo before it breaks apart and zooms out into a bright light in the background.

Variant: On Rittai Ninja Katsugeki Tenchu, the logo ends differently: The Japanese text then fades out as the logo begins to zoom towards the camera and rotates towards the bottom right corner, making it about halfway before it freezes and dissolves into particles once more. The text also reads "有限会社アクワイア".

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A hollow wind sound, followed by a deep synth drone, and then a droning synth "whoosh".

Availability: Seen on the Japanese release of Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (or Rittai Ninja Katsugeki Tenchu) and its re-release, Rittai Ninja Katsugeki Tenchu: Shinobi-Gaisen. It does not appear on any international releases.

2nd Logo (November 30, 2000-July 3, 2014)

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Visuals: Just the text "ACQUIRE" in a brush stroke font with the "A" in red, on either a white or black background.

Variants:

• Animated Variants:
  • Version 1: 3 light blue slashes mark in the "A" in the center of the screen, before it swoops out and ignites on fire. After the "A" settles in place, a orange streak draws across the screen and the 2 halves of "CQUIRE" slide in and cause the entire screen to flash white. The logo then appears via a smoke effect and remains still for a few seconds until it fades out.
  • Version 2: A blue lens flare flashes in the middle of the screen, revealing a blue-tinted cloudy sky filled with various white figures and numbers along the middle, as well as a rotating white wireframe of the Acquire logo. As it spins around, lights shine all over the area, thunder erupts across the screen, and a window with the Acquire logo in it is seen. There's also borders along the top and bottom of the screen that are translucent. After a few seconds, the logo settles in the center as everything else fades out, blue lines briefly appear in the background, and 2 lens flares sweep across the screen to reveal the full-color logo.
  • Version 3: Various black paint stroke draw in on a white background, forming "CQUIRE" as the streaks retract and disappear. Then, red streaks form the "A" and forming the full logo.
  • Version 4: A wave of fire comes in from the right and burns in the logo in pure white, before it glows brightly and reveals the full logo on a white background.
• Still Variants:
  • Sometimes, the company name in Japanese and their URL appears below on Japanese prints.
  • On some English prints of their games, the name is translated into Japanese and have "DEVELOPED BY ACQUIRE CORPORATION" below, along with the URL.

Technique: 2D computer animation/CGI for the animated variants, a still digital image for the still version.

Audio: None.

Audio Variants: Each of the animated variants have their own music.

• Version 1: 3 quick swipes of a sword, followed by the sound of fire burning, a quick whirring, and then a "thud" sound. A soft chime plays when the logo is revealed, and a swooshing noise.
• Version 2: An mysterious series of synth drones, chimes, and a voice whispering the company name in the background. Lightning is also heard when the thunder strikes. A final drone sound plays when the logo is formed.
• Version 3: An ominous synth windwood tune with a deep hit at the end.
• Version 4: A high-pitched flute note followed by the sound of burning, and then an ambient choir note mixed with whooshing. Occasionally, a Japanese female voice says the company name.

Availability: Seen on all of their games of the era, starting with the Japanese version of Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins.

• The first animated version appears only on the aforementioned title.
• The second animated version appears on a few early PS2 games like Way of the Samurai, Dekavoice, and Way of the Samurai 2.
• The third animated version appears only on the Japanese version of Tenchu: Shadow Assassins.
• The fourth animated version was used as their de facto logo throughout the PS3 era, and appears on titles like Clash of Heroes 2G, Way of the Samurai 3, Way of the Samurai 4, Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen, and Clan of Champions. Also appears on trailers of the era.
• The rest of the games use the regular still version, though English prints of Shinobido: Way of the Ninja, Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief, and Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja use the Japanese text variant.

3rd Logo (July 2, 2015-)

Visuals: On a white or black background, a large red abstract "A" is shown, shaped like an arrowhead. Below the "A" is the text "ACQUIRE" in an sans serif font with angular cuts and the same "A" as the red one.

Variants:

• The logo may just have the text, with the "A" in "ACQUIRE" colored red.
• On Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2, the background is colored cream yellow.

Technique:

Audio: None, though on some games, a voice says the company name.

Availability: Seen on all of their games starting with Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault, and can be seen on Octopath Traveler, Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story, Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent, and almost every other title release so far. Also appears at the end of trailers.