Jakks Pacific

Background

Jakks Pacific is a toy company founded in 1995 by Jack Friedman, the founder of prior toy companies LJN Ltd. and THQ, founding Jakks after THQ transitioned to become a video game company.

In 1998, the company entered into an agreement with THQ to acquire the video game licensing rights to the World Wrestling Federation, which were previously handled by Acclaim Entertainment. This joint venture, THQ/JAKKS Pacific LLC, handled all licensing rights to WWF/WWE video games until the end of 2009, following Jakks' WWE toy license expiring (with Mattel taking over) and THQ securing a standalone eight-year deal with the company following many lawsuits between all three parties.

1st Logo (October 12, 1999-November 21, 2000)

Visuals: On a white background, there is a rounded rectangle with another inside it that is blue containing a large "J" in yellow with a dot near it to represent an "I". On the top is "JAKKS" in yellow, and "INTERACTIVE" in white on the bottom, with "INTER" on the top, and "ACTIVE" to the bottom of it.

Technique: A still digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Appears on 5 WWF video games: WrestleMania 2000, No Mercy for the Nintendo 64, SmackDown!, SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role for the PlayStation and Royal Rumble for the Sega Dreamcast.

2nd Logo (August 7, 2001-October 20, 2009)

Visuals: There is a silver metal sign with four holes on each sides zooming out and placing in the center, four screws are placed on each sides, and the words zoom out quickly "JAKKS Pacific Inc."

Later Variant: On PS3 and Xbox 360 titles, the logo is much higher video quality, however with a huge dip in audio quality.

Technique: CGI. A still graphic for the still variants.

Audio: A bunch of sounds involving a metal clash, whooshes and a clang at the end.

Availability:

The animated version appears on all WWF/WWE licensed video games for consoles from WWE WrestleMania X8 until SmackDown Vs. Raw 2010.
The still version first appeared on WWF Betrayal for the Game Boy Color and appeared on other Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS WWE titles, as well as WWF SmackDown!: Just Bring It for the PlayStation 2 and WWF/WWE Raw for the Xbox/PC.