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Background

Natsume Inc. was originally the American subsidiary of the Japanese Natsume, but starting in 1995, it became an independent company from the original Natsume, keeping the 1990-1998 Japanese Natsume logo. In 2013, the company had set up its division Natsume Inc. Japan to handle localization of Japanese games.

Logo (July 1992-)

Visuals: On a white, black, or a customized background, there is a purple box with the post-1990 Natsume logo inside. Below it is the text "Serious Fun".

Variants:

On Action in New York, the logo is paired with the Infogrames logo.
An earlier version of the logo exists where the slogan is absent.
On Ohimesama Debut for Nintendo DS, the logo is superimposed onto the staff credits.

Technique: A still, sprite-based graphic.

Audio: None or the opening/closing theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on virtually all Natsume games from the era starting with Spanky's Quest for Super NES, with the standard logo making its debut on Pocky & Rocky for SNES.

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 ===Background===
-'''Natsume Inc.''' was originally the American subsidiary of [[Natsume (Japan)|the Japanese Natsume]], but starting in 1995, it became an independent company from the original Natsume. In 2013, the company had set up its division '''Natsume Inc. Japan''' to handle localization of Japanese games.
+'''Natsume Inc.''' was originally the American subsidiary of [[Natsume (Japan)|the Japanese Natsume]], but starting in 1995, it became an independent company from the original Natsume, keeping the 1990-1998 [[Natsume (Japan)|Japanese Natsume]] logo. In 2013, the company had set up its division '''Natsume Inc. Japan''' to handle localization of Japanese games.
-===(July 1992-)===
+===Logo (July 1992-)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="177">
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="125">
-Infogrames + Natsume (1992) (Taken from Action in New York, NES PAL).png
 Natsume (1992) (Taken from Spanky's Quest, SNES).png
+Infogrames + Natsume (1992) (Taken from Action in New York, NES PAL).png
 Natsume (1993) (Taken from Pocky & Rocky, SNES).png
+Natsume Inc. (1996) (Taken from Lufia II - Rise of the Sinistrals, SNES).png
+Natsume Inc. (1996) (Taken from Casper, SNES).png
 Natsume (1996) (Taken from Casper, GB).png
+Natsume Inc. (1997) (Taken from Harvest Moon, SNES).png
+Natsume Inc. (1998) (Taken from Bust-A-Move 4, PSX).png
 Natsume (1998) (Taken from Harvest Moon GBC).png
 Natsume (1999) (Taken from Hole in One Golf, GBC).png
+Natsume Inc. (1999) (Taken from Harvest Moon 64).png
 Natsume (2000) (Taken from Reel Fishing II, PSX).png
 Natsume (2000) (Taken from Harvest Moon GBC 2).png
+Natsume Inc. (2000) (Taken from BursTrick - Wake Boarding!!, PSX).png
 Natsume (2000) (Taken from Return of the Ninja, GBC).png
+Natsume Inc. (2000) (Taken from Harvest Moon - Back to Nature, PSX).png
+Natsume Inc. (2001) (Taken from Lufia - The Legend Returns, GBC).png
+Natsume Inc. (2001) (Taken from Skydiving Extreme, PSX).png
+Natsume Inc. (2001) (Taken from Harvest Moon - Save the Homeland, PS2).png
+Natsume Inc. (2002) (Taken from Car Battler Joe, GBA).png
+Natsume Inc. (2002) (Taken from Pocky & Rocky with Becky, GBA).png
+Natsume Inc. (2002) (Taken from Gekioh Shooting King, PSX).png
 Natsume (2003) (Taken from Medabots - Metabee, GBA).png
+Natsume Inc. (2003) (Taken from Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town, GBA).png
 Natsume Inc. (2005) (Taken from Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life Special Edition, GC).png
+Natsume Inc. (2005) (Taken from Harvest Moon - More Friends of Mineral Town, GBA).png
+Natsume Inc. (2006) (Taken from Harvest Moon DS).png
 Natsume Inc. (2007) (Taken from Puzzle de Harvest Moon, DS).png
+Natsume + MMV (2007) (Taken from Rune Factory - A Fantasy Harvest Moon, DS).png
 Natsume (2008) (Taken from Hi! Hamtaro LHBA, NDS).png
-Natsume (2008) (Taken from Princess Debut, NDS).png
+Natsume Inc. (2008) (Taken from Ohimesama Debut, NDS).png
+Natsume Inc. (2008) (Taken from Harvest Moon DS - Island of Happiness).png
+Natsume Inc. (2008, opening) (Taken from Princess Debut, NDS).png
+Natsume Inc. (2008, closing) (Taken from Princess Debut, NDS).png
+Natsume Inc. (2008) (Taken from Rune Factory 2, DS).png
+Natsume Inc. (2009) (Taken from Harvest Moon - Frantic Farming).png
+Natsume Inc. + Nintendo (2010) (Taken from Rune Factory 3, DS).png
+Natsume (2010s) (Taken from Wild Guns Reloaded).png
 </gallery>
-'''Logo:''' On a white or black background, we see a {{color|purple}} box with the Natsume logo inside. Below it was the text "{{font|Times New Roman|'''''Serious Fun'''''}}".
+'''Visuals:''' On a white, black, or a customized background, there is a purple box with the post-1990 Natsume logo inside. Below it is the text "{{font|Times New Roman|'''''Serious Fun'''''}}".
 '''Variants:'''
-* The logo is paired with the [[Infogrames]] logo on ''Action in New York''.
+* On ''Action in New York'', the logo is paired with the [[Infogrames]] logo.
-* An earlier version of the logo exists, where the logo lacks the slogan.
+* An earlier version of the logo exists where the slogan is absent.
+* On ''Ohimesama Debut'' for Nintendo DS, the logo is superimposed onto the staff credits.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, sprite-based graphic.
+'''Audio:''' None or the opening/closing theme of the game.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on virtually all Natsume games from the era, starting with the SNES game of ''Spanky's Quest'', with the standard logo making its debut on the SNES game of ''Pocky & Rocky''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on virtually all Natsume games from the era starting with ''Spanky's Quest'' for Super NES, with the standard logo making its debut on ''Pocky & Rocky'' for SNES.
 [[Category:American video game logos]]
 [[Category:United States]]