Satellaview
Background
The Satellaview is a Japanese peripheral for the Super Famicom, developed by Nintendo in collaboration with St.GIGA, a now-defunct Japanese satellite radio company. Released in 1995 and discontinued in 2000, it was designed for downloading content through the use of satellite broadcasts hosted by St.GIGA.
BS-X: Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari is the cartridge that the peripheral uses to interact with the Satellaview service. It acts as a video-game and an interactive menu hybrid, consisting of an in-game hub similar to that of Earthbound.
(April 23, 1995-June 30, 2000)
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Nicknames: "Nintendo in the City", "The Town Whose Name Was Stolen"
Logo: We first see the silhouette of a city in front of a yellow-dark blue gradient background (Throughout the logo, it changes to dark-blue, yellow-dark blue, and cyan-white). A thin line forms, and then stretches itself into a silver Nintendo logo, with the inside of the logo being dark purple. The logo then shines, and the inside turns silver. The city then moves to the left, and the screen then cross-fades into white. We then fade into the words "BS-X" with colored dots and the city inside of the text. There is dark blue Japanese text below the BS-X words ("The Town Whose Name Was Stolen"). Below said text is the byline for Nintendo. Below the byline is black Japanese text ("Satellite Data Broadcast"). After 9 seconds, the blue Japanese text slides away to the left of the screen, in which we see 2 characters, named Parabô and Satebô. Parabô is seen walking below the BS-X words, occasionally stopping and "dancing' in the center, while Satebô is seen flying around the logo. When the characters are off-screen, the blue Japanese text slides right back in. The logo loops after this.
Variant: An English version exists.
FX/SFX: The moving city, the Nintendo logo forming and Patebô and Satebô moving around the logo.
Music/Sounds: A 7-second music loop, consisting of a bell arpeggio with an ascending and descending synth noise in the background. The logo first starts with a "ba-ding" noise, and then a descending and ascending synth chord.
Availability: Seen when you boot up BS-X: Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari with the Satellaview addon attached to a Super Famicom.
Editor's Note: This logo is pretty nice, especially for it's time.
