===Background===
'''Vicarious Visions''' is an American video game developer based in Albany, New York. Founded in 1991 by Karthik and Guha Bala, the company was known for developing the handheld versions of various multi-platform games, including the ''Tony Hawk's'' games and some ''Crash Bandicoot'' spin-offs, particularly for the Game Boy Color and Advance, as well as the Nintendo DS. In 2003, they acquired technology company Intrinsic Graphics, and renamed their game engine, Intrinsic Alchemy, to [[Vicarious Visions Alchemy]]. In 2005, Vicarious Visions was acquired by [[Activision Publishing|Activision]]. During their time with Activision, they developed games for multiple platforms including ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'', some ''Skylanders'' games, ''Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy'', and ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2''. In 2021, Activisionit soldbecame thea companystudio toof theirActivision's sister company, [[Blizzard Entertainment]], and in April 2022, they fully absorbed themselves into Blizzard, and renamed themselves Blizzard Albany.
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|Vicarious_Visions_2001.png|4th Logo (February 2000-2001)
|Vicarious_Visions_2002.png|5th Logo (June 6, 2001-October 16, 2011)
|Vicarious_Visions_(2007)_(From_-_Guitar_Hero_3_for_Wii).png|6th Logo (October 28, 2007-SeptemberOctober 2826, 20102008) (''Guitar Hero series'' variant, [Wii only])
|Vicarious_Visions_(2013)_(Credit_-_Jason_Hansen).png|7th Logo (November 18, 2012-October 16, 2016)
|Vicarious_Visions_(2017)_(From_-_Crash_Bandicoot_N._Sane_Trilogy).png|8th Logo (June 30, 2017-June 29, 2018) (''Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy'' variant)
|Vicarious_Visions_(2020)_(From_-_Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_1_%2B_2).png|9th Logo (September 4, 2020-June 25, 2021) (''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2'' variant)
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'''Visuals:''' There is a gray 3D letter "'''V'''", which is common for the text "{{Font|Times New Roman|{{color|silver|VICARIOUS}}}}" and "{{Font|Times New Roman|{{color|silver|VISIONS}}}}", which are situated to the right (in two lines). The red light spot is seen behind. Above the logo, there is the letter "A", and below its the word "production" in white.
'''Technique:''' NoneA still, CGI graphic.
'''Audio:''' None.
'''Visuals:''' There is the letter "'''V'''" sign from previous logo, with the text "{{Font|Times New Roman|VICARIOUS}}" above, and "{{Font|Times New Roman|VISIONS INC.}}" below it on a golden plate.
'''Technique:''' NoneA still, CGI graphic.
'''Audio:''' None.
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'''Visuals:''' There is a double "'''V'''" with upper solid triangle (with a sky picture) folded into a white "'''V'''". Below, there is the text "'''vicarious'''" in a thick font and "VISIONS INC." under it. To the sides of it we see, "a" and "game" are seen.
'''Technique:''' NoneA still, sprite-based graphic.
'''Audio:''' None.
*On the GBA version of ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3'', the logo in red is seen on the deck of a skateboard.
*On ''Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace'' for GBA, the logo (in red) is on a billboard. The titular hero can be seen on the top left of the billboard if you look closely.
*On ''Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro'', wethe startsequence starts on a red background, which zooms out to reveal it's a close up of Spider-Man's back as he climbs down a wall with various graffiti drawings and the VV logo in white spray-painted on it upside down. The camera then rotates to the correct direction and the wall fades out.
*On the ''Crash Bandicoot'' games developed by the company (except for ''Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage''), the logo is made of chunky blue and purple metal.
*On the GBA version of ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'', a skater (probably Tony himself) appears in front of the logo from the right and attempts to do a board grab, but falls off his board. He gets back up, skates around the logo then ollies away.
* On ''Spy Muppets: License to Croak'' for GBA, the logo is golden and is seen on a blue spotlight background with smaller duplicates of it.
*On the GBA version of ''Jet Set Radio'', the logo is spray-painted in red on a brick wall.
*On ''The Lion King 1½'' for GBA, the food items from the ''Let's All Go to the Lobby'' advertising film appear on a cinema screen. The gum stick holds a drum with the V symbol on it, and the popcorn bucket and the candy box hold flags with "Vicarious" on the popcorn's and "Visions inc." on the candy's. At the bottom, we can see the silhouettes of Timon and Pumbaa can be seen.
*On the GBA version of ''Shrek 2'', the logo is integrated into a cornfield. The onion carriage from the movie can be seen scrolling to the right at the bottom.
*On the GBA version of ''Shark Tale'', the logo is pink-orange gradient graffiti. A fish can be seen spraying the logo, before swimming away.
*On ''Shrek 2: Beg for Mercy'' for GBA, the V symbol is cut onto a tree, and the text, along with the URL underneath, appears next to it.
*On ''Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage'' for GBA, the spinning white logo zooms to the screen, followed by Crash jumping down and giving us a thumbs up. The "Vicarious Visions" text is also smaller.
*On ''Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy'' for GBA, Spyro pops up from the bottom of the screen with the view of the Dragon Village in the background. He then breathes some fire, which forms the logo. It then fades away to make room for the title screen.
*On the NDS version of ''Spider-Man 2'' and the GBA version of ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', the logo in red ("Vicarious Visions" is in a different font and the V symbol has spider legs attached to it) zooms out on a spider-web and zooms in shortly after. On the latter game, it is still.
*On ''Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: S.O.D.A.'' for GBA, the logo is constructed out of work supplies, and a hamster running on a treadmill can be seen on the lower left.
*On ''Madagascar: Operation Penguin'' for GBA, the red logo is seen a yellow sticker on a shipping crate. Kowalski (one of the namesake penguins) appears from a hole in the left of the crate and slaps the sticker.
*On the PSP versions of ''X-Men Legends II'' and ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' (as well as the Wii version of the latter game), wethe flycamera flies through a tribal-looking temple (which strangely lacks a ceiling) to find the logo engraved on a stone floor.
*On the GBA version of ''Tony Hawk's American Sk8land'', the logo is seen on a sticky note on a yellow wall.
*On the GBA version of ''Over the Hedge'', the logo is watery blue and is integrated onto some grass in a field. Like the other logos, this logo is interactive as you can freely move RJ around it.
*On the NDS version of ''Over the Hedge'', the logo is seen on the wrapper of a candy bar.
*On the GBA version of ''Shrek the Third'', the logo (in red) is seen on a large wooden sign in front of a sea landscape. Below, we can see the titular Shrek, Donkey and Puss aboard a pirate ship that moves to the right can be seen.
*On the GBA version of ''Spider-Man 3'', the logo in red is seen underneath a picture of a burning meteorite in a crater in a city street.
*On the NDS version of ''Spider-Man 3'', the white logo gets pulled by Spider-Man's web against a black background with with a spider-web, some small hexagons and a smaller gray V symbol.
*On the PS2, PSP and Wii versions of ''Spider-Man 3'', wethe flycamera flies through a city skyline to find the logo on a billboard atop a building.
*On the NDS version of ''Kung Fu Panda'', the logo writes itself on a piece of Chinese parchment.
*On the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'', the red logo zooms back on a white background with rays and rotating stars. A red line runs down the screen causing it to split in half. The colors invert and wethe camera slowly zoomzooms into the opening while the camera rotates clockwise to the right. If you look closely while the screen zooms, a blue nano texture can be seen materialising on the split parts of the V symbol.
*On the Wii version of ''Band Hero'', the logo is neon pink and is shown under the [[Neversoft Entertainment|Neversoft]] logo in light blue.
*On ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'', the orange logo is integrated onto a volcano while lava flows around.
'''Audio Variants:'''
*The animated version has otherworldly humming with a synth splash when the logo forms, and ominous whirring when the trail of light flies around.
*On the ''Enter Electro'' variant, we hear an ominous lullaby withis heard, as well as the sounds of Spider-Man crawling and a brief ominous whirring sound when the wall fades out.
*On the ''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'' variant, we hear the sounds of Wolverine's claws are heard.
*On the ''Crash Nitro Kart'' variant, the announcer (voiced by Clancy Brown, in his Neo Cortex voice) says "A turbo-charged extravaganza by Vicarious Visions!".
*On the ''Doom 3'' variant, we hear various mechanical whirring sounds are heard, and then a brief synth note when the logo fades in.
*On the ''X-Men Legends II''/''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' variant, we hear a suspenseful musical composition is heard as wethe camera flyflies through the temple, followed andby the sound of Wolverine extending his claws when the screen fades out.
*On the ''Spider-Man 3'' variant, we hear a brief rock-orchestral theme with whooshes is heard.
*On the ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'' variant, we hear a whoosh is heard as the logo zooms back, followed a slamming sound when it stops, an explosion when the screen splits, and ominous synthesized whirring when the screen zooms in.
*On the ''Warriors of Rock'' variant, we hear a guitar riff which continues over the other logos is heard.
*Many of the variants have the opening theme of the game or silence.
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'''Visuals:''' ThereAn is aanimated rockstar appears inside a tattoo shop. He sports a red headband, an earring, spiked bracelets, and a heart tattoo on his left shoulder as well as an infinity tattoo on his left pectoral. He's sitting on a chair, and is getting a tattoo made on his back. He has three contacts with the machine, and the pain keeps getting increasingly excruciating, making the rockstar suffer more and show disturbing views (culminating with a view of the man screaming bloody murder in extreme agony as his skin turns pale green, his headband, lips and eyelids turn purple, his tongue becomes snake-like and flaps around, his eyes turn red and bounce in and out from the sockets like bouncy balls, his ears become pointed and his hair flies everywhere). Then we see the tattoo artist wiping off the finished tattoo on the rockstar's back, which features rock imagery including a fire-breathing demon with two guitars on the bottom, black smoke around the flames and a hellish landscape behind it, a hand flashing the "Devil's Horns" sign above the demon's head while surrounded in grayish clouds and a trail of hardened magma, a vine with thorns, the word "Cliché" and a spider-web tattooed on his left arm, and finally a stylized demon skull, another heart pierced by an arrow, some flames and a snake tattooed on his right arm. In the middle of the back tattoo is the Vicarious Visions logo, without the "inc." text. The tattoo artist later adds on the "inc." text, causing the rockstar to scream in pain.
'''Trivia:''' The art and animation of the logo was done by Dave E. Phillips, a former employee from Vicarious Visions. Also, if you look at the tattoo menu behind the rockstar, you can see an eyeball tattoo; this may be a nod to [[Neversoft Entertainment|Neversoft]], who developed the primary versions of the ''Guitar Hero'' games that this logo appears on.
'''Technique:''' Traditional animation.
'''Audio:''' There isare the sounds of a chime and a door opening and closing in the beginning. Rock music plays throughout the logo, while loud buzzing is heard during the rockstar's tattoo procedure. When "inc." is burned, the rockstar can be heard screaming in pain.
'''Availability:''' It can be seen on ''Guitar Hero'' ports for Wii by Vicarious Visions, starting with ''GH3: Legends of Rock'' and ending with ''GH: World Tour''. Don't expect this logo to appear on the Wii versions of ''Guitar Hero: Metallica'' or ''Van Halen'', since Vicarious Visions had no involvement with those titles.
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'''Visuals:''' The current Vicarious Visions logo, consisting of two 'V's on top of each other (one green and one blue), with the blue text 'VICARIOUS VISIONS' below it, is seen against a machinery background. Dr. Neo Cortex, continuing his narration over the logos, says "Developed by Vicarious Visions!". The dial on the background "turns on" and the logo glows as machine starting up noises are heard. The screen zooms back to reveal the logo has been on something resembling a giant metallic wood chipper attached to a conveyor belt. In the background are some crates which resemble the ones in the original ''Crash Bandicoot'' PS1 games. Crash Bandicoot as he looked in the PS1 games pops up and waves to usthe camera. Neo Cortex continues "It's Crash Bandicoot!". Crash approaches the machine with an armful of Wumpa fruits also looking like what they did from the PS1 games, but trips over a crate and the Wumpas fly into the in the machine along with a few falling crates. The objects come out looking much more detailed then before. Crash notices this, dives into the machine, and comes out of the belt in a posing pose with a significantly more detailed look. He gives a click-click sign to the audience and ultimately rolls off the belt. After getting up, he spins off, revealing the title screen.
'''Technique:''' 3D animation rendered in Vicarious Visions' Alchemy game engine.
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'''Visuals:''' In a grimy skate park, wethe camera quickly slideslides from the left to see a skateboard with the Vicarious Visions logo from the last logo, with "'''VICARIOUS'''" and "'''VISIONS'''" in a blue graffiti-like font forming a ring around the V's. On the right side of the board, we can see an orange illustration of a trash can can be seen, and on the left, wethere can seeis an illustration of an orange domestic cat vomiting. After a few seconds, wethe camera slideslides away from the board and fadefades out.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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