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Background

Wanadoo Edition was the gaming division of Wanadoo, formed in 2000 from the merger of Index+ and France Telecom Multimedia and named after their Internet brand name at the time. It was bought by Microids in 2003, and France Telecom, in return, became a 12% share holder. The Wanadoo name would be retired for the Orange brand in 2006, though.

1st Logo (November 9, 2000-2002)

Visuals: On a black background, the Wanadoo logo at the time can be seen, which is the text "wanadoo" and a byline reading "France Telecom Group" in either English or French, depending on the game language. Both are either in dark blue or white. To the left of it is an ampersand made of red and orange swooshes, the official logo of France Telecom and its brands at the time.

Variants:

An animated variant was used on some games. It consists of the logo blurring in and zooming out on a white background, complete with a trail and brief shadow effect.
Sometimes, the logo would have France Telecom's wordmark instead, which has "com" in orange. This can be seen on The Messenger (2000).
Later on, a byline reading "édition" would be added, but there would be usually no byline most of the time.
Some games for GBA had a red background and white logo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic. 2D computer animation for the animated variant.

Audio: None. The animated variant had a techno beat overlaid with wind swishing, mechanical sounds, and a woman saying "wanadoo" twice in different pitches.

Availability: It can be seen in a variety of games like The Messenger (2000), Necronomicon, Aztec for PSX, and other titles. It doesn't appear on all games, though.

2nd Logo (2002-2003)

Visuals: On a white background, the new Wanadoo symbol (a rounded black rectangle with a pointed top left corner and a "w" inside of it, in a futuristic font) fades and zooms out, then quickly flashes through the other letters of "wanadoo" before quickly snapping back a bit and stretching to the left with an after image. Then, the "w" fades back in and the text becomes formed up in the following sequence:

The "w" appears in the square, slides to the left and leaves a black copy of it before flipping over and forming a "n" from its right side.
Two copies of the "a" come in and merge together, before briefly blinking and then shooting out one of them to create both "a"s.
Two red lines come in and cause a "d" to appear before the lines move back out of existence.
A "o" comes rushing towards the right before leaving a black "o" and then disappearing, in which another black "o" forms it.

All of these form the text "wanadoo" in black, and finally, the "w" forms three red copies to go up, left, and down, and the left one eventually settles inside of the square, forming the final logo.

Variants:

A still version of the logo exists, either in fill color or pure white.
On Raging Blades, the word "presents" appears below in red, then grey.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A soft series of beeps and whirs with a underlying "chiptune"-styled tune that stops when the logo fully forms up. None for the still version.

Availability: Seen on Pro Beach Soccer for Xbox and also appeared on Iron Storm and Curse: The Eye of Isis. It was briefly used alongside the 1st logo as well for its first few months of existence.

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+===Background===
-Background: Wanadoo Edition was formed in 2000 by the merger of France Telecom Multimedia (Wanadoo) and index+. The new company developed and published games until 2003, when Microids, suffering from financial troubles, purchased Wanadoo Edition, so Wanadoo became a 12% shareholder of Microids.
+'''Wanadoo Edition''' was the gaming division of '''Wanadoo''', formed in 2000 from the merger of [[Index+]] and [[France Telecom Multimedia]] and named after their Internet brand name at the time. It was bought by [[Microids]] in 2003, and France Telecom, in return, became a 12% share holder. The Wanadoo name would be retired for the Orange brand in 2006, though.
+===1st Logo (November 9, 2000-2002)===
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+Wanadoo Edition (2000).jpeg
+Wanadoo Edition.jpg
+Wanadoo.jpg
+Wanadoo Edition (2002).png
+Wanadoo Edition (2002).jpeg
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+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the Wanadoo logo at the time can be seen, which is the text "'''wanadoo'''" and a byline reading "France Telecom Group" in either English or French, depending on the game language. Both are either in dark blue or white. To the left of it is an ampersand made of red and orange swooshes, the official logo of France Telecom and its brands at the time.
+'''Variants:'''
-st Logo
+* An <u>animated variant</u> was used on some games. It consists of the logo blurring in and zooming out on a white background, complete with a trail and brief shadow effect.
-(2000-2002)
+* Sometimes, the logo would have <u>France Telecom's wordmark</u> instead, which has "{{color|orange|'''com'''}}" in orange. This can be seen on ''The Messenger (2000)''.
+* Later on, a <u>byline</u> reading "{{color|red|'''édition'''}}" would be added, but there would be usually no byline most of the time.
+* <u>Some games for GBA</u> had a red background and white logo.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic. 2D computer animation for the animated variant.
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+'''Audio:''' None. The animated variant had a techno beat overlaid with wind swishing, mechanical sounds, and a woman saying "wanadoo" twice in different pitches.
-Nickname: "France Telecom"
+'''Availability:'''  It can be seen in a variety of games like ''The Messenger (2000)'', ''Necronomicon'', ''Aztec'' for PSX, and other titles. It doesn't appear on all games, though.
-Logo: The logo is a common France Telecom sign, a red and orange ampersand. Right to the symbol, there's wanadoo, which can be white or blue. Sometimes the background is white, and the letters are blue.
+===2nd Logo (2002-2003)===
-FX/SFX: The logo zooms in with blur effect. The static version is much more common.
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+Wanna Doo.jpg
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=N3YoUC8jjOk}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, the new Wanadoo symbol (a rounded black rectangle with a pointed top left corner and a "{{color|red|w}}" inside of it, in a futuristic font) fades and zooms out, then quickly flashes through the other letters of "{{color|red|wanadoo}}" before quickly snapping back a bit and stretching to the left with an after image. Then, the "{{color|red|w}}" fades back in and the text becomes formed up in the following sequence:
+* The "{{color|red|w}}" appears in the square, slides to the left and leaves a black copy of it before flipping over and forming a "n" from its right side.
+* Two copies of the "{{color|red|a}}" come in and merge together, before briefly blinking and then shooting out one of them to create both "a"s.
+* Two red lines come in and cause a "d" to appear before the lines move back out of existence.
+* A "{{color|red|o}}" comes rushing towards the right before leaving a black "o" and then disappearing, in which another black "o" forms it.
+All of these form the text "wanadoo" in black, and finally, the "w" forms three red copies to go up, left, and down, and the left one eventually settles inside of the square, forming the final logo.
-Variants:
+'''Variants:'''
+* A <u>still version</u> of the logo exists, either in fill color or pure white.
-The logo comes with several bylines, the earliest one says France Telecom Group or Groupe France Telecom. Other version says edition. Later, there was no byline.
+* On <u>''Raging Blades''</u>, the word "presents" appears below in red, then grey.
-Some games for GBA had the red background.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-Music/Sounds: Some whooshes and mechanical whirs followed by a distorted female voice saying "wanadoo" with the techno music in the background. None for the still version.
+'''Audio:''' A soft series of beeps and whirs with a underlying "chiptune"-styled tune that stops when the logo fully forms up. None for the <u>still version</u>.
-Availability: Seen in a variety of games like The Messenger, Necronomicon, Aztec for PSX and other titles.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Pro Beach Soccer'' for Xbox and also appeared on ''Iron Storm'' and ''Curse: The Eye of Isis''. It was briefly used alongside the 1st logo as well for its first few months of existence.
-Editor's Note: None.
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+[[Category:Média-Participations]]
-Wanadoo (2002)
-Nickname: "Computer Synthesis"
-Logo: A rounded black rectangle (with one corner untamed) zooms to the screen with purple w inside. The letter begins to change, then the rectangle moves left, and wanadoo is created with some effects. The w letter moves right, making w and n, then a falls down, creating another a, and last three letters appear. Then the w flashes back to the rectangle.
-FX/SFX: The letters creating effects. Sometimes no animation and the background is black.
-Music/Sounds: 2 notes sounding similar to music found on Wii Sports, and a series of computerized sounds.
-Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Pink Panther and Hellboy: Asylum Seeker for PSX and also appeared on Iron Storm.
-Editor's Note: None.