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| + | Since the late 80s, Nintendo used a "colored triangles" system for licensed video games appearing within PAL regions (Europe, Australasia, Africa and PAL Asia). These triangles can be found on the spine of the manuals for [[NES]] (games released from late 80s), [[SNES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo 64]], [[Game Boy Color]] and [[Game Boy Advance]]. After 2002 release of the [[Nintendo GameCube]], Nintendo has adopted these triangles in the video game boxes, and apply to all GameCube, [[Nintendo DS]], [[Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U]] and [[Nintendo Switch]] software. There is more than 50 different colors, many still undocumented. It is worth noting that the color doesn't indicate the country in which the game is sold, but the language of the copy (with only a few exceptions), therefore, several different triangles can be found in one country. | ||
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{|class="prettytable sortable" | {|class="prettytable sortable" | ||
| − | ! | + | !width="50px"|Color |
!Name | !Name | ||
!Language(s) | !Language(s) | ||
!Notes | !Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#BF4581;"| | + | |style="background-color:#BF4581; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUR | |EUR | ||
|DE, ES, FR, IT, NL | |DE, ES, FR, IT, NL | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#BF4581;"| | + | |style="background-color:#BF4581; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUR | |EUR | ||
|DE, EN, ES, FR, IT | |DE, EN, ES, FR, IT | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#BF4581;"| | + | |style="background-color:#BF4581; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUR | |EUR | ||
|DE, EN, ES, FR | |DE, EN, ES, FR | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#BF4581;"| | + | |style="background-color:#BF4581; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUR | |EUR | ||
|EN, ES, IT | |EN, ES, IT | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#BF4581;"| | + | |style="background-color:#BF4581; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUR | |EUR | ||
|DE, EN, FR | |DE, EN, FR | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#BF4581;"| | + | |style="background-color:#BF4581; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUR1T2 | |EUR1T2 | ||
|EN | |EN | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#FFFF01;"| | + | |style="background-color:#FFFF01; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EXP | |EXP | ||
|EN | |EN | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#F1E852;"| | + | |style="background-color:#F1E852; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|UXP | |UXP | ||
|EN | |EN | ||
|"Not for sale/supply/distribution in the UK" | |"Not for sale/supply/distribution in the UK" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#7776A4;"| | + | |style="background-color:#7776A4; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUU | |EUU | ||
|EN, NL | |EN, NL | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#7776A4;"| | + | |style="background-color:#7776A4; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EUU | |EUU | ||
|DE, IT | |DE, IT | ||
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| | | | ||
|DE, FR, NL | |DE, FR, NL | ||
| − | | | + | |''To be confirmed'' |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#44AC55;"| | + | |style="background-color:#44AC55; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|UKV | |UKV | ||
|EN | |EN | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#211E75;"| | + | |style="background-color:#211E75; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|NOE | |NOE | ||
|DE | |DE | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#F73427;"| | + | |style="background-color:#F73427; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|FRA | |FRA | ||
|FR | |FR | ||
|Games published by Nintendo | |Games published by Nintendo | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#EE2F75;"| | + | |style="background-color:#EE2F75; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|FRA | |FRA | ||
|FR | |FR | ||
|Games published by third parties | |Games published by third parties | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#FE8618;"| | + | |style="background-color:#FE8618; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|FAH | |FAH | ||
|FR, NL | |FR, NL | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#21A8D8;"| | + | |style="background-color:#21A8D8; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|HOL | |HOL | ||
|NL | |NL | ||
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| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#FF8498;"| | + | |style="background-color:#FF8498; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|ESP | |ESP | ||
|ES | |ES | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#4A808B;"| | + | |style="background-color:#4A808B; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|POR | |POR | ||
|PT | |PT | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#FFEC5F;"| | + | |style="background-color:#FFEC5F; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|PORT | |PORT | ||
|PT | |PT | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#F4D529;"| | + | |style="background-color:#F4D529; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|EAP | |EAP | ||
|ES, PT | |ES, PT | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#0071C9;"| | + | |style="background-color:#0071C9; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|ITA | |ITA | ||
|IT | |IT | ||
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|SCN | |SCN | ||
|DK, EN, NO, SV | |DK, EN, NO, SV | ||
| − | | | + | |''To be confirmed'' |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#D7DB1A;"| | + | |style="background-color:#D7DB1A; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|SCN | |SCN | ||
|DK, FI, NO, SV | |DK, FI, NO, SV | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#D7DB1A;"| | + | |style="background-color:#D7DB1A; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|SCN | |SCN | ||
|EN | |EN | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#9AB904;"| | + | |style="background-color:#9AB904; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|SWE | |SWE | ||
|SV | |SV | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#654A95;"| | + | |style="background-color:#654A95; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|SWD | |SWD | ||
|DK, SV | |DK, SV | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#620927;"| | + | |style="background-color:#620927; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|SWF | |SWF | ||
|FI, SV | |FI, SV | ||
|Finnish before Swedish, presumably for Finnish market | |Finnish before Swedish, presumably for Finnish market | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#763823;"| | + | |style="background-color:#763823; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|AUS | |AUS | ||
|EN | |EN | ||
| − | |Australia and New Zeland. No longer used on spine (it was replaced by [[OFLC]] rating images) but still visible on back of box. | + | |Australia and New Zeland. No longer used on spine (it was replaced by [[Office of Film and Literature Classification|OFLC]] rating images) but still visible on back of box. |
|- | |- | ||
|style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"|"Very light orange" | |style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"|"Very light orange" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| − | |style="background-color:#F06090;"| | + | |style="background-color:#F06090; padding:0px;"|[[File:TriangleCover.svg|80px]] |
|GAU | |GAU | ||
|EN, GR | |EN, GR | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |RU | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |PL | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |CZ | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |SK | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |HU | ||
| | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
| − | + | ==External links== | |
| + | * [https://www.nanaky.eu/NintendoTriangles.html Research by Nanaky.eu]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
| − | [[Category:General | + | [[Category:General interest]] |
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Since the late 80s, Nintendo used a "colored triangles" system for licensed video games appearing within PAL regions (Europe, Australasia, Africa and PAL Asia). These triangles can be found on the spine of the manuals for NES (games released from late 80s), SNES, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. After 2002 release of the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo has adopted these triangles in the video game boxes, and apply to all GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Nintendo Switch software. There is more than 50 different colors, many still undocumented. It is worth noting that the color doesn't indicate the country in which the game is sold, but the language of the copy (with only a few exceptions), therefore, several different triangles can be found in one country.
| Color | Name | Language(s) | Notes |
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EUR | DE, ES, FR, IT, NL | |
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EUR | DE, EN, ES, FR, IT | |
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EUR | DE, EN, ES, FR | |
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EUR | EN, ES, IT | |
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EUR | DE, EN, FR | |
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EUR1T2 | EN | |
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EXP | EN | |
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UXP | EN | "Not for sale/supply/distribution in the UK" |
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EUU | EN, NL | |
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EUU | DE, IT | |
| "Yellow" | NEU5 | DE, EN, ES, FR, NL | |
| "Aqua" | FHUG | DE, EN, FR, NL | |
| "Crimson" | DE, FR, NL | To be confirmed | |
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UKV | EN | |
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NOE | DE | |
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FRA | FR | Games published by Nintendo |
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FRA | FR | Games published by third parties |
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FAH | FR, NL | |
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HOL | NL | |
| "Pink" | HUG | EN, NL | |
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ESP | ES | |
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POR | PT | |
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PORT | PT | |
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EAP | ES, PT | |
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ITA | IT | |
| "Yellow-green" | SCN | DK, EN, NO, SV | To be confirmed |
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SCN | DK, FI, NO, SV | |
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SCN | EN | |
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SWE | SV | |
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SWD | DK, SV | |
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SWF | FI, SV | Finnish before Swedish, presumably for Finnish market |
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AUS | EN | Australia and New Zeland. No longer used on spine (it was replaced by OFLC rating images) but still visible on back of box. |
| "Very light orange" | EUB | EN, FR, PT | |
| "Very light pink" | HAU | EN, LU | |
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GAU | EN, GR | |
| RU | |||
| PL | |||
| CZ | |||
| SK | |||
| HU |