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Google removes cheeky Triforce from logo photo

Last week, obsessive-compulsive gamers discovered a number of hidden Triforce symbols that had been smuggled into Google's logos by artist Susis Sahim.

The artist in question was commissioned to produce a number of images for the popular Search Engine, and threw in the easter eggs due to being a massive fan of the games. Unfortunately for her art, Google is not a massive fan of potential lawsuits from Nintendo, and the potentially infringing images have since been removed. 

It was cool that Sahim put the work there, but this is why we can't have nice things. Next time we find a cool easter egg like that, we need to keep our big, collective mouths shut!


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Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:45
Vanilla Gorilla
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:46
Chronic Logic
What the heck? It was such a dinky small crudely drawn triforce image, that's all. I really don't think it's lawsuit worthy.
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:46
Vanilla Gorilla
Uhh... That wasn't supposed to happen!

Anyhow, logos schmogos. It's 3 triangles of 1 color and an upside (invisible) triangle in the middle.

If anything, Nintendo should feel thankful for the free viral marketing!
dip's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:48
dip
Um, wut? That symbol has been around far longer than the Zelda games.
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:53
Cadtalfryn


You know, if Nintendo can notice tiny little things like that you might think they would notice all the people in North America foaming at the mouth for Mother 3 and Earthbound on the Virtual Console.
dip's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:56
dip
Not to mention it's used all over in Japan from things like insanely old temples and castles to company logos. Think Google is overreacting a bit here.
LOLFONDU's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:02
LOLFONDU
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:06
Projectexodus


SUE!!!
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:06
Cadtalfryn
Nitnendo should so sue Fischer.
georgiom's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:07
georgiom
Mmaybe google just didn't feel that as an advertising company they should be giving out free advertisements. :: shrug ::
Zac Bentz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:09
Zac Bentz
Nintendo would know ALL ABOUT STEALING because THEY SOLDED TEH LOGOZE FIRSTS! STEELERS! TRICKSY THEAVSES!
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:12
-PL-
no triangles for YOU
Mr Dillinger's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:14
Mr Dillinger
I never knew Nintendo created the tristar

Could have sworn it was a mathematical equation
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:18
Jon B
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-07-16-n41.html

More than just one.
Wookiee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:26
Wookiee
If Nintendo were to sue Google, they'd have to also sue quite a number of famous mathematicians and geometrists.

Also,
Kagasumi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:53
Kagasumi
Probably cost Susis his/her job as well, or at least no more work commissioned from them.

Good going.
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 12:59
-PL-
You have to give Nintendo credit, they revolutionized the triangle. Anybody that doesn't appreciate what Nintendo has done is clearly not a fan of shapes.
SakuChan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 13:44
SakuChan
Just like dip said, Nintendo didn't invent the symbol lol. Been to a couple of temples that had the triforce symbol.
lucashoal's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 13:44
lucashoal
@Cadtalwhozawha - that's been talked about to death. It'd be hard to localize Mother 3 so they wouldn't get sued. References to pop culturre, for example.

Take a look, it's in a book(website)
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 13:52
Holyetheline
This is ridiculous. WTF.
Nameless Monster's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 14:04
Nameless Monster
@Lucashoal, it's, more precisely, THERE: http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/earthbound-legal-issues/
christirossi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 14:12
christirossi
Come on, Nintendo wouldn't and couldn't sue because of an image of three generic triangles stacked together. Google perhaps just wasn't thrilled by the idea that a reference to another company's franchise was secretly embedded in their own logo.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 15:22
Monodi
One day I will patent the action of sueing.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 15:45
pedrovay2003
Is that why Delta (the power tool company) had to change their logo, too?
Shin Ra's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 16:16
Shin Ra
google needs to fire there lawyer if they think that Nintendo going to sue over stupid tri-force symbols
Emrah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 16:30
Emrah
That's free marketing, I don't think Nintendo would react. It would be *VERY* stupid to turn down a free advert by google..
Conan-san's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 00:09
Conan-san
ROAR goes Meatmouth as he decrys:
EASTEREGSS ARE THE TOOL OF THE CORE GAMER, THEY MUST BE PURGED!

ALL HAIL THE AGE OF FUNLESS GAMES!
peachboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 17:02
peachboy
this is not that ridiculous.
the Golden Avatar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2009 07:25
the Golden Avatar
Boo.
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