Earlier this week, IGN put up
a poll to determine which colors for the Nintendo
Revolution (of the five revealed) were the most popular with readers. Well,
the results are in, and it turns out that glossy white and
midnight black ran away with the competition, scoring 38.5 and 39.7% of the vote, respectively. Dark gray received
8.1%, red 7.3%, and lime green only 6.3% of the total.
IGN speculates that gamers prefer the shade of glossy white (second only to midnight black) because it fits the Apple
iWhatever sensibility of Nintendo gamers today. In addition, the black and white systems (and controllers) were given
far more prominence in Nintendo's previous presentations, which may have catapaulted them higher in the minds of online
readers and G4 viewers everywhere.
Of course, we know why black and white won out over the rest. It's simply because red is garish, green looks gross,
and gray is, well… gray. Maybe the Big N shouldn't have taken all its color cues from Apple after all.
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