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My opinion on the Western logo
The logo is iconic, of course....but in my opinion, it just doesn't represent Pokemon the best way. I believe the logo would've benefited much more keeping it White with black border and having the "O's replaced with pokeballs. But not just random pokeball past, some that are designed to be drawn in (i'll get into more detail with this when i talk about the Japanese logos.) The Yellow and blue just doesn't speak to me as much and isn't universal between pokemon games.
My opinion on the Japanese logo
As you can see there is no iconic logo for the Japanese as it changes over time. Grouped all together they all look pretty, but look at them individually and they don't look too appealing after all.
For the most part the difference between is not only the style, but it also includes an English title with it. For Generation I and II it had "Pocket Monsters" but from Gen III and onward has the western title "Pokemon".
One of my biggest gripes is that Japanese text just doesn't have that iconic appearance (it doesn't help that its always being modified), from Generation 1 and 2 they were a bit bland, from Gen 3 and onward, they tried to give the Japanese text more flavor and even replace the dot in "ポ" into a pokeball as you can see. But the pokeball has always been poorly integrated into the logo. For Gen 3 and 4, it looks like a sticker placed on it, it doesn't even look like its part of the Japanese text. For Gen 5 it does a slightly better job but the pokeball looks so intrusive. And Gen 6 (X and Y) shows the pokeball is in 3D and has the same problem as it did for Gen 3 and 4 (doesn't look like its part of the logo) it even adds something else to it that just doesn't fit.
But the worst of it all is that English text looks so plain that it doesn't even look like it fits. It looks so awkward and intrusive, the logo would probably look ten times better without the english logo. Gen 6 has a slightly better text but it still doesn't look like it matches.
My final verdict
I wish the English logo represented Pokemon better, while i wish the japanese had a consistent, yet iconic design without slapping the pokeball so lazily. How about you, does anyone here feel differently about the logos?