Author: Anthony Dickens | Nintendo Life

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Anthony launched Nintendo Life in late 2005 and has remained at the helm ever since. He loves Nintendo but sometimes gets confused and tells everyone that F-Zero X is the best game. We've tried getting him help, but alas...

Growing up in the 1990's he developed a passion for video games by playing Game Boy, Super Nintendo and PC games. With a keen interest in the Internet and IT he fell in love with software development and programming, becoming a professional website developer in the early 2000s.

Anthony honed his craft as a developer and was director of the website development company Cuttlefish for nearly 15 years before shifting his sole focus to Hookshot's family of websites, Nintendo Life, Push Square and Pure Xbox.

Today, Anthony is both the Founder & CEO of Hookshot but also its lead developer and continues to develop the bespoke CMS that sits under the family of websites.

More recently, Anthony helped conceptualise and launch Hookshot's latest website, Time Extension along with Damien McFerran.

Username: antdickens
Articles: 1,372 (45 reviews)
First Article: Mon 7th, November 2005
Avg. Review Score: 6.9
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21
Artwork Increase Your Desktop Awesomeness With These Pokémon X & Y Wallpapers

It's Super Effective, catch 'em both and so on...
Not so long ago we provided you with a rather attractive wallpaper for The Wonderful 101, which was downloaded over 1000 times. As so many of you clearly like having a high-res and snazzy wallpaper of an awesome game, it makes sense to do the same for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. The two releases have...
- Thu 17th Oct 2013
- 3DS
- Pokémon
- Wallpaper
- X & Y
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Wallpaper Pokémon X (3DS)

Xerneas!
- Thu 17th Oct 2013
0
Wallpaper Pokémon Y (3DS)

Yveltal!
- Thu 17th Oct 2013
31
Out Today The Wonderful 101 (Europe)

101 reasons to download a new wallpaper, today!
Every generation there are great games that seem to be overlooked and don't translate into sales success, so is The Wonderful 101 heading for the same end result? Over the past few weeks we've heard rumours of The Wonderful 101 having limited distribution of 30,000 units to retailers in Japan, while...
- Fri 23rd Aug 2013
- Wii U
- Out Today
- Europe
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Wallpaper The Wonderful 101 (Wii U)

Team Unite!!
- Fri 23rd Aug 2013
7
Competition Animal Crossing Signed T-Shirt Giveaway!

What's in your house?
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is one of the biggest 3DS games of the year, and to celebrate its release we've teamed up with Nintendo UK to give away a once-in-lifetime prize: an Animal Crossing T-shirt signed by none other than producer Katsuya Eguchi and co-director Aya Kyogoku. To be in with a chance of bagging this amazing...
- Tue 23rd Jul 2013
- Competitions
- 3DS
Chat
E3 2013 Nintendo Direct Live Stream

We bring you everything, as it happens.
Get your collective bodies ready, because we'll be bringing you complete coverage of today's E3-flavoured Nintendo Direct broadcast. Here you can post your own comments and watch our reaction to events as they unfold. Grab yourself a cold drink and get comfortable...
- Tue 11th Jun 2013
- E3 2013
- Nintendo Direct
- Wii U
- 3DS
- Live Chat
38
Competition #3DSreasons: Tell us your reason and Win a copy of Animal Crossing New Leaf!

What's your reason?
To celebrate Nintendo's #3DSreasons campaign we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for your 3DS, courtesy of Nintendo UK There's never been a better time to own a Nintendo 3DS — with exclusive features, great downloadable content and an amazing line up of software, there really is something...
- Thu 6th Jun 2013
- Competitions
- 3DS
26
Competition Winners Nintendo eShop Credit

Are you one of the lucky few?
If you're a Nintendo Life regular you'll know we ran a couple of Nintendo eShop Credit competitions over the past few weeks; all the votes have been counted and we've greased up our supercomputer to randomly select the winners, and they are: Competition 1) Win £100 of Nintendo eShop Credit! Winner of £100:...
- Fri 5th Apr 2013
- Competitions
- eShop
21
Competition Another Chance to Win £100 of Nintendo eShop Credit!

Plus 10 runners-up each snagging £15 too.
Fancy getting your hands on some free eShop credit for your 3DS or Wii U? We've joined forces with Nintendo UK once again to give away a whopping £100 of eShop credit to one lucky winner, plus £15 to ten runners-up. All you have to do to enter this fantastic competition is answer the question below. Good...
- Wed 27th Mar 2013
- Competitions
32
Video This Is The Star Fox Movie We Want Hollywood To Make

Behind the scenes on a fan-made masterpiece
We've already seen how Nintendo games can get the Gritty Reboot treatment, but this latest fan-made video is going for a truly epic feel — and makes us wish that Pixar and Nintendo could join forces to make Star Fox: The Movie with Joe Morrisseau, George Hernandez, Jesus Martinez, Jeff Barruga and Jeremy...
- Thu 21st Mar 2013
- YouTube
- Star Fox
- Awesome
25
Ninterview Anna The Red

The Amazing Bento Lady!
We've always been told that you shouldn't play with your food, but we'll make an exception for the art of Bento. For the uninitiated, Bento is kind of like a Japanese packed lunch - it's a single-portion meal which is often arranged in a visually appealing manner. In Japan, mothers often spend a large amount of time creating...
- Sat 16th Mar 2013
- Features
- Ninterview
- Bento Boxes
- Japan
- Food
64
Competition Win £100 of Nintendo eShop Credit!

Plus 10 runners-up each snagging £15 too.
Want the chance to win some free eShop credit for your 3DS or Wii U? Of course you do — who wouldn't, right? Well now you've got a chance. We've teamed up with Nintendo UK to offer £100 of eShop credit to one lucky winner, plus £15 to ten almost-as-lucky runners-up. All you have to do to be in with a...
- Fri 15th Mar 2013
- Competitions
- 3DS eShop
19
Play Mario Kart 7 with Nintendo UK

Bob-ombs at the ready!
Grab your race suit and join Nintendo UK in a special Mario Kart 7 community event happening right now. The event has been arranged via the official Nintendo 3DS UK Facebook page and is due to last until 4PM GMT. "The special Mario Kart 7 Community event code is 28-7591-1601-9148. The event is now open, good luck to all...
- Sat 2nd Mar 2013
- 3DS
- Events
- Mario Kart 7
- Nintendo UK
61
Competition Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Win a copy of the game plus a poster signed by Konami's Dave Cox!
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate launches exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS & 3DS XL this March, and is shaping up to be one of the most intense and exciting instalments in the long-running franchise. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we've teamed up with Nintendo...
- Wed 27th Feb 2013
- Competitions
- 3DS
26
News Plenty Of Room For Rupees In These Awesome Nintendo Wallets

Look cool and keep all your golden coins safe at the same time
Whether it be pounds, dollars or even rupees, everyone needs a wallet, so why not show your love for Nintendo with a video-game offering? If you're looking for suitable options, our friends over at Wicked Wallets might be able to assist. They've kindly sent us some of their finest...
- Wed 30th Jan 2013
- Awesome
- Wallets
- Coins
39
Ninterview Cosplayer Regina "RikkuGrape" Marie

We speak to a seriously talented Zelda cosplayer
It's been a while since we ran a Ninterview, but we're back with our first of 2013. This time, we're speaking to cosplayer Regina Marie, better known as RikkuGrape. She's dressed up as a wide variety of different characters, but we're most interested in her amazing replications of individuals from The...
- Sat 19th Jan 2013
- Ninterview
- Interviews
- Cosplay
- Zelda
180
News The Big Wii U Survey

So, what do you think of Wii U?
Chances are, if you're a dedicated Nintendo fan then you already own a Wii U console. Nintendo's latest hardware has a lot to live up to - its predecessor the Wii is one of the best-selling pieces of gaming hardware ever - but we personally think it's off to a good start, with some unique features, a great online...
- Tue 8th Jan 2013
- Wii U
- Wii U eShop
- Survey
15
Guide Getting Started With Your Wii U

Nintendo provides some how-to guides for your new console
Unlike most readers at Nintendo Life, not everyone who buys a Wii U will know everything about it before they've even opened the box. Hardware launches such as this are a great time for companies to attract new users, with that in mind Nintendo has released a series of handy videos to get...
- Fri 30th Nov 2012
- Guides
- Wii U
- Getting Started
- Nintendo eShop
- How To
11
Competition Winner Win a Wii U at Eurogamer Expo

One lucky winner
Nintendo Life attended Eurogamer.net's annual Eurogamer Expo in late September, the first ever public showing of the Wii U console in the UK. We had a great time meeting gamers, filling up our 3DS puzzle pieces and running rather intense competitions in the Nintendo Life StreetPass Zone. You can get a taste of what it was all about...
- Tue 13th Nov 2012
- Competitions
- Wii U
- Eurogamer Expo
131
Watch First US Wii U Advert Appears

How U Will Play Next
In just 17 days' time, on 18th November, Nintendo will release Wii U across the Americas. Up until now its marketing machine hasn't really kicked into gear, but that's all about to change. Nintendo today unveiled what it described as "our brand new US Wii U advertising campaign" via its Wii U page on Facebook. Lots of bright...
- Thu 1st Nov 2012
- Wii U
- Trailers
- Advertising
- Colours
- Bass Wobble
65
News Miiverse To Be Detailed In An Upcoming Nintendo Direct

"Sometime" before launch
Nintendo has been worryingly quiet on what the Wii U dashboard and online functionality might entail on its new console. One thing we do know is that it plans to have a "social network" style presence with Miiverse, a place where gamers can see what games one another is playing and help each other progress through particular...
- Sat 27th Oct 2012
- Wii U
- Nintendo Direct
- Miiverse
- Nintendo Network
15
News Super Mario 3D Land Shortlisted for GameCity Prize

Probably won't win though
A squirreled-away secret panel has whittled down a long-list of 18 games to a shortlist of just seven for this year's GameCity Prize. The GameCity Prize was launched as part of GameCity6 in October 2011. Minecraft, the open world building title and phenomenal success from Mojang founder Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, was the...
- Thu 4th Oct 2012
- 3DS
- Events
- Awards
23
News Unity Engine comes to Wii U in Major License Deal

Wii U-nity
It has been revealed that Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, has entered into a worldwide license agreement with Nintendo to provide a version of Unity which supports deployment to the Wii U. Unity is popular game creation engine highly-regarded in the mobile sector, and whilst it has...
- Thu 20th Sep 2012
- Wii U
- Unity
- Game Engines