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Topic: Here's what Nintendo Life looked like in 2005!

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ZanderShepherd

Using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine , I tracked down some old versions of Nintendo Life. This sites frequently saves old websites for you to revisit. Unfortunately, it rarely saves the full website, so most screenshots are incomplete in some way.
The saved states of Nintendo Life date back to 2005. For the screenshots, I used the news page because I found out I was using the news page halfway through the process. The result shouldn't be much different from using the main page.

The earliest saved state I found was from 2005, well, 31-12-2005, but still. It's clear that not everything has been saved, but you can clearly see the difference:
http://i.imgur.com/52Irpk7.jpg
I love how the Wii is still called Revolution

The next one I have is from 15-05-2006. Looks like it was able to load a little more this time.
http://i.imgur.com/SA1NAce.jpg

Then comes 13-12-2006. Looks like the site had been redesigned, with things like new sign in buttons, renewed boxes and icons there on the side, and some other general changes.
http://i.imgur.com/D1uz33Q.jpg

Wow, 2007 already? 11-11-2007 to be precise. With this backup, it looks like it was able to save a little bit more when it comes to the layout. Also, 'Sonic Enters The Brawl', I just love that Also, note the new more rounded bars. It may be just the site's fault for not showing the new bars until now, but who knows.
http://i.imgur.com/tOrO3Cg.jpg

And hello 2008! This one is from 13-01-2008. Nice redesign. You should keep that. But seriously, it's too bad the site hasn't saved this one very well. Oh well.
http://i.imgur.com/MOu3T49.jpg

Next one is from 13-09-2008. I think it looked a bit more like this? Note the (thus far known) new username and photo box.
http://i.imgur.com/oF5nFLN.jpg

I couldn't find anything special from 2009, but this one is from 09-04-2010. Looks like they changed up the menu buttons a little bit. Also, I like the new artwork on the top
http://i.imgur.com/kGFPpg1.jpg

18-08-2010. I'm seeing some new console buttons. And what's that?...the 3DS! Also, does that redesigned logo look familiar?
http://i.imgur.com/0cZbBLX.jpg

2011. 17-09-2011. Hey! It's the Wii U!
http://i.imgur.com/RmpJWwu.jpg

04-05-2012. Apparently all the console buttons became a little overwhelming, so here's another redesign! Looks like some things have been moved around, and some astheatic things (like the round/sharp edges) have been changed.
http://i.imgur.com/xlw06zk.jpg

05-06-2013. I don't know whether this is because of the incomplete backups, or whatever, but I found this one noticable because it was the first one to show the social media button. It's just a tweet-button, but it's something.
http://i.imgur.com/tB0ax67.jpg

31-08-2014. Yes, this looks like the site we know and love today.
http://i.imgur.com/4M8S09h.jpg

And finally, here's one from 30-03-2015, AKA today
http://i.imgur.com/dV120uJ.jpg

I found this to be a lot of fun to do. It's funny how the site has changed so much over the last 10 years, especially for someone like me who hasn't been following this site for nearly that long. I just wanted to share this. Do what you want with it

Removed the IMG tags, too many large images can slow down the site for some users.-MorphMarron

9-2-2016 UPDATE: HOLY COW! Look at this redesign! I'm personally all for it. Just as I started to feel the site was ready for something new, they drop something as major as this on us! This has to be one of the most major, if not the most major redesign the site has ever seen. I'm not going to go over the new features here, as they're too much to list. You can find a small part of what has been changed listed here: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/02/site_news_welcome_to...
And with more updates scheduled this year, I'm curious to see what's going to happen.
I decided to update my post here with new screenshots so that we can remember this redesign when the next one comes out. So here are some new screens!
http://s9.postimg.org/d2s2vhzgr/nintendolife_redesign_9_2_201...
http://s9.postimg.org/f8rfn498r/nintendolife_redesign_9_2_201...
http://s9.postimg.org/xbfgh7yrv/nintendolife_redesign_9_2_201...

From a website design standpoint, there definitely have been some major steps up, like the dissapearing and reappearing bar on top, and some more convenient ways to sort articles. I personally really like the changes and added features for the users, but like I said before, there's a post on the front page and a seperate forum topic for that, so I won't go into that here.
The mobile site has also been redesigned, but unfortunately I can't screencap that. I"ve heard mixed responses over it though.

I'm personally all for this redesign, and I'm excited to see what direction the site'll take from here!

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Tasuki

Next time add links. People with phones will appreciate that.

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ZanderShepherd

@Tasuki Ow, sorry. The link to the site I did this on is http://archive.org/web/ . Just fill in the nintendolife.com/news link and you should be able to find everything. I'll look up the specific links now, and add them to this post once I found them all. Will that make you happy again?

EDIT: The direct links to the old versions:
31-12-2005: http://web.archive.org/web/20051231053042/http://www.nintendo...
15-05-2006: http://web.archive.org/web/20060515035104/http://www.nintendo...
13-12-2006: http://web.archive.org/web/20061213001958/http://www.nintendo...
11-10-2007: http://web.archive.org/web/20071011212525/http://nintendolife...
13-01-2008: http://web.archive.org/web/20080113095128/http://www.nintendo...
13-09-2008: http://web.archive.org/web/20080913072337/http://www.nintendo...
09-04-2010: http://web.archive.org/web/20100409053113/http://www.nintendo...
18-08-2010: http://web.archive.org/web/20100818232238/http://www.nintendo...
17-09-2011: http://web.archive.org/web/20110917005750/http://www.nintendo...
04-05-2012: http://web.archive.org/web/20120504044642/http://www.nintendo...
05-06-2013: http://web.archive.org/web/20130605155429/http://www.nintendo...
31-08-2014: http://web.archive.org/web/20140831231714/http://www.nintendo...
30-03-2015: https://www.nintendolife.com/news

The dates don't match up perfectly, I guess the site doesn't save the exact dates or something. Have fun

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Blast

@Poketendo Wow. This is cool. Thanks for doing this Nintendolife has came a long way. I would like a new redesign, though. Just to spice things up.

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@Blast Thanks! I enjoyed doing it. It was really fun to see the 'evolution' of the site together like this, so to speak. Maybe a new redesign would be nice, I'm curious to see what they would do next

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I have being trying to work out using the wayback machine when reviews switched from being about mechanics etc to just being PR basically all about the feelings of the reviewer.

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ZanderShepherd

unrandomsam wrote:

I have being trying to work out using the wayback machine when reviews switched from being about mechanics etc to just being PR basically all about the feelings of the reviewer.

Hmm, maybe something for me to dive into next

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ZanderShepherd

...Weird, here on my part both my phone and my PC suddenly stopped loading the screenshots, it now only shows them as weblinks. Is anyone else having this problem? Oh well, at least I have added the original links now.

EDIT: Just noticed they removed the images and replaced them with the weblinks because the actual images could slow down the site. That's another mystery solved. They do still show up when you click them, luckily

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Spoony_Tech

But Nintendo Life wasn't called that in 2005? I don't believe it got that name till 08 or 09

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ZanderShepherd

Spoony_Tech wrote:

But Nintendo Life wasn't called that in 2005? I don't believe it got that name till 08 or 09

Really? That's weird. This site's dates can be a few days off, but not a few years. I wouldn't know if they once had another name. But apparently that means another site called Nintendo Life with a grey-blue logo existed

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VanillaLake

Doesn't 2005 sound like it was yesterday? LOL

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I really don't like the navigation bar of Nintendo Life continuously reappearing while browsing!!

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Spoony_Tech

I could be mistaken but @ThomasBW84 should know. Can't remember @Ant's user name.

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MERG said:

If I was only ever able to have Monster Hunter and EO games in the future, I would be a happy man.

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Spoony_Tech wrote:

I could be mistaken but @ThomasBW84 should know. Can't remember @Ant's user name.

Nintendo Life actually did exist. They just merged with WiiWareWorld and VC-Reviews. All the editorial staff now come from at least one of those sites

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Man, i was 8 back then lol. I didn't know NL went so far back.

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TingLz wrote:

Spoony_Tech wrote:

I could be mistaken but @ThomasBW84 should know. Can't remember @Ant's user name.

Nintendo Life actually did exist. They just merged with WiiWareWorld and VC-Reviews. All the editorial staff now come from at least one of those sites

I know there was other names. Good to know. I came to join after all of them had merged.

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MERG said:

If I was only ever able to have Monster Hunter and EO games in the future, I would be a happy man.

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I remember VC Reviews. It was very similar to Mean Machines Archive

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I have weird recollection of these.

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Megumi wrote:

...You know what this site needs?...A Mascot. lol

Like Nintendo being the theme which has Mario isn't enough?

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