Anthony Dickens

Anthony Dickens

Founder & CEO

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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.

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  • Wii Keyboard Rumours

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    News Wii Keyboard Rumours

    Game Informer magazine has suggested that a Wii Keyboard could be on the cards.

    "With the news this week that Logitech is going to provide peripherals for Nintendo's Wii console, this latest tidbit of information coming from the May 2007 issue of Game Informer has a bit more credibility than we would normally give it." It certainly makes sense,...

  • Miyamoto, The Influential

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    News Miyamoto, The Influential

    Shigeru Miyamoto is being highly considered by Time for the publication’s annual 100 Most Influential People list.

    "Besides the retail reality, Miyamoto and Nintendo played a large part in the success of their most recent console. Although it hardly pushes the graphical limits set by Sony or Microsoft, the Wii features gameplay simple enough that...

  • The Female Wii Boxing Championships

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    News The Female Wii Boxing Championships

    Crave Online hosts the first and maybe last Wii Boxing Championships for laydees.

    Obviously the guys in the office at Crave Online got alittle bored, they decided the mix work with pleasure and came up with the first official Crave Online Wii Boxing Championships, look away now if you have any morals or self-respect. Yes, the event was captured on...

  • US Virtual Console Releases - 30th April 2007

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    News US Virtual Console Releases - 30th April 2007

    Nintendo adds Castlevania, Legend of the Mystical Ninja and Shockman to the US Virtual Console service.

    "Castlevania (NES®, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on Earth. You've arrived at Castlevania, and you're here on business: to destroy the curse of the Evil Count, once and for all. Make your way through...

  • Data Design Announce Six Wii Ports

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    News Data Design Announce Six Wii Ports

    Data Design Interactive gain publisher status for Wii, 12 games planned with the first 6 due out this year.

    The English developer turned publish Data Design Interactive have today announced its schedule for releasing content on Wii's system, they seem extremely pleased with themselves gaining publisher status from Nintendo, the first six games...

  • Mario Strikers Online To Be Region Specific

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    News Mario Strikers Online To Be Region Specific

    Next Level games let it slip that Mario Strikers Charged Online matches might be region specific to help lag issues.

    "Mike Inglehart of Next Level, the company developing the title for Nintendo, explained in an interview with the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine that due to their desire to get a “quality gameplay experience”, online matches...

  • Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS

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    News Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS

    Early this month Takashi Iizuka spoke to NGamer magazine, his interview has now been published on the CVG website for all to enjoy.

    "CVG: First of all, just to relax the diehard fans, will the Wii version of NiGHTS be following the fundamental game mechanics of the original? Takashi Iizuka: For those loyal fans that have waiting 11 years for NiGHTS...

  • Solid Snake Creator Diggs Smash Bros. Brawl

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    News Solid Snake Creator Diggs Smash Bros. Brawl

    Hideo Kojima recently played the latest version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii, saying it feels "very complete".

    "During the recent Snake Vs. Zombie event in Japan, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai invited Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima to a quick game of Super Smash Bros. on the Wii. In the match, Karai played as Mario, while...

  • EU Virtual Console Releases - 27th April, 2007

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    News EU Virtual Console Releases - 27th April, 2007

    Nintendo adds Final Fight, Mighty Bomb Jack and Battle Lode Runner to the Virtual Console service.

    "This week Virtual Console allows you to take on the street thugs of Metro City. Based in the same universe as the Street Fighter games, Final Fight is a much loved side-scrolling beat-em up, originally released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment...

  • First NiGHTs Screenshots

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    News First NiGHTs Screenshots

    Sega have released a small batch of screenshots from their upcoming sequel to NiGHTS into Dreams.

    Whilst we don't have any firm release date for the Sega title, the speed of which Sonic and the Secret Rings was released, its likely that the game will be out this year. It's got alot to live upto and these first screenshots are certainly promising, it...

  • New Space Station Tycoon Screens

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    News New Space Station Tycoon Screens

    Namco hyper blast us with some new screenshots from its forthcoming Space Station Tycoon game for Wii.

    Just incase you didn't already know about the game, here's a reminder of the current factoid sheet: "Space Station Tycoon utilizes the creative and unique functionality of the Wii by allowing gamers to emerge themselves in a type of tycoon...

  • Boogie With Aliens

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    News Boogie With Aliens

    A mere slither of information pops up about EA's new dance-em-up, Boogie, you'll be dancing with aliens, yo!

    "The party game will have an alien theme with customizable characters. Game play will include rhythm, dancing and singing player interaction. 'Boogie' will be a Wii-exclusive game with the usage of its unique controller capabilities." Of...

  • 1 Million Pokemon

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    News 1 Million Pokemon

    Nintendo share-holders rejoice as the latest hot Pokemon property, Diamond and Pearl fly off the shelf's selling 1 million copies in just 5 days.

    "Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS™ have sold in the United States since Sunday's launch; a faster...

  • Wii's Friend Code Woes

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    News Wii's Friend Code Woes

    Details emerge of Nintendo's approach to online games for Wii, like the DS but even worse.

    From a recent preview posted on British Gaming Blog we learn that Mario Strikers Charged (Wii's first online game in the West) will adopt the painful friendcode system, not only this but each Mii will have their own friendcode. "You import your Mii in...

  • The Excite Truck 2 Hoax

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    News The Excite Truck 2 Hoax

    Details emerge from an unknown source of a online enabled follow up to Nintendo's Excite Trucked, excited? Don't be, its all pollycock.

    A number of online gaming sites were duped this week as a fake press release (complete with screenshots) emerged online telling gamers about the new features to expect from Excite Truck 2. "The sequel to Nintendo's...

  • Wario Set Loose On June 1st

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    News Wario Set Loose On June 1st

    Wario: Master Of Disguise launches across Europe on Nintendo DS on 1st June 2007.

    Grab your copy in alittle over a month, for now here's a reminder of what its all about. "After watching a TV show featuring the thieving master of disguise, Count Camoli, Wario has the idea of stealing treasure from TV shows- the perfect way to make his fortune!...

  • Nintendo Profits Rise 77%

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    News Nintendo Profits Rise 77%

    Nintendo's had a great year, profits soar 77% on last year with the company selling close to 24 million DS units.

    "Massive demand for Nintendo's Wii games machine and soaring sales of its DS console have brought record profits for the Japanese firm. Its net profits grew 77.2% to 174.3bn yen (£731m; $1.4bn) in the year to 31 March, while sales...

  • Nighty NiGHTs

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    News Nighty NiGHTs

    Sega reveal precious little details of their upcoming NiGHTs sequel.

    Reported by EuroGamer.net last week, Sega's NiGHTs website had abit of a refresh and revealed the following titbits of information: "It seems our asexual hero NiGHTS will have the option of wearing persona masks to shape-shift into different forms, each granting new abilities and...

  • Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition

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  • Touch The Dead

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    News Touch The Dead

    French developer Dream-On invite you to Touch The Dead to make them truly Dead and Furious.

    IGN.com have recently published a preview of "Touch The Dead", a DS arcade zombie shoot'em up, House of the Dead style. Whilst we've already heard of the game in Europe as "Dead N Furious" the game is set for a State side release later in the year. "Touch...

  • Sega Announce Sonic Rush Adventure

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    News Sega Announce Sonic Rush Adventure

    Sega have announced a DS sequel to the impressive Sonic Rush dubbed Sonic Rush Adventure.

    "Sonic returns to the Nintendo DS in an all-new frantic adventure complete with dizzying dives, near vertical curves and brain twisting loops. Sonic Rush Adventure will retain the DS action that fans loved so much from Sonic Rush™, as well as providing a new...

  • Jam Sessions On Your DS

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    News Jam Sessions On Your DS

    Ubisoft reveal a new creative music game for the DS.

    “Jam Sessions is an amazing title with limitless potential to entertain and engage a wide audience of people who love music, guitar and singing,” said John Parks, EMEA Marketing Director. “Basically, it’s a guitar in your pocket but that’s just the beginning. It’s a chance for people...

  • Worms Back For Another War

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    News Worms Back For Another War

    We've got worms

    THQ have announced a follow up of Team 17's Open Warfare title, ingeniously titled Worms: Open Warfare 2 due later this year.. "Worms: Open Warfare 2 builds upon the success of last year’s Worms: Open Warfare. In addition to the classic Deathmatch mode, the game also includes robust new single and multiplayer modes such as Rope...

  • Sega Boosts Its VC Library

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    News Sega Boosts Its VC Library

    Sega have announced 4 new titles to be available soon on the Virtual Console service, all costing 800 Wii points.

    "Streets of Rage 2 - To celebrate their defeat of the syndicate exactly one year before, Blaze, Adam and Axel met for drinks. The next morning, Axel received a frantic phone call from Eddie 'Skate' Hunter, Adam's younger brother, whom he...