It's that time again, as we celebrate Christmas Day and a Holiday season that provides ample opportunity to spend time with family and friends, or connect with and embrace friendly souls on the internet. However you're spending the day, everyone at Nintendo Life wishes you a fantastic day.
It's been quite a year for Nintendo, in which it's dealt with some lows but also rebounded with giddy highs - highlights included the sudden reveal of the New Nintendo 3DS, the buzz of fantastic new games and the big N's awesome E3 showing. While it's easy to get bogged down in sales and business - as will inevitably happen again - today we're keen to emphasize that Nintendo's kept games and fun as its priorities. Gamers are the biggest winners as a result.
These happy returns are from the whole Nintendo Life team, from Directors, to myself, all the writers and our fearless moderators. I also want to break into first person and thank the whole team for their ongoing commitment to bringing you many, many words, managing the forums and generally sharing their love of Nintendo.
The biggest thanks is to you, our readers, who've grown in number yet again in this year and continue to make us smile, while also challenging us and keeping the whole team on its toes. 2014 brought some feisty moments and content that delivered charged debate, but having those discussions with all of you is what makes this site so alive. Our recent reader survey was also hugely enlightening, so thanks to all that filled it in, shared kind words and gave invaluable feedback; we seek continual improvement, and you help us towards that goal.
I feel we can be truly proud of everyone that logs into Nintendo Life and contributes with articles, comments, forum posts or simply browses and reads the content we provide. I know I speak for everyone when I say we're truly grateful to all of you.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all nintendo life staff and readers
Merry Xmas to all.I am in Thailand feeling as unChristmasy as you can get,it's just another day here.I will be downloading SM3DW tonight though for some of that Nintendo Xmas magic
Merry Xmas from Bali!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas people!
Merry Christmas to you too! Keep up the great work
Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy Duck Hunt!
Happy Christmas every1!! Waiting for my g.f to wake up before I'm allowed to unwrap my army of amiibos!!
Merry Christmas to all of you! I wish you peaceful pleasantries to last a year
Merry Christmas to all staff and readers!
Merry Christmas, everyone! Just I get Mario & Sonic London 2012 3DS!
Merry Christmas to Nintendo Life, and the NL community!
The big day is actually pretty much done here is Aus, so I hope my friends across the pond are still having an awesome day!
To 2015!
Buon Natale to all!
Thanks, thanks a lot, and the same, Merry Christmas to all, Nintendo Life (and Push Square same, XD) and all community, greetings of Mexico, Enjoy the festivities! ^.^
like a few minutes ago finished one new episode of Aikatsu (anime) and Pokemon X & Y anime, very good of course! ^.^, for that I'm still awake, Good Morning, jiji!
Happy Christmas everyone!
Merry christmas everyone! Hope you get the game you have been wanting!
Thanks NintendoLife!
Merry Christmas to everyone.
Happy holidays from me! Here's to 2-0-1-5!!!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Kwanzaa!
Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you get all you wanted for Christmas. A Happy New Year to all.
Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to everybody here. Thank you Nintendolife for the fantastic coverage.
Merry Chrismas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to all. Have a great one!!!
All the best this Holiday Season to the NL staff and their families and to all the other gamers out there. If you get any coal this year, I hope its made of gold.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
Merry Christmas to One and all, even the trolls hope you all enjoy your family/gaming/food time and got the things that make you happy this year =)
@OorWullie Your bringing back memories there man, I spent an Xmas in Thailand 4 years ago and loved it soo much! Spent the day riding elephants in the jungle near chang mai....Not very traditional but I loved it. Hope you are too, you on holiday?
Hope everyone has a great Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Ba humbug! I can't find the English dub of Tokyo Godfathers anywhere! I need more egg nog... :/
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry christmas to the NL staff and community! Here in Sweden we celebrate on the 24th so our big day is done. I hope everyone who celebrate on the 25th, or any other date, have a great day!
Merry Christmas to you guys as well!
But if only we got a new Paper Mario...
@ThomasBW84
Happy holidays, folks. Whether any of you take a break, let me tell you, you have more than earned it for your hard work. The void left by the Italian Official Nintendo Magazine - when it went out of business last year - was a tough one to fill, yet you guys pulled it off brilliantly. I don't know if what I'm going to do might be enough to repay you, but here it is - my sort-of webcomic has celebrated Christmas today with a six-panel adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, narrated in rhyme. While you might not be able to enjoy these rhymes as they're written in my native language, you can enjoy the artwork and the following translation. Provided you care about this little Christmas present, of course.
https://www.facebook.com/LeCimiciWebcomic/photos/a.300426253488546.1073741832.151757791688727/307597426104762/?type=1&theater
"A Bedbug Christmas Carol"
[Panel 1]
Once upon a time, one day during advent, in ye olde 1800s London, there was an old coot not smiling at Christmas' eve: Scrooge the greedy one, first name Ebenezer. (Caption 2) But that following night, the businessman would find more riches than any, on either sea or land.
[Panel 2]
He was sleeping peacefully, when all of a sudden, his deceased buddy's ghost popped up: Jacob Marley, here to announce that three more ghosts were about to come!
[Panel 3]
The first was the ghost of Christmas past, who showed him what's not, but has been. At first filled with bittersweet glee, when seeing his younger self, Scrooge later fell to a bitter realization, when he saw himself losing his carefree attitude, refusing her who more than money he used to love, before getting so greedy.
[Panel 4]
Then came the ghost of Christmas present, who showed him the scorn from the rest of the family, a nephew who he never paid a visit... because "Scrooge has other stuff to do!". But among the visions, the old coot was more worried about Bob Cratchit's son, whose dad worked for him. "Tell me, spirit, will Tiny Tim get better?" "If you won't change your ways, I can't tell you so!"
[Panel 5]
In the end, came the ghost of Christmas yet to come, confirming every dark omen: without money for healthcare, Tiny Tim, between an illness and another, one day died. Next to his [Tim's] tomb, he ended up suddenly in the one in which HE was to be buried! "Christmas", Scrooge yelled, "shouldn't be so sad! Tell me it's still soon enough!" "What's the crying about? You made it for real! You're the richest bedbug in the cemetery!"
[Panel 6]
The scary dream, after a thousand falls, ended in peace: Scrooge, alive and well, awake after such a crude lesson, was born again - he offered the poor a great Christmas dinner, paid for Tim's care, gave his dad a raise, and... here he is, he's coming at our place! Uncle Ebenezer is a good bedbug, why, those spirit made him an all-new guy!
Scrooge: "You comin' at my nephews' place? Ya know, they're not bad fellas at all!"
Tim: "Okay, Mr. Scrooge, but let me first wish everyone..."
Merry Christmas!... from Alessandro Bozzi and his bedbugs!
(And yes, Scrooge's date of death really reads "Who cares? He's gone!", although among Italian readers that detail will be most likely lost.)
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas!
@AlexSora89 Thanks for posting and interpreting that. Nice little read this morning.
I hope everyone here at NL has a good Christmas, or even just a good day if they don't celebrate Christmas.
Happy Holidays! Hope you all have a great day.
happy holidays and happy new year NL!
Merry Christmas to everyone! I got Smashbros for both consoles!
Merry Christmas to the Nintendolife community!
Merry Christmas! Typed from my brand new Hp laptop which I had no idea I was even getting! Also downloaded Captain Toad and Darksiders 2!
@Nintendo_Ninja Well then have a Smashing Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Nintendo Life!
Merry Christmas everyone!
merry Christmas people!
merry Christmas! and a happy new year!
Happy Christmas everybody!!! Have a great day!!!
A very merry/happy and thanks from the middle of nowhere Michigan.
@AlexSora89 Proprio ben fatto!! Grazie per averci mostrato - e Buon Natale!
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Merry X-Mas, folks!
Merry Christmas dear people.
Merry Christmas! Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some eShop shopping to do.
@ULTRA-64 Cheers mate.I have lived out here for nearly 6 years .I done some elephant trekking in the jungle up that way too a few years back , was incredible. Merry Xmas to you man ; )
@OorWullie I'm so jealous that you get to live in such a beautiful country, which part you in? Hope you have a great day, drink a chang for me
Feliz Navidad to both staff and readers. Have a great time!
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas! Have a good one!
@AlexSora89 Awesome, thanks for sharing that
Happy holidays everynyan!!!
@ThomasBW84
You're welcome.
Also, thanks to everyone else who enjoyed my little homage to Dickens' classic!
Happy holidays~ :3
Feliz Navidad Amigos at Nintendolife! Thanks for all the great articles and reviews!
Happy Holidays
You are quite welcome, and thank you for all the interesting reads. Have a happy holiday!
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Merry Christmas Nintendo Life! I hope everyone on this site is enjoying Christmas with their families and also getting some gaming in today as well!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone no matter what you celebrate this time of year!
Thank you NLife for a great year of brilliant reads and a few that I still can't erase from my memory and now I need therapy.
Merry Christmas NL. You guys have always been my number one source for news and info from Nintendo, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon. Thanks for the awesome year!
Happy holidays to thee and thine, NL writer and reader alike
I'm pretty late to the party, but happy holidays!
@ULTRA-64 Cheers man.I live not far from Bangkok near the beach.
Enjoy the holidays bro
Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you're all playing lots of games!
@BensonUii
Yup, I forgot you're a fellow inhabitant of The Boot.
Christmas Merry Everybody!!!! ^^
Merry Christmass everybody
My brother gave me ny first Amiibo !! (Link), so happy
I got the Limited Edition of Far Cry 4 and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris for the PS4, and a $20 PSN card to boot. Damn straight it was a good holiday.
Hope everyone had a good generic holiday while I look forward to the next holiday--the upcoming Twilight Zone marathon!
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