Site News: Welcome To The Brand New Nintendo Life!

Love it. The Mario party banner looks brilliant!

Congratulations for the website redesign! It looks great and lively like Nintendo games.

I like the new look,it looks great!

What have you done?

It makes me sad.

Yes, the presentation quality is high—it always has been—but now you've just done what so many other "modern" sites have done and created something that's not natural to view and read at all.

No one views stuff by going all over the place. The simple one article above the other in a nice linear format was superior to what you have now by default (tiles all over the place) purely in terms of a natural reading flow and natural usability.

It was all so simple when it was just a list of new articles in order from newest to oldest (with all the other stuff separate, so people could go faff around with only if they wanted to). Now it's convoluted [Edit: Although, better with the "List" option].

Even just finding this comment section became a task, as I naturally scrolled to the bottom of the page/article to find the comments but ended up with a full screens worth of extra links and stuff, which I had to scroll up from some arbitrary amount to get to the comment block.

Note: I'm viewing this new design on my PC, but the real irony is that the mobile version is closer to how the full screen version should actually be imo. Why do so many modern website designers have this thing where they realise it's important to keep things really simple, clean, and intuitive on the smaller screen, because of its limited size—even understanding the simple concept of linear reading from top to bottom without going off to the side, or having to go into sub options, or having to scan over multiple boxes/tiles around the page—but somehow think those basic design rules/principles don't apply when you go to a bigger screen format?

Edit: Here's a quick mock-up of the kind of thing I was more hoping for: http://oi66.tinypic.com/2cig21h.jpg

Hi guys I think the new website looks fantastic. I normally surf on my phone and it took a while to adjust. My only criticism is that I'm not too tech savvy and it's not as easy to navigate as your previous website. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually.

Wow!! What a pleasant surprise!!
Congratulations!!

nintendo life is my go to gaming site and im gald to see it new and improved! keep up the good work guys.

I'm liking the mobile site so far. Need to load up my laptop

It looks great!

MY EYES
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I'm kidding! I really like the redesign!

His, I am loving the changes! Well done @antdickens and Co! Looks like I'll be burning a whole lot of time rating games.
Bravo. Keep up the hard work. The fruits of
your accumulative labor are sweet delicacies. Cheers!

It looks great!

Loving this.
Really pops on mobile.
Can't wait to start rating my games.

How do I get the Desktop Version on my phone?
Previously there was a link at page end, with respect I can't stand these new Website formats, old dog, new tricks and all that

I'm liking the site so far, no more video ads in the articles and main page.

Hmmm. Nah.

Absolutely love the new site style, especially on mobile; it all looks very new and slick! (although I can't quite adjust to the tile view yet...) I would say that I find the featured section on the News page a little irritating; I just want to see the latest news straight away! However, super happy with the change as a whole, so well done!

Just look at this redesign! This has to be one of the most drastic, if not the most drastic redesign the site has ever had!

When I first saw this a few minutes ago, I was shocked. This is going to take some time to get used to. I do like it though. I was just starting to feel like Nintendo Life was ready for something new (though I wasn't expecting that new thing to be such a drastic change), and I'm totally up for it! It looks fresh, and more organised. I like how you can now just scroll down to the tab of your choice on the main page, rather than have to scroll through all the different topics in chronological order. User scores are also something I've been anticipating for a long time.

The only thing I kind of miss is the forum bar that was on the side of the old homepage. I liked being able to just take a gander at it and see what was being posted on the forums. But that's a minor complaint. I'm excited to see how the site is going to grow from here, and I'm going to be busy for a while now just sending in user scores. Good job on the redesign guys!

I like it, it looks great! You don't have to scroll through ads to get through the comment section.

Ewww!!! New look. Hate it. Hate when things change. Bring back the old.
Joking aside, looks sharp. Still as colorful as before but looks more.. professional? I like it!

@Ootfan98 I would also like to know that. I never cared for the mobile set up of any website.

Love the new website! Looks fantastic!

I can see some improvements, but like what @Kirk said, it's harder to navigate and read than the old layout (at least for me). I like how nice it looks, but the layout needs improvements of its own and hope to see it become better.

Was looking forward to this change happy to see it happen. Any agility in improvements planned?

I am liking this redesign. Huge fan of the notifications part that tells us when someone else has mentioned us in a comment. No need to go to the mail for that now! I will also be slowly working on updating my game collection.

Congratulations and thank you for all the effort, Ant and the rest of the NL Team!

Looks sharp, well done. It's taking a little getting used to, but no complaints so far.

Why? Why? Why?

Now I can't find things I want. It's like someone rearranged my furnitures and I can't locate anything.

The best thing, you don't have to scroll through ads to get to the comment section. _{At least they didn't popup at first. My bad..}

It looks great, so that's good.

Nice. It looks great and I'm immensely happy that you guys didn't botch the comments like most sites that get redesigned.

I just want you to know that right now your website is completely broken. I can't load comments at ALL because it takes me back to the home page, there's huuuuuge gaps between certain sections and it feels so cluttered. I do like the new home-bar area at the top but the rest is just such a cluster-bomb I can't stand it.

I was wondering why it kept saying ''bad gateway 505'' or something when I tried to load the site haha

@Ootfan98 @Spoony_Tech Haven't tried it on mobile myself yet, but most mobile browsers (on Android, no idea about iOS) have a toggle option in their app settings to switch to desktop mode.

How will streams work by the way? The live chats will still exist for stuff like Directs, right?

'sokay.

I like it but it took a while to load. and this is on a new computer that has been running really fast.

@antdickens is there a way to go to the desktop version? I never really liked mobile sites so I always use the desktop version on my phone if I can.

@get2sammyb You guys next? The new layout reminded me of the EU PS blog, not so much the NA one, not sure why those 2 are different?

I'm pretty much all for the modern design - whether I like it or not I'm still unsure but it's certainly modern and an improvement.

Did you move the comments to the middle of the screen just b/c? I'm all about symmetry, and in theory it makes sense, but in this case it looks wrong, like you switched sides just b/c you could and wanted to change it.

In the forums, which are pretty much limited to type on white, there is a whole lot of white, and the light blue may be a bit too light. It's a real purty blue, but w/ all that white maybe not blue enough?

So is the STORE for Nitneod Life branded stuff or offsite? I checked but didn't see any t-shirts w/ TW's mug on it.

Not sure how long it will take me to get used to it, but no going back now, that's for sure. But my neck does hurt from reading comments down the middle of the screen. So many years of reading and commenting on this site my neck is frozen in that position.

@Ootfan98 @Spoony_Tech Haven't tried it on mobile myself yet, but most mobile browsers (on Android, no idea about iOS) have a toggle option in their app settings to switch to desktop mode.

My I initial reaction was that I don't like it. No more tags for articles; no information about the author on the article pages; no recent forum posts; I liked the old chronological order timeline of articles the new one seems like it'll be easier to miss things now. Comments also don't load with the page instead you have to tell it to load them (with a slower connection it would help but I imagine it'd be a minor difference).
And overall it all seems too blue, and that's coming from a guy who's favorite color is blue.
Oh and the banner now scrolls with the page on articles thus filling up my possible reading/image viewing space.
All my opinions are from viewing it from an iPhine 5s. Haven't looked at the desktop yet.
I wish there was a preference setting under user profile for how I want to view the site while logged in.
I hope I can get used to this.

Looks great, but... my my... it will take a while for get used to it XD

LIke the user review option. Give people a chance to review games. I just hope people are honest and only review games they have actually played, not ones they watched a trailer and didn't like.

As for the new layout, not a fan right now, but I'll get used to it.

Loving the new look! Keep up the great work

It looks very sterile. Like a news aggregator site.
If it had more chill (less bright?) layout that showed a bit of personality I think the new design would be greatly improved. The default blue colour sticks out too much for a colour that's meant as decor. The site looks better in the retro section with a more muted red palette.
It's a big job redesigning a site. Seems like you gave the structure a lot of thought. Good luck going forward!

I welcome the change but my main issue is that it's a bit too bright to my taste. The light blue/white combo hurt my eyes when I first opened the site. I like the new additions. I might actually transfer my backlog here. The art section is nice too since the NL artists thread is pretty much dead (again) but looking at the art there, my art will go pretty much unnoticed since I'm not nearly as good as everyone else. I also tried the site on mobile as well and it looked fine to me.

@yokokazuo I tell my browser to request the desktop site.

@Kilroy Thanks and I tried it but it didn't do anything. Made it look worse tbh.

Also it would be nice if there was a 'light' and 'dark' theme switch (like on Youtube), as I think a black background would be easier on the eyes.

looks great, love how the site looks now then it did back then. i'll have good memories on the old version. but this redesign is pretty good to imo

@antdickens Oooh, hearts, you should have mentioned that in the overview. No thumbs down though, very PC of you.

Not sure how I feel about removing the badges from the avatars in favor of gold stars, ShogunRok's isn't going to be the same w/o it. But it's probably just me, everybody else will probably love it. Well everybody but Ramsey.

Love it! I like the option to "heart" posts you like.

Only thing I see that might be a bug is the stories on the left margin in the comments section seem to be really old and irrelevant to whatever I'm reading.

Also, I noticed as I typed this up, the whole screen scrolling down to update comments is a little annoying. Happened twice, and it's kind of jarring.

But great redesign nonetheless! Bravo!

i actually went through the effort of making an account just to say how horrible this is

Why is the article spread out across my entire screen? There's like a mile wide gap between each space, which is ridiculous, and the homepage looks a lot more confusing than it needs to be. When I come to this website, I come to scroll through quickly and pick out what I want to read, now I feel like I have to look in depth at the home page just to find out what's happening. Further more, these comments are super annoying when they're constantly updating when I'm trying to type.

Anyway, yeah.

Congrats on the redesign!

Awesome guys !

I hate change

It really is better on mobile, which is the primary way I view your site.

Great job guys.

Now I have to get used to another website all over again!

But I will grow to love it

We fear change.

@Grumblevolcano Will we get a "please understand" for the SFZ delay in the next ND? I'm still thinking late Feb early March. They have to do one before Pokken to explain how all of the amiibo will work, and before My Nintendo sign-ups begin in the west.

@R-L-A-George I've done that, but on my iPhone it will still keep me on the mobile version.

Well that's made a dull work afternoon fly by as I've rated all my owned games! Will we eventually see an overall member rating for games?

Nice to see a change for the upcoming system change, I feel like I should actually make an effort and find a proper avatar pic tonight and change my forum byline thingy.

I really like the way the top bar "ghosts" in and out. I'm sure the proper turn is "fade", but it's looks more ghosty than fady to me.

Please play nice with others

~Waluigi

I like it. Except the shop. That part feels totally pointless - you've gone to the trouble of having a whole shop interface only for it to link to the official Nintendo UK store?

Boo, it's too bright and it hurts my eyes I hate it when websites change the layout just as I'm getting comfortable with the old layout now I have to learn where everyone is on the new layout.

Well....I guess change is needed. So I have to get used to it.

That said, it'd be awesome if you guys bring out podcasts too! Love that kind of stuff!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAt

The new layout is too cluttered for my taste. I liked the original simple layout. It's too "mobile" friendly for its own good! And I can't load comments.

I'm not a huge fan of this. Lists are so nice and clean; I don't know why the trend today is to place large rectangular images in random places. The overall look is so basic. Also, now I have no way to view desktop mode on mobile. I hope there aren't many missing features in that version. Right away, I see that in the Forums/Watched Topics page, It doesn't tell me how long ago a post was made and by whom for each topic.

I really like the addition of a notification box, though! That should come in handy. Looking at forum topics in the home page is nicer too; now all of the most recent topics are right there along with all of the links I need on the left... in the desktop version. Please, Nintendolife, let us use the desktop version on mobile for those like me who use this site all the time from their phone using Wi-Fi.

@rjejr Pre-registration for Nintendo Account is a week tomorrow though (February 17th).

@antdickens @ThomasBW84
Upvote should be 1up mushroom icon instead of heart while downvote is Boo/King Boo icon.

@Kirk "And I shouldn't HAVE to view Ads if I don't want to. I shouldn't have to be monetised if I don't want to. "

You're absolutely right. Servers should be free and so should everything else! The thousands of hours in this new design should be free. Not only that, but every article should be written for free and every review should be provided for free, as should every feature.

If you're of that mindset, you can come and cut my lawn tomorrow. No pay, obviously. After all, why should I?

Wow, really? Implementing a like system without using 'Yeah's? And you call yourselves a Nintendo site

@Captain_Gonru

I just hit the Reply button to reply to you, so yes, it is a mobile thing.

Hopefully the new features compensate of the lack of words. Just please, for the love of God, don't turn all your content into videos like IGN is doing (and is why I abandoned them and started coming here). It's easier to mask how annoying gaming journalists tend to be when you don't have to actually hear them talk.

Most of the changes are cool so good job on that. My main issue as of right now is that everything seems super zoomed in on mobile. It is harder to scroll down 15 times than 3 times to see the same amount of articles for example. I'm not saying go back to the original size totally but I would prefer to be able to see more than 2 articles on screen at a time.

At least the new layout is snappier and mobile friendly.

Will there be a link or an anchor to the latest news section? Now I have to scroll down almost two laptop screen heights to come to the latest news section (past the ad and top stories section). I would prefer reading the site as a blog and seeing all the articles. rather than big tiles about recommended articles. Totally understand the appeal of that for casual and new readers though!

So far so good. My only gripe is no desktop view for mobile... I don't want to be stuck using a PC for Nintendo Life!
@sinalefa Yeah, the new notifications section is awesome! I freaking do not need to go to my email to see any mentions from NLife.
Oh, and everything's a little... square-y. Windows 8 influence? Anyway, congrats to @antdickens for transforming the site! I'm still recovering from the shock when I first saw this redesign on my phone, but I guess I'll get used to it.

I'm sure the new design will grown on me soon enough. This does not look bad at all.

I have to ask though, will the RSS feeds stay the same or should we update our subscriptions?

@Kirk @ThomasBW84 I am having the same issue on my desktop browser. I click "Tap here to load ## comments" and it just takes me to the main page. Other than that, nice new design. It looks great on my iPhone!

Was caught really off guard when I saw this xD I even said "holy crap" out loud. It's different but I'm liking it! I also say bravo to the change where I can choose to load the comments or reply without having to scroll all the way down thanks NintendoLife! My favorite websites to get Nintendo news

7/10

Looks good, although I kinda feel like I do when I get home from work and my wife has rearranged half the house. Looking forward to rating my games collection, and can't wait to see further changes.

Where do you change to list layout? Prefer the old layout.

Why are people saying hearts are not Nintendo enough? Haven't you played Zelda?

@antdickens Oh, thanks! Sorry for the harsh criticism. I figure you guys value our honest opinions. I'm sure I'll get used to it.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??? GIVE ME BACK MY LIST OF NEWS!!!

Mobile version of the site for PC. It died years ago and was panned with a reason.

2/10, looks horrendous and unintuitive in 1440p

@antdickens thanks! I also just sent an email about some bugs/problems I've noticed in the forums (and also mentioned the part about the desktop version before I noticed your reply).

I've never liked mobile sites, but I think the desktop version looks pretty good.

It's going to get some used to but I think I can grow to like it.

I am going to miss seeing the 5 recent forum posts in the right corner. It kind of encouraged me to be more active, or at least read the topics and posts there. Well at least it reminded me that I have a game collection page that needs to be updated.

Edit: Nevermind about the forum part I just scroll my cursor over the Forum Tab and there it was. I'll save all questions till after I toy around the site.

Literally went like 'AH! Whoa! What happened?!' when I visited the site today.

Then I was like 'Oh. OK. Cool!' Really like it so far

One thing I HATE with a passion is the top menu bar. you scroll down and it disappears, you then scroll up slightly too much and the top bar reappears out of nowhere and you are then hovering over one of the links which pops up a massive extra menu...and if you are viewing it on desktop with a smaller window it fils the window and you cant get off it, its fairly outrageous

bring back the old style, or at least give us the choice to see it in old stylee

@antdickens Huh. I could have sworn that I did that when I couldn't find a way to switch into desktop mode (didn't work), but now I have desktop view on my phone now and it looks spectacular! Well done! Maybe if you put the option for a desktop view at the bottom of the page as it was in the previous version, though...

Looks great! I like it.

@ThomasBW84 @antdickens Also, is there a way to get the "List View" to stick so that it defaults to "List View" whenever I visit the site?

Edit: Nevermind... It does stick.

Great work guys! Inline search results are very handy! Would love to see that return articles also.

@Judgedean I struggled to find it. It's stupidly on the homepage below the featured articles section.

I looked around for a few minutes before finding the setting to change to list view. That setting should really be more obvious.

Really new update haha! Feels really strange right now but I'm sure I'll get used to it it's kinda cool you can like comments now still private messaging would be sweet. It looks nice and I'm sure I'll grow to like it loading comments was a bit harder on mobile now though:-/

Not going to lie, it seems like a mess to me. Then again, that's what I thought about Gamefaqs changing their layout too, but I eventually got used to that, so most likely it's going to be the case here as well.

Thank you @antdickens but when I go there I still have to scroll down at least 1.5 laptop screen heights to come to the latest news section, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe there could be an option/user setting to minimise the Featured news/Top stories section?

Christ, even updates/amendments to my previous comments now seem to take time to upload to the site or something.

How is that a step forward from what we had before? How is that better, an improvement? How does that make this a more enjoyable experience?

Before when I typed an update/amendment to my comment it would appear as soon as I submitted the updated/amendment comment.

Now, to any rational person, doesn't that "old" version just seem better?

What's the actual preferred size of the profile banner?

Well, I was fond of the design before the Push Square redesign, and that design grew on me too. I'm sure this will do the same.

I think it looks pretty nice, although I do miss the banner at the top of the main page that cycles through the most recent reviews. Any chance that will come back?

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SH*T?!

Lovely work, glad to see one of my favorite websites get a facelift and a bunch of new features.

I take it from the store prices that NL is a UK site... Bleh :[

Love it!

@Expa0 The problem for me is that when you have to "get used to something" like this, it usually tells me it's worse design.

There's getting used to something new and "getting used" to something new.

And just because people will absolutely "get used" to this new design, I think we need to be very careful in making sure people don't mistake that for thinking this new design is actually an improvement.

I do not for one second think it is.

It certainly "more", in one way or another, but I don't see the "better" in it. In fact, I can't really think of one way I honestly believe it's genuinely better than the previous design.

I feared this was going to happen when they started talking about "big changes".

Site looks good, certainly crisper. Not keen on the comment changes but I'll adjust. Congratulations either way.

Don't like it. I'm switching to the "list" layout

Congrats on the redesign. I'm reserving my opinion until I check it out more fully, but it's intriguing at least.

Is there a way when doing a search to separate forum posts from NL articles? Cheers!

I can't seem to look at the comments... I click the "Tap here to load X comments", but it just redirects me to the opening page, so that's a problem.

@antdickens Sorry, I spoke too soon. I was still messing around with it and must have changed it back manually. But I can't view the comments at all on my desktop browser, whenever I click the link to load comments, it just takes me back to the home page.

Seriously, this website is dead to me now. Tell me when it changes back.

@yokokazuo My tablet does just fine. It's an RCA Viking Pro (fairly cheap) with 5.0. What is your phone?

It is going to take a short time to get use to, but everything changes. Such is life.

Looks better, more "professional".

@Kirk 100% agree...

The comments load on my S4. I wonder why it's redirecting for you guys.

The mobile version doesn't seem much different, which is a very good thing as I didn't have a problem with the old site.

Desktop version though, is something I definitely need to get used to and that's NOT a good thing!

Can't post comments... This is a TEST.

@antdickens Thank you kindly.

I like it a lot! It looks stylish and professional.

Confusing

@Kirk I've had ads turned off for years now because of the auto-playing video ads that have sound on them. Just tried the site with ads today hoping those would be gone, but nope, one of them played on this very page. Thank you, AdBlock!

Changes are good. And it probably is nice that you added a lot of new features. But I don't like the layout at all. I always loved nintendolife as my one and only go-to-page for gaming news for its purist design. Now there is just too much everywhere for me and the colour is pretty aggressive.
I don't want to complain since a lot of people seem to love it, but I probably won't be around that often anymore. =/
Though I hope to get used to it.

@antdickens thanks, sorted now. Looks good, I just need a bit of time to get used to it. I did like the previous side bar that had latest Forum Posts. There seems to be refresh issue on Edited Comments (or maybe that's my sh#tty phone)

Great

It looks really nice. Although I really prefer the vertical way of finding news on the front page as opposed to the thumbnails you guys have now.

I'm going to write a comment to celebrate the new redesign. Looks good so far NL!

@Kilroy I tried blocking as little ads as possible. I've had to block fake "facebook" ads... I want to support this site, it's been quality for as long, as I've used it.

@R-L-A-George I'm on an iPhone, but going to www.nintendolife.com/desktop works so I'm on the desktop version now

I guess the new layout is good for those that are using tablets...but what about desktop/laptop users? I will have to echo some of the comments of my fellow Nintendolifers and cast my vote for the old layout.

@Spin kind of agree. that part is a little overwhelming.

LOOKS nice but, more importantly, it's hell to navigate.

@R-L-A-George I feel the same way. I don't have AdBlock running on every site I visit, only the ones that have intrusive ads like auto-playing video or popups.

@Kirk Agreed. Hate it. It's all over the place.

@yokokazuo The browser I am using is Chrome. I frequently have to request the desktop version if I closed my browser.

How can I switch from desktop to mobile optimized display or reverse it, please?
(mobile view is pretty good)

I love the idea of giving us a way to give out scores for games. I too, was sick of hearing all the time, "the score should have been..."

After years of just being a 'guest' I have finally made an account. Getting used to this new site will take some time, but it does look amazing! I guess I'll go continue crying about Fates not having an European/Australian release date now...

Please play nice

~Waluigi

I like the new layout, it will take some getting used to but otherwise I like it. I do appreciate the notifications for replies as I can be bad at going back to look at them.

@Rockmin @Kirk I use Disconnect as a plug-in and had no issue commenting. The site itself goes between blacklist and whitelist because some of the ads being ran were causing serious issues with the browser. Hopefully the new design will help with that also.

Do have a problem with double posts however in Chrome on a MacBook.

@Kirk and for anyone that is interested you can still use Adblock and view the comments. You only have to go to Adblock's options and un-tick Easylist

@RupeeClock this pile of crap can't even load desktop version properly. Supposedly, this link www.nintendolife.com/desktop should make the website to be normal - it doesn't work. Unless /mobile and /desktop are supposed to look the same in Firefox.

Anyway, I love the explaination of "hope mobile will grow on people".... It worked wonders for Microsoft. Why would you not learn from their mistake that forcing mobile for PC is, putting it bluntly, stupid?

@Jolt

Welcome Jolt, the non-guest.

@antdickens If you use Adblock and have EasyList enabled the page doesn't load the comments and sends you back to the homepage.

I can't get the comments to work. Every time I click the comments, I get taken to the home page.

Also, the games list is much less intuitive. The old one was one of the best sources to see eShop games on the web. This one is kind of a mess.

Eww. Well OK whatever it's not bad, but so not simple like it should be.

I have mixed feelings about this update. As someone who rarely posts here, I have been coming to this site for quite some time. There are times when the simplest designs are the best. While I do not mind updates, this one is a bit too much at once. Here are a few things I noticed right away:

-Takes forever to load now, 2-3 times longer than before on all pages. Even longer for user comments to load.

-Wasted spaces and use of space (too many open spaces everywhere, pages in general too narrow. Optimize the page width)

-Comments section is way too narrow (remove the column on the side and make the comments take up more space side to side. Will make reading text walls easier, AKA Kirk's posts ;p)

-Also with the comments section, when posts are added, it pushes this comment window off the screen, which makes it annoying to type out.

-Main page: when it first loaded, there were links to articles written 2 years ago (May 2014 is what I saw)... Ok? Also the grid was a bit of a mess (biased here, never liked grid layouts anyways). "Top stories" are annoying. I always despised sites with those because often they are old articles, and/or irrelevant to what I want to read. I come here to check out new articles, not to revisit old ones that I have already read, with only the user comments added to them.

All in all, change can be a good thing, but often it should be more subtle instead of major overhauls like this. Not all of us can accept major changes easily, especially when we are set in our ways.

@antdickens Maybe @Kirk needs to clean his browser cache?

Well done guys!

THIS was only a matter of time. I'm not a fan of the cake and eat it to method of website designs. On desktop they look weird with huge blocky buttons. On mobile, I've run into too many that reshape without improving performance (sometimes they actually load slower, yay).

For here, I do not like the grid of info, where is the flow? What's new, what's old, what even ARE these things? The pictures (that was always window dressing to the actual information) has been given priority. Oh, and in writing this, the page keeps autoloading new posts in a fashion that makes the comment box keeps jumping away from me. Joy.

I'll put up with it (for now) since NL is one of my mains, but I'm not happy about it.

@Thatguywhoeats That's not it at all. If a layout isn't broken, it doesn't need to be fixed and that's what happened with this redesign. It is indeed more ad focused and messy. The ONLY thing I like is the addition of notifications, but I get notified via email anyway, so that's even a moot addition.

Looks great, love it! Good job guys!

Wow, this redesign is pretty nice. It might take me a while to get used to, though.

@RupeeClock "I understand that Nintendolife is doing what is necessary to keep operating, but this stings..."

So you'd rather they went out of business and there was no site at all? Would that not sting more?

@antdickens Nice! I like it! But the only thing I don't like is that the navigation menu keeps disappearing and reappearing, I find it annoying. The menu should only appear if you're at the top of the page. How about adding a "back to top" button on the bottom right.... like how Nintendo does on Miiverse and eShop?

@antdickens I only tested on Chrome. I had the same problem as many others described; instead of viewing the comments I was redirected back the Homepage. The solution was Adblock ---- Options ----- Filter Lists-----and disabling Easylist.

@Rockmin Ghostery works fine if you want to block trackers

Oh I really like it!

I'm on my mobile ATM and haven't had one issue that users are complaining about.
I'm going back to exploring all the changes now.

Just WOW I have visited site few hours ago. Now i logged in and such a big suprise. What can I say good job guys.

The events page is just brilliant! It's now never been so easy to know about all events!

The graphics are good but it is a functional mess.

The little icons remind me of Web 2.0 without the gradients.

Atleast the mobile site is still good.

@antdickens When I click on a notification from the right sidebar, the notification should be marked as read when I'm brought to it. I shouldn't have to go to my actual profile page and clicked Mark All As Read.

I love it, great so see the next step on this great site!

This design reminds me of "one of those" sites that are in ads with "top 10 things we totally didn't get from wikipedia" or "10 games you totally didn't play". Zergnet was it?

Funcionality of this is just as a big mess as it looks.

I know you want to go for big monies, but the first thing you must learn is that the site must be functional and easy to read.
For PC mobie format site is not good and it's not easy on the eyes.

So much white, so much empty space.

Looks nice on my phone! I'll try the desktop version later.

AND NOW WE CAN LIKE COMMENTS!

ngl, its confusing me

Amazing job guys! I'll follow NintendoLife forever! Thanks for all the information and nice articles, about our loved Big N. Good job, and I have a doubt, will you send the store products to Brazil?

I really like it. It seems some people spend more time writing lengthy comments than learning how to navigate the site and give it a chance. Any change takes time to learn, and I really like what I've seen so far.

Although there needs to be an option to add Animal Crossing to the favorite game series to follow. Haha.

This website looks like an Xbox dashboard.

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@ThomasBW84 Thanks for the tip about the lists format. That way I see all the posts in chronological order

New look is good, but I prefer old ones. Because it was simply and easy search, preview and etc. Maybe after some time I will love this new look too.

Looking good, took a bit to get used to it though. I was a big fan of the old layout, but this one is just as good if not better!

@ericwithcheese2 It's not about "learning", Mr passive aggressive.

You could learn the most complicated, convoluted, clunky, clumsy, confusion thing in the Universe, but that doesn't suddenly mean it's not any of those things.

This new layout is MATTER OF FACT closer to that spectrum than the old design, and to me that seems to kinda defeat the entire point. Or at least that should be the main point of redesigning the site. But it's probably not. It's probably more about money.

And maybe I'm just naive and need to get with the times and accept that stuff like money and advertising, click through rates and all that crap, is more important than all other considerations and that some things have to be sacrificed in order to add just a little bit more monetisation to the design.

But I really don't think so.

Ooh, I like the notifications inclusion. Much better than just emails I always miss.

Awesome guys, great job! Can't wait to see how the site will continue to evolve. :]

@antdickens Internet Explorer 11 is working for me now. Awesome! Thanks for the quick fix!

Yikes, everything has changed. It's gonna take some time for me to get used to everything.

no choice but to get used to it as i really love NL, and will continue to visit daily. however i really dislike the new design colors especially. the layout is just a mess and it feels and looks blocky clunky and the garishly colored. ill keep some advil handy...

@Damo I disagree with the whole notion that if you're not contributing money you should just accept that you have to be forced to view Ads. To me that's the kind of warped thinking I'm on about.

I tell you what: Show me the stats that prove your site wouldn't be able to function, comfortably, without monetising every single person and I'll type out a nice public apology right here. . . .

I think being able to monetise your site is important but I don't think it should be something ALL visitors and contributors have to have forced as a matter of course.

Make your money from all those great people out there who will happily allow you to stream Ads to them all day long, but don't make it something everyone has to bare.

I come here to check out the cool articles on your site and be part of the Nintendo Life community—nothing more and nothing less. I don't come here to help you guys make money in any way, shape, or form, and you guys shouldn't feel bad about that in the slightest—as long as you're able to live on the backs of the people that are perfectly comfortable making you money via Ad placement.

But I do think the thing with not being able to post comments unless Ads are turned off is intentional (either directly or indirectly, via the particular comments plug-in or whatever it is you're using).

Please mae the old style available again. Quite frankly I'm not feeling it at all with this new style, makes everything look clustered. A simple option switch to choose either the old or this new style would make wonders and everyone happy. You could also monitor the usage of both themes to see which one users prefer.

Just my two cents, would really love to have the option for the old layout.

Wow, talk about "change". Thats a total conversion
It will certainly take some time getting used to. But the user controll panel is a great new addition.

I dont know how i feel about the homepage though.
Im personally not a great fan of the windows 8-esque tile design. It makes it a lot more cluttered and less structured. But well see.

Certainly looks different. I like it! Good job, NL team!

@antdickens I can confirm that the comment section is now loading properly with EasyList enabled on Chrome. Now If you could do something about the layout that would be awesome. Maybe a poll about the new changes?

@antdickens I mean you have a comments section but people don't appear to be able to comment unless they have zero Ad blocking type software.

I certainly cannot comment unless my Ad blocking software is turned off.

So, the implication is "If you're not letting us monetise you via Ads then you're not worthy of being part of the community—your contribution and involvement in this site only has value, is only welcome, if it actually has monetary value via Ad revenue."

Tell me if somehow I'm getting that wrong?

Your website. Do what you want. It is certainly nice and sparse with adblock running so in that sense gets the thumbs up.

The new design looks pretty cool, though I personally prefer the old design. However, I do like the new notification system since I won't need to constantly look at my email.

Much better

Trending? Trending!?

I think I may have to lie down.

I do like the new features though.

@AlexOlney I use them in all of my Apps (Edit: roughly 20 Ad supported versions across various App stores at this point), and I'm setting them up in my own blog too, so I think I have some clue. lol

I do not, however, know explicitly how your new comments sections works, in terms of why it won't let me comment unless I have all my Ad blocking software turned off.

Neat new design! It's a pity for its timing, though - today TvTropes changed its design as well, so I have two big changes in a single day to deal with.

Loving the mobile redesign guys, nice job

@Kirk Allow me.

YOU ARE WRONG.

Sorry, but there's no other way to say it. You are wrong.

You've been told multiple times. You're being ridiculously paranoid. As a developer, I can tell you that testing new builds with AdBlock/Easylist installed is NOT a standard test scenario. And they aren't using a "plugin" either. This isn't a Wordpress site made by a ten year old.

They have now fixed the problem. I have AdBlock and Easylist in Chrome and I can post comments. With UBlock enabled in Firefox, I can post comments. So perhaps you'll let it rest now, or are you going to carry on attacking the site owners because of something that's all in your head?

If you hate the idea of seeing an ad that much and feel that you are being "forced", then leave. Just go.

@SuperKMx Look, I'm not reading through every single one of the comments here. So, if it's doesn't do that now—BUT IT ABSOLUTELY DID WHEN I POSTED MY COMMENTS—then it doesn't do that now.

LOL

If they've fixed it since I made my comments then MAJOR KUDOS to them.

And shut up with "just go" crap.

This looks great! Excellent job and layout! Looks very sharp, nice job everyone who contributed.

Wow, the redesign looks amazing!
I just discovered the two menues on the left and right, the "follow topic" idea is ingenious. However, there should be more topics to choose from.
I'll rate my game collection shortly, also a nice addition.
The same goes for the notification bar on the right. Now I'm even thinking about turning off email notifications.

The only thing that the site is still missing are private messages. Every forum/community on the web has them (even Miiverse), so why doesn't NL have PMs?
EDIT: I just learned that PMs will be coming to NL! How awesome is that?

@Splatburst I gave you a +1 heart for your +1 mushroom idea.

@AlexOlney Alex, I'll forgive you if you've not read all my comments. I've certainly not read all the comments in here either. But, I did make it very clear that this isn't an issue of so called "entitlement". It's an issue of choice, and not feeling like a stat, and whatever else I mentioned above.

You can download Ad supported versions of my games for free, or you can pay a one off payment for them without Ads. If I could give them away entirely free and without Ads I would, and I did for about two years, but unlike Nintendo Life I simply do not make enough money even with Ads and paid versions to have the choice to do anything else. If I had the coding expertise to allow users to turn Ads on and off at their preference, I would.

Nintendo Life has all these choices. I only wish I was in the same position are you guys.

And that's why I come at you with no holds barred when I feel that position isn't being fully respected/considered from the perspective of the user on the other end. And note, I get that you might have tweaked the comments since I first posted my complaints, and kudos to you guys if that's the case. The complaints were relative to the issue as it existed when I typed, and if the issue is fixed then the old complaints can be ignored.

If that makes sense to you?

@Captain_Gonru I'm on PC now, but it basically works the same way on my 7" tablet running Dolphin browser on Android 4.4, you have to touch a post to bring up the reply / report words.

I wonder if the new layout design will help me type Nitneod correctly? Uh, nope.

Looks great

I wish the review section was updated better. Is it that hard to alphabetize games or list stuff by console? Or if you do have it that way, I have no clue how to navigate it. lol

@Kirk
You're over reacting

Why am I viewing a mobile site on my 15.6' laptop? Because truly, that's all it is; a mobile site weirdly stretched on the sides. Sure, I'll get used to it, the same way I'd get used to driving a Soviet era Lada after owning a Lamborghini – doesn't mean the change is positive.

For one thing, the front page is using absurd amounts of space without really showing much. It's cluttered and all over the place. Some of my distaste goes back to my absolute hatred of the random news blocks every single site seems to use nowadays. What's this fetish website designers have with squares and edges?

C'est la vie. It seems one more bastion of good website design has fallen victim to the attack of the blocks.

Edit. One more thing to rant about: I really liked accessing the forums straight from the front page. That's gone too, it seems.

@Kilroy @antdickens
where to find the list view on mobile?

Wow loving the new site design! Took me by complete surprise as one moment it's the old template and then it's this much more pleasant eye popping design.

I'm really excited to look through all the features you've added and to see what else is to come in the future.

Also I like the ability to like comments but not down vote. Never liked the idea of down voting someone for voicing an opinion.

I'm liking the new site design, it's a lot more compact. It'll be hard to get used to for sure, but I think it'll be better off in the long run.

@antdickens It seems to be working fine now.

Listen: You guys control the site, so if my old comments are now deprecated, as it were, then feel free to edit/delete them as necessary.

I'm only complaining about issues as I see them. If those issues are now gone then I don't have a complaint, so feel free to edit/delete any such complaints as necessary.

Just as I don't wish to be mistreated as a user, I do not wish you guys to be mistreated/misrepresented as a provider. Or whatever labels make sense.

@MoonKnight7
Thank you! It feels good to be a non-guest if I may say so myself

@antdickens I'm liking it so far, nice work. The navigation bar is incredibly annoying though, appearing and disappearing all the time. Mainly because it's so big. I'd personally prefer it if it was reduced in size when away from the top of the page (I don't know if that's possible) or just keep it at the top.

Also, I'm not looking at what I'm writing because every time there's a new comment, the writing box gets pushed down.

@Kirk Take your tinfoil hat off dude!

Will this website run at 1080p60 on my Wii U?

@rjejr

Man, if it helped with your typing of Nintendo then we would need to give Ant a Nobel Prize

Picture above head title of articles is so wrong imo. Confusing to scroll and hard to find news you are interested in. Even writing this comment is a challenge.. While you're writing text keeps disappearing and you need to scroll to find text box. This goes for mobile version on iPhone 6 in Safari. I didn't see desktop version yet...

The new site design is lovely.

@Humphries90 Don't be silly and turn this into some stupid "tinfoil" hat debate.

Almost everyone chucking up a website is doing it for the money at the end of the day, even if that isn't and wasn't the original pure intention—it becomes almost unavoidable given how the entire system works—and I'm just voicing when I start to fear a certain line might have been crossed in pursuit of that money.

I prefer it in nearly every respect, especially nice you pointed out that 'list' mode was still available. I can only do list mode because I'm a simple minded fool, and trying to process two things at one makes my brain throw a strop.

With that in mind, it is possible to set the comments section up so that it takes up the entire screen? At the moment, it's pushed to the side and takes up about 2/3 on the screen, while the other 1/3 displays more 'content'. Obviously, this far down the page, the other 'content' has run out, meaning that the comments have an odd blank space to their left. Which I find less confusing that the content, but still a little odd. This in on an iPad.

Other than that, I'm surprisingly impressed, given how much a creature of habit I generally am.

@antdickens Too right I'd accuse you of censorship.

Now, you gonna fix the clunky layout too. . . .

Guess not.

Love the new design. I actually didn't even know there was a list games option in our profiles. I'm excited to rate all of my current games now

Im loving the new website design, and i just activated my account today.
I have been paying attention to nintendo life since long time, and i have the habit to come everyday to check nintendo news and etc.
I feel that there is still a lot to improve and things can only get better, for example the comment section there should be a option to make it not all that white or bright especially people that have vision problems, i think that should be mentioned, anyway that is the only thing i can notice right now. ^^

@Grumblevolcano

I think I wiped that out of my memory as I read it as pre-registratration for Miitomo, not the Nintendo Account, and Miitomo really isn't my thing. But you are correct. They should have a ND on Monday, I think most schools in the US are closed for Presidents day, and I'm really not sure how the 10m Wii U owners and 55m 3DS owners are supposed to know to sign up for a NA on the 17th by pre-registering for a mobile app. Some of the general public will likely just think a My Nitneod Account is a NNID that they already have and not even bother signing up.

@sinalefa (OK, that was really funny.)

Is there any way to stop the header bar appearing every time I scroll upwards?

Looks great! After just a few minutes, I actually found the tiles view to be more convenient than the traditional list format (I'm browsing on a laptop). I changed to list mode to experiment but went right back to tiles. It is still a logical, chronicle order except you can see more articles on the page at once, making it easier to browse for the ones you want to read. You just read them like a book. Left to right, down for the next line.
As for those complaining about ad block... C'mon. Do you know how expensive Alex Olney is? Eye watering.

I like it! I love that you can 'heart' comments.

HOLY RAVIOLI

Ok, so I do have one criticism NL. I really don't like that my "profile" page has an Ad underneath my icon. To anyone who isn't using Ad block, it makes me feel used by whatever product is below.

@Maxz Just curious - are you using the iPad horizontal or vertical? On my PC using Chrome the comments are the middle third w/ white on both sides, making me go blind; on my 7" tab vertically - I never use it horizontally - comments are full screen using Dolphin browser on Android 4.4.

@Kirk Everyone has an opinion about it, so it should be left at that. If you don't like it, you don't have to continue using it. Any site runs the risk of upsetting and losing some users when they do a redesign, and it certainly sounds like you are displeased, which is absolutely your right. The design has obviously made some people frothingly upset and others (like myself) like it. That's the way it works. Most any site you go to on the internet works the same way with ads and clicks, so I'm not sure why you are so sensitive about it happening here. This is a free site for us to use, how do you expect them to make any income in covering the costs to maintain it? I do get that people don't like to be seen in dollars and cents - I really do - but it happens at most sites that provide a free service, such as Facebook, cnn.com, Twitter, etc.

Everyone has had a say here in the comments, so now its up to us where we go from here and if we continue to use the site willingly or begrudgingly, or not at all.

I like the smaller touches, like the "liking" comments, and the easier way of adding titles to our profile and rating them. Having an "average user score" for game info pages has been around for awhile, but its nice to see it get more of a push because I think it could be very useful.

The site is looking good. In fact, after viewing the site for years and never taking the time to join, I did today, in celebration of the site, just so I could post good job

Absolutely amazing work @antdickens sites is looking great.

@rjejr I was using it in landscape mode, but I've just switched the portrait, and now the comments seems to fill the entire page nicely. Only, typing in portrait is a pain, by nature of the iPad. I haven't tried desktop mode yet, but I'll be interested to see if I get the 'middle third' problem you describe.

@antdickens OK, that's most of the comments deleted that I think directly accuse Nintendo Life of intentionally blocking comments for anyone using any Ad blocking software. A couple/few more of my comments mention it in general but those are mainly responses to someone else or whatever. You can edit those too if you'd like but I'm not personally bothered about them being there as such.

My two main issues were the more convoluted layout and the apparent forcing of Ads for anyone that wanted to contribute a comment. One of those issues appears to be fixed properly, and kudos to you guys for responding so quickly.

As Meatloaf said "I guess one out of two is bearable" or something like that.

@Splatburst I don't know and didn't see a problem on my S4 in portrait mode. Landscape is awful (by design), so unless we find out how to change it on mobile, I won't be coming here on my tablet.

My OCD doesn't like the comments being right in the middle of the page. Is it possible to have it go back to the far left of the screen?

I.. uhm.. I'm sorry, but this will really take some getting used to. I'm really not sure if I like it. It just looks incredibly generic but also rather chaotic right now. A good while ago I changed my starting page to NintendoLife because it looked so organized, and that just seems to be gone right now.

But maybe I just really need to get used to it. Hrmm...

I don't deal well with change...

@ericwithcheese2 I'm sensitive about it happening everywhere I go, but I'm in here now, and they just did a whole redesign, so now I'm making a specific point of it. If IGN had just done a redesign and made changes that I thought were noticeably for the worse, I'd be on IGN posting my thoughts and issues right now—and ironically, in the past I would have actually linked this site on my comment on IGN as an example of how to do it right, but not now. Not rocket science.

Also, and I hate to be that guy—everyone that comes here regularly knows full well I am 100% that guy—but imo all those people who are saying they "love it" are saying so because they don't really get what actually makes great design. They see something new and shiny, they see something that seems to ape lots of other popular sites, so their brains automatically equate it to awesome. Or, they're viewing the mobile version, and that's not too shabby.

But they don't really know, or else they'd know it's most certainly not better to navigate, is more confusing visually, and has a couple of totally annoying niggles that didn't even exist before, like now having to wait on the comments appearing and updating when they didn't in the previous version*.

But . . . who am I to say. . . .

*Although, if that's also been fixed since I made my comments then that's great too, but it was an issue when I first made my comments.

Wow, I have always liked your site very much and I'm really excited about the changes. The idea of scoring your own games is briliant 😊

@antdickens Is there a way to disable the notification number by our usernames when we log in?

Well, sorry @nintendolife since I'm sure you guys have spent quite a lot of time with this overhaul, so I don't mean to step on any toes here, but I'm with @Kirk and all the other naysayers. I am able to comment with AdBlock enabled just fine (obviously) so that for me is not an issue, but all the other criticisms are things that I can only agree with wholeheartedly.

Nintendo Life is my go to site for Nintendo related news so it was somewhat of an unpleasant surprise to see it change into this since the last time I visited, and to know that no matter what I or other people will say it is going to stay that way.

Of course we could get used to it, and we probably will (or have to) but like @Kirk said, if you have to make something of an effort to get used to something, then that probably isn't really a good thing at all.

The way I see it is that a fine community that felt like going to your neighborhood clubhouse that was all warm, cozy and fun to spend time at has moved to a larger, more sterile building with large, empty spaces that are all painted white. I don't like the large white spaces at the top and on the sides. The one on the top obviously has to do with blocking ads, but maybe it is possible to let the top space disappear when there are no ads displayed to prevent such a huge white gap from displaying on top of the articles?

I also don't like the disappearing bar at the top. Better just leave it there as a fixed header instead of making it reappear mid-comments section when you scroll back up, that to me is quite annoying and almost feels like the page is constantly reloading.

To me, it all feels somewhat clinical/sterile and doesn't add to the feel that the site had in it's old format. Instead it feels like a big step backward in some aspects, even though the site itself is now more modern and will probably work better in the background too.

Contrary to what some people are saying, change definitely isn't always good. The old saying "if it ain't broke" certainly applies here.

I do like the addition of being able to like someone's posts, though and that was something that imho was long overdue.

@ThomasBW84, @antdickens and colleagues: but at the end of the day, as long as you guys keep doing what you were doing, and that is keep using that quirky British humor (which this old Yank is quite partial to) to write your articles and make your videos (thumbs up @AlexOlney) and keep @Shiryu for the in-depth retro reviews, then I will stay around and I will probably... ahem.... "get used" to Nintendo Life's new Windows 8/Xbox One-like website...

Cheers!

And on the day after Gametrailers shut its doors forever.

Hope this is not a sign of trying to attract more viewers....

@Kirk Well also, its a brand new redesign. There are going to be cosmetic issues and bugs. Growing pains and all come with the territory.

I, for one, like the new look on the mobile version and desktop version, and I've poked around a lot in the last hour - adding things to my profile, changing my "following" news feed options, etc. I actually do like it, and not just because it looks new. I like the functionality added to it, as I've mentioned in previous posts. Although I can see how it could be confusing to some, it's not confusing to me to navigate because it is similar to other sites I already use, and I've taken the time to figure a few things on my own. There are a few things that aren't perfect, but I'm willing to give them a fair shake since the overhaul is so new to work things out. So its unfair to write off everyone who is in favor of this redesign as only being in it for the cosmetic changes. I think it adds a lot of great little touches that enhances the site overall.

@antdickens

Cool, thanks for the consideration. Looks good otherwise, I like the redesign overall. I especially like that we can rate our own games now.

@NImH Aaah, it's comments like this that make me wanna stay all the more.

The design is ok, but the space beetwen lines and characters is too much, in a single page of the phorums, you can see few post

Is it still possible to get a list of reviewed games like before where you see the games and scores directly? From what I can see you have to click on every review now to see the score.

There's a big gap at the top of the screen... I have to scroll way too much. The site takes about 5x as long to load. Things that used to be one click away are now multiple clicks... When I scroll up and down, an invasive thing pops up... It's not too late to change it back, you know. #ripnintendolife

@Kirk
I actually agree with what you have said in your first comment at least. That linear style was awesome, not sure I'll get used to having three columns on one screen. However, if more people like it, then that's dandy. Can't please everyone I 'spose.

@ericwithcheese2 Yeah, I've never been of the opinion that having more choices and options under the hood, as it were, is better if it comes at the cost of a simple and intuitive front end. All the other stuff is the stuff only a tiny percentage of people give a sh*t about, so that should be the convoluted stuff that's hard to navigate and find, for the small percentage of people who care about it, not the other way around.

I'm willing to be you money that most people who come to Nintendo Life regularly simply look through the list of main News articles from top to bottom for a couple of pages back, until they get to where they last left off, and that's about it. And that was actually why the old design worked so well, because it worked best for the most people and served that purpose brilliantly. Now, imo, it maybe works better for a smaller percentage of people who like to dig deep but is just too convoluted and clunky for most to use entirely naturally, intuitively, and comfortably.

But yup, everyone will "get used to it" I have no doubt. We all "got used to" the IGN redesign, and the Twitter redesign, the Engadget redesign, and so on. . . . They ain't better though.

@TheRealThanos Thanks for the vote of cofidence!

Well, it's a brave new world people. What do you think if the remnants of Mankind would arrive on Mira and say "I don't like this new sky, let us all perish in the depths of space instead"? Talk about short game right there!

@antdickens Come on Anthony. How long have both you and I been here? You must know by now that's not my style. lol

But no probs.

Hey guys, looking good! Looking forward to getting my user profile updated and start rating my own game library! Will this mean NL reviews of games or profiles will show a NL game rating and a community rating? Because that would be pretty cool.

Easily the best part for me is the fact this site is finally DPI aware. No more blurry browsing on my laptop with a HiDPI screen.

Can't lie, this redesign is marvelous!

Finally it loads faster

I'll be switching to lost mode immediately

Why do so many websites nowadays only use 50% of my screen width? I know, the answer is "mobile" but still, why not have it adjust to my screen type?

No issues here for me using Safari 9.0.3 on Mac OSX 10.9.5.The site is loading well and it seems that I can post.

The look is nice and clean. Let's hope the posts and reviews and stories are just as good as they were before.

@Maxz Just to clarify, I haven't tried desktop mode on my tablet, it's too small for me to read, but my actual PC desktop where the comments are the middle third. Which could just be a Chrome thing.

Well, its nice I guess.

I just need to get used to it.

Still, like some of the comment above, why theres so much screen space at the left or right in the comments? Looks like this is mobile.

...will take some getting used too, and still expect some "stability" updates..I like some of the new features, hearts, game rating, shop..now we just need a loyalty program for points and some free Swag!!..

Liking the new design, but it will take some time getting used to.
Well done!

Well this is certainly different. Might take a while for me to truely judge whether i like it or not.

My other complaint: Why are Private Messages not implemented yet? Whats the problem? Someone will spam stuff?

I thought I loaded the mobile site for the first few times for some reason because thats kinda what it looks like with the bar at the top. Definitely shocked and surprised at the look since i was browsing the old layout this morning. Obviously some growing pains on any layout, but the layout looks amateur at the moment.

I did Like the old layout better but really I guess i'll just have to get used to it.

I'm a mobile user and am not a fan of the redesign. I loved the old layout. It was very clean. This layout feels more clunky and a bit more kiddy somehow.

Not trying to be rude or anything. I'll remain a loyal fan of your site. I'm just sharing my opinion.

OK, here's what I'd say as a constructive comment/suggestion:

If you go to the "Latest News" section, select "List" display format, and if it were possible to get rid of the tiles at the top (you could just add them to the list, or maybe still keep them as "tiles" but just make them all equal-sized, full-width tiles placed in "list" style above the non-featured posts), and hide away the big Ad space at the top if a visitor has blocked Ads (can show the little "Advert" text you have in the middle of the list when Ads blocked), then THAT would be a near ideal "front page" for the new Nintendo Life imo.

THAT would be basically like the old design but improved—but I really shouldn't have to filter the page, turn on different display modes, and create a new bookmark just to get that. It's a far better "home" page than what is currently being used in the new design imo, and I think far more in line with the way most people who come to a site like Nintendo Life would choose to view their content naturally. It's why I think most people who like Nintendo Life in the first place actually liked that old design.

All the other convoluted and clunky stuff, liking mixing everything together in different sized panels and with all the categories on the front page below each other after a few tiles (that need to be expanded to view more), or whatever, should be the stuff some other twits have to faff around setting up to get to display that way. That really shouldn't be the default page everyone gets sent to.

I just thank Christ there was some way to get the site back to some semblance of elegance again.

Seriously, if you try setting up two designs for the "Home page" side by side, the one you have now and that alternative I've suggested above that is still available in your current design but closer to the older layout, and do a poll to see what people prefer, I think they'd like the alternative I've suggested better.

If I'm wrong I'm wrong—although people being what they are, they'll probably now just pick the new design because it's now what they think they're supposed to like based on the fact it was how you presented the new design to them—but I honestly feel that simpler linear layout, on the Latest News page by default, and without the multi-sized panels at the top, is a better setup in general for the site.

Although I doubt you're actually gonna try that, but that's my suggestion.

Looks pretty great. Especially the mobile site looks really fresh now.

I just wish you would get rid of the really ridiculously annoying sponsored links by taboola from the bottom of the article.

It looks ok so far on my phone, but I'll have to try it out on my computer later. Changes like this take me a while to get used to, so I won't know for a while yet whether I think this is an improvement or not.

The only thing annoying me so far is having to click to see comments, but I may notice other things later.

Awsome new design!!!
I really hope you can add some North American versions of the games to the store (with international shipping of course). I'm gonna check the collection thing right now. I hope it is good and has all my games .
Once again, great design, it really makes me proud to be a Nintendo Life member!

Excellent new look!

I'm very impressed with the new look! It is much more user-friendly on mobile devices. Great job!

Ooooh shizzle, they went and changed my NintendoLife!
Looks cool though!

Sry i dislike the design. Will make me check out the site way less.

This is a copy of the email I just sent using the form for such things :

Every man and his dog might have a website like this these days. But nintendolife used to be different. In a world of over complication and lack of usability for the reader, your site was a pleasure to use.

I am sorry if it appears if I'm dissing the work of the designers - who I'm sure have worked very hard and have much more skill than I will EVER have. But if you need to publish an article (complete with screenshots) explaining how to use an Internet site, then something has gone very badly wrong. In my opinion of course - and maybe at 45 years old this is the sad day that I have become too old for the Internet. What a horrible thought

The sad fact is that I can't get what I want from this site design anymore. Or at least I can't without studying some "how to" guide. And life is too short.

I have loved my time on this site. I have checked in at least twice a day maybe more since I discovered it a few years ago.

I will now have to go elsewhere, which is a shame as I'm sure the content is as great as it ever was.

I am sad, but I wish you and the site luck going forward. I'm sure in the grand scheme of things I don't matter and all those hipsters that will be pulled in by the new design will be welcomed with open arms.

I was looking forward to this change:) are you planning to improve upon it over time with agility?

I like the changes so far!

@norwichred Here's my tip, and I promise it can help—although I totally understand this really shouldn't have been needed.

Go to the "Latest News" header (blue banner) in the list of articles on the front page and click it. That will take you to a page that shows only the "Latest News" list, which is how the old Nintendo Life was displayed by default (it's actually all the articles/reviews/features/etc., not just news). Now, select the "List" display option from the right site of the list of posts (It should currently say "Tile" with a little "Windows" looking icon next to it).

Now, bookmark that as your Nintendo Life page.

It's about as close to that old Nintendo Life site design as you can get, from what I can tell.

Again though, I personally think that should have been what everyone saw on the Homepage by default (give or take).

Wow the layout and design of this website has gotten bad...you guys f*cked up.

@kirk thank you. Took a bit of time with your instructions - but think I've Sussed it. Seems to be no way of getting rid of the featured section (otherwise known as the "I spent ages writing this article and I wil FORCE it into your eyeballs whether you like it or not" section) though.

I'll give it a go now you've given me that tip mate and I appreciate it. Can't see me staying around though. It's just horrible

Yeah, I am not digging this new layout. I'm assuming that a good chunk of my screen is blank white space due to my use of ad-blocker.

Kinda looks like it'll be harder to read through the current events now, not easier. Sheesh.

@norwichred Yeah, the one thing you can't remove is the big chunk of random sized "Feature News" tiles at the top of the screen before you get to the simple list of "Latest News" articles. And you also can't remove the huge Ad block at the top of the page (even if you have Ad blocking software activated).

With those changes it's perfectly useable though, and close enough to the simple and elegant old design that so many of us loved.

I'm just thanking God they at least let me/us set it up that way, with a bit of faffing around.

To be blunt though, I think it's the geeks that should have to do all the faffing around to get their cluttered, clunky, and convoluted layout, if that's what they really want, and not the other way around. I honestly think it should be simple and elegant for everyone by default, with the option to be able to be display things like "Featured News" tiles at the top of the page, show multiple list categories below each other, or set the "List" view to "Tile" view for those people who want that kind of stuff.

@Shiryu No problem, credit where credit's due, as far as I am concerned. You have a way of going into the detail of things, and even more so: the feeling of it, that makes reading your articles truly an immersive experience and especially with games that I used to own or play myself, it takes me right back to that time, so that is all on you, hence a well deserved pat on the back for you.

Awesome! I was looking for this article!

[Cross-posting on the forum thread] The top banner dealie keeps disappearing and reappearing. (I wish it would just disappear.)

Everything is too big now. I'm using a 13-inch laptop that is not always connected to a big monitor. I don't like how more and more sites have been becoming less small-monitor friendly.

Yeah yeah, I'm complaining. Hey, it's constructive feedback.

The store sucks. It's all just UK stuff.
You gotta include US stuff too!

Looks great on my phone. Haven't checked out the desktop version yet but I'll be sure to soon!

It's really ugly, it's cluttered, way too bright and there is unused white space everywhere. And it seems that ads are displayed on member's profile pages. Disgusting and horrible like all these redesigns on other websites.

@TheRealThanos I just write what I lived. Glad you get that!

@BearClaus
Control + two fingers slide down on the touchpad.

That will shrink the page. You can adjust it to your preference.

At least you guys kept Disqus!

Love the new design and user inventory and game ratings. It adds another level if interactivity to this great my go to Nintendo site. Not to mention the great articles, content, and user comments that make this site great.

I personally don't care for the new layout, it seems harder to find things.

I will probably continue to view the site, however.

I noticed reviews don't list the genre of the game anymore? That's always the thing I look at first and so important! I can't believe you guys removed that, please list it alongside or at the top of reviews again.

I don't like the new look of the profile pages. Or the look of the forums.

These changes are awesome!

It's pretty good overall, but the first thing I thought of when I saw the redesign was that hopefully we'd be able to see prices in the reviews on the mobile site. Instead, it appears they're not there even when I click "View Desktop Site" on my browser. . . .

Looks like the web development team has been working hard! As a fellow web developer, I know how hard and challenging it is to do a huge redesign like this. Congrats!

@Kirk "hide away the big Ad space at the top if a visitor has blocked Ads (can show the little "Advert" text you have in the middle of the list when Ads blocked)"

So, they should do MORE work to ensure that the people who don't generate them any revenue don't get upset?

Sounds about right.

Nice to see that anyone who prefers something different to you (and preference is ALL this is down to) is a "twit" or a "geek." Real nice.

You keep saying that other sites that have changed are not "better" and that people have gotten "used to" them. But design is entirely subjective. What you dislike, others will actually like. It is NOT in any way a "fact" that a new design is better than an old one, or vice versa. It's your opinion.

Ok.. I finally opened desktop version and.. It's a mess. Can't say I like it. Time will tell... However that doesn't mean I won't read NL on daily basis

Wow, great. Now it looks like every other recent site. Like those click bait sites with a dozen articles about 'one crazy trick to cure blackheads' and 'these prom pictures are INSANE wait till you see picture 8'. Also, the home page now seriously bogs down my computer. I'm on an actual computer, using a recent Firefox build. Very disappointing change.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Not to be rude, but of course it is. Why would a website NOT want to attract more readers?

I feel like that .gif of Vincent Vega.

I'm sure I'll figure out the new layout eventually.

As long as it is arranged the same I care little about however much money you all want to waste on the look. I want articles in order and reviews as well. They seem to be, so ...good. IGN used to have an easy to use site as well, but their change a few years ago made it annoying. Used to be my goto review site too. So sad.

@SuperKMx Yup, 100%. Good design isn't just about making something that only pleases those people who can give you something back in return. Good design isn't selfish and greedy.

And, no, design is not all entirely subjective at all. There is such a thing as objectively measurable/definable good/bad design relative to it's intended purpose and use. A door that is intended to be opened but that can't be opened is a badly designed door—and your personal opinion on it means jack sh*t.

If you are about to get into one of these r*tarded arguments about subjectivity, when you really don't understand the thing you are arguing, don't bother wasting both our time, because you'll just find me getting very personally insulting towards you and things like your intelligence and whatever else, and you don't really need that in your life.

BE THE BIGGER/BETTER MAN AND WALK AWAY.

Great job with the redesign @antdickens , it looks great! It's probably top-secret stuff, but as a fellow web designer/programmer, it would be really cool to see your code someday.

Can you please add a way to change back to desktop view on mobile phones? I was always able to do that in the previous latout by clicking a desktop view button on the bottom of the page but now it's gone...

Definitely seems like it's a redesign built for tablet users, which I am not - if possible is there a way for a user to shrink the topics/articles/games&c banner? That and the log-in banner take up about 25% of my screen space and follow the entire way down the page.

I switched back to list view immediately, please don't remove it entirely in a future update.

I understand you guys put a lot of work into this, but I'm not a fan.

NO, I DON'T LIKE CHANGE

Wait... You can like comments now...?

BEST CHANGE EVER

Welp, I do wish the revamp did away with trolls who love attention, be it positive or negative, ~cough @kirk ~ but that's my only real beef here today.
I actually cannot comment on the web version since I've only experienced it on my mobile so far... But it's atheistically pleasing and easy to navigate.
I have a feeling that everyone complaining about the changes are Apple-fans who're used to minor updates with every new release... because I personally enjoy very much the opportunity to explore and learn a whole new interface when I get a new phone model. Same thing here. It's been a fun day at Nintendo Life.

Looking good

LOVE the new design! Awesome how we get to score games now, too.

OH MY GOD... I can like comments!! This is awesome!
(Oh, and the redesign is great too).

Woah