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@echoplex you're not showing as signed up here... do you want to email me your subscription info and I'll see why its not linked up to your NL account, send to [email protected] thanks!

@KingdomTears that is actually something we want to add in the future — and won't be locked behind a paywall.

@norwichred it will likely be more from the user that subscribes, but really depends on how many pages/adverts are viewed by someone that doesn't.

@DarthFoxMcCloud thanks for viewing without an adblocker, that's perfectly OK with us! I believe our partners are working hard to get Canada supported on the code store and hopefully will be online in the near future from what I've been told.

@Not_Soos we don't believe that having exclusive content for a sub-set of readers is the way forward; we want to make sure everyone can view our all content, and the offering here is more about having an alternative option for those that (for many different reasons) don't want to view adverts. Using an adblocker isn't a fair trade for viewing our content, ultimately.

@Desrever sorry to hear that, but that is exactly why we don't want to put content behind a paywall. Everyone is in a different situation and we just want to provide a choice to view ads or subscribe, both are valid forms of payment for our work.

@JetForceGemInEye thanks for the kind words!

@Shrewz @Deemo37 please check your email

@PtM touché!

Wow, love it. Next time I’m lucky enough to get to Tokyo this will be a must see.

@rjejr 33,525

@YoshiF2 I'm told this issue should now be resolved, can you let me know if it's still happening (or not) for you?

@EarthboundBenjy thanks for the spot, that should now be fixed

@Supermczoogle9000 you passed the test, thanks (fixed)!

@Damo leaving me in the cold?

@Scapetti hello again, I also thought that this thread was done and dusted and I hope everyone can find their peace here as per our previous exchange

I don't think there is anything else to really add from my perspective, as we discussed before you are completely entitled to your views and opinions and it's ok if we disagree on how a website should be run. However, I can understand why some of your comments (and ones from others) have rubbed people the wrong way which has caused them to react. They in turn are entitled to criticise your criticism and you them and so on and so on.

The main thing for me is to look at what is said and figure out what is going to be constructive and make things better as often any disagreement just ends up going round and round in circles and nothing actually changes.

Anyway, hope you have a good weekend as I'll be signing off soon!

@Scapetti it's a team effort, and the editorial team is constantly discussing what should get covered next and how, headlines are often shared in our Slack channels for feedback or suggestions from others and likewise for proofreading. The team is human and therefore their motivations and topics of interest will shift on a daily basis, so what we decide to cover one day might not be the same as the next — there are a lot of variables at play. That's also what keeps the site interesting for readers and the staff.

Naturally, all writers want their article to be as good as it can be but the internet is also fast-paced plus we have the luxury of being able to update articles after initial publication which our forefathers with magazines did not. So if on rare occasions mistakes happen they are usually fixed swiftly and with a clear update.

I do feel it's a little dangerous to speak on behalf of others (eg. "a lot of us") as in my experience reading the comments it's a very small number of users that have these kinds of issues with what we do compared to the overall number of commenters and overall readers. Typically we'll do a reader survey to gather this kind of feedback but admittedly haven't done so in a little while.

Hey @Scapetti, I'm Anthony and if you didn't know I founded Nintendo Life back in 2005 as I wanted to create a gaming website that celebrated and covered all aspects of Nintendo and the cultural impact it has far and wide. That's where the "Life" bit came in.

I'm proud of the site that has been built over the years and whole heartily feel that topics like this are important for us to cover, I never wanted the site to be stale and just post official news, that's what the official Nintendo website is for. I wanted it to cover anything that Nintendo gamers would be talking about, as friends, and that's why to this day we still cover lots of opinion articles, polls and talking points.

It's clear from your comments that your vision for the website is different and that is absolutely fine. It's always interesting to hear how other people would approach running a site like this. The main thing is though that whilst you disagree with how we run our site, that doesn't mean we need to or want to change it to suit you better. That isn't meant to be disrespectful either. We always make our decisions on what we feel matches our vision for the site and the audience that reads it, as a whole, catering for specific feedback of individuals doesn't always solve anything and isn't sustainable.

There are many different Nintendo (and gaming) websites around and most of them approach things differently, I can totally respect that as each site owner will have their own vision, we wouldn't want every site to do things exactly the same way as each other.

If you believe strongly that things could or should be done differently, and there is an audience for that, I would encourage you to put that vision into action and create an outlet for it.

@Spiders agreed, the game has been rated teen which is probably fine, but what this suggests is that even with that rating the description hasn’t been well vetted for a universal audience, which comes back to the question of whether Nintendo are even checking it.

@Spiders for me I hope the new generation will learn from the mistakes of the past, people making gay-related jokes were commonplace when I was a kid and looking back it was totally not OK and offensive. The logic here is that unfiltered adult jokes are fine (within reason), but at what point do we make them accessible to all with no filter.

@Spiders mainly because an (as an example) 7-year-old can read that game description and is unlikely to understand or seek out the context you mention. The article talks about whether or not it's appropriate for the Nintendo eShop, not in general.

@CactusMan yeah, the guy that got banned from social platforms because of this kind of stuff. Which kind of shows how it’s inappropriate?

@NedBundy totally fair, it is my opinion.

@CactusMan that study talks of chemicals changing a gender, not “turning them gay”?

@fiben1002 even if it is, I don’t feel it’s appropriate for a eshop description. In my opinion, just because it’s meant as a joke doesn’t make it acceptable.

@WallyWest putting the conspiracy theory stuff aside, "and the water is turning the frogs gay" seems very inappropriate.

Happy Christmas everyone. Hope you all got some nice presents and have a great day! 🥳🥳🥳

@StarPoint whoops, my bad!

@gaga64 I have no idEA what you are talking about

@YusseiWarrior3000 I believe a review will be in progress.

@Picola-Wicola please email us the details of that, this isn't the place to discuss it.

@BloodNinja unfortunately, that's quite sensitive company information that competitors would find too useful. We do have a 'Most Read' box on the homepage which is a fairly accurate representation of what is getting the most traffic over a recent period of time.

@BloodNinja I'll set the record straight to avoid the assumptions. The number of comments on articles does not represent the number of views, it would be extremely misleading to assume that they do, because they really, really don't. Kate decides what she wants to write about and we support her subject choices, which are varied.

If we wanted to purely post content to get the most clicks, the content on the site would be extremely different to the diverse range of content we actually publish.

I'm in, haven't played this in ages so would love to see it on Switch. Hopefully that makes Quake II will follow soon after and if we're really lucky, Quake III - but I'm doubtful on that.

@BloodNinja hey, it would be more useful if you could simply send us a screenshot (you have my email address) so we can get the bad-ad reported and blocked from the system.

@KateGray to be fair, you can enter the name “Zelda” when you play the game, right? Maybe they called their hero Zelda.

Okay, let's leave it there. This is a informative news story about the fact restrictions are being put in place by the event organiser.

We don't need to debate the merits of those restrictions here yet again as they've been done time and time before elsewhere.

If you want to visit PAX West but don't agree with the restrictions we suggest you contact the organisers to discuss further.

@sanderev it's OK, we don't have to agree.

If we only ran articles that contained official information from Nintendo like you suggest, then this would basically be a carbon copy of the official Nintendo website. That's not who we are, not why we setup and run this website.

There is no need for a poll on the matter either, the evidence is here to see on every rumour article we've ever done over the years.

@sanderev I respectfully disagree with you, like I said it’s always something we’ve done and will continue to do so. We’re here to be part of the conversation about all aspects of Nintendo including rumours and speculation. When we see rumours that our own sources confirm/contradict we’ll post articles that state that too. Sources are always included so people can make their own judgment on each sources integrity.

@sanderev it’s pretty clear that lots of people enjoy reading and discussing rumours over the 15 years we’ve ran the site and the comments they received. It’s a very small number of people that don’t and the majority of those simply ignore them if they aren’t interested. Likewise of any type of article.

It’s in no way clickbait when it’s clearly labelled what it is and the details, albeit how obscure, of the source is in the article.

@jonathangcohen we might add a feature to do this one day, however, ‘Rumour’ is the first word in the headline on all articles like this, so they are clearly labelled and therefore really easy to ignore/skip if you don’t like reading about rumours. Lots of people do though 👍

@Savino battery life is identical to current models according to the tech specs

I like the white/black and it reminds me of the PS5 in lots of ways... great that they've fixed the stand too, that looks a good improvement.

@clvr hah! That's what I get for copy/pasting, that is fixed now

@Ralizah ARMS (2017)

@Richardwebb the ethos of our website has always been to cover rumours, we want to be part of the conversations that fans are having and discuss the merits of said rumours. Rumours are part of the Nintendo community and ignoring them we would be missing a massive part of what we love about the games industry.

@StardusterEX probably the best comment I’ve read on our site in a long time (the one where you mention studying journalism)

@CheekyZelda @BrintaPap please refrain from arguing about the merits of an entire country. This article is about Pokemon trading cards, so stay on topic.

@sanderev we've always covered this kind of thing when we feel it's interesting to our readers and will continue to do so. Whilst you're welcome to send us feedback via the contact us form our editorial stance on this is pretty clear.

Obviously it's not going to be of interest to everyone, but everyone has the choice not to read the article.

@GrailUK knowing both journalists in question personally, I would disagree it's rumour mongering. They have sources that will have shared this info and I would 100% believe these claims. They simply can't officially confirm something on behalf of Nintendo, but I trust this to be legit.