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@Kirbyfan Thomas aka @Nanaki is a friend I met online during the GameCube era, as before Nintendo Life my very first website was about GameCube games back in 2001-2002. Tom did some reviews for that site and a few more when I started up NL. He's not involved any more but we're still friends!

@CromAstronomy thanks, I appreciate the kind words and support!

@Crimson_Ridley respectfully, I have to disagree with you.

When I started Nintendo Life back in 2005 the goal was always to be a site that celebrates all of Nintendo and how it touches all aspects of life, more so than any other platform holder at the time. Nintendo's presence in pop culture is definitely part of what I always wanted the site to cover and frankly we always have over the years in various ways. We've also always reflected Nintendo's more fun sensibilities rather than trying to be dry and serious.

The stats for articles highlighting pop culture mentions of Nintendo like this suggest it's just as much of interest to our wider readership as any other type of content. Sure, some people aren't interested in it — and that's fine — no one expects every article to cater to every user.

The bottom line is, we've always covered this stuff, we've always wanted to cover this stuff and will continue to do so.

@nhSnork yeah, they released the standalone game on the eShop today.

@Zeropulse I won't lie, I was unconvinced when the Switch was first revealed. I felt it looked like a good product but I wasn't convinced it would translate into the mainstream in the way that is has done. The initial video was good though and felt like a league apart from what how Wii U was explained.

@johnvboy the difference is you are saying the article is "click bate" based purely on you looking at an image, imaging what the article might be about and not reading the headline. Which makes no sense.

@Barbara001 the headline hasn't been changed.

@johnvboy you are free to not find an article interesting/relevant to you. Most people just skip it, if that is the case, rather than trying to complain about it with no basis. The image isn't misleading in any way.

Whether there is "no news" is a matter of opinion. We decide what articles we want to publish and stand by this article 100%. We don't expect every article to be relevant to every reader, the same as any other website.

@Barbara001 what do you mean "they changed the headline"?

@johnvboy the image is from the presentation that the article is referring to? If you think otherwise, we can't help that.

@johnvboy I'm not sure what you are talking about? The image is directly related to the headline / title which doesn't suggest anything of the kind.

@FluffiestP1llow people will have seen this floating around on social media and other sites so we feel a duty to debunk it so that people aren’t mislead.

@BadWaluigi2 Not sure what you mean, it literally says it’s fake in the headline. There is no click bait here at all.

@Tasuki no, it’s nothing to do with Nintendo. You’re talking about officially licensed which is something else entirely.

Slow news day?

@LuigiMario @BabyYoshi12 glad to hear they arrived safely! Yeah, the end results look great don’t they?

@Agriculture we list the sales when they are provided by Nintendo in the press releases, so they will still appear. They only tend to do it when there are exciting discounts these days, which means there probably isn't anything very exciting this week.

@PBandSmelly ouch, that’s gotta hurt like a paper cut

@chardir yeah, that’s a fair point. Should be like £119.99 for a bundle.

@PBandSmelly feels like better value than Labo to me, or similar at the very least.

Nice to see Nintendo UK on the ball and offering pre-orders straight away... not sure why the US store isn't doing the same? Hopefully more retailers will be live soon.

@TG16_IS_BAE @Apportal both of you, you’ve made your points. Leave it there. No more insults please. Keep on topic.

@MaxiPareja lots of people who buy physical carts do so because they want to have the "entire game" on a cart for the future. Meaning when the eShop gets turned off one day they don't have to download updates. So when games are released on carts that don't include the full game, it 100% affects their decision as to whether to buy it.

@BabyYoshi12 @LuigiMario they are currently in production, I believe they should arrive here any day now.

@TheFullAndy yep, we do welcome constructive criticism.

The "spoiler" thing is difficult when it comes to rumours, ANY Fall Guys related post on NL would surely hint at the fact it might come to Switch? We have always reported on rumours as a large portion of our audience wants that, it's the site we wanted to create. It replaces what we had in the past where we'd meet up and discuss the what if's and what next of gaming. So whilst we'll accept that feedback it's not something we would change.

"There used to be a mission to review all the games coming out and whilst I do not expect that with the constant stream of games there has definitely been a marked reduction in the reviews of games and replaced by articles such as this which in the end do not amount to much."

It's true we aimed to review all wiiware/eshop games because it was possible, however, it's not possible to review all games on Switch. The facts of the matter are that we've actually increased the number of reviews in recent years, 608 in 2018, 503 in 2019. During the Wii U era it was between 350-450 year. So I have no idea why you'd think we're doing less reviews. We have more editorial staff now than before therefore more capacity for news and features.

We also have a wider audience than ever before, so what may be "obvious" to core readers, might not be so obvious to newer readers, Switch has broadened things massively for us.

@HotGoomba but Wii all enjoyed how it turned out

@clvr nope, I've not touched it. I can see it is deleted though, so have restored it for you.

@EchoNemesis I don’t disagree, but that’s Nintendo’s decision to make.

@datamonkey I guess there is a discussion about what this actually means though. Accessibility is perhaps the better term here. The accessibility in TLOU2 for example is outstanding and could be viewed as trying to cater for casuals with the different game modes. Catering to the hardcore doesn’t have to always exclude casuals.

@COVIDberry I hear you. We all miss it. I think it’s going to be difficult for everyone to keep expectations in check over MP4. I really can’t wait to find out more though.

@BlueOcean shareholders is their point. Whilst it certainly is difficult to create something that caters for all, personally speaking, I found the existing Prime games a good balance. They had a strong focus on adventure (like the original 2D games) and a good amount of action. One of the most successful attempts at that balance I would say, so fingers crossed it continues.

@datamonkey I kind of understand what you are saying, but at the same time, Nintendo, the company, are in the business of selling games to as many consumers as possible. So making something specifically for "hardcore" gamers would be bad business sense... which is why they have repeatedly gone for universal appeal where possible.

@Hobbesyall wishful thinking. I'm not even sure we'll see it released in 2021 to be honest, here's hoping though!

@Faruko @Rika_Yoshitake he talks specifically the Metroid Prime series and Metroid Prime 4 is part of the Metroid Prime series. He wouldn't mention it if it wasn't still true to their design philosophy.

I'm hoping we get all different kinds of controls for MP4. Having played the first two games with both a (single stick) GC controller and the Wii motion controls I enjoyed both. Nintendo could support both these, plus dual-analogue with the latest game and make it one of the most accessible first person games.

@TheFullAndy @TG16_IS_BAE @PickledKong64 leave it out with the personal insults please (I've removed those comments).

@Tstar thanks for the suggestion, however, we're using 'Title Case' (info: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/capitalization/title-case) as our preferred format for headlines and have done so for a very long time and unlikely to change it.

@GrailUK LOL, okay... I don't know the reference, nevermind!

@GrailUK @TheBigK loads fine for us (on all devices), maybe Instagram is having an issue in your locale at the moment, direct link anyway: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBic1H2JOr0/?utm_source=ig_embed

@Bankaj probably something that crashes before you even start the game!

Sorry for the delay, apparently it was a public holiday in Europe yesterday which delayed this info. Please understand!

@PretendWorking yes, that's a well known proverb and pokes fun at the console wars of the past, which Nintendo are no longer part of.

Tbf there is a lot of sense in Microsoft and Nintendo working together more closely... whether or not it will happen is a bit of a long shot. Personally, I'd find xCloud on Switch super useful and obviously a more "complete" Rare Replay would be the icing on the cake.

@PretendWorking the article isn't about console wars... its about the opportunities that Microsoft and Nintendo have to work together, of which many examples are given.

I'm really curious to see how/if this works... it's going to be very, very strange!

@BabyYoshi65 yep, as many different designs as you wish.

@BabyYoshi65 worldwide shipping, so yes anywhere.

@sikthvash thanks, I've added a note above!

@mesome713 your comment comes off as trolling/baiting. There is no need to compare Witcher 3 and Animal Crossing on an article about Xenoblade. The trolling/baiting in your comment history has not gone unnoticed, consider this a warning.

@mesome713 "An Animal Crossing tree can seem more real than a tree in Witcher 3." please don't troll/bait on this website.

Bioshock now added, just a mistake!

@Kineas no, the game comes out tomorrow and fans have wondered if she would reprise her role considering the trajectory of her career since the original release which has now been confirmed.