Gonna be a few years before we can do this as my daughters are 2 and 8 months old but please keep it going and in a few years time we'll be there. The eldest just had her second birthday and it was Mario themed, with her favourite characters Ama, Ooji, Oshi, Bobum, and Mummy making an appearance! If you can guess who those characters are in the game I’ll be impressed!
@damo ah I didn’t realise you had the weekends off. No need to visit the site and give you the clicks over the weekends any more then. One less site to browse.
The news was actually announced on Friday btw and I thought today was the weekend. Perhaps it’s not in your neck of the woods.
There was a new release of sonic mania announced with a physical version and an upgrade for digital owners. That might be of interest to some readers who haven’t already read it too.
I’m sure no-one will read this - but I have read every one above and will post this anyway.
I am more sad than anyone has any right to be over this.
My first experience with Toys R Us was back in the nineties when I was at University in Exmouth. There weren’t many games shops in Exmouth and I remember driving all the way to Plymouth Tom buy games. I seem to remember an early RARE game called Snake rattle and roll (I think) that I got from there.
Once I was in my first teaching job, I still remember the excitement of heading towards the Peterborough branch and picking up a PlayStation on the day of release, with RIIIIIIIIDGE RACER! I loved that game in the arcade and playing it perfectly in the home was such a novel experience.
Even today - I am 48 years old in three weeks time, and my partner wouldn’t let me preorder a switch and on the day after release after much sulking on my part (yes, at 48 and yes I’m ashamed) she agreed I could get one. Of course no-one had any in stock but Toys r Us in Norwich had one left. I rang them up and asked them to hold it by for me, bearing in mind that it was an hour’s drive they could easily have said no but they didn’t. They held it for me even without a deposit.
That’s customer service.
To move off the topic of video games for a minute. I have children of my own now. A 22 month old and a 9 month old. We have brought all our baby stuff from them. Pushchairs, car seats. Always we get excellent customer service, and they always check the internet for us and charge us the lowest price. The knowledge and service from the staff is superb.
I am gutted that my daughters will not get the Toys r Us experience. What others have talked about. Physical items, excitement, holding the item in your hands. Reading the instruction manual with anticipation - remember that?
We have a Smyths in our city too. We went there the other day and it was dreadful. Soulless, rude staff, and dreadful customer service.
You see, THIS is why this new site design is STILL a disaster what....a year?......since it was implemented.
This has only just popped up on my home page. I knew about it through other sources yesterday morning and kept coming here to read about it but......nothing.
I still love this site but I can't rely on it as a source for Nintendo news any more and haven't been able to since the redesign.
What's happening with Double Dragon? I'm a little annoyed 'cause I read a story on this site saying it was out, bought an eshop card, and it's nowhere to be seen Or did I misread it and it's US only? That money could have stayed in my bank account rather than Nintendo's
This game is fantastic - played it on iPad and Xbox One already, and that's the only thing preventing me from getting it on switch - even though the switch is probably it's most natural home.
I would seriously recommend checking out all this developer's work. Apart from mousebot I have thoroughly enjoyed and played to death everything they've done. Lovely people too and very active on their facebook feed with their players.
are there any wireless controller options here in the UK? I read somewhere something about the pro controller from Wii working somehow? Or was I imagining that?
When I originally bought my switch, on launch day, I had a nine month old daughter. Now I have a 16 month old daughter and a six week old daughter. I am a teacher and recently got promoted which means I have to travel a lot and stay in hotels.
I have an Xbox one at home but frankly the switch has gotten more use. I use it in all configurations but although I was expecting it to sit in the dock all the time it has actually been used more as a portable.
Working with teenagers, many of whom have been let down with the education system in the past, as a reward I sometimes get the switch out in table top mode, use my procontroller and the two joycons and set up Mario Kart tourneys. At break time, one student who is a massive sonic fan but couldn't afford a console to play Sonic mania has an account on my switch and if he works well gets to play it.
I use it in handheld mode all the time. If I'm cooking dinner, it will go on the kitchen table in table top mode. At lunchtime I'll often have a quick de-stressing blast on something.
In a hotel, which happens all too frequently considering my children, I will often be found with the switch in portable mode. On my next trip which is a week (sadly a different hotel every night) I might take the dock and hook it up to the hotel TV.
In short - the flexibility of the switch is it's biggest strength. The Xbox One hardly gets used these days as I just don't have time (and I find that quite sad in a way) - but the switch? That has the ability to mod itself to fit into my lifestyle.
Jesus why all the negativity. Vector Unit are one of the best developers out there, who truly interact with the fans and provide quality games. Their riptide games are superb, and I have Beach Buggy racing on my iPhone, iPad and Xbox One.
Granted it doesn't have to compete with MARIO Kart on those platforms and it does on Switch. But come on! This is £9.99 and provides a LOT of game for your money.
I'm very worried. I've loved every Mario game and played them all to death. The problem with this game as I'm seeing so far? The words "exploration" and "sandbox". I hate not knowing where I have to go in a game. I don't want to "explore"
I took my 11 year old nephew to the nintendo preview event and he was treated abominably by the organisation there. In addition, he's never had a nintendo console in his life but is obsessed with Breath of the Wild and even his 14 year old sister is desperate for one and they know all about it. I have one already, and would love to introduce them to Nintendo and to multiplayer gaming. This would be awesome! Good luck anyway, to everyone who enters and thank you to the generous soul who donated the prizes.
I don't normally like sandbox games. I'm a gamer who likes direction and clearly defined goals. It's why I like racing games so much.
But this game is simply astonishing. I have never been in a situation (I've been gaming for 36 years, starting out with 3D monster maze on the ZX81 and owning virtually every console from everyone since then) where I have just got so lost in a world. I have been playing for about six hours and only just left the great plateau. I struggled finding the four shrines and normally I would have resorted to a guide but this time I just explored, and cooked, and climbed, and walked and I just loved every minute of it.
Just phonemenal. Wish my children were older so they could appreciate it (and be left alone more so I could play more )
Unfortunately I've been unemployed for six months so won't be jumping on for launch day. I am still sceptical about some aspects of the console but will still get one. Having got a job today, I suspect I'll jump on around the release of MK8 deluxe I suspect.
Interestingly, the impending upgrade has made me play the Wii U a lot more recently to clear the digital backlog I have. I'm now thinking of NOT trading in the Wii U and keeping it in case some of the digital classics I have on the HDD don't make it to Switch. It will make a great first console if I can persuade my children in the value of gaming, and retro gaming in the future. My nine month old already recognises the music from Mario galaxy and loves watching me playing - giggling every time I jump on a Goomba!
@nhSnork All your points are of course valid, and fair. But my point was more about the journalism on this site than the switch per se.
It is alright if this site wants to be the new ONM (a shame, as the journalism here used to be great), but they need to be honest about that change of direction if it is where they are headed.
As for the switch itself, yes I did say it was a disaster at launch and I stand by that. Having played it the console is actually really impressive - but the failings that are well documented (in comments, not by the journalists of this site) and need not be gone over again.
Release at £279.99 with 1-2-switch included, price Zelda at £44.99 and let those who bought MK8 digitally repurchase the new version for £29.99 if they bought the game, and £24.99 if they bought the DLC too and I would have jumped.
@alexolney - you lose more credibility by the day. We can't expect someone who appears in promo videos on the Nintendo,website to be unbiased.
But you should be worried, as should anyone who truly loves Nintendo rather than someone who sees them as a stepping stone to a career,
The Wii U launch was disastrous - and never recovered. The 3DS launch was disastrous and only recovered with a massive price drop. The Switch will be a disaster too.
The same mistake has been made three times in a row. Overpriced hardware, and poor launch lineup. We are seeing a company we love making the same mistakes again. And that should hurt if we love them - because we don't want them exiting the hardware market.
@cfgk24 WHEN DOCKED! Which means it is not in tablet mode but In home console mode. Running as a home console. With the extra power the dock provides. The tablet, natively, cannot do 1080p @ 60fps as you claim.
It is a gorgeous screen, I've played it. But it cannot do what you claim.
You see this is what I mean when I talk about the bad taste in the mouth journalists from this site cozying up to Nintendo leaves.
At this point in time you are so far up nintendo's rear end it's sickening.
Yes - everything you say about the game is true. I've played it. It looks GORGEOUS! But what about people like me and the other 8 million purchasers of the original.
We are massive nIntendo fans. We paid £60 for the download. We brought the DLC. And now, if we want to play the game in 1080p and play THE BATTLE MODE THAT WE SHOILD HAVE HAD ORIGINALLY then we have to spend another £50??????
And this website has no problem with this? Or doesn't even mention it?
I mean come on!
I cannot believe more people aren't complaining about this!
Nice to know I'm reading an unbiased website that is concerned for its readers and would never consider compromising its integrity by cozying up to the subject......
The lack of knowledge (or refusal to divulge) was a surprise! I really wanted to know if Mario Kart 8 deluxe had extra tracks but they all allegedly didn't know. Just kept parroting on about battle mode. Yeah - something that should have been included in my £60 download on the Wii U
@brumspurant would you believe they even refused to give my 11 year old nephew a pin badge because he hadn't played Zelda? Great PR right there!
It's such a shame as the console itself wowed me much more in the flesh than in the presentation. It might be the sexiest, best designed, contemporary console they have come up with in many generations.
@Alexkidd1985 - you sum it up perfectly. It's heartbreaking that they can make the same mistake two generations in a row.
Went today and it was a terrible experience. Took my 11 year old nephew and drove for 3.5 hours to get there (left at 4am). Told to get there for doors open at 8:30 so did. They left us standing in the freezing cold for an hour and didn't open doors until after 9am.. when they did open doors they didn't check anyone's invites, and people were walking in off the street. This led to massive queues inside the event, to the extent that three times we tried to queue for Zelda and three times we were told to go away as the crush was too much.
We ended up not playing at all. We also wanted to play Mario Kart 8 Grand Prix but were told we couldn't as there was a gap on battle mode screen so we had to go there. We pleaded to play Grand Prix but were told that demo unit was not configured for it. An hour or so later we went past.....to find that people were playing Grand Prix on it. They were just desperately trying to flog battle mode as it was the new mode.
Went away very disillusioned and wished we had not bothered
I'm on the fence about the switch as I fear that too many compromises will be made in order to enable the on the go aspect. However, I will be lucky enough to go hands on 24 hours after the event, so I will know more then.
I was anti the control system. I tried splatoon demo and hated it due to the control system - thought the game idea was brilliant! But due to control system I didn't buy it.
I was really worried about the control system in Starfox Zero and when I saw this article I was about to post a comment saying "Jeez. It MUST be bad if you need an article explaining it".
But you know what? I waited. I bought the game digitally, and I played it. And I love it! The control system problem seemed overblown to me. It isn't exactly natural but it allows intricate scenarios like the defence of the tower at the end of level one to be done and done well.
I admit not everyone can afford a £40 punt on something that may not be for them but please note what I've said. It really is a very good game that works much better than you expect!
Number one : that link is about the most us informative load of rubbish I have ever read. What does it actually tell us? It even admits, itself, that it means nothing!
And the writer of this article is concentrating on copyright infringement and emulators and that is what I am talking about. Find me one emulator for sale on the App Store.
Oh and every app released on iOS is rigorously tested by Apple before being granted release, so how can you accuse it of having little control? The journalism on this site is getting lazier and lazier, sadly
Could the writer of this article explain exactly how iOS is a "Wild West" please? The App Store is NOTHING like Google Play, thank God. Has he even used the App Store?
@ThomasBW84 sorry but old system - you make a poll, collate the results, publish them. You do the work, site gets a nice Google friendly page to drive some traffic.
Bravo. No problem.
New system = we do all the work, site automatically collates results, you just have to write the article. We do the work, site gets a nice Google friendly page to drive some traffic.
There is a very subtle difference between the two options. See if you can spot it?
At the end of the day, people are free to chose whether they wish to participate. We are also your audience and are free to make comments. I guess you're free to make sarky comments to your readers too. Guess that's the way it goes around here now. Great! Just don't ever ban me for making a sarky comment as you have exhibited the example now.
So. When my 21 year old self imported the original game on US cartridge before UK release, I was treated to ground breaking Super FX powered visuals. The camera swooping down and around the ships as they powered down a tunnel.
The N64 game took these and presented fully textured polygons with similar epic camera moves to emphasis excitement and scope.
The 3Ds version took the N64 game and presented those visuals in crisp 3D adding even more drama.
And here we are in 2016 on the Wii U with.............
Nope. Come back today. It is horrible. It is unusable I would go so far as to say it is actually one of the worst site designs I have ever come across - and I was using the Internet in the days of 56k modems!
Not reading every single comment but it seems to me that those who are happiest are those who are using their phone to browse. Which again would suggest the target audience is not the older people like me who actually use computers,
I cannot see why you can't make a design to suit all types of users.
So - can anyone recommend any good alternative sites out there?
@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
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.
It's fun, for sure. But the lack of detail in the backgrounds and the poor resolution is shocking. It is telling that I have better looking games on my iPad Air 2! But at the price I would certainly recommend picking this up.
I have an Xbox one and love my rhythm games so I have both this and Rock Band 4 band in a box.
Although I am talking about Xbox one, my experience may be salient so I'm posting it here.
My experience of buying Guitar Hero Live today was as follows :
Well this is where we're at at the moment
1) go to GAME 2) Buy GH Live 3) return Home 4) find disc is faulty and won't load. 5) spend 45 minutes rebooting console and trying to fix 6) return to GAME and swap for new copy 7) Return Home 8 find this disc won't load either 9) return to GAME 10) swap for new copy 11) get home. 12) find disc works 13) set up guitar 14) find guitar doesn't work 15) return and get working copy.
That said, both games are actually very poor. RB4 is the Pro Evo of the Rhythm game world. It lacks any kind of polish at all, has clearly been pushed out the door with no attention paid to it whatsoever. However it plays like an absolute dream.
GH : Live stinks in comparison. The guitar absolutely sucks and creaks and clicks to distraction. The six button control scheme is genius, but the charting is NOT good (it was ever thus with GH games) so it only rarely feels like you are playing a real guitar. That said, the dreadful over charting from previous instalments isn't present this time.
I also fear that the average player will find the six button control system too difficult. I'm struggling with it and I play real guitar and these games usually on expert.
If I had no choice (ie I only owned a wii u) then I would not hesitate to get this if I liked rhythm games. However you cannot rate it Taking into account it's the only game of its type on the system. And as a rhythm game I'd give it a six and a half maybe with rock band 4 getting a seven and a half.
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Re: Event: Join Us For The Nintendo Life Gaming Night In Cambridge UK - 28th July
Gonna be a few years before we can do this as my daughters are 2 and 8 months old but please keep it going and in a few years time we'll be there. The eldest just had her second birthday and it was Mario themed, with her favourite characters Ama, Ooji, Oshi, Bobum, and Mummy making an appearance! If you can guess who those characters are in the game I’ll be impressed!
Im bringing em up the nintendo way!
Re: Here's How The Nvidia Shield Port Of Mario Galaxy Handles The Lack Of Motion Controls
Is there a way to play this on a UK shield TV?
Re: Mysterious 'Project R' Sonic Racer Teased By Sega
@damo ah I didn’t realise you had the weekends off. No need to visit the site and give you the clicks over the weekends any more then. One less site to browse.
The news was actually announced on Friday btw and I thought today was the weekend. Perhaps it’s not in your neck of the woods.
There was a new release of sonic mania announced with a physical version and an upgrade for digital owners. That might be of interest to some readers who haven’t already read it too.
Re: Mysterious 'Project R' Sonic Racer Teased By Sega
Jeez - this was 24 hours ago!
Re: Feature: Remembering Toys R Us, The '90s Gamer's Paradise
I’m sure no-one will read this - but I have read every one above and will post this anyway.
I am more sad than anyone has any right to be over this.
My first experience with Toys R Us was back in the nineties when I was at University in Exmouth. There weren’t many games shops in Exmouth and I remember driving all the way to Plymouth Tom buy games. I seem to remember an early RARE game called Snake rattle and roll (I think) that I got from there.
Once I was in my first teaching job, I still remember the excitement of heading towards the Peterborough branch and picking up a PlayStation on the day of release, with RIIIIIIIIDGE RACER! I loved that game in the arcade and playing it perfectly in the home was such a novel experience.
Even today - I am 48 years old in three weeks time, and my partner wouldn’t let me preorder a switch and on the day after release after much sulking on my part (yes, at 48 and yes I’m ashamed) she agreed I could get one. Of course no-one had any in stock but Toys r Us in Norwich had one left. I rang them up and asked them to hold it by for me, bearing in mind that it was an hour’s drive they could easily have said no but they didn’t. They held it for me even without a deposit.
That’s customer service.
To move off the topic of video games for a minute. I have children of my own now. A 22 month old and a 9 month old. We have brought all our baby stuff from them. Pushchairs, car seats. Always we get excellent customer service, and they always check the internet for us and charge us the lowest price. The knowledge and service from the staff is superb.
I am gutted that my daughters will not get the Toys r Us experience. What others have talked about. Physical items, excitement, holding the item in your hands. Reading the instruction manual with anticipation - remember that?
We have a Smyths in our city too. We went there the other day and it was dreadful. Soulless, rude staff, and dreadful customer service.
This family is gutted.
Re: Nintendo Switch Is Now The Fast-Selling Console In France With 1 Million Units Sold
You beat me by three minutes. Don't they have spelling and grammar checkers at Nintendo life HQ???
Re: Raise The Chequered Flag Because Mario Kart Tour Is Racing Onto Mobile Soon
You see, THIS is why this new site design is STILL a disaster what....a year?......since it was implemented.
This has only just popped up on my home page. I knew about it through other sources yesterday morning and kept coming here to read about it but......nothing.
I still love this site but I can't rely on it as a source for Nintendo news any more and haven't been able to since the redesign.
Re: Nintendo Download: 4th January (Europe)
What's happening with Double Dragon? I'm a little annoyed 'cause I read a story on this site saying it was out, bought an eshop card, and it's nowhere to be seen Or did I misread it and it's US only? That money could have stayed in my bank account rather than Nintendo's
Re: Review: Riptide GP: Renegade (Switch eShop)
This game is fantastic - played it on iPad and Xbox One already, and that's the only thing preventing me from getting it on switch - even though the switch is probably it's most natural home.
I would seriously recommend checking out all this developer's work. Apart from mousebot I have thoroughly enjoyed and played to death everything they've done. Lovely people too and very active on their facebook feed with their players.
Re: You Can Now Pre-Load Super Mario Odyssey From The Switch eShop
Ordered a digital code from amazon for £39.99. Thought I would be able to preload but apparently not.
Re: Deals: Got Your SNES Classic Mini? Then Check Out These Essential Accessories
are there any wireless controller options here in the UK? I read somewhere something about the pro controller from Wii working somehow? Or was I imagining that?
Re: Editorial: A Week of Gaming the Nintendo Switch Way
When I originally bought my switch, on launch day, I had a nine month old daughter. Now I have a 16 month old daughter and a six week old daughter. I am a teacher and recently got promoted which means I have to travel a lot and stay in hotels.
I have an Xbox one at home but frankly the switch has gotten more use. I use it in all configurations but although I was expecting it to sit in the dock all the time it has actually been used more as a portable.
Working with teenagers, many of whom have been let down with the education system in the past, as a reward I sometimes get the switch out in table top mode, use my procontroller and the two joycons and set up Mario Kart tourneys. At break time, one student who is a massive sonic fan but couldn't afford a console to play Sonic mania has an account on my switch and if he works well gets to play it.
I use it in handheld mode all the time. If I'm cooking dinner, it will go on the kitchen table in table top mode. At lunchtime I'll often have a quick de-stressing blast on something.
In a hotel, which happens all too frequently considering my children, I will often be found with the switch in portable mode. On my next trip which is a week (sadly a different hotel every night) I might take the dock and hook it up to the hotel TV.
In short - the flexibility of the switch is it's biggest strength. The Xbox One hardly gets used these days as I just don't have time (and I find that quite sad in a way) - but the switch? That has the ability to mod itself to fit into my lifestyle.
And that is genius.
Re: Review: Namco Museum (Switch eShop)
Is there any guide to getting games from the US e-shop? Assume any Japanese games would be in Japanese?
Re: Beach Buggy Racing Screeches Onto Switch Next Week
Jesus why all the negativity. Vector Unit are one of the best developers out there, who truly interact with the fans and provide quality games. Their riptide games are superb, and I have Beach Buggy racing on my iPhone, iPad and Xbox One.
Granted it doesn't have to compete with MARIO Kart on those platforms and it does on Switch. But come on! This is £9.99 and provides a LOT of game for your money.
Well worth it IMHO.
Re: First Impressions: Beginning Our Journey With Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch
I'm very worried. I've loved every Mario game and played them all to death. The problem with this game as I'm seeing so far? The words "exploration" and "sandbox". I hate not knowing where I have to go in a game. I don't want to "explore"
Re: Spreading The Nintendo Switch Love With This Fantastic UK Giveaway
I took my 11 year old nephew to the nintendo preview event and he was treated abominably by the organisation there. In addition, he's never had a nintendo console in his life but is obsessed with Breath of the Wild and even his 14 year old sister is desperate for one and they know all about it. I have one already, and would love to introduce them to Nintendo and to multiplayer gaming. This would be awesome! Good luck anyway, to everyone who enters and thank you to the generous soul who donated the prizes.
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Credits Reveal US Student Fulfilled His Dream Of Working For Nintendo
Read virtually exactly the same story on Polygon. Yesterday.
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Spent A Lot Of Time Climbing Trees In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
I don't normally like sandbox games. I'm a gamer who likes direction and clearly defined goals. It's why I like racing games so much.
But this game is simply astonishing. I have never been in a situation (I've been gaming for 36 years, starting out with 3D monster maze on the ZX81 and owning virtually every console from everyone since then) where I have just got so lost in a world. I have been playing for about six hours and only just left the great plateau. I struggled finding the four shrines and normally I would have resorted to a guide but this time I just explored, and cooked, and climbed, and walked and I just loved every minute of it.
Just phonemenal. Wish my children were older so they could appreciate it (and be left alone more so I could play more )
Re: Feature: FAST RMX - The Price, Modes and Performance of Switch's Futuristic Racer
Shame there's no discount for those who bought digitally on the Wii U and wish to do so again on switch
Re: It's Still Quite Easy to Secure a Launch Day Nintendo Switch in the UK
Unfortunately I've been unemployed for six months so won't be jumping on for launch day. I am still sceptical about some aspects of the console but will still get one. Having got a job today, I suspect I'll jump on around the release of MK8 deluxe I suspect.
Interestingly, the impending upgrade has made me play the Wii U a lot more recently to clear the digital backlog I have. I'm now thinking of NOT trading in the Wii U and keeping it in case some of the digital classics I have on the HDD don't make it to Switch. It will make a great first console if I can persuade my children in the value of gaming, and retro gaming in the future. My nine month old already recognises the music from Mario galaxy and loves watching me playing - giggling every time I jump on a Goomba!
Re: Investors React Negatively to Nintendo Switch Launch Details
@nhSnork All your points are of course valid, and fair. But my point was more about the journalism on this site than the switch per se.
It is alright if this site wants to be the new ONM (a shame, as the journalism here used to be great), but they need to be honest about that change of direction if it is where they are headed.
As for the switch itself, yes I did say it was a disaster at launch and I stand by that. Having played it the console is actually really impressive - but the failings that are well documented (in comments, not by the journalists of this site) and need not be gone over again.
Release at £279.99 with 1-2-switch included, price Zelda at £44.99 and let those who bought MK8 digitally repurchase the new version for £29.99 if they bought the game, and £24.99 if they bought the DLC too and I would have jumped.
But my preorder has been cancelled.
Re: Investors React Negatively to Nintendo Switch Launch Details
@alexolney - you lose more credibility by the day. We can't expect someone who appears in promo videos on the Nintendo,website to be unbiased.
But you should be worried, as should anyone who truly loves Nintendo rather than someone who sees them as a stepping stone to a career,
The Wii U launch was disastrous - and never recovered. The 3DS launch was disastrous and only recovered with a massive price drop. The Switch will be a disaster too.
The same mistake has been made three times in a row. Overpriced hardware, and poor launch lineup. We are seeing a company we love making the same mistakes again. And that should hurt if we love them - because we don't want them exiting the hardware market.
Re: First Impressions: Back on Track with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
@Tsurii wanna point me to where I said I wanted it for free?
Re: Video: Alex Shares His First Impressions Of The Nintendo Switch With Nintendo UK
@cfgk24 WHEN DOCKED! Which means it is not in tablet mode but In home console mode. Running as a home console. With the extra power the dock provides. The tablet, natively, cannot do 1080p @ 60fps as you claim.
It is a gorgeous screen, I've played it. But it cannot do what you claim.
Re: Video: Alex Shares His First Impressions Of The Nintendo Switch With Nintendo UK
@cfgk24 the tablet runs games at 1080p at 60fps? Seriously? No. It really really doesn't and if you believe it does then you have zero credibility.
Re: First Impressions: Back on Track with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
You see this is what I mean when I talk about the bad taste in the mouth journalists from this site cozying up to Nintendo leaves.
At this point in time you are so far up nintendo's rear end it's sickening.
Yes - everything you say about the game is true. I've played it. It looks GORGEOUS! But what about people like me and the other 8 million purchasers of the original.
We are massive nIntendo fans. We paid £60 for the download. We brought the DLC. And now, if we want to play the game in 1080p and play THE BATTLE MODE THAT WE SHOILD HAVE HAD ORIGINALLY then we have to spend another £50??????
And this website has no problem with this? Or doesn't even mention it?
I mean come on!
I cannot believe more people aren't complaining about this!
Re: Video: Alex Shares His First Impressions Of The Nintendo Switch With Nintendo UK
@faint imagine that a political journalist appeared in a promotional video on the Conservative party website for example.
Re: Video: Alex Shares His First Impressions Of The Nintendo Switch With Nintendo UK
Nice to know I'm reading an unbiased website that is concerned for its readers and would never consider compromising its integrity by cozying up to the subject......
Re: Gallery: Treading The Red Carpet At The Nintendo Switch UK Premiere
You are a star mate, but someone overheard the conversation we were having and gave him one, which was a gesture equally as generous as yours!
Thanks anyway though - really appreciated!
Re: Gallery: Treading The Red Carpet At The Nintendo Switch UK Premiere
The lack of knowledge (or refusal to divulge) was a surprise! I really wanted to know if Mario Kart 8 deluxe had extra tracks but they all allegedly didn't know. Just kept parroting on about battle mode. Yeah - something that should have been included in my £60 download on the Wii U
@brumspurant would you believe they even refused to give my 11 year old nephew a pin badge because he hadn't played Zelda? Great PR right there!
It's such a shame as the console itself wowed me much more in the flesh than in the presentation. It might be the sexiest, best designed, contemporary console they have come up with in many generations.
@Alexkidd1985 - you sum it up perfectly. It's heartbreaking that they can make the same mistake two generations in a row.
And the accessory prices!
Re: Gallery: Treading The Red Carpet At The Nintendo Switch UK Premiere
Went today and it was a terrible experience. Took my 11 year old nephew and drove for 3.5 hours to get there (left at 4am). Told to get there for doors open at 8:30 so did. They left us standing in the freezing cold for an hour and didn't open doors until after 9am.. when they did open doors they didn't check anyone's invites, and people were walking in off the street. This led to massive queues inside the event, to the extent that three times we tried to queue for Zelda and three times we were told to go away as the crush was too much.
We ended up not playing at all. We also wanted to play Mario Kart 8 Grand Prix but were told we couldn't as there was a gap on battle mode screen so we had to go there. We pleaded to play Grand Prix but were told that demo unit was not configured for it. An hour or so later we went past.....to find that people were playing Grand Prix on it. They were just desperately trying to flog battle mode as it was the new mode.
Went away very disillusioned and wished we had not bothered
Re: Poll: One Week to Go - How Are Your Nintendo Switch Presentation Hype Levels?
I'm on the fence about the switch as I fear that too many compromises will be made in order to enable the on the go aspect. However, I will be lucky enough to go hands on 24 hours after the event, so I will know more then.
Re: Guide: Getting Started With Star Fox Zero and Mastering the Controls
Well, here's my two pennies worth.
I was anti the control system. I tried splatoon demo and hated it due to the control system - thought the game idea was brilliant! But due to control system I didn't buy it.
I was really worried about the control system in Starfox Zero and when I saw this article I was about to post a comment saying "Jeez. It MUST be bad if you need an article explaining it".
But you know what? I waited. I bought the game digitally, and I played it. And I love it! The control system problem seemed overblown to me. It isn't exactly natural but it allows intricate scenarios like the defence of the tower at the end of level one to be done and done well.
I admit not everyone can afford a £40 punt on something that may not be for them but please note what I've said. It really is a very good game that works much better than you expect!
Re: Event: Join Us for the Nintendo Life Gaming Night in Cambridge UK - 30th July
Hmmmm. My daughter is being born in two weeks so would be around three months old. Should we take her? Decisions........
Re: Editorial: The Weird World Discovered When Searching for Miitomo on Google Play
Number one : that link is about the most us informative load of rubbish I have ever read. What does it actually tell us? It even admits, itself, that it means nothing!
And the writer of this article is concentrating on copyright infringement and emulators and that is what I am talking about. Find me one emulator for sale on the App Store.
Re: Editorial: The Weird World Discovered When Searching for Miitomo on Google Play
If you mean weird iPad games does it mention any copyright infringing ones which the author of this piece is writing about?
Re: Editorial: The Weird World Discovered When Searching for Miitomo on Google Play
Oh and every app released on iOS is rigorously tested by Apple before being granted release, so how can you accuse it of having little control?
The journalism on this site is getting lazier and lazier, sadly
Re: Editorial: The Weird World Discovered When Searching for Miitomo on Google Play
Could the writer of this article explain exactly how iOS is a "Wild West" please? The App Store is NOTHING like Google Play, thank God. Has he even used the App Store?
Re: Guide: Which Nintendo 3DS or 2DS System Should I Buy?
@ejamer it's because they want the referrals. It's not meant to be Informative! The full reviews are for that to be fair.
Re: Community: Pick Your Favourite Nintendo 3DS Games - Fifth Anniversary Edition
@ThomasBW84 sorry but old system - you make a poll, collate the results, publish them. You do the work, site gets a nice Google friendly page to drive some traffic.
Bravo. No problem.
New system = we do all the work, site automatically collates results, you just have to write the article. We do the work, site gets a nice Google friendly page to drive some traffic.
There is a very subtle difference between the two options. See if you can spot it?
At the end of the day, people are free to chose whether they wish to participate. We are also your audience and are free to make comments. I guess you're free to make sarky comments to your readers too. Guess that's the way it goes around here now. Great! Just don't ever ban me for making a sarky comment as you have exhibited the example now.
Re: Community: Pick Your Favourite Nintendo 3DS Games - Fifth Anniversary Edition
Nah. Can't be arsed.
Re: Video: Feast Your Eyes On Star Fox Zero's Opening Story Cinematic
So. When my 21 year old self imported the original game on US cartridge before UK release, I was treated to ground breaking Super FX powered visuals. The camera swooping down and around the ships as they powered down a tunnel.
The N64 game took these and presented fully textured polygons with similar epic camera moves to emphasis excitement and scope.
The 3Ds version took the N64 game and presented those visuals in crisp 3D adding even more drama.
And here we are in 2016 on the Wii U with.............
Still pictures and text.
Wow.
Re: Site News: Welcome To The Brand New Nintendo Life!
Nope. Come back today. It is horrible. It is unusable I would go so far as to say it is actually one of the worst site designs I have ever come across - and I was using the Internet in the days of 56k modems!
Not reading every single comment but it seems to me that those who are happiest are those who are using their phone to browse. Which again would suggest the target audience is not the older people like me who actually use computers,
I cannot see why you can't make a design to suit all types of users.
So - can anyone recommend any good alternative sites out there?
Re: Site News: Welcome To The Brand New Nintendo Life!
@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
Re: Site News: Welcome To The Brand New Nintendo Life!
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.
Re: Nintendo Download: 24th December (Europe)
I was hoping for a discount on Captain Toad as still haven't got that yet
Re: Digital Foundry Gives a Thumbs Up to FAST Racing NEO
I can't believe people are calling this game beautiful. It certainly isn't that!
Re: Digital Foundry Gives a Thumbs Up to FAST Racing NEO
It's fun, for sure. But the lack of detail in the backgrounds and the poor resolution is shocking. It is telling that I have better looking games on my iPad Air 2! But at the price I would certainly recommend picking this up.
Re: Review: Guitar Hero Live (Wii U)
I have an Xbox one and love my rhythm games so I have both this and Rock Band 4 band in a box.
Although I am talking about Xbox one, my experience may be salient so I'm posting it here.
My experience of buying Guitar Hero Live today was as follows :
Well this is where we're at at the moment
1) go to GAME
2) Buy GH Live
3) return Home
4) find disc is faulty and won't load.
5) spend 45 minutes rebooting console and trying to fix
6) return to GAME and swap for new copy
7) Return Home
8 find this disc won't load either
9) return to GAME
10) swap for new copy
11) get home.
12) find disc works
13) set up guitar
14) find guitar doesn't work
15) return and get working copy.
That said, both games are actually very poor. RB4 is the Pro Evo of the Rhythm game world. It lacks any kind of polish at all, has clearly been pushed out the door with no attention paid to it whatsoever. However it plays like an absolute dream.
GH : Live stinks in comparison. The guitar absolutely sucks and creaks and clicks to distraction. The six button control scheme is genius, but the charting is NOT good (it was ever thus with GH games) so it only rarely feels like you are playing a real guitar. That said, the dreadful over charting from previous instalments isn't present this time.
I also fear that the average player will find the six button control system too difficult. I'm struggling with it and I play real guitar and these games usually on expert.
If I had no choice (ie I only owned a wii u) then I would not hesitate to get this if I liked rhythm games. However you cannot rate it Taking into account it's the only game of its type on the system. And as a rhythm game I'd give it a six and a half maybe with rock band 4 getting a seven and a half.
Sorry if that was long!
Re: Event: Super Mario Kart SNES World Championships 2015 - 18th to 22nd August
This reads just like a press release. Sure it's not a copy and paste job?