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@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.

I was hoping for a discount on Captain Toad as still haven't got that yet

I can't believe people are calling this game beautiful. It certainly isn't that!

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.

Sorry if that was long!

This reads just like a press release. Sure it's not a copy and paste job?

Those trophies look fantastic. Me and my partner and a few Nintendo mates were going to come but I had an Achilles operation so can't walk or drive I'm gutted. Will you be doing it again at this venue?

@ninstarkof if being first is your idea of "achieving something" and gives you a feeling of "pride" then I really wouldn't want to have your sad little life. And shut up about Iwata too. Show some respect,

@gamerphil07 thanks! Appreciate that glad MK8 doesn't use an accelerator pedal anyway

Ooh, we have several here.

Unfortunately I had major Achilles' tendon surgery a few weeks ago and won't be mobile for another three months. But will check it out as soon as I can.

Would have got Captain Toad and Kid : Icarus. If they were on sale here in the UK

I would LOVE a new DKR game. Just started playing through the original,again on my JDS and it still holds up today. Sadly, though, I can't see this being a Wii U game as MK8 and DLC is dominating that market and they wouldn't want to dilute that.

At a pinch maybe a 3DS game.

When does the offer end?

I didn't get an email, but checked the link and hey presto I'm eligible. Sadly, two weeks until payday so I can't get one sure it will be sold out by then

I played a Mario kart arcade game for the first time this summer. Dunno which one it was, but the handling was awful, and the graphics excruciatingly bad. I put a quid in, played one track, won, and then was asked to put another quid in to continue!

Can honestly, and sadly, say that there is not a single title there on either format that interests me more than happy with what I have to be going on with, toad I might pick up if the price and reviews are good, and hoping for a SNES remix to tide me over.

Awesome fun that was! this game is rock solid online, isn't it? Awesome!

Joining as soon as the England game is over in ten minutes

Already bought SMK I do appreciate you pointing out the discounts though

Damn.

Too late now. I already bought £50 of credit.

Is it confirmed that Mario Kart 8 is £49.99 download in the UK? I am downloading it - the first time I have ever downloaded a full price retail game on any system. Got £50 credit from GAME so I still get reward points.

My rationale is that I am never going to want to trade it in, and i tend to only have one disc game going at once. I am STILL battling my way through SMB 3D World (up to champions run), and Donkey Kong country is still in cellophane waiting to be played.

So MK8 download it is (and Zelda Windwaker HD as the second game, as I haven't played that).

There was a Mario kart game on the original game boy??????

Does anyone know if this works for the download version? I bought Mario Kart SNES so qualify for the £5 off. If I buy the download version can I still qualify for the free copy of windwaker?

@MrMario02 cheers I did really well in my first race. I finished fourth!

(Out of four)

I'm in. This is my first ever online racing

@luna-harmony tha lack of bonuses with mario 3D world preorders was down to nintendo not GAME. The bonuses were sent out separately 24hrs after the game. If you didn't get yours tweet them.....

Contra didn't come out last week, did it???

I love the dr. Mario games but wouldn't pay more than a fiver (uk) for one and feel it's more suited to the 3DS than the wii u

This can't be doing Nintendo's rep any good. I'm gagging to download SMB 3

@RainbowGazelle £50????? I paid £42.99 which is well worth it for a game of this quality.

any news on a UK release?

WHY we have never got Axelay I do not understand

Gah. Just bought mine a week ago!

I made THREE separate attempts to pick up my preordered, prepaid copy of SM3DWorld from my local GAME store here in Norwich before I finally managed to get it. My first attempt was 9am, I finally got it at 5pm. Why? The queues for PS4 and Black Friday deals. Each time the queue was over half an hour from door to checkouts and I only had half an hour parking. Not everyone would have had the staying power I did.
It was MADNESS to launch on that day!