Wow, the place to begin? It’s official, although. It’s been 20 years since I sat down and cobbled collectively the considerably notorious ‘Our Nintendo Life Begins…‘ article again in late 2005, a world earlier than iPhones, iPads, Fortnite, and YouTube wasn’t even a 12 months previous but.
How occasions have modified. Each typically and particularly, the online game business.
After I wrote that first article, we have been technically nonetheless within the GameCube period. I had actually loved my temporary stint placing collectively ‘GameCube UK’, a web site all about… (you guessed it) GameCube in 2001-2002. Then, with the Nintendo ‘Revolution’ on the horizon, I used to be getting the itch to get again into working a web site about video games, and Nintendo Life was born.
Again when the location turned 10, I penned an article that particulars the early years of Nintendo Life, if you’re inquisitive about that.
The location’s identify really is becoming, although, contemplating that over time it has turn out to be a much bigger and greater a part of my life, dominating my whole grownup existence. There can’t be many days during the last 20 years that I haven’t interacted with it in a roundabout way or not less than learn/replied to a associated electronic mail.
Anyway, sufficient self-indulgence. I’m extremely happy with Nintendo Life reaching this milestone. It’s a testomony to all the stunning individuals who have been on our group, each the superb workers we now have at present and all who’ve come earlier than over the many years. With out them, the web site would merely be a shell.
Nintendo Life (mega)advanced from a hobbyist undertaking into a totally fledged enterprise and helped launch the careers of a lot of individuals, most of whom are nonetheless working within the video games business at present.
We additionally need to thank Nintendo itself for merely doing what Nintendo does. Given the turbulent occasions they’ve confronted during the last 20 years, I feel this explicit anniversary finds them in a reasonably good place, all issues thought-about. They’ve clearly advanced through the Change 1 period, primarily for the higher, however like all company pushed by income, they nonetheless have some unfavorable points that concern me, as a fan.
Nintendo UK and Nintendo of America have been very supportive of Nintendo Life over time, and we proceed to understand their cooperation and respect.
Final however actually not least, we now have to thanks. Sure, you, the reader, the viewer, the consumer, the watcher. If you’re studying this, you might be a part of our journey. A few of you’ve been round for the reason that starting, and for some possibly that is your first ever article. With out you, our viewers, there can be no Nintendo Life. From the underside of our hearts, thanks for visiting.
All the pieces might have began with Nintendo Life, however in these 20 years, we additionally began a household. Our firm identify grew to become Hookshot and spawned new websites that you simply all (hopefully) know and love with Push Sq., Pure Xbox, and Time Extension. Though every web site has its personal devoted workers, Hookshot itself is one huge group, one thing we’re all extremely happy with.
Solely yesterday, the Hookshot group grew as soon as extra as we launched the brand new Digital Foundry web site, a brand new partnership between the newly unbiased Digital Foundry and Hookshot.
