Topic: Nintendo Life's been redesigned

In case you didn't see it already, Nintendo Life has been redesigned. You can find a full rundown of some of the major changes here: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/02/site_news_welcome_to...

The plan was always to debut this on Nintendo Life first and then roll out to the other sites later. However, for those of you who frequent this site more than our Nintendo other half, I figured it was worth pointing out so you can have a little look, play, and share some feedback.

It's probably more useful posting that feedback on Nintendo Life for now (I'm sure they have a forum thread set up in addition to the article I just linked), but obviously I'll keep an eye on this thread too if you want to share any thoughts here.

Personally, I love it.

Once I was able to switch it to desktop mode I found it nice. The only thing I don't like is the removal of the forum feeds on the side of the main page.

Other then that it looks great. @get2sammyb Do we have an ETA for when Pushsquare will get that version?

@Tasuki: I actually mentioned the lack of the forum feeds and am informed it's an easy thing to add so should be ready for the Push Square version. Not sure of an ETA yet - depends how things go down on NL, I guess.

Sorry, not a big fan. But I'll get used to it when the change happens here.

That's cool. What don't you like about it? Anything in particular?

@get2sammyb:
It's just a very minor thing. I think the comment section in the articles is a bit cluttered. Really though, it's something that after a while I probably wouldn't even notice. Other than that, I think I'm just not always the biggest fan of change so it's not a problem with the design it's a problem with me. I honestly think the website as it is right now is already organized well enough but I also realize sometimes you have to spice things up to keep the website fresh and maybe attract new users.

I've been kerfuffling with the features a bit, and it's not a bad design. Maybe a little similar to other sites, but it works.

I should add though, I do like that there is now a way to 'like' replies. To make things even more fun, how about a 'dislike' button?

I definitely like the added features.

Notifications are huge, and allowing members to created digital game collections with ease (and rate said games) is more than I could have asked for.

It's nice looking, but for me, with a slow internet setting due to living in the middle of nowhere, it now seems very slow at loading, and it takes forever to load anything up. I kind of hope that it doesn't happen on here, but if it does, I'm fine with it...just wish I could get it to load better, but since all I hear is complaining and nothing than fans praising the Wii U as the best system ever made, I very likely visit the site anymore due to this. Love Playstation more and love Pushsquare more!

I am not sure if I like it or not. I like having content down the right side (forum, reviews etc) and not a huge fan of having everything in a list.
It looks like when you changed your page for E3 that was a 'BETA' and I disliked that

sorry I hated it just looks over complicated I preferred the currrent more straightforward look

Personally I think it looks great, and introduces some cool new features, like notifications, game collection, user ratings, the artwork section etc.

I'm not 100% sold on the tile layout, but it's nice there's a list option available for those that want it. I might just stick to the tiles so I can get used to it.

There are a loooot of comments on the NL article, and many of those are saying they find the new site too complicated. I actually think that NL, Push Square and Pure Xbox have been a little too simplistic, and I'm really pleased to see the new features bringing the sites up to speed with other, 'bigger' sites. I think once people have spent a bit of time exploring the new site and gotten past the "OMG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY NL" stage, they'll see that the overhaul is totally worth the early teething problems.

In short:

I'm not a big fan to be honest. I like the additions, but several older features have disappeared and changed without good reason. The font is too big, it's difficult to view multiple posts on a screen, there are ads all over the place even in between the comments. It slows down my browser and I'm scrolling up and down to read the comments in between the ads and the empty white spacing it feels. That bar that pops up whenever I scroll down doesn't help much either.

I know it's cool to have top stories displayed first, but as someone who reads almost every article anyway, it's just another unnecessary obstacle on my way of getting to the recently posted articles.

I'm sure I can get used to it, and I probably will, but it's a big step down from the previous design in my opinion.

@get2sammyb: I does look great but why does the majority of the website look like its made for mobile it even says tap here for comments?
Other than that cant wait for it to come to pushsquare

@ZeD: I personally loved the e3 version

@Tasuki: how did you get it in desktop mode?

@SKC_Diamond: I believe if you go to http://www.nintendolife.com/desktop on your phone, it'll show the desktop version

@Quintumply: oh ok I thought it would change the website into a more desktop look is it just me but as I said in my reply a little bit up the website does look like a mobile website right? and btw thx for the info

@Gamer83: We decided not to do a 'dislike' button because it can be abused.

@JaxonH: You can follow topics now, too. So, if you're a big 'Super Mario' fan, for example, it's possible to follow that.

@Octane: Which features are missing that you wished were still there?

@SKC_Diamond: Not sure about Nintendo Life, but 64% of Push Square's traffic comes via mobile.