James

@Knuckles Yep, still at NOE

Congratulations guys on the new site!

Congratulations everyone! Here's to many more years (also hi @Nanaki, long time no see!)

@Tasuki I moved from the online team to PR in September

@Handy_Man I'm still in PR at NOE

Congratulations everyone - great achievement! I had some very happy years here and remember them - and many of you! - fondly. Congratulations again

@Tasuki @Sherman @dizzy_boy @WiiULoveSquid @Knuckles @Aqueous Hi everyone, thanks for your kind messages of concern. Just wanted to say I'm OK

@rjejr Comment #68!

Those four years went fast. Happy anniversary guys!

Ahh, I'm gonna miss all the emails! Shame...

@CosmiC That must have been an impersonator I'm afraid!

A huge loss. He always had interesting ideas. Rest in peace.

Has it really been a year since the first one..? Good work again Phil

@RaymanFan2 The E3 2012 Nintendo 3DS software showcase got over 860 comments

Thanks, you guys. Happy New Year!

@Tantan Did you just call Nolan's Batman films rubbish..?

Welcome back, friend.

@Damo is that... a new haircut I see? Looking good!

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun.

@Knuckles I was editor, not news editor, thankyouverymuch :3

@SuperSonic95 I will never leave.

@baba_944 I am DaddyNewts on Twitter. Also, awesome job naming a Chao after me, especially a gold one. You take care of that little critter.

Good job I deleted Nintendo Video to make room for this bad boy. Bring on 17th August!

Aww, shucks you guys.

Well I don't know what to say to that, other than "thank you very much." You've all been great to write for and work with, and the fact I'm writing this at 8am on the start of my holiday probably shows you how hard it'll be to take NL out of my life.

Thanks for everything and hopefully I'll see you all again in the future!

@rjejr Or you could just keep coming to Nintendo Life

This is the second game-specific Nintendo Direct for Japan iirc; there was one for Calciobit a few weeks ago.

@VincentV Because when I wrote volume 3, volume 4 hadn't been written yet.

@LazyGamer Do I really need to explain that? :

@Neram No but he needs a boat and a plane.

I really, really shouldn't have to say this but here goes:

Do not send in intentionally stupid emails. I've been doing this long enough to know what's real and what's fake, and if I catch you I will ban you.

@TheHunter yep.

@Cloud-San-VII Nintendo hasn't announced another Nintendo Direct yet but when we know more there'll be news on the site

@nintensage Tomorrow is my last day.

@C-Olimar Overall numerical difference strongly in favour of this retail release, though.

Let's face it, even if they all came out in the eShop at $3.99 we'd all moan

@Yasume We had two-week sale for the eShop's anniversary but that looks like it. Shame, I'd love to get MSF! for £3!

Also a correction (@nibelilt ought to like this): Kirby's Pinball Land is $3.99, not $2.99 as first stated. Apologies for the error.

@Red_Kinetic Yeah if you go from DSi to 3DS you lose all your DSi Shop credit I'm afraid. Best to spend that before you attempt any transfer

Not really a fair comparison to iPhone pricing: an iPhone costs, what, twice as much as a 3DS?

@baba_944 I can't tell you the exact amount but you know how in New Super Mario Bros. 2 you have to collect 1 million gold coins? They're all for me.

@jibberldd5 Considering I've accepted the job I assume I've passed the test stage

@jibberldd5 Yep. Still works, though!

@LazyGamer Key difference is that humans are real.

Yes we have and yes they are, but here's how it generally works: Nintendo sends us English information and we post it.

@TheDreamingHawk 'cos we don't always get details from our source every week. When we do get deets, we post them.

WHAT!

@Hyperstar96 I love fighting games — cut my teeth on Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha in the 90s, still play VF5 and SF to this day. But Smash Bros. just doesn't cut it for me; too much chaos, not enough refinement. Take away the fan service and nobody would give it the time of day — not the mark of a good game in my eyes.

But hey, I know many, many of you love it, so that's cool. It's just that I don't.

@TheKingofTown Try it and find out.

Greatest photo ever.

Isn't that a gold raccoon suit? Not sure they'd do two white power-ups...

@Miss_Birdo I very much doubt it.

I will probably use this suit a lot as I am rubbish at games.

@warioswoods My back-up was "Stop-Pit".