Sorry for the late reply. I definitely came into contact with great people while the blog lasted but, still, people underestimate how much work it take and I just preferred to take a relatively clean break from the blog. :)
Hey Dave,
I started checking out Nintendo3DSBlog right before the 3DS was released, and loved it and was checking it every day, great blog that had all the good new 3DS info (and other info) as well as a personable and funny moderator. Looking forward to your new projects.
Dave, I have to say thank you for such a great blog. This passed year I'll admit I didn't check it very often, but those first three years I was an active reader and loved the enthusiasm that was in this blog. Good luck to you sir in your future projects, I look forward to hearing from you and what great things you can do.
Hey thanks for your work running this blog. Just want to ask if you may have any recent news about Majora's Mask coming out on 3ds? Wonder why Nintendo is sluggish or doesn't see the earning potential of this magnificent game.
You're a well-known man, David. I think you must have met a lot of good people while this blog lasted, lend it to a friend you actually trust. The 3DS is getting hot right now with all those announcements, and there is still a lot left. I miss seeing those announcements first in here, I really do.
That's fair enough. But I'd argue that it'd be a bigger let-down to get people excited for an improved blog only for it to lead nowhere a short while later. It's something I thought about a lot. Not sure there was a perfect choice in either case.
We are already disappointed with the fact that you closed down the blog. How could we feel more let down than that? Just making a point, David, not trying to be mean.
It's something I considered but people often underestimate the work required and I didn't want to risk the readers being disappointed for a second time if the new owner decided stopped updating it.
Hey David, I've been watching your videos and reading your blogs since the beginning of the 3DS era, and wanted to say good job. I've been wanting to make an active website for awhile now, and wanted to know how you started yours. I don't want to buy domains and everything without having any sucess.
David and other 3DSblog fans
I need to be sentimental for a moment.
It was sometime shortly after the E3 2010 hype when I searched for any information on the 3DS. I scrounged for sites that only had very obvious, overran news that I had seen on every site. Occasionally, I'd find a tidbit I never knew about, but it was mostly padded and safe or baseless and stupid. Then I finally found Nintendo3DSblog.com. What I found in this site was a whole collection of dedicated 3DS information, with all of the information that I could have ever wanted, told by a real person who I connected with.
From then on, Nintendo3dsblog.com became the number one site I went to when turning on a computer. Every day, there was something fresh to keep me coming back, even to the point of wondering how the author kept up with it all. Even Kotaku, which covers all game information, was something I'd put in the back seat in favor of Nintendo3dsblog.com. What made this site work was that it felt like home. I felt like I knew David, and his articles reflected him. And David's voice wasn't like anyone else's in gaming journalism: It wasn't always snarky and sarcastic, wasn't always straight forward and plain, and wasn't even that opinionated most of the time. It was just like hearing a friend tell you about some news he heard, and that has more value to me than any other source of news.
Seeing this site go is a little hard for me. I still come here out of shear habit and then sadly remember that it's gone. I never commented much, but I wish I did now. I thought it would never end.
Good luck to you, David. I feel like a friend who's about to say good bye, but you don't really know me, so I'm not sure what this is. Regardless, you've got the makings of someone who won't just sit around and not doing great things yet again. Don't go to waste on me.
Your friend from somewhere across the pond,
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DAVID ! i been following this site since before it was changed i would check this site on my xbox 360 , my laptop, my 3ds and my cell. I been following this thing since before 3ds man !, you are a cool dude ! , and i hope you can do youtube vids at least :) , you are a happy cool down to earth dude and i wish you the best and also much happiness :)
Thank you for everything, David. It's been a blast, through all the ups and downs since 2011. I'm glad to have been a part of this, and I hope it was a good experience for you, like it was for everyone else here.
Best of luck with everything, David. Truly appreciate everything you've done.
Been here since early 2011. Number one source for 3DS news was here for me. Thanks for everything and I will defiantly continue to follow your future projects. Thanks for everything again, been a blast.
Ali
Hi David and I guess, bye David! It has been an absolute pleasure to read your blog and I like so many others have followed you throughout the years. You were my number one source for all things 3ds and I will most certainly be reading your other blog as I enjoy your writing style very much.
Thank you again,
Don
Wow... It's sad to see you go David. I started going on the site 4 years ago near the end of that year. I just remember searching "3DS" on youtube and I saw a bunch of your videos on there and I hadn't viewed one and I was like "WHO THE HECK IS THIS GUY SPAMMING YOUTUBE?? UGH!" But then I actually watched a video... and another... and another... then I went to the blog and I've been hooked since.
My favorite moments were the pizza party before the launch. That was pretty fun and awesome. I'm glad you got to go to Japan and E3 as well and thankfully you left right before the Fukushima incident. I remember being extremely worried for you. Then the water charity... Oh who could forget! That was pretty amazing and I'm glad you had a good time over there.
But my all-time favorite was the video where you first took off your beanie. I remember screaming like a little girl because I was so excited about it. I remember being the super excited 6th grader I was back then, checking the blog out every single day. I also was a member of the forums. Thanks for that as well.
Anyways yeah I just wanted to say thank you for your hard work and dedication towards the 3ds and all of the ups and downs. But, as we all know, all good things come to an end. And unfortunately now is the time for you to end everything. Thank you. And good luck with your other projects as well. I'll be sure to check them out. I hope you read this comment, and I wish you the absolute best of luck moving forward. Thanks again, and I guess I'll talk to you later ;)
Hi David!
Not sure when I started reading your blog, but it might well have been around or slightly before the E3 during which Nintendo revealed the 3DS. It's been an awesome time and I really want to thank you for providing the internet with the news and rumors we wanted.
Just wondering though, why haven't you put out a similar post for the wiiublog? I mean: after you changed it to Tumblr your productivity went up for a few weeks and then it stopped. Completely! Maybe it's an idea to link that page to this page as well, I guess any visitors you still had already figured out it "died", but I guess you can never be clear enough, right?
*puts on Australian accent*aaand talk to you later!
I've been following you David for the fours years, can't believe time flies. But i enjoyed reading your blog for news of new games i had alot of fun and thank you for your work. I was sad to see your shutting down your blog, but good luck on your next projects and thanks again!
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