NOE's Merrick Departs Nintendo

Despite announcing in December plans to move to Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Europe senior marketing director Jim Merrick has left the company entirely. Originally, Merrick said that he was returning to Nintendo of America, the branch where he began service to the company, in order to be closer to his family after his 3-year short-term contract with Nintendo of Europe expired. "Today Nintendo officially announced that Jim Merrick, who held the position of Nintendo's software engineering manager, Nintendo network marketing manager, and most recently was managing director of sales and marketing for Nintendo Europe has left the company," said a Nintendo statement. "After nearly 12 years with Nintendo, the last three of which were at Nintendo of Europe, Jim Merrick has left the company to pursue other interests." No replacement has yet been named for Merrick at Nintendo of Europe, where he played a large role in the launch of the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection. Nintendo said that a replacement for Merrick would be announced shortly.