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Whether the Directs attract a large audience or not is really a secondary consideration. The simple fact is they provide a vehicle for Nintendo to release information about their games without any direct reliance on the media.

They are then picked up by nearly every major gaming publication in the world and re-posted with varying levels of editorialisation, but the original information, the way that Nintendo intended it to be seen, is available for all and sundry via Youtube.

It would be nice to see one this month but I wonder if they will wait until after Christmas.