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Issue 343
Dialogue
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Give it a day
Had I written this letter earlier, we would have been in the longest drought between Nintendo Directs since they first began. As it stands, I write this with the longest drought being in recent memory.
The Nintendo Direct format has very much taken on a life of its own, to the extent that it has become a format for their signature E3 performances. Every Direct has been slickly produced with a number of game announcements, often with one being the standout or surprise.
As of the writing of this letter (February 27) Nintendo have not revealed their hand beyond , which got an admittedly charming Direct. This means that aside from nebulous comments around , , and a couple of other games, Nintendo’s year looks, to
