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This Thursday at 2 p.m. Pacific, Nintendo will go live with its first "Nintendo Direct" presentation, announcing new details on upcoming games, since May of this year.

The extended break, following the untimely passing of chief executive (and Nintendo Direct host) Satoru Iwata, has had company fans especially eager for another dose of direct-to-consumer announcements from the Wii U maker. This week's show will be not unlike Apple's transition away from Stevenotes, a changing of the guard.