Five things we learned from Nintendo Direct

Nintendo fans were treated to their seasonal helping of hype on Thursday night as the company took to the net to broadcast its pre-Christmas edition of Nintendo Direct, its straight-to-the-fans presentation where it shows off what's in the pipeline for

Super Mario Maker also maintains decent momentum – It somewhat passed us by during Nintendo Direct madness, but the Octobe

Nintendo have just said a bunch of times that the next Zelda was coming to Wii U in 2016, which smells like an attempt to head off rumours that the title had been shifted to the upcoming NX console.

Nintendo debuted a new Nintendo Direct presentation today, revealing details about several new and upcoming Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games. Some of the exciting news included the reveal that iconic video game character Cloud from FINAL FANTASY VII 

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