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The Year of Luigi is almost over, but that won't stop Nintendo from launching yet another Nintendo Direct, tomorrow (Oct 1) at 10am ET "focused on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games launching later this year." We'll have all the news for you right on Kotaku as it happens.
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