Today's Nintendo Direct certainly had a lot of surprises, some of which are sure to please long-time fans of Nintendo. Here's a breakdown of everything Nintendo had to say.

What is arguably the biggest news from the Direct came with the announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D , a 3D remake of the fan favorite N64 game from 2000. The game has been hinted at by producer Eiji Aonuma in the past and was referenced in A Link Between Worlds.

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A release date for the upcoming Mario Kart 8 DLC was revealed. The November 13 pack will include new racers and a fitting 8 new tracks, including an Excitebike inspired track and a Legend of Zelda themed track called Hyrule Circuit. The DLC will also upgrade the game to version 3.0, which adds support for Amiibos. Nintendo also announced details of the second DLC pack, including a release window for the second pack and pricing for both.Speaking of Amiibos, Nintendo also revealed that the upcoming Amiibo support in Mario Kart 8 will unlock detailed racing suits for players' Miis. Each suit will be based on its respective Amiibo. The Mario, Yoshi, Peach, Samus, Link, Kirby, Fox McCloud, and Donkey Kong suits will become available initially, with Captain Falco and Luigi coming later in December.Amiibo functionality for Hyrule Warriors was outlined, with Nintendo showing the spinner weapon from Twilight Princess being unlocked with the Link figurine. Nintendo's Bill Trinen also explained that each Amiibo compatible with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will also work with Hyrule Warriors.A slew of Captain Toad Treasure Tracker levels were shown off during the event, called "mini-verses."Buying Ultimate NES Remix for 3DS will qualify gamers for a free 3DS theme . The offer applies to both the physical and digital versions of the game.Duck Hunt Dog made his return in Super Smash Bros., and now his debut in the NES pack-in title Duck Hunt is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console service. The NES Zapper of yore doesn't work with modern TV sets, but Duck Hunt on VC works with the Wii Remote.Shigeru Miyamoto has created three short Pikmin films, all of which are available for purchase on Wii U and 3DS, and a Pikmin 3 demo is available on Wii U.Kirby and the Rainbow Curse will be coming out in February 2015. The game will support 4-player co-op and gameplay.Codename S.T.E.A.M., the real-time strategy game from the makers of Fire Emblem , will be hitting the 3DS in the spring of next year. Nintendo detailed some of the playable characters, including Abraham Lincoln.Nintendo also gave us a peek into the Splatoon single player mode with a new trailer showing off both single and multi-player modes.It was another great Nintendo Direct, with the company relying on its established properties to help fuel excitement for upcoming new IPs.

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