▁from ▁other ▁regions ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Origin ally , ▁market ing ▁of ▁N intendo ' s ▁products ▁in ▁Australia ▁had ▁been ▁very ▁relax ed , ▁but ▁picked ▁up ▁consider ably ▁since ▁Rose ▁L app in ▁was ▁named ▁Man aging ▁Director ▁of ▁N intendo ▁Australia . ▁ ▁Before ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁N intendo ▁Australia ▁did ▁not ▁produce ▁their ▁own ▁N intendo ▁Direct s , ▁instead ▁broadcast ing ▁European ▁N intendo ▁Direct s ▁on ▁their ▁website , ▁which ▁are ▁sometimes ▁slightly ▁modified ▁to ▁ad here ▁to ▁class ifications ▁and ▁other ▁regional ▁differences . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁N intendo ▁produced ▁the ▁first ▁N intendo ▁Direct ▁Australia , ▁and ▁also ▁created ▁official ▁Twitter ▁and ▁Facebook ▁accounts . ▁Australia ' s ▁first ▁region - specific ▁N intendo ▁Direct ▁also ▁happens ▁to ▁announ ce ▁the ▁New ▁N intendo ▁ 3 DS ▁hardware , ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁after ▁Japan , ▁and ▁re le asing ▁the ▁New ▁iteration ▁roughly ▁three ▁months ▁before ▁North ▁America ▁and ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Ex clus ive ▁hardware ▁and ▁games ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years ▁a ▁few ▁games ▁have ▁been ▁released ▁far ▁earlier ▁than ▁in ▁Europe , ▁such ▁as ▁ 1 0 8 0 ° ▁Snow board ing ▁( which ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁while ▁Europe ▁waited ▁until ▁December ), ▁Animal ▁Cross ing ▁was ▁also ▁released ▁nearly ▁a ▁year ▁ahead ▁of ▁Europe ▁( though ▁it ▁arrived ▁in ▁Australia ▁over ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁North ▁America ). ▁The ▁Australian ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁Zel