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https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/15/nl4xqlaeanfnmryhthfg-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601446One of the last reliable supporters for the concept that video games should have instruction manuals appears to be backing off. Nintendo has released its first games on its new console without instruction manuals: Nothing on paper and not even a digital manual.