No Wii Successor Anytime Soon

No Wii Successor Anytime Soon

Speaking to Reuters, Nintendo US's president, Reggie Fils-Aime, confirmed that Nintendo won't release new home consoles anytime soon.

"We believe the role of a new console, a new system, is to bring great new entertainment ideas to life. We launched (the Wii and DS) those systems when we had great ideas that would benefit either from a touch screen or from a Wii remote," he told Reuters.

"We will consider the launch of new consoles when we have got great new entertaining ideas that can only be done with a new console. As we sit here today the Wii console has a long run ahead of it, (the DS too)."

"At some point we will launch the DSi here in the Americas. So as we look at the near term for us it's all about maximizing the opportunity with the (Wii and DS)."