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'Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate' will launch on both Wii U and 3DS, giving us one more reason to be excited about the next-gen Nintendo console.

A report by Nikkei has confirmed the speculation that the Wii's successor will feature a touch-screen device as its controller.

Nintendo is dropping the price of its Wii game system by $50 to $150 and introducing a new line of cheaper Wii games....

The successor to Nintendo's hit Wii console will arrive next year. In disclosing its plans Monday, Nintendo Co. didn't say what the new system will do. The Japanese company plans to show a playable model of the new console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which runs June 7-9 in Los Angeles.

It seems Americans are playing a whole lot of "Wii Bowling." Nintendo has announced that they've sold 30 million Wiis in the United States alone.

That 1.5 million breaks down to more than 550,000 Wii consoles and more than 1 million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi portables, according to Nintendo's internal estimates.

While we may be nervous about Microsoft's Project Natal branding strategy -- remember, that's just a codename -- the suits in Redmond share no such concern. That's because the Natal project is following Nintendo's lead in more ways than just easy-to-play, motion-based technology.

Nintendo expects sales and profit to level off this fiscal year as consumer demand for its Wii game machine and DS handheld starts to plateau and the company reported an 8.5% rise in annual profit.

Sales of Nintendo's Wii console have passed 50 million, the company's boss Satoru Iwata tells a conference.