Nintendo Wii U due out this year

The latest console from Nintendo, the Wii U, is due for release by the end of 2012.
Nintendo are planning to launch their own online gaming programme called Nintendo Network in an attempt to rival the Xbox and PlayStation.

The online gaming platform will play host to "competitions and communication among users, as well as the sales of digital content," and will also launch Nintendo personal user accounts.

The new 'U' controller will feature NFC capabilities in order to "read and write data via non-contact NFC and to expand the new play format in the video game world", according to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata.
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