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Nintendo next gen console ready for March

by on20 October 2016


New video out today teasing NX

Nintendo is expected to show off a teaser video for the new NX console which it plans to launch globally in March.

The Kyoto-based games company has disclosed few details of the console beyond its codename, NX. The three-minute video will be available to watch on the company's website at 4pm (in Rome).

The console's success will be crucial to Nintendo as the firm still thinks console gaming is the center of its business. Sales of Nintendo's current Wii U console have reached 13 million units since its 2012 launch. Its predecessor, the Wii, launched in 2006, has sold 101 million units to date.

The disappointing sales added impetus to shareholders and observers urging Nintendo to embrace smartphone gaming. Nintendo finally announced its entry into mobile last year and earlier this year decided to bring some of its popular characters to mobile. That led to the runaway success of its game Pokemon GO.

The company plans to debut its game franchise Super Mario Bros on the iPhone in December.

Senior analyst Takeshi Koyama at Mizuho Securities said in a research note that the information in the teaser will be limited.

"Nevertheless, we will be looking to get a sense of how the NX is different, and what kind of things will be made possible as compared to previous and existing game devices," he said.

 

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