Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced that it plans to launch the successor to its Wii game console sometime in 2012.

According to the statement, the new model will be formally introduced at the E3 Expo (June 7-9, 2011), where a playable model will be on display and specifications detailed.

Nintendo says that it has sold over 86 million systems since releasing the Wii in November 2006.

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