While the Big N is always thinking about new hardware, it's not ready to toss aside Wii U just yet.
Nintendo has no intention of releasing a successor to Wii U until the company has managed to push its tablet-centric console to its absolute limits.
According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, the company is already investigating what its next console will be, but that doesn't mean gamers will be seeing it anytime soon. “Our mentality is, fairly soon after we launch new hardware, we already begin thinking about what’s next," he said in a recent Q&A. "That’s an ongoing process for us. In the end, what galvanizes us to move is when our developers have a great gaming experience that can’t be done on the current platform. We’re not there yet on the Wii U."
The Big N is still looking into new and innovative ways to make use of the GamePad, so don't expect the company to drop support for Wii U just yet. "The experiments that Shigeru Miyamoto showed at E3 show that there’s a lot of innovation to be mined with Wii U," Fils-Aime added. "We showed off the beginnings of a Zelda game coming to Wii U. We have a lot more content to create for the Wii U, but we’re always thinking about what’s coming next."
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