Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata has delivered his clearest message yet to gamers about the company's future: Don't count the Wii U out yet.
Nintendo, threatened with becoming an also-ran in the market for home consoles, announced a half-dozen new titles for the Wii U in an online presentation for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, including a multiplayer shooter game called Splatoon and Super Smash Bros., and unveiled a collectible-toy platform for the console called Amiibo, similar to Activision Blizzard Inc.'s Skylanders.
The maker of Super Mario and Zelda has struggled to revive sales of the Wii U after missteps including delays in getting key titles to stores. The Mario Kart 8 racing title sold more than 1.2 million units globally during the last weekend of May, and Nintendo is counting on holiday releases to build momentum for a console many analysts expected the company to write off.
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