Nintendo Drops Hint About Its Next Game Console

On Tuesday, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata surprised followers of the company by revealing a new push into mobile gaming. The new alliance with Japanese mobile game company DeNA would fin ally bring iconic characters sichas Super Mario and Pokemon to mobile phones and tablets.

But Iwata also dropped a small hint about a new game console, codenamed "NX." This console would presumably be a replacement for the still struggling WiiU, which has only sold about 10 million units worldwide since its release in September 2012.

"Nintendo has decided to deploy its video game business on smart devices but it is not because we have lost passion or vision for the business of dedicated video game systems," Iwata said. "On the contrary, now that we have decided how we will make use of smart devices, we have come to hold an even stronger passion and vision for the dedicated video game system business than ever before."

Iwata gave no specific details about the console and said there would be no further news until early in 2016.