The Nintendo Wii has been around too long in terms of video game consoles. From 2006, it has been the flagship console of the Nintendo gaming system. For all the right reasons. The Nintendo Wii has been the second best-selling game console in the US, only right behind the Nintendo DS. Now, it seems that Nintendo feels that Nintedo feels the need to introduce a younger brother to the console.

Introducing the Nintendo Wii U.

Wii will rock U

The Nintendo Wii U is set to be launched in the US, UK, Australia and Japan during the last quarter of 2012. Satoru Iwata, of Nintendo announced in Japan that the Nintendo Wii will rock the U at the end of the year.

It seems that Nintendo has been falling behind the market share and has been experiencing loss in 2011, even though as of January 2012 the Nintendo Wii leads ahead of the Sony Xbox  360 and the Playstation 3 in terms of sales, making it one of the leading game consoles in the market. Nintendo is hoping that the release of the U will help increase their sales in the market.

It’s a great idea considering that many had been anticipating an upgrade to the Nintendo Wii console. With the Nintendo Wii U to be released before Christmas time, it can be expected that Wii fans will probably line up for its release before Christmas as toys to gift themselves with.