Nintendo has denied the report of respected Japanese newspaper Nikkei that the company will end the production of Wii U this year.

According to Nikkei, Nintendo will totally halt the cease production of the tablet/console hybrid in 2016. In this way, it will give way to the launch of the new gaming console called Nintendo NX. However, Nintendo have yet to reveal when the new console's release date will be. Nikkei also reported that Nintendo has already discontinued creating a select group of accessories for the Wii U and plans to use up the rest of its existing inventory by the end of 2016.

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“This isn’t an announcement from our company. From the next quarter and thereafter as well, production [of the Wii U] is scheduled to continue,” a Nintendo spokesperson told Japanese website IT Daily.

As for the Wii U, 2016 is only its fourth year on the market. The Japanese gaming company never established the Wii U as a viable platform for the mass market. The company set it apart with its odd tablet-like controller, but that and everything else about it felt a step behind products from Apple, Microsoft, and Sony.

It has a fair share of popular game titles such as “Super Mario 3D World” as one of the best platforming games ever. On the other hand, “Splatoon” is an exciting and hip new shooter that shows how understands online multiplayer. “Mario Kart 8” is also one of the popular in that series and “Bayonetta 2” is considered as one finest action games.

Nintendo Wii U will have still has a few noteworthy game titles to be released this year. “Star Fox: Zero” will launch on April 22 and “Paper Mario: Color Splash” has also a 2016 release date. But the most anticipated game is “The Legend of Zelda.”

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