Nintendo's new Wii U

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Games giant believes the Wii U, complete with touchscreen, HD, camera and phone, will compete with rivals Microsoft and Sony

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The Nintendo Wii U will launch between April and December 2012. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Nintendo, which introduced gaming to a new generation of players with the Wii, is aiming to break the mould with its next home console, called the Wii U.

Promising more for hardcore gamers, as well as the casual audience that flocked to the Wii, the next generation console features a controller that resembles a tablet PC, with a 6.2in touchscreen. It plays HD graphics and includes a camera, joysticks and buttons.

Nintendo's announcement will pressure rivals such as Microsoft and Sony to come up with new game systems, and could jumpstart a $65bn (£39.5bn) global industry that surpasses Hollywood in size. The new device will launch between April and December 2012, the company told reporters at the E3 games conference in Los Angeles. They did not reveal how much it will cost.

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