Reggie Fils-Aime recently sat down with Reuters who quizzed the head of Nintendo’s American division about whether or not we will see the appearance of the Wii’s natural successor anytime soon.

We will consider the launch of new consoles when we have got great new entertaining ideas that can only be done with a new console. As we sit here today the Wii console has a long run ahead of it, (the DS too). At some point we will launch the DSi here in the Americas. So as we look at the near term for us its all about maximizing the opportunity with the (Wii and DS).

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