Nintendo not replacing WiiU for at least a few more years! ~Iwata

[Mummelmann]

burning_phoneix said:

Mummelmann said:
Didn't he also say that they weren't releasing any new handhelds any time soon, about 8-12 months before the 3DS released? These are mere words and if things don't improve significantly, there is no reason not to replace the Wii U within, say, 2016, especially if their plans of tandem software development for two simultaneous platforms are to come to fruition.

The device was announced in March 2010 and released March 2011. So I don't think he said that.

Nah, there was something, I can't seem to find a link. And I meant before the 3DS was announced, small slip-up there. They denied any replacement for the DS not long before the 3DS was announced. They also denied a new 3DS model a few months before the 2DS was officially revealed;

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-denies-wii-u-3ds-rumors/