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Last fall, Nintendo launched the next generation of gaming consoles with the Wii U, which comes with a tabletlike controller called the GamePad.

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Wii U sales of 3.45 million units fell short of Nintendo's target of 4 million units in the fiscal year.

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"Last fall, Nintendo launched the next generation of gaming consoles with the Wii U, which comes with a tablet-like controller called the GamePad.

Cheap yen a boon and a risk for Japan companies

But the weaker yen can't solve the fundamental challenge that Nintendo's business is facing: casual gamers shifting from specialized game machines to tablets and smartphones.

Nintendo chief rules out price cuts for Wii U

The company returned to net profit for the April-December period from deep losses the previous year, but that was due to a perk from a weaker yen, which helps Japanese exporters like Nintendo.

Nintendo returns to profit, lowers sales forecasts

Nintendo sank into a loss the previous fiscal year largely because of price cuts for its hand-held 3DS game machine, which shows three-dimensional imagery without special glasses.

Review: Nintendo's TVii tops button-laden remotes

These irritations aside, Nintendo has given us a way to control the clutter of channels, apps and devices crowding around the TV.

News summary: Nintendo's TVii replaces the remote

SALES HOPES: Nintendo hopes the free service boosts sales of the console after recording 425,000 sales in the first week since its Nov. 18 launch.

Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote

By the end of March, Nintendo says that it will integrate TVii with TiVo so that it will be possible to program a TiVo digital video recorder through the game console as well.

Nintendo: more than 400,000 Wii Us sold in US

The original Wii remains available, and Nintendo says it sold more than 300,000 of them last week, along with roughly 250,000 handheld Nintendo 3DS units and about 275,000 of the Nintendo DS.

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Nintendo gained 39.5 billion yen ($399 million) from a favorable exchange rate for the year.

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Nintendo wins appeals court decision over Wii

The ITC had also concluded that Nintendo did not infringe the Motiva patents.