Nintendo Co. launched its new Wii U game console in Japan on Saturday, aiming to stage a comeback in a market increasingly dominated by growth in games played on mobile phones.
The game console and software maker is hoping that the successor to the Wii, released in 2006, will turn around its business after posting a net loss of ¥43.2 billion last year due to sluggish sales and the strong yen.
The console comes with a controller called the Wii U GamePad, which has an embedded touch screen so people can play games on their television or just on the GamePad screen.