Nintendo Co. Ltd. said that they plan on launching a Wii console successor in 2012 as they recently reported a slump in profits. Nintendo is expecting that profits will be remaining flat in the current financial year. Nintendo plans on demonstrating the Wii replacement at the E3 game show on June 7 in Los Angeles, California.

MotionPlus controllers are arriving on the Nintendo Wii in the U.S. around July. Not only is Nintendo releasing the controllers in July, but they are also unleashing a new game called Wii Sports Resort. The Japanese will get their hands on the device and game about a month before us.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata made the announcement about the game and controllers at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

[via Kotaku/SlashGear]