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Nintendo would be ending the production of the Wii U, as reported by numerous sources of late. The Wii U has sold millions of units, but it still is a lot less than the projected sales of 100 million units. Following the rumors, Nintendo has now made it official that the company would be stopping the production of Wii U.

Kotaku had earlier spotted that the official Japanese website of Nintendo was bearing the information about the shutting down of production of the console in Japan. It was unclear whether this discontinuation would be in Japanese markets or all throughout the world.

The confusion cleared when Nintendo America send a statement to Kotaku confirming that the Wii U's that had been shipped to its retail partners would be made available. This statement by Nintendo of America clears all the doubts about the scrapping of the production of the Wii U, which will now be overtaken by the Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo ends its fiscal year on March 2017, which also means that the Wii U consoles that were already shipped to the retailers, are going to be the last generation of Wii U consoles. The supply once runs out, it is unlikely that the retailers would be able to bring new stock for the Wii U.

The Nintendo Switch was announced recently and the new console has generated a buzz, because the console seems to provide players with a flexibility that hasn't been seen in others. Nintendo wants to capitalize on the Switch, and it already has marked the territory of the Wii U.

Nintendo once dominated the video game console industry, and Switch seems to be the masterstroke with which Nintendo can grab its crown back. Nintendo Switch is rumored to be part of a bigger ecosystem with various add-ons and perhaps even newer technologies the industry hasn't seen before.

The Switch will go on sale in the US on the 12th of March, and in the PAL region on the 17th of March, 2017.