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The comments came a day after the Japanese manufacturer of the Wii — which comes with a wand that can be used as a sword, tennis racket or fishing rod depending on the game — reported that sales nearly doubled for the fiscal year, lifted by robust sales of the Wii and the DS portable, a handheld video game.

The Wii has pummeled its rivals in a head-to-head battle in next-generation video game consoles involving Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3, which has been plagued with production problems, and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360.

Nintendo, which also makes Pokemon and Super Mario games, is planning to sell 14 million Wii machines for the current fiscal year through March 2008, having sold 5.84 million Wii consoles worldwide in the five months since its release late last year.

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