No. It is a completely new console that is a successor to the Wii. However, it is fully backwards compatible with Wii games, Wii downloads, and Wii controllers.
Yes that is why the Wii U is a new system and not a console add on like Wii motion plus or the balance board. The Wii U is a console and the controller is not a hand held and cannot be taken to far from the console.
It is a whole new console.
its a new console and it even has its own games to it
this works exelent i tried it and it works on the previous wii console i put all my "Mii's" onto my remote then i transfered them to my new remote it works no worries
There is the Wii U coming out late in 2012.
the new game console coming out is the Ouya
As of June 2014, there are no new Mario games coming out for Wii. Nintendo is focusing their new releases on the Wii U.
PS4 is just slang for the next Playstation Console. Until the E3 release of a future Sony console there is not a console coming until after the next E3. Nintendo Wii unveiled the Wii U at the latest E3 in the summer of 2011, but even the name that was announced is not set in stone as an example of how important they consider the choice for the name of a new product. Also as another example of how far ahead the official announcement is from product availability you can still not even preorder the Nintendo's newest console almost a year after it was announced.
It's not called the Wii 2, but a new Wii console called the Wii U has been out for two years as of this answer. Back in 2010, when this question was asked, the Wii U hadn't been announced yet, so there would have been no way of knowing if there would be one.
Twilight Princess is for Game Cube and Wii the next one will be for Wii
No, the Nintendo Wii and the Wii U are two different consoles. Therefore, you can purchase the Wii U console without having to get the Wii