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Updated on 15 November 2006

By Benjamin Cohen

Nintendo unveils its latest little Big Thing - the Wii. But how will it fare in the highly competitive games console market?


Nintendo displays next-generation game console "Wii" in Tokyo (Reuters)

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In Tokyo this morning, shares in Nintendo hit an all-time high ahead of the launch of the company's latest games console: the Wii.

Computer games are big business. And the UK games market is the third largest in the world.

So our technology correspondent Benjamin Cohen has been out and about this morning to get an early look at what the Wii has to offer.

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