Nintendo has revealed the Wii U, formerly named Project Cafe, at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles this morning.

The console features a six inch touch-screen controller with two shoulder buttons, two thumbsticks, motion sensors and an onboard camera, and is due for release in 2012.

The Wii U allows players to switch between playing on a TV, and playing remotely with a zero latency connection.

Several franchises have been confirmed for the Wii U, including Warner Bros' Batman, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed and THQ's Darksiders. Nintendo first-party titles are expected to feature strongly, as indicated during this morning's press event in which a brief Zelda demo was shown.

More details to follow shortly.