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It's about as official as official gets: Nintendo's next console will have a six-inch touchscreen and be a portable console by itself.
In addition to those details, Nikkei (subscription required) also reports that the controller will have a camera that players can use to import images to create characters in-game with. The publication speculates that the console could come out in mid-2012 at the earliest.
Nintendo's E3 press conference will be streaming live here at gameinformer.com as soon as it gets rolling on Tuesday morning. Expect the official word then.