Nintendo's next console, code-named "NX," is going to be revealed in 2016. And we just got our first hint at what it won't be, care of Nintendo's new president Tatsumi Kimishima.

"I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U," Kimishima told Time in an exclusive interview published Thursday.

Left: Nintendo's Wii | Right: Nintendo's Wii U Nintendo

The Wii was one of Nintendo's most successful consoles ever made, and it ushered in a new era of motion-based gaming — Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's PlayStation Move were both released after the Wii's tremendous success.

The follow-up to the Wii — the unfortunately named "Wii U" — is one of Nintendo's hardest flops. Despite becoming available a full year ahead of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, sales of the Wii U lag the competition. Sony sold 30 million PlayStation 4s in two years, while Nintendo sold 10 million Wii Us in over three.

And Nintendo's next console, the "NX," is still a big question mark. Kimishima offered Time little in the way of additional details. "It’s something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal to our consumer base."

It sounds like motion gaming may be off the table — both the Nintendo Wii and Wii U feature some form of motion-based gaming, though the Wii U's main feature is its tablet-like gamepad.

A man plays Wii Sports tennis using a Nintendo Wii and motion controller. Joe Shlabotnik Though a variety of rumors have popped up regarding Nintendo's next game console, the most persistent (and credible) comes from the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported back in October that the NX console is both a handheld game console (like Nintendo's 3DS) and a home game console (like Nintendo's Wii U). Nintendo also introduced a new online account system recently, and it's thought that the account system ("Nintendo Account") will bridge your smartphone, computer, and Nintendo's game consoles with a unified login. This would make sense, as the company also revealed its first smartphone game recently.

We'll hopefully learn more in 2016, when Nintendo says it will unveil the NX platform to the public.

Check out the full interview with Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima right here.