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Nintendo TVii No Longer Coming to Europe

by Daan Koopman - February 16, 2015, 5:58 am EST
Total comments: 17 Source: Nintendo of Europe

Nintendo of Europe has finally given up on an unfulfilled promise.

During a past Wii U-centric Nintendo Direct, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata assured European fans that Nintendo TVii was being looked at for the region. Two years later, Nintendo of Europe has decided to pull the plug.

A statement, which can found on various versions of their website, reads:

''At Nintendo of Europe, we continue to challenge ourselves to develop a range of entertaining experiences for all to enjoy. Due to the extremely complex nature of localising multiple television services across a diverse range of countries with varied licensing systems, regrettably we have taken the decision not to launch the Nintendo TVii service within the European region. Although on this occasion we did not anticipate such challenges, we will always strive to develop a range of entertaining experiences for all our users to enjoy.''

How Nintendo of Europe plans to fill the gap on Wii U remains to be seen, as not every country has access to the same streaming services. It also raises the question as to whether or not NoE is planning to remove the Nintendo TVii button from the HOME Menu, which has been there since day one.

Talkback

tyto_albaFebruary 16, 2015

they took down the 3DS video service too. now we only have these horribleĀ  "Mario Cat" show and a new anime channel withoout the japanese audio.

PlugabugzFebruary 16, 2015

I continue to blame Insanolord.

marvel_moviefan_2012February 16, 2015

well I could say be more like US but that would be rude. Actually this does suck for the Europeans though you guys usually get the shaft on features but get the way cooler bundles and special promotions stuff so is it a fair trade?

SorenFebruary 16, 2015

TVii has been such a colossal failure on all regions.

TheXenocideFebruary 16, 2015

Oh, yeah. TVii exists. Forgot about that.

BlackNMild2k1February 16, 2015

Does anyone even use it in the countries that it is available in?

broodwarsFebruary 16, 2015

So in other words, Europe's getting the best version of the Wii U.

ejamerFebruary 16, 2015

TVii: Interesting idea, utter failure in practice. Some parts of North America might have better luck, but at least where I live it simply can't be configured correctly so ended up being useless anyway.


If NoE removes the TVii icon from the Wii U interface, then I'll actually be jealous of the European implementation...

TheXenocideFebruary 16, 2015

Yep. I totally use this broken service that comes on the same device that runs Hulu and Netflix.

marvel_moviefan_2012February 16, 2015

I don't even know what it is, I never heard of it I just figured it was like the Wii had that Nintendo channel or something like that.

videoanimeFebruary 16, 2015

It was a terrible failure since only works in the United States :/

Quote from: videoanime

It was a terrible failure since only works in the United States :/

That's not true. It doesn't work anywhere.

BlackNMild2k1February 16, 2015

Quote from: ejamer

TVii: Interesting idea, utter failure in practice ended up being useless.

I agree.

Much like the Wii U itself, there was some potential in the idea, but Nintendo never wants to put in enough, or go far enough in the execution to make the idea actually worth the effort.

famicomplicatedJames Charlton, Associate Editor (Japan)February 16, 2015

Easy way to fix this: get the BBC iPlayer working on Wii U. Who (in the UK) needs anything else?


Right now, it only exists on the...*shudder*....Wii Shop Channel.

BlackNMild2k1February 17, 2015

Quote from: famicomplicated

Easy way to fix this: get the BBC iPlayer working on Wii U. Who (in the UK) needs anything else?


Right now, it only exists on the...*shudder*....Wii Shop Channel.

seriously!? after all this time, Nintendo couldn't even be bothered to up-port the iBBC player or whatever it was called!?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, seeing how they were also to lazy to update the Netflix player* to allow for profiles, regardless of the fact that the Wii U itself allows for separate accounts, but no matter which account you log into, it's all on the same profile for Netflix.

*and Netflix has to be the #1 non gaming app used on this system by a WIIIIIIIDE margin.
probably rivals even the most popular games in total lifetime usage.

ejamerFebruary 17, 2015

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1

Quote from: famicomplicated

Easy way to fix this: get the BBC iPlayer working on Wii U. Who (in the UK) needs anything else?


Right now, it only exists on the...*shudder*....Wii Shop Channel.

seriously!? after all this time, Nintendo couldn't even be bothered to up-port the iBBC player or whatever it was called!?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, seeing how they were also to lazy to update the Netflix player* to allow for profiles, regardless of the fact that the Wii U itself allows for separate accounts, but no matter which account you log into, it's all on the same profile for Netflix.

*and Netflix has to be the #1 non gaming app used on this system by a WIIIIIIIDE margin.
probably rivals even the most popular games in total lifetime usage.

Yeah, the Netflix thing pisses me off too - no profiles, and it won't remember where you left off during a show either. We've kept our Wii attached because the Wii U implementation of Netflix is so disappointing.

marvel_moviefan_2012February 17, 2015

I am glad I have a Ps3 and Ps4 for that, I can avoid the awful Wii U Netflix app. Still pretty lame though because I would like to get Netflix on the Gamepad but not without profiles.

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