Topic: Nintendo TVii No Longer Coming to Europe

[Daan]

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

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/39639/nintendo-tvii-no-longer-coming-to-europe

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.

[tyto_alba]

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

[Plugabugz]

I continue to blame Insanolord.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

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?

[Soren]

TVii has been such a colossal failure on all regions.

[TheXenocide]

Oh, yeah. TVii exists. Forgot about that.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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

[broodwars]

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

[ejamer]

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...

[TheXenocide]

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

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

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.

[videoanime]

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

[NWR_insanolord]

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

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

[BlackNMild2k1]

TVii: Interesting idea, utter failure in practice [that] 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.

[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.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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.

[ejamer]

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_2012]

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.