Nintendo TVii Canceled in Europe

they better not cancel it in the states, I just started using the service and I'm pretty happy with it.

when are they gonna cancel the wii u?

NO BUY FROM ME!!!!!:mad:

Oh wait...i have a tv already.....carry on Nintendo.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo................................

What is that TVii thingy anyway?

I gotta wii u but never even touched that icon...

Sort of expected but can they remove that icon now? It's pretty silly to have an icon for something that isn't available

On one hand, Nintendo shouldn't waste their time on functions if their heart isn't in it. Either do it well or don't do it at all. But on the gripping hand, Nintendo is increasingly making the case for them becoming a software and accessory company rather than the producer of their own platforms, especially on the console side. They remain competitive on the mobile side as decent inputs for most games are still lacking from devices that are truly mobile. You can pair a Bluetooth gamepad to your phone but support is limited and it isn't very convenient to carry around. The Nintendo mobile platform still qualifies itself.

Not so much on the console side. It's hard to see anything the Wii U provides for Nintendo that couldn't be just as easily done on other platforms from companies better able to cover the full range of features expected today. The one really defining feature of the Wii U, the Gamepad, could just as easily be an accessory for the Sony and Microsoft platforms. Both already have similar approaches with Remote Play to the Vita on the Sony side and SmartGlass on the Microsoft side. But then, nintendo itself hasn't done all that much with the Gamepad, making it a questionable part of the Wii U base configuration instead of a lower cost of entry, as the Wii enjoy and benefited from.

This is no major loss. Nintendo Tvii is a pretty big disappointment. In fact most multimedia apps are pretty pathetic on Wii-U. Nintendo Tvii could of been pretty cool had user communities ever come out for the thing. But it's been two years since they announced those, and still no word.

Having separate communities for shows or even sports teams probably would be of been a pretty cool feature.

lol at the overreaction in these comments

The only reason I even got a Wii U was for the TVii! FUQ

This story functions as a perfect example of precisely everything that is currently wrong with nintendo:

No research. Just development. 24 months after an announcement and a few please understands, no less. all this of course after they released a console before they had any idea how hd development worked.

I hate being THAT kind of hater, but as a day one wiiu owner that used to give nintendo the benefit of every doubt, theres no way i'm buying the next nintendo console before i see 12 months of stellar releases and quality third party support...or, at the very least, prices that reflect nintendo's inability to produce anything other than a supplementary device to put next to your worthwhile gaming machines.

Europe is not missing anything. Nintendo TVii is not anything to get upset over. Europe is lucky not to have TVii. This was just another unneeded feature for the Wii U which was meant to try to pull casual consumers towards the Wii U. But it didn't have any real impact.

On a side note, I love the TV remote feature on the game pad. I don't use it often but every once and awhile I'll set myself up, realize I've forgotten the remote, then realize the controller can be used as a remote and I don't have to get up and grab the real remote. I love little details like that.

But yeah, Europe's a different beast than North America is. North America's pretty much just English. If you want to be nice you include French and Spanish in there... but for the most part it's just English. Europe however... you're dealing with English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Greek, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Polish, Irish, Belarusian, Latvian, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Albanian, Maltese... and I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. It's a giant mess. Sure, not everybody supports all of those languages but you're looking at at least 4-6 typically and that's still a pain. Add to that licensing per country and looking at your install base, they deduced that it simply wasn't worth maintaining. For North America it's just Canada and the US... one language, two licensing systems, and what's probably 90-95% of your customers for that continent. I'm not sure about how Mexico is typically supported. But yeah, Europe's a completely different beast.

I think Nintendo is going to abandon the Wiiu soon and launch a new system

No one cares.

Nintendo cutting off their arms and legs once again, you are stupid nintendo, admit it.

Why am I not surprised

Pulling support already? Wii Channels were around much longer.

Because the Wii U is a flop. Also Nintendo have always been anti-west orientated, the West should just boycott Nintendo.

Nintendo and Europe... yeah. This is not surprising in the slightest.

they did a good thing actually... our stupid Europe is lost in constant wars and nationalistic ideologies....

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does anyone really care about these sort of features? ITS A GAMES CONSOLE!!!!

its same with my xbone i dont give a hoot about tv content or movies even i just want to play good games

Welcome to the Grand Illusion.

I'd post the music video from Styx. Somehow I think it'll just be sitting in queue for time indefinite. Until some 19 year old comes along with a hard on for all things old and approves it because Wikipedia tells him truth.

gee what a surprise!, whatever can't miss what you never had I guess

Good we have TV's for TV. We don't need consoles for TV

If it wasn't for Better Call Saul and Always Sunny, I wouldn't watch TV at all. This idea's like ten years too late.