Beginning December 20, gamers will be able to watch entertainment on both their TV and GamePad with the new Wii U Nintendo TVii service.
Nintendo is letting gamers to connect to their favorite TV shows and movies through the Wii U and its GamePad. Beginning Dec. 20, Nintendo unlocks Nintendo TVii, a free, integrated service for the recently launched, and hard to find, Wii U console that combines what you watch and how you watch into one seamless, second-screen experience on the GamePad controller.
The rapid increase in both the quality and availability of video entertainment content – hundreds of satellite and cable channels, a seemingly endless amount of video-on-demand options – has made finding something to watch a complex and occasionally frustrating process. The solution to this problem is coming from perhaps an unexpected place: a video game console.
“After Dec. 20, you’ll never look at your TV the same way again,” said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. “Wii U owners have already experienced the transformative effect that the GamePad has on game play and social interaction. Nintendo TVii shows how the integrated second screen of the GamePad can also transform and enhance the TV viewing experience. Welcome to the new world of TVii.”
Nintendo TVii maximizes Wii U owners’ current cable, satellite and video-on-demand services by pulling all of their available content sources – such as a Comcast cable package or Hulu Plus subscription – into one place. This empowers Wii U owners to focus on what they want to watch and not how they want to watch. And once users find the show, sporting event or movie they want, they press an icon and Nintendo TVii does the rest.
