Posted on Tuesday 21-Feb-2012 3:06 PM

Nintendo shutting Wii video service

Japanese ad-supported channel never made it to Europe

By CVG Staff for computerandvideogames.com

Nintendo of Japan has announced plans to kill off its Wii no Ma video service for good on April 30.

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Launched in May 2009 with a range of movies, anime and other paid content from providers including Walt Disney and Warner Entertainment, the ad-supported video on demand channel was available to Wii owners and also accessible via DSi for portable viewing.

It offered both original programming and a space for partner companies to serve up promotional videos, and was initially planned for release outside of Japan.

The service has seen 4.49 million downloads and has over 8.11 million users, Andriasang reports.

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    Windowlicker79 on 21 Feb '12 said:

    The service saw 4.49 million downloads and has over 8.11 million users

    Why on earth are the closing it down then? Surely with this many users just in Japan the best move would be for them to roll it out nationwide, not close it down?

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    Chris_Shanahan87 on 21 Feb '12 said:

    The service saw 4.49 million downloads and has over 8.11 million users

    Why on earth are the closing it down then? Surely with this many users just in Japan the best move would be for them to roll it out nationwide, not close it down?

    probably to launch something better with for the Wii U / 3DS. As for launching outside of Japan - we already have Netflix, remember?

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    MD1500 on 21 Feb '12 said:

    Well, Nintendo 3DS already has an equivalent video service - worldwide, so that just leaves the Wii U.