Nintendo TVii Reaches U.S. On December 20th

By Ishaan Sahdev December 19, 2012

Nintendo have announced a release date for their Nintendo TVii app on the Wii U in North America—December 20th.

Nintendo TVii is an app for the Wii U that connects to all the video services you’ve subscribed to—like Comcast cable, Amazon Instant Video or Hulu Plus—and integrates them into a single interface, which you can control on the Wii U GamePad. It also allows for sharing of comments via Miiverse, Facebook and Twitter.

At launch, Nintendo TVii will be compatible with Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video. In early 2013, the app will be made compatible with Netflix and TiVo.

Note that while the Nintendo TVii app itself is free, you’ll still require a subscription to a video or cable service in order for it to work.

Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.