Nintendo TVii Service Coming To Europe In "Selected Regions"

I'll probably never use it but it'll be a nice addition to the system

No hope, I live over here in Malta...we even have to change region on our settings to get access to basic Internet features on the Wii and 3DS.
And ofc with IP checks running on stuff like Nintendo Video and probably this, we're screwed....like most other small countries
But of course no one is willing to speak up for gamers in small countries. We don't really matter in the big picture

They'll probably bring this to Amsterdam, but I doubt I'll use it often. I don't have any VOD subscriptions, or whatever this is for. Just bring the bloody system!!

Let's see, Britain, yeah it's coming to Britain!

C'mon SWEDEN !!

Why is it in "Selected Regions"?

Could be good, I just have no idea if I'll ever use it.

@baba_944
Because Europe always overcomplicates things regarding licensing rights. Look at the mess on youtube. If you make a video in wich you hum a movie theme, chances are that youre going to be blocked in countrys like germany -.-

That's stupid

Do you guys in Europe get Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime? Or are there similar European services Nintendo TVii could use?

Ireland. Please.

@TrueWiiMaster
We have Netflix but at least for me, it was a complete mess on Wii.

@TrueWiiMaster we have Lovefilm and Netflix so hopefully they're used

Nintendo will never be able to take on Smart TV, in the long run. But its a nice feature for 2013, all the same

@Darkgamer001

I don't live in Europe, but I feel your pain. That is why I don't think the "downloadable only games" future will be possible. It is not really an universal thing.

It's not something I want from a Nintendo console. At all. So, I wouldn't be unhappy if Germany isn't one of the "selected regions".

Nintendo's strength was once to make timeless games. That's what they should focus on again and not some features which become worthless after a few years...

France probably won't have it, as there isn't any real Video-on-demand service here... Well we have one, but it really is lame compared to Netflix or ctHulu :/

PLZ come to Australia as well!!!!

@PoshSnivy I second that. Don't fully comprehend the whole thing, but I'll take it.

I'm pretty convinced, it will be implemented in Germany. We have Lovefilm, some other Video-on-Demand Services, Sky and only two big cable companies. Since we are the largest video game market in Europe, it should work out.

@TourianTourist It probably will be coming to Germany because that's where NoE is based

I live in Greece and it is obvious that this service (like many similar ones) will not be available here. I don't really care though.

Yup, pretty useless in some regions. Which is sad, since I would like to have a digital movie service with my Wii U.

Britain,Germany,and France?

Come on!!!

This is one of the Wii U's touted USPs and it's not even working yet and possibly might not be available in certain regions at all.

This kind of stuff should have been nailed on day one.

The Wii U really does feel very rushed and half-a**ed imo.

If it does go to Europe, it will probably just be the UK, maybe if you're lucky France and Germany as well, I doubt much more than that if it does happen.

no netflix in france, majors are too powerful here : they make us pay separately for each episode of any serie
so i dont have any hope to see tvii release in my country

If it works well, it might make this German right here spend 20€ more on the system than he intended before.

Selected Regions = Britain

There isn't much to put on in anywhere else...we got lovefilm in Germany...that's basically it...

@Monsti
It's the UK not Britain.
Mel Gibson left some time ago.

It would be very sad if this didn't come to Britain.

I wonder what the chances are of it reaching Australia? (totally unrelated to Europe I know )

We've got some VOD services here in Poland but still it's obvious we're not getting Nintendo TVii

The UK isnt Europe!

Considering Aussieland doesn't even have Netflix the chances of us getting this is like catching a cold in hell

There's a 100% chance it won't come to Portugal.
We don't have netflix, hulu or stuff like that.

Aparantly the only Portuguese here

I'm betting that it will (at least) arrive to regions with Netflix, so I'm crossing my fingers for a release here in Finland. Can't be too hopeful though since the Nintendo around here is pretty lazy.

@3DS they brought the redead apocalypse to europe why not tvii? Lol

@Tsuchiya Not quite. I think Northern Island isn't part of Great Britain...but I'm not the expert. ^^ All I wanted to say is, that that's the only place where they'll get Tvii I guess...

Well wii U has done well to bring out a TV Application before the 360

@Eldir Nooooooooooope. Yeah thats right. Two portuguese in this site.

@Tsuchiya
It can be called both yet the official name which is recognized by the U.N. the E.U. and the I.O.C. is Great Britain

@drunkenmaster76 the Uk is bloody well in europe, if it weren't in europe what contenent would it be in?

@Monsti Northan Ireland is in the Uk, thats why it is sometimes called Great Britain AND Ireland!!!!!!!

@ljmorgan: I don't think drunkenmaster76 meant to say that the UK wasn't a part of Europe by that — the general feeling in this thread is that 'selected regions' is going to mean 'just the UK' in practice, therefore 'The UK isn't Europe!' is more like a complaint that 'Europe' doesn't solely consist of the UK.

@SirSmugleaf: Are you reading my mind?!

@TrueWiiMaster In the UK we have Netflix, and a video service from Amazon called LoveFilm. We also have famous BBC iPlayer, as well as a bunch of smaller on demand services from TV networks.