The Option to Buy More Movies and Shows is Coming to the Nintendo Anime Channel

Wii U? If only it was as possible as the 3DS. Maybe next generation we'll get a console that can stream video. It's not like the Wii U could play these movies on the big screen and in full HD.

Okay. I'm a bit disappointed, I thought Ninty was going to be doing their own animes and showing their older cartoons on this.

Would be interested in this, mainly if 3D videos. But yeah, been waiting for this since 2010.

Is this Europe-only thing?

@YouSeemFRAZZLED I remember that, and all we really got was the Shaun the Sheep 3D shorts, and the short lived Nintendo Video :x the anime channel is good but it's only in 2D.

I'm interested in knowing what anime we'll be getting. I can't say this would be a bad little addition, even if it is a small screen - it'd be great when I'm on the train or bus. My phone (despite being a smartphone) sucks and neither has the battery power, nor the sustainability my 3DS has so this would be cool.

And I have to use the extra space somehow. I haven't even reached 20% yet.

eh, I'll stick with Netflix. I like the occasional anime, but I like other stuff too.

There's a Nintendo anime channel?

wait so all animes are nintendo-related ?
i guess you cant watch death note then

I'm just wondering why you would want to watch anime on a 3DS if it isn't in 3D. Basically any other media device can play video faster and in better resolution.

I always watch Pokémon: Indigo League on this channel!

Thanks but no thanks, I prefer my anime on the big screen over portability.

But if they actually would release stuff I really want to watch like Ai shōjo Pollyanna monogatari, Akage no Anne or Wandering son, subbed, I might reconsider.

Maybe the Animal crossing movie?

Given I carry my 3DS everywhere this sound very lovely, especially with the right price (and obviously Anime). I only wonder why it took them so SO long!

I hope the 3DS has enough stability to handle all that JoJo.

@SamuFinland my student years caught me watching episodes on Nokia 3230 in 3gp compression and still capable of enjoying them. N3DSXL has a notably bigger screen. As for resolutions, IMO full HD only makes a worthwhile difference on screens too big to be portable anyway. Even 360-480p is quite enough to have a clear picture unless you need screenshots to print for literal wallpaper.

That will be even neater once there's no more IP check expecting me to move to Russia for the sake of a VOD app. I feel borderline lucky that eShop doesn't have that stuff on a general scale. But then again, we have a section with some downloadable videos separately, and that's where this Layton movie landed the other day. So there's always hope!

@MetaRyan saving the phone/tablet for other things in some situations, I reckon. No battery lives forever, especially when it comes to video playback.

OMG
next year
Game of thrones on 3ds video

.. censored of course

Oh right, that existed. I watched a lot of Pokémon on it, but nowadays it's just sitting there on my Home menu. What's even on there right now?

I think this is a pretty good idea. Doubt it'll be a huge money maker, but who knows.

YES!!!!!! HYPED!!!!!! This is what I've been waiting for. I've always wanted to own INAZUMA ELEVEN!!! ABOUT TIME! HYPED!!!!!!!

Might buy eps of Pokemon I love but that's about it. How about offering those Kid Icarus anime vids like Japan already?

Depending on how much these anime will cost. I'm all up for buying them on my 3DS if they are good.

too bad this isn't in NA, At least we have a good amount of anime on Netflix.

@Nicolai I was wondering this too?

I cannot see how this could be a bad thing. I'd use my N3DS XL to watch animes without a problem.

@nhSnork : I used to do that about 10-11 years ago. Sometimes I would show off some of my videos on the bus on the way to and from school (they were compressed into those appallingly lo-tech 3GP files). How times have changed.

There we go, main problem with Nintendo. They are excellent at coming up with good features for their stuff, but they never go further with it. "Hey we got VC!" Don't actually release more than a few Hey we got this cool anime channel where we could put up stuff like Pokemon episodes or MarioZelda episodes Releases random pokemon episodes that isn't even from the same gen. Nintendo needs to up their game with NX. They say they got money to last a bankrupcy for 50 years, but imagine if they actually went full on with a feature that everyone love, they could last 500 years instead.

I was thinking just the other day that it'd be a shame to lose the Kirby tv series when the app inevitably is shut down in the future... this is the perfect solution. I'll be making use of this if the right shows come to it.

Yay, sounds interesting.
But, is that for at least older 3DS or New 3DS ?
And i wonder what kind of Anime that suitable for Nintendo Anime Channel ?
Considering, there are a lot of animes that not suitable for younger kids. Well , weaboo, hentai, guro, ecchi, yaoi, yuri, etc....

But i'm sure selected animes that suitable for General audiences that only available on that channel, considering Nintendo branded. Let's say, Yokai Watch, Inazuma Eleven, Popolocrois, Pokemon, etc.

@Anti-Matter any 3ds family console

I think they should add in movies and more series