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Shiggy · Jul 11, 2011

Nintendo Video is a service that allows 3DS users to watch video content on their 3DS systems. This service - available starting from July 13th - includes cartoons, documentaries, among others. Nintendo Video is freely available as a download in the Nintendo eShop and provides access to new and exclusive videos in both 2D and 3D.

Nintendo Video is able to automatically download content via SpotPass. Videos will then be shown in the HOME menu of the console. Saved for a limited period of time, the video content can be watched as often as the user wants to. To ensure SpotPass access, Nintendo teamed up with various European HotSpot providers, but even local WLAN networks can be used.

Content includes:
- selected episodes of Oscar's Oasis (TeamTO & TUBA) - for the first time completely in 3D
- Magic Tricks (D4D)
- country-exclusive content [Germany: ZDF.Archive with 3D documentaries about the Great Wall of China or Taj Mahal; videos of the Fantastische 4 tour]

Coming soon:
- movie trailers
- classic concerts
- animations for children

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

Didn't expect this so soon, nice!

AceBandage · Jul 11, 2011

Just for Europe or world wide?

Jocchan · Jul 11, 2011

Why does all the video content from Nintendo have to be available for a limited period of time?

Majine · Jul 11, 2011

Shiggy said:
Saved for a limited period of time, the video content can be watched as often as the user wants to.

Does not compute.

This is wierd. So I'm just gonna download that file, then pray to god that I get some video content?

BY2K · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
Why does all the video content from Nintendo have to be available for a limited period of time?

Licensing, I would guess.

Celine · Jul 11, 2011

Shiggy said:
- classic concerts

I like this.
A 3d Turandot would be godly.

Jocchan · Jul 11, 2011

BY2K said:
Licensing, I would guess.

For some content, understandable. But everything video on the 3DS, including trailers for their own games, has been "for a limited time only".

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
Why does all the video content from Nintendo have to be available for a limited period of time?

In this case, I guess it's limited by the 3DS storage space (because the application downloads videos to watch offline I think).
It doesn't make sense about other videos being limited time only, in this digital age it baffles the mind :S

gofreak · Jul 11, 2011

Seeing the mention of automatic downloading makes me wonder why Nintendo doesn't have background downloading on the e-shop.

Fritz · Jul 11, 2011

Shiggy said:
Content includes:
- country-exclusive content [Germany: ZDF.Archive with 3D documentaries about the Great Wall of China or Taj Mahal; videos of the Fantastische 4 tour]

That's actually top notch content, isn't it? Kinda excited now.

Stitch · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
Why does all the video content from Nintendo have to be available for a limited period of time?

That's what i hate about the kirby channel. I've missed episode 2 and then i didn't want to watch the rest =)

weeaboo · Jul 11, 2011

This is not going to be available in Spain, right?

Mafro · Jul 11, 2011

They really need a dedicated video player app, rather than having every downloaded video taking up a space on the home menu. Typical backwards Nintendo design.

BY2K · Jul 11, 2011

Wait, is that release announcement only for Europe or is it also for North America?

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

Stitch said:
That's what i hate about the kirby channel. I've missed episode 2 and then i didn't want to watch the rest =)

Epsiode 2 is gone? Noooooo. Probably won't get around to watching the others now either

.

Do we know if this content is IP locked or acts the same way as the shop (based on 3DS location settings). Hope it's based on the location....

Mafro said:
They really need a dedicated video player app, rather than having every downloaded video taking up a space on the home menu. Typical backwards Nintendo design.

I assumed this is what this application is.

Kerrby · Jul 11, 2011

weeaboo said:
This is not going to be available in Spain, right?

I'm betting it won't be available in Australia either

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Incitemaybe · Jul 11, 2011

Who is this for? Europe only?

Shiggy · Jul 11, 2011

It will be available on all consoles which can be set to a European country.

-MB- · Jul 11, 2011

And still no eshop cards in sight at retail here, Nintendo can be so weird at times.

Suzzopher · Jul 11, 2011

I wonder what region exclusive content we'll be getting in the UK?

daffy · Jul 11, 2011

Desiato · Jul 11, 2011

The Japanese video content is pretty boring. It's a cool service, but we need interesting stuff on there.

Jocchan · Jul 11, 2011

Disguises said:
In this case, I guess it's limited by the 3DS storage space (because the application downloads videos to watch offline I think).
It doesn't make sense about other videos being limited time only, in this digital age it baffles the mind :S

There's still no reason not to allow the user to redownload old videos (obviously those with no licensing issues) to watch them again, and perhaps save them to the SD card like everything you buy from the eShop.

-MB- said:
And still no eshop cards in sight at retail here, Nintendo can be so weird at times.

Agreed.

:Motorbass · Jul 11, 2011

Shiggy said:
Content includes:
- country-exclusive content [Germany: ZDF.Archive with 3D documentaries about the Great Wall of China or Taj Mahal; videos of the Fantastische 4 tour]

Woah niiiiice! That's something I would not have expected from Nintendo.

snap0212 · Jul 11, 2011

Fritz said:
That's actually top notch content, isn't it? Kinda excited now.

Yes, it's great. I'm surprised.

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
There's still no reason not to allow the user to redownload old videos (obviously those with no licensing issues) to watch them again, and perhaps save them to the SD card like everything you buy from the eShop.

Very true. I always think if it was any other company other than Nintendo, it would have these options. It will be a shame watching an awesome 3D animation then not being able to show it to people because the content expires

Mafro · Jul 11, 2011

Suzzopher said:
I wonder what region exclusive content we'll be getting in the UK?

Could be the 3D Sky Sports, ESPN and Shaun the Sheep stuff they announced at that conference in January.

Shiggy · Jul 11, 2011

Mafro said:
Could be the 3D Sky Sports, ESPN and Shaun the Sheep stuff they announced at that conference in January.

Shaun the Sheep is not region-exclusive.

Suzzopher · Jul 11, 2011

Mafro said:
Could be the 3D Sky Sports, ESPN and Shaun the Sheep stuff they announced at that conference in January.

Oh yeah, I had forgotten all about that.

Jocchan · Jul 11, 2011

Disguises said:
Very true. I always think if it was any other company other than Nintendo, it would have these options. It will be a shame watching an awesome 3D animation then not being able to show it to people because the content expires

I admit I liked some portions of the 3D demo video we had in Europe.
Too bad that one was, too, available for a limited time.

weeaboo · Jul 11, 2011

Shiggy said:
It will be available on all consoles which can be set to a European country.

I believe it when I see it. For everything related to online video services Spain is the worldwide ghetto

Santerestil · Jul 11, 2011

Stitch said:
That's what i hate about the kirby channel. I've missed episode 2 and then i didn't want to watch the rest =)

Or you can watch the rest and hope that it drops a key to unlock that episode for 24 hours..
But let's be honest, you'are missing nothing of exceptional.

walking fiend · Jul 11, 2011

Disguises said:
Epsiode 2 is gone? Noooooo. Probably won't get around to watching the others now either .

Do we know if this content is IP locked or acts the same way as the shop (based on 3DS location settings). Hope it's based on the location....

I assumed this is what this application is.

japan contents were ip locked, not playable on j consoles outside japan.

They really need a dedicated video player app, rather than having every downloaded video taking up a space on the home menu. Typical backwards Nintendo design.

so you could watch 3d pr0n? how HORRIBLE of you, don't you think of children?

JustAnotherOtaku · Jul 11, 2011

That's a nice surprise that it's coming so quickly. Let's hope there's some decent content available over time.

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

walking fiend said:
japan contents were ip locked, not playable on j consoles outside japan.

That's ok. I'm in Europe, but not in the UK at the moment, however, I'd still like the UK content. Just hope they don't IP lock it by country :/

Mafro · Jul 11, 2011

Suzzopher said:
Oh yeah, I had forgotten all about that.

I thought Nintendo had done the same, until now.

mclem · Jul 11, 2011

Stitch said:
That's what i hate about the kirby channel. I've missed episode 2 and then i didn't want to watch the rest =)

I seem to remember something about randomly getting keys after episodes to unlock old ones. Just to confuse matters further.

Neo Child · Jul 11, 2011

Wait, does this download an app for each video? :/

test_account · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
Why does all the video content from Nintendo have to be available for a limited period of time?

Do they remove them later on though? I.e the Black Wii Limited Edition has been available for nearly 2 years now

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

Neo Child said:
Wait, does this download an app for each video? :/

Shiggy said:
Nintendo Video is able to automatically download content via SpotPass. Videos will then be shown in the HOME menu of the console.

It sounds like it does actually. I thought this app had all the videos inside rather than the HOME menu? Guess we'll see soon.

Ushojax · Jul 11, 2011

I'll be interested to see how far they take the region locking on this service.

Jocchan · Jul 11, 2011

test_account said:
Do they remove them later on though? I.e the Black Wii Limited Edition has been available for nearly 2 years now

The 3D demo video added by downloading the first firmware update was removed by downloading the eShop update. The E3 trailers are also marked as "available for a limited time only".

Disguises said:
It sounds like it does actually. I thought this app had all the videos inside rather than the HOME menu? Guess we'll see soon.

Missed that. Yay for more anonymous movie icons cluttering the Home menu (even though this is actually smart: you open the 3DS lid and find a new video sitting in the main menu, waiting for you to check it).

Majine · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
The 3D demo video added by downloading the first firmware update was removed by downloading the eShop update. The E3 trailers are also marked as "available for a limited time only".

Wait, they are going so selfdelete even if you downloaded them?

Shiggy · Jul 11, 2011

weeaboo said:
I believe it when I see it. For everything related to online video services Spain is the worldwide ghetto

Then change your country setting.
Edit: Didn't think about IP locking, sorry...

Do they remove them later on though? I.e the Black Wii Limited Edition has been available for nearly 2 years now

It's no longer limited, they released it as a normal edition

krumble · Jul 11, 2011

People may moan about the 3DS, but for me (a console gamer since the NES days) due to all the features that keep growing the 3DS is pretty much my favourite console in years
Can't wait till 13th...

and no doubt GAF will backlash if there aren't 100 documentaries, 500 movies, and 1000 tv's shows on day 1

Jocchan · Jul 11, 2011

Majine said:
Wait, they are going so selfdelete even if you downloaded them?

That video did. No idea about the E3 trailers honestly.

EDIT: Wait a minute, did we play against each other earlier today in the Uncharted 3 Beta? Pretty sure I saw a majine9 there.

Celine · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
That video did. No idea about the E3 trailers honestly.

So that eShop icon would appear on the first spot.
It was planned from the start, just a filler to showcase the 3D and save the best spot.

Disguises · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
That video did. No idea about the E3 trailers honestly.

EDIT: Wait a minute, did we play against each other earlier today in the Uncharted 3 Beta? Pretty sure I saw a majine9 there.

I think I remember reading somewhere they were for a limited time. Not sure if that means downloadable for a limited time OR that they get deleted by an upcoming firmware update. ~~Actually, did the Japanese video app come from the eShop or a firmware update?~~. Doh, just read it's in the eShop.

Majine · Jul 11, 2011

Jocchan said:
EDIT: Wait a minute, did we play against each other earlier today in the Uncharted 3 Beta? Pretty sure I saw a majine9 there.

A: Thats not my PSN Nick

B: My PS3 is on the other side of the planet, really.
C: I'd wish.

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