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The Wii U's TVii Service Is Shutting Down Next Month
TVii, the underused TV watching service connected to the Wii U, will be no more next month.
In a post on TVii Miiverse, Sarah from Nintendo wrote that the service will end on August 11, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. PT.
After almost 3 years of finding, watching and engaging with Nintendo TVii, we will be ending the service on August 11, 2015 at 3:00pm PT. At the same time, we will be closing the Nintendo TVii Miiverse community. We sincerely thank you for all of your engagement within the community and the Nintendo TVii service. We look forward to your contributions within our many other Miiverse communities.
Originally announced for all territories, TVii was cancelled prior to release in Europe in February.
[Source: Miiverse, via Kotaku]
Our Take
I was optimistic about TVii when the Wii U released, and even wrote positively about it. I realized pretty quickly, however, that I wasn't using it at and had lost interest in using my video game console to watch TV. I'm not surprised to see the service be taken offline, nor am I particularly heartbroken. I am curious what happens to the dedicated TVii button on the Wii U GamePad. Will new Wii U consoles still have the button? Or will it be removed?
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