Nintendo Video

Nintendo Video

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Developer	Nintendo
Type	Internet video Video on demand
Launch date	JP/EU/AU: July 13, 2011 NA: July 21, 2011
Discontinued	JP/EU/AU: March 31, 2014 NA: June 29, 2015
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS
Operating system(s)	Nintendo 3DS system software
Status	Discontinued (all platforms) as of June 29, 2015[a]
Website	Nintendo Video official website (Archived)

Nintendo Video^[b] was a video on demand service for the Nintendo 3DS which streamed hand-picked^[1] 3D and 2D video content from CollegeHumor, Aardman Animations, Blue Man Group, Channel Frederator Network, Mondo Media and other studios.

History

Previously, the service was available as a separate app that utilized SpotPass, downloading videos to the console's SD card via Wi-Fi Internet access for offline viewing. New content could be automatically downloaded via SpotPass, replacing the old content. The dedicated Nintendo Video app launched in Australia, Europe, and Japan on July 13, 2011, with initial videos including Oscar's Oasis and Magic Tricks for the Nintendo 3DS.^[2][3] The app became available in North America a few days later on July 21, 2011.^[4]

In 2012, Nintendo created a joint venture for Nintendo Video Original Series and distributed their first Original Series for Nintendo Video, Threediots.^[5]

Since June 29, 2015, the app is no longer functional and videos can no longer be downloaded. In the following month, the Nintendo eShop offered most of the videos for streaming on demand, with a total of 164 videos available. The previously hosted Nintendo Video content alongside other video on demand content under the Nintendo Video category remained on the Nintendo eShop until its closure on March 27, 2023.

Content

Since June 2015, many of the shows listed below can be viewed on-demand via the Nintendo eShop in North America, permanently categorized under Nintendo Video. As of August 2019, a total of 164 videos were available on the eShop. Users had to enter in their date of birth before watching content that was considered too mature.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Shows

Title	Genre	Studio	eShop	Episodes	Details
Dinosaur Office	Comedy	CollegeHumor		19	Claymation series following an office where all workers are dinosaurs.
Baman and Piderman	Black Comedy	Mondo Media		7	This parody to Batman and Spiderman follows the short adventures about two guys named Baman and Piderman.
Shaun the Sheep	Comedy	Aardman Animation		15	Original one minute episodes in 3D, based on the TV show.[11] In January 2016, Aardman started to release these shorts on the Shaun the Sheep YouTube channel every Friday, under the title Mossy Bottom Shorts.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! 3D	Comedy Action	Warpstar Inc.		2	A dubbed version of the 3D-animated Kirby: Right Back at Ya! special. From February 1 through May 1, 2019, it was listed and available for download for 100 platinum points at My Nintendo.[12]
Kid Icarus	Action Comedy	Production I.G		3	"Thanatos Rising" involves a fight between Pit and one of Medusa's commanders, Thanatos.
	Action	Studio 4°C			"Medusa's Revenge" features Medusa, the goddess of the Underworld, as the main character. This short tells the story of Medusa and Palutena's rivalry, which covers a period from far into Pit's past up to the present day, during the events of Kid Icarus: Uprising.
	Comedy Action	Shaft			"Palutena's Revolting Dinner" features Palutena as the main character and “her attempts to deal with a great catastrophe in her Skyworld home”. It involves her attempting to cook a meal for herself and Pit, only for the ingredients to come to life and begin wreaking havoc.
BearShark	Comedy	CollegeHumor		13	Animated series inspired by the Road Runner cartoons, where a bear and a shark pursue a man called Steve. It later inspired an eShop game developed by Silverball Studios.
The Legend of Zelda: The Misadventures of Link	Comedy	Nintendo		12	This original series of comedic shorts shows Link, the star of The Legend of Zelda, in a new and hysterical light. The series is based on various parts of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
How to Win at Super Smash Bros.	Tutorial	Nintendo		10	A tutorial show about how to win at Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Bravest Warriors	Comedy Science fantasy Science fiction Adventure Action	Frederator Studios		29	A show revolving around the various escapades of four heroes-for-hire. This was produced by Frederator as a part of their Cartoon Hangover YouTube channel.
Cartoon Conspiracies	Comedy	Frederator Studios		26	A woman named Emily takes a look at various cartoon-related theories to see how well they hold up to evidence. Five episodes of the show were run on Nintendo Video, although numerous others are on YouTube.
Bee and PuppyCat	Comedy	Frederator Studios		5	A show about a job-floating young woman and the adventures she has with her dog/cat hybrid. This was produced by Frederator as a part of their Cartoon Hangover YouTube channel.
Too Cool Cartoons!	Comedy	Frederator Studios	Does not appear	10	Various shorts from Cartoon Hangover, created by different people as possible series starters. The two-part pilot of Bee and PuppyCat is among this anthology.
Wildheart Riukiu	Comedy	BONUS.CO.JP		4	This new series of 3D shorts comes from the creator of Meat or Die, which has already amassed more than 5 million views on Nintendo Video. Wildheart Riukiu incorporates charming 16-bit graphics with some not-so-charming, but hilarious, characters. Think ninja puppets.
WWE Slam City	Comedy Action	WWE		26	Follow your favorite WWE fighters as how they try to get a job in Slam City.
Oscar's Oasis	Comedy	TeamTO	Does not appear	?	A lizard named Oscar lives in a desert, usually trying to find food and/or water. Popy, a Fennec Fox; Buck, a Vulture; and Harchi, a Hyena, often compete with him over these essentials, riding in their battered cart through the desert.
Meat or Die	Comedy	BONUS.CO.JP		7	Two monsters fight to get a bite to eat in a New York City overran by creatures.
Marshmallow People	Comedy	Film Cow		1	Two marshmallows go on a quest to cure their boredom.
Charlie the Unicorn	Comedy	Film Cow		1	Charlie and two other unicorns search for Candy Mountain.
Llamas with Hats	Comedy	Film Cow		1	Carl the llama wreaks havoc on civilization, much to the displeasure of Paul the llama.
Blue Man Group Nau Shorts	Comedy Music	Nau, Blue Man Group		5	The Blue Man Group get into different situations based on whatever they find in their gray room, whether it be a large remote or "upgrade" switch.

Music videos

Title	Artist/group	Ref(s)
"The Fighter"	Gym Class Heroes
"So Good"	B.o.B.
"Shake Ya Boogie"	Mocean Worker
"Burn it Down"	Linkin Park
"White Knuckles"[c]	OK Go	[13]
"All Is Not Lost"	OK Go	[14]
"Breakn' a Sweat"	Skrillex ft. The Doors
"Monster Man"	Devo
"Save World, Get Girl"	I Fight Dragons	[15]
"Windows Down"	Big Time Rush	[16]
"Be Your Everything"	Boys Like Girls
"It Girl"	Jason Derulo
"Not Your Fault"	Awolnation	[17]
"The Rifle's Spiral"	The Shins
"Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)"	Foster the People
"Gang of Rhythm"	Walk off the Earth
"Kill Your Heroes"	Awolnation
"Wicked World"	Osaka Popstar
"Insects"	Osaka Popstar
"Winter Bird"	Aurora

Movie trailers

Due to the promotional nature of film trailers, it may not be possible for any to return in any form.

Shutdown

On February 27, 2014, Nintendo Australia announced the service would be terminated in the Oceanian region (Australia and New Zealand) as of March 31, 2014.^[18] Nintendo of Europe also announced on the same day that they would be terminating the Nintendo Video service on the same date.^[19] Nintendo also announced the end of service on that date, ending it on March 31, 2014 as well.^[20]

On June 5, 2015, Nintendo of America sent out a SpotPass notification to all of the app's active users informing them that the app was being phased out in favor of an eponymous category on the Nintendo eShop's main page (already available at the time), where users could watch most past videos as well as future ones.^[21] To replace the Nintendo Video feature, a few months after the My Nintendo service released, videos for permanent download became a common reward that could be bought with My Nintendo coins. Videos would commonly make returns due to popularity or stay longer due to positive fan reception.

The remaining Nintendo Video content and other video on demand content under the Nintendo Video category became permanently unavailable for download when the Nintendo eShop closed on March 27, 2023. Despite the closure, these can still be redownloaded, however, provided that the user has downloaded the content prior to the shop's closure. Most of the content initially released for the service have also been distributed through other means over time, such as being officially uploaded online or included in home media releases, albeit without the stereoscopic 3D effect for the most part.

See also

• Game Boy Advance Video
• Nintendo Channel
• Wii no Ma

Notes

1. Most videos were still available on Nintendo eShop prior to the shop's closure on March 27, 2023.
2. In Japanese as Nintendo Video (Japanese: ニンテンドービデオ, Hepburn: Nintendō Bideo)
3. The 3D version of the "White Knuckles" music video was made available again for a period of time via the North American Nintendo eShop. It has since been removed.

References

1. eShop news
2. Daniel Vuckovic (14 July 2011). "Nintendo Video Channel for Nintendo 3DS goes live in Europe and Australia". Vooks.net. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
3. "Download the free Nintendo Video application, only for Nintendo 3DS". Nintendo. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
4. Kaluska, Aaron (July 21, 2011). "Nintendo Video Goes Live in North America". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
5. "E3: Threediots is the killer app the 3DS has been needing — Destructoid". Destructoid. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
6. "Dafabet Đăng Ký_Link vào không bị chặn ♥". Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
7. "Kid Icarus: Uprising Animated Shorts Detailed | Siliconera". www.siliconera.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08.
8. "Nintendo and CollegeHumor Team up for 3D Animated Series BearShark on Nintendo Video for 3DS". 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
9. "BearShark Interview with CollegeHumor - Interview". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
10. "The Legend of Zelda and Pikmin Headline Entertaining New Shows for Nintendo Video". Gonintendo. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
11. "Shaun the Sheep 3D shorts coming to Nintendo Video". GAME. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
12. "(Video): Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Nintendo 3DS)". My Nintendo. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
13. "My Nintendo Store – Nintendo Official Site". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
14. "My Nintendo Store – Nintendo Official Site". Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
15. "My Nintendo Store – Nintendo Official Site". Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
16. "My Nintendo Store – Nintendo Official Site". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
17. "My Nintendo Store – Nintendo Official Site". Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
18. "Termination of Nintendo Video for Nintendo 3DS". Nintendo Australia. 2014-02-27. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
19. "End of Nintendo Video service on Nintendo 3DS". Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
20. "ニンテンドー3DS用サービス『ニンテンドービデオ』終了のお知らせ". Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
21. Doolan, Liam (2015-06-05). "The Days Are Numbered For The Nintendo Video 3DS Application In North America". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

External links

• Archived 2013-08-08 at the Wayback Machine