Nintendo Video
{{Short description|Video streaming application}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox video game online service
| name = Nintendo Video
| logo = Nintendo Video.png
| logo_size = 300px
| logo caption = The Nintendo Video Logo
| image =
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| image_alt =
| developer = Nintendo
| type = Internet video
Video on demand
| platform = Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS
| released = {{vgrelease|JP/EU/AU|July 13, 2011|NA|July 21, 2011}}
| discontinued = {{vgrelease|JP/EU/AU|March 31, 2014|NA|June 29, 2015}}
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|status = Discontinued (all platforms) as of June 29, 2015{{efn|Most videos were still available on Nintendo eShop prior to the shop's closure on March 27, 2023.}}
| operating system = Nintendo 3DS system software
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130118215224/https://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendo-video Nintendo Video official website] (Archived)
}}
Nintendo Video{{efn|In Japanese as {{Nihongo|Nintendo Video|ニンテンドービデオ|Nintendō Bideo|lead=yes}}}} was a video on demand service for the Nintendo 3DS which streamed hand-pickedeShop news 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.vooks.net/story-20286-Nintendo-Video-Channel-for-Nintendo-3DS-goes-live-in-Europe-and-Australia-.html|title=Nintendo Video Channel for Nintendo 3DS goes live in Europe and Australia|author=Daniel Vuckovic|date=14 July 2011|publisher=Vooks.net|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715075650/http://www.vooks.net/story-20286-Nintendo-Video-Channel-for-Nintendo-3DS-goes-live-in-Europe-and-Australia-.html|archive-date=15 July 2011|access-date=14 July 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/2011/download_nintendo_video_for_nintendo_3ds_43881.html|title=Download the free Nintendo Video application, only for Nintendo 3DS|date=11 July 2011|publisher=Nintendo|access-date=14 July 2011|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103085711/https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2011/Download-the-free-Nintendo-Video-application-only-for-Nintendo-3DS-252872.html|url-status=live}} The app became available in North America a few days later on July 21, 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27244|title=Nintendo Video Goes Live in North America|last=Kaluska|first=Aaron|date=July 21, 2011|publisher=Nintendo World Report|access-date=September 24, 2012|archive-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724233353/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27244|url-status=live}}
In 2012, Nintendo created a joint venture for Nintendo Video Original Series and distributed their first Original Series for Nintendo Video, Threediots.{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/e3-threediots-is-the-killer-app-the-3ds-has-been-needing-229053.phtml|title=E3: Threediots is the killer app the 3DS has been needing — Destructoid|work=Destructoid|date=7 June 2012|access-date=9 August 2013|archive-date=3 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503003031/http://www.destructoid.com/e3-threediots-is-the-killer-app-the-3ds-has-been-needing-229053.phtml|url-status=live}}
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
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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.{{Cite web|url=http://dinosauroffice.com/about|title=Dafabet Đăng Ký_Link vào không bị chặn ♥|access-date=2014-03-02|archive-date=2014-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831062422/http://dinosauroffice.com/about|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/06/kid-icarus-uprising-animated-shorts-detailed/#4RQjy5lzzUofHc5K.99 |title=Kid Icarus: Uprising Animated Shorts Detailed {{!}} Siliconera |website=www.siliconera.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308220652/http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/06/kid-icarus-uprising-animated-shorts-detailed/ |archive-date=2012-03-08}} {{Cite web|url=http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-and-collegehumor-team-up-for-3d-animated-series-bearshark-on-nintendo-video-for-3ds/|title=Nintendo and CollegeHumor Team up for 3D Animated Series BearShark on Nintendo Video for 3DS|date=7 February 2013|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103050814/http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-and-collegehumor-team-up-for-3d-animated-series-bearshark-on-nintendo-video-for-3ds/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/34098/bearshark-interview-with-collegehumor|title=BearShark Interview with CollegeHumor - Interview|access-date=2014-03-02|archive-date=2014-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302050646/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/34098/bearshark-interview-with-collegehumor|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url = http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=215940|title = The Legend of Zelda and Pikmin Headline Entertaining New Shows for Nintendo Video|newspaper = Gonintendo|access-date = 2013-10-31|archive-date = 2013-11-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162814/http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=215940|url-status = live}}
= Shows =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%; max-width: 1024px;"
! style="width:20%" | Title ! style="width:10%" | Genre ! style="width:10%" | Studio ! style="width:10%" | eShop ! style="width:10%" | Episodes ! style="width:40%" | Details |
| scope="row"| Dinosaur Office
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| CollegeHumor | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 19 | Claymation series about an office where the workers are dinosaurs. |
|---|
| scope="row"| Baman and Piderman
| style="text-align:center;"| Black comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Mondo Media | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 7 | A series following the adventures of Baman and Piderman, characters who are parodies of Batman and Spider-Man. |
| scope="row"| Shaun the Sheep
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"|Aardman Animation | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 15 | Original one minute episodes in 3D, based on the TV show.{{cite web |url=http://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArticleView?articleId=165521&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151 |title=Shaun the Sheep 3D shorts coming to Nintendo Video |publisher=GAME |date=20 February 2012 |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418003356/https://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArticleView?articleId=165521&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151 |url-status=live }} In January 2016, Aardman started to release these shorts on the Shaun the Sheep YouTube channel every Friday, under the title Mossy Bottom Shorts. |
| scope="row"| Kirby: Right Back at Ya! 3D
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"|Warpstar Inc. | {{MaybeCheck}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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.{{cite web|url=https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/b2ddacdf86ce9726|title=(Video): Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Nintendo 3DS)|website=My Nintendo|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-date=August 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816050132/https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/b2ddacdf86ce9726|url-status=live}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="3"| Kid Icarus
| style="text-align:center;"| Action | style="text-align:center;"| Production I.G | rowspan="3" {{ya}} || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | "Thanatos Rising" involves a fight between Pit and one of Medusa's commanders, Thanatos. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Action
| style="text-align:center;"| 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. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy Action | style="text-align:center;"| 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. |
| scope="row"| BearShark
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| CollegeHumor | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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. |
| scope="row"| The Legend of Zelda: The Misadventures of Link
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Nintendo | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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 |
| scope="row"| How to Win at Super Smash Bros.
| style="text-align:center;"| Tutorial | style="text-align:center;"| Nintendo | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 10 | A tutorial show about how to win at Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. |
| scope="row"| Bravest Warriors
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Frederator Studios | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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. |
| scope="row"| Cartoon Conspiracies
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Frederator Studios | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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. |
| scope="row"| Bee and PuppyCat
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Frederator Studios | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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. |
| scope="row"| Too Cool Cartoons!
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Frederator Studios | {{CNone}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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. |
| scope="row"| Wildheart Riukiu
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| BONUS.CO.JP | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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. |
| scope="row"| WWE Slam City
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy Action | style="text-align:center;"| WWE | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 26 | Follow your favorite WWE fighters as how they try to get a job in Slam City. |
| scope="row"| Oscar's Oasis
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| TeamTO | {{CNone}} || {{dunno}} | 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. |
| scope="row"| Meat or Die
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| BONUS.CO.JP | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 7 | Two monsters fight to get a bite to eat in a New York City overran by creatures. |
| scope="row"| Marshmallow People
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Film Cow | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 1 | Two marshmallows go on a quest to cure their boredom. |
| scope="row"| Charlie the Unicorn
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Film Cow | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 1 | Charlie and two other unicorns search for Candy Mountain. |
| scope="row"| Llamas with Hats
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy | style="text-align:center;"| Film Cow | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 1 | Carl the llama wreaks havoc on civilization, much to the displeasure of Paul the llama. |
| scope="row"| Blue Man Group Nau Shorts
| style="text-align:center;"| Comedy Music | style="text-align:center;"| Nau, Blue Man Group | {{ya}} || style="text-align:center;" | 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 =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Title ! Artist/group ! {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}} |
| scope="row"| "The Fighter"
| style="text-align:center;"| Gym Class Heroes | |
|---|
| scope="row"| "So Good"
| style="text-align:center;| B.o.B. | |
| scope="row"| "Shake Ya Boogie"
| style="text-align:center;"| Mocean Worker | |
| scope="row"| "Burn it Down"
| style="text-align:center;"| Linkin Park | |
| scope="row"| "White Knuckles"{{efn|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.}}
| style="text-align:center;"| OK Go |
| scope="row"| "All Is Not Lost"
| style="text-align:center;"| OK Go |
| scope="row"| "Skyscrapers"
| style="text-align:center;"| OK Go | |
| scope="row"| "Breakn' a Sweat"
| style="text-align:center;"| Skrillex ft. The Doors | |
| scope="row"| "Monster Man"
| style="text-align:center;"| Devo | |
| scope="row"| "Save World, Get Girl"
| style="text-align:center;"| I Fight Dragons |
| scope="row"| "Windows Down"
| style="text-align:center;"| Big Time Rush |
| scope="row"| "Be Your Everything"
| style="text-align:center;"| Boys Like Girls | |
| scope="row"| "It Girl"
| style="text-align:center;"| Jason Derulo | |
| scope="row"| "Not Your Fault"
| style="text-align:center;"| Awolnation |
| scope="row"| "The Rifle's Spiral"
| style="text-align:center;"| The Shins | |
| scope="row"| "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)"
| style="text-align:center;"| Foster the People | |
| scope="row"| "Gang of Rhythm"
| style="text-align:center;"| Walk off the Earth | |
| scope="row"| "Kill Your Heroes"
| style="text-align:center;"| Awolnation | |
| scope="row"| "Wicked World"
| style="text-align:center;"| Osaka Popstar | |
| scope="row"| "Insects"
|style="text-align:center;"| Osaka Popstar | |
| scope="row"| "Winter Bird"
| style="text-align:center;"| Aurora | |
| scope="row"| "Drown in the Now"
| style="text-align:center;"| The Crystal Method | |
= Movie trailers =
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=news&nid=3385&pageID=6|title=Termination of Nintendo Video for Nintendo 3DS|date=2014-02-27|publisher=Nintendo Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228000809/https://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=news&nid=3385&pageID=6|archive-date=28 February 2014|access-date=2014-02-28}} Nintendo of Europe also announced on the same day that they would be terminating the Nintendo Video service on the same date.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-3DS-2DS/Usage-/Nintendo-Video/End-of-Nintendo-Video-service-on-Nintendo-3DS/End-of-Nintendo-Video-service-on-Nintendo-3DS-859937.html|title=End of Nintendo Video service on Nintendo 3DS|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413232714/https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/404.html|url-status=live}} Nintendo also announced the end of service on that date, ending it on March 31, 2014 as well.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2014/0227_2.html?_ga=1.132970254.1616266509.1433940703|title=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|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701191516/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2014/0227_2.html?_ga=1.132970254.1616266509.1433940703|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web |first=Liam |last=Doolan |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/06/the_days_are_numbered_for_the_nintendo_video_3ds_application_in_north_america |title=The Days Are Numbered For The Nintendo Video 3DS Application In North America |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2015-06-05 |access-date=2015-06-05 |archive-date=2015-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605123733/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/06/the_days_are_numbered_for_the_nintendo_video_3ds_application_in_north_america |url-status=live }} 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
Notes
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References
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External links
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