June 10th, 2012

The first look at Netflix on the Wii U

91 Comments

Netflix was announced for the Wii U (along with support for YouTube, Amazon Instant Video, and Hulu) and the first look at the service running on the platform has been shared online. You can see the interface on the television above, and the photo after the break flips it around, placing the interface on the controller.

  • mrman

    boring…we knew it was coming…

    • uPadWatcher

      Grow up, will ya? Just because Nintendo didn’t add a DVD or Blu-Ray doesn’t mean they don’t have the investment of adding a Netlix app onto the Wi U.

    • miiworld2

      @mrman So?

  • Zack

    Yea that’s pretty cool that you can watch it on either screen…now if only Netflix got some good content. Like seriously, they skip out on all the good stuff.

    • Jono

      They got the Sherlock british series. That’s already enough to make it awesome.

    • George Tirebiter

      Gotta go with Jono on this one.

    • Zack

      Yeah, well try searching for any good 90′s movies and just see how many are actually available for streaming. -_-

    • Drew

      try searching most good tv shows they may have 1st season but they are 4 seasons behind…..

    • Csaw

      It has a pretty lackluster movie selection but it’s tv series selection is good.

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Watch Pontypool. IT was hands down one of the best zombie movies I’ve ever seen, definitely the smartest.

    • oc1234

      How can you say that at the same time that 30 Rock is playing on the Wii U Gamepad?

  • Big E

    Sucks that Disney movies aren’t on Netflix. I’ve been wanting to see The Little Mermaid (Haven’t seen it in years). Oh well, at least Ouran Highschool Host Club and FLCL are on it.

    • Odeon X

      Sucks that almost all good movies aren’t on Netflix and the ones that are are old and have been seen lotsa times already!

    • http://wiiublog.com O.P

      Ouran Highschool Host Club is funny as hell!! IM glad they got Naruto Kick ass and Bobs Bugers

    • Co-Wink-Key-Dink inc

      Don’t forget the sonic and mario cartoons!

    • Classic Hyper Sonic The Hedgehog A.K.A Rc/AGES

      YES
      SONIC CARTOONS (the good ones)
      YES

  • Tylos

    So will Netflix on wiiu allow you to watch multiple movies at once? Like one on tv one on the remote and another on the extra remote? Cause that’d be nice…

    • Co-Wink-Key-Dink inc

      Why would want to watch diffrent movies?!
      I can understand the girls can watch thier girls movie but..
      how many times can this happen?

    • Zack

      That’s be kinda cool, but unless you have a huge family or something, Idk why that would be useful, especially if Netflix already allows you to stream to different devices at the same time anyways. (not sure if it can cuz I’ve only used my friend’s netflix before)

  • mrman

    Oh wow gamerguy I know this guy is a troll but sony does not just have first person shooters! Killzone is the only one I can think of from them! The rest like uncharted, last of us, and beyond souls will have deep stories unlike other developers! That shows you know nothing about playstation games because sony first party games are known for being good just like how nintendo is on their consoles so dont be a fanboy and btw I like nintendo too so dont think Im against nintendo here because Im excited for wii u aswell

  • Tylos

    Dafuq… My iPad must be lagging… Or something…

  • loganku

    I hope that theres an option to watch it on both screenes too.

  • Odeon X

    I don’t care how many apps the Wii U has I just want some good games. Stop trying be like Microshit, Nintnedo ’cause you are 1000 times better than those little pukes. Microshit trying to be all “The Xbox is the only device you need” shit. I don’t care if I can watch fucking ESPN or HBO on my fucking game system I have a fucking TV guide and remote for that!

    • Odeon X

      By the way: Smart Glass is atrious and a rip-off of Wii U. The little creeps at Microsoft need to make their own ideas for a change!

    • Perry

      Actually, I think Micosoft is smart by jumping on the Nintendo wagon so fast. They need to learn that Nintendo always knows what’s going on.

    • http://wiiublog.com O.P

      Yeah and im down with the wii u having apps I think its smarrt of nintendo to see the compition in Phone gaming and apps I would love to play angy birds on my wii u and even more content even goin on espn to see how Chelsea is doin or the Magic good thinkin Nitendo.

    • Co-Wink-Key-Dink inc

      @oden X you should say xbox 360 smart glass, because I almost thought glass that changes form translucent to transparent is a rip off of wii u

    • Zack

      Have you not been paying attention or something? Extra features have been a small focus of the Wii U so far, and that’s a good thing. Games are what the Wii U is all about, and Nintendo understands that. Extra features are just that… Extra.

    • waluigi

      U seem like a guy who goes to a xbox fourm to troll

  • TokuJoe

    Now I can watch 30 rock sitting on the toilet, I’ll be living the dream

    • jdub

      You can watch it naked!

    • HugoBOSS_HD

      LMAO :D

    • Alex Atkin UK

      Not necessarily as Nintendo have made a point to say at all times that the WiiU Game Pad is for use in the same-room as the WiiU console.

      For example when chatting on the Xbox 360 headset its range is really poor, even using the controller for a wired headset it can have reception issues when walking around my small house.

      The WiiU having to stream video, its likely to have an even shorter range. With any luck it runs on 5Ghz not 2.4Ghz as that would work better, but I doubt it.

    • Roy Lagendijk

      What if your room is next to the bathroom, though..? :O

    • lump182

      or what if you live in the bathroom? Solved.

  • MovieQuest

    I hope that there will be an option to turn the remote (screen) off or something , I don’t want to wear down the battery while watching a movie/show.

    • Zack

      I’m sure there will… it would be dumb if it can’t be turned off.

    • Kamkid

      Just don’t turn it on in the first place. Use a wiimote.

  • TechTris

    It has Mythbusters and Doctor who. All I need.

  • james braselton

    hi there if you dont like netflix then subscribe too the amazon video service thats your second video movie service and hulu plus service also be availibale too sooo you have 3 video service providers

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/dudesonicah22 Rummy

      FUCKING HULU NOT IN CANADA RAGE!

  • jdub

    Now you can get the speed of wired internet, but its mobile. I like, my wireless sucks.

    • Kamkid

      Moble… Within a house?

    • Kamkid

      *mobile

    • jdub

      Idont have a tv in my room, now I can watch stuff in my room. Is it really that complicated? Mobile doesn’t mean it can go anywhere. Ccars are mobile, but can they fly? No

  • http://www.moonkitty.net Brad

    So much stuff popping up about the WiiU that SHOULD have been in their e3 presentation.

    • bill

      I think it was.

    • Co-Wink-Key-Dink inc

      Like the screenshots, the interface he’s talking about

  • BR!4N

    Because it’s not Nintendo without Netflix (Wii, 3DS).

    • Alex Atkin UK

      3DS doesn’t have it in the UK.

    • BR!4N

      Not YET, anyways.
      Wait, I think I saw something about the UK not having Netflix.
      NEVERMIND!

  • will4zoo

    to be honest, i want to see youtube on the wiiu.

    • Awilliamj1998

      i think Nintendo said there will be YouTube

    • Roy Lagendijk

      Yeah, but will4zoo probably literally meant that he wanted to see it (in action).

  • Classic Hyper Sonic The Hedgehog A.K.A Rc/AGES

    I can haz cheezeburger.

    Where the heck is HuluPlus 3DS?

    • BR!4N

      Failblog is far superior to all of the Cheezburger network.

    • P4temperance

      Youtube App for 3DS Needed
      !

  • cheetohs

    They should put movies to download

  • cheetohs

    Uh why arent my comments getting posted??????????

  • cheetohs

    Does anybody else get really pissed off when ever they see that one annoying family with the grandma and old dad playing nintendoland?? Because it always pisses me off!

  • LittleMofreaky

    perfect preview

  • MadCrain

    Please, I dare all of you to look up on the Internet what Genre is Uncharted, It is a fucking Shooter, it’s not the only element but a shooter nontheless, idiots.

  • http://blaaa josh with the truth

    Netflix needs games

  • Kehool

    ugh
    netflix is not available in my country

    • warwick 75

      Same

  • Kehool

    oh and neither is hulu of course… some features i can actually use would be appreciated

  • Tak

    Smart glass is an app for what, $500 devices? Its inferior in every way and its most exciting feature is showing maps pr anything you can do with slight delat and limited processing power. Any really cool gameplay wizardry aint going to happen with smart glass, you need Wii U for tablet + console hybrid.

    And not every one is going to have Smart Glass si its another expensive, but vain and unsupported MS Kinect, just to make a check in feature list look like its feature packed and interesting.

    There is Not going to be console graphics and virtual reality in “smart” glass.

    • Tak

      Crap. Lumias virtual keyboard is crap.

    • Redlixer

      You have a Nokia Lumia? I envy you! I only have an iPhone 4… No, this is not an Apple fanboy troll. I actually prefer the Nokia Lumia 900 over the iPhone 4S.

  • RedX

    well anyways having netflix is a great idea i love using it on the 3ds. i wonder if i could watch netflix on the screen and play on the controller?

  • GamerGuy6555756359784958755

    Sony stinks! they only have shooters and no variety!

  • cheetohs

    uhh no they actually dont have many shooters and they do have variety and they have good enough first party games as nintendo would

  • Myst

    You might have Microsoft on the brain there…

  • Petey

    That is far from the truth, dude. Sony has a lot of great games.

  • littlebigmusic

    I wouldn’t quite say that. *Looks at username*

  • the psvita is better

    are you serious?
    i didnt know god of war, uncharted, ratchet and clank, the last of us, little big planet, mod nation racers, valkyria chronicles were all shooters (sarcasm) and just so you know, yeah sony does has a ton of variety

  • BR!4N

    Gran Turismo.

  • the psvita is better

    and this is a reply too GamerGuy6555756359784958755

  • MadCrain

    Not agreeing with him but Uncharted and Last of us is a shooter.

  • the psvita is better

    @madcrain saying uncharted and the last of us are shooters is like saying metroid is a shooter
    yeah all those games have shooting elements, but they are based around something else and thats not their main idea, uncharted is platforming and puzzle solving, metroid is exploration and the last of us is survival

  • clunkeedohs

    umm well he is obviously refering to first person shooters -_- I notice alot of people on this site dont use common sense… no offence

  • Kamkid

    And this is a reply to the psvita is better

  • Kamkid

    ^Dafuq?

  • Pete41608

    Uncharted is an Action-Adventure/Platform game, and The Last of Us is an Action-Adventure/Survival game, so ur wrong….twice

  • MadCrain

    Yeah but it’s a still a shooter, maybe not a brainless one like CoD, but a shooter nontheless, GTA is also a shooter, so id Fallout, they’re just a Shooter with RPG elements :\
    @psvitaisbetter @pete41608

  • MadCrain

    And I know, I’m not a fucking idiot, I’m just saying, it’s a shooter/Adventure game, Metroid is a Shooter as well, So is Halo, Resident Evil is a shooter, and the list goes on, but they’re not bad games because they’re shooters, in fact they’re great, Thanks to CoD everything with a gun suddenley sucks, anywho a shooter is a game where the protaginist main weapon is a gun, if the game has other elements (Adventure, Explorstion, RPG) then you put a / and end of story!

  • ShimShim

    All I can say to @MadCrain is…your F*ckin Dumb !!

  • MadCrain

    Eat a dick.

  • MadCrain

    You’re*

  • MadCrain

    This is a reply to Sham Sham, And FYI look it up, it will clearly tell you it is a shooter.

  • Big E

    If it’s a reply, then hit the “Reply” link. Also, the Metroid series as a whole is not classified as a shooter. They are adventure-exploration games with platforming elements. The Metroid Prime trilogy is classified as first-person adventure games. Metroid: Other M is classified as adventure-exploration with first-person elements. Resident Evil as a whole is a survival-horror franchise. The only shooters were the on-rails Chronicles series. Games that are classified as a “Shooter” are ones that focus mainly on…well, guns and firing bullets.