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Fugi Soft have announced plans to provide Japan with a huge range of video content available on-demand via the Wii.
The company website published details on the new service earlier, noting that Everyone's Theater will be a downloadable application as part of the WiiWare section in Nintendo's store, costing 500 points.
Wii owners will then be able to purchase and stream a heap of content, from Box Office films to pre-school, children's entertainment, popular anime to adult material though also coming at a price per viewing and quality 100 to 400 points. Everyone's Theater will also pop out higher quality streams for those with HD/larger screens for a crisper image.
Versions for other countries are likely, but it would depend on Nintendo finding a suitable service partner in each region. Currently the BBC in the UK is developing a way of playing on-demand content on the system by means of a channel, with a Wii-optimised version already available using the Opera / the Internet Channel.
Thanks to A-N for the tip.
The company website published details on the new service earlier, noting that Everyone's Theater will be a downloadable application as part of the WiiWare section in Nintendo's store, costing 500 points.
Wii owners will then be able to purchase and stream a heap of content, from Box Office films to pre-school, children's entertainment, popular anime to adult material though also coming at a price per viewing and quality 100 to 400 points. Everyone's Theater will also pop out higher quality streams for those with HD/larger screens for a crisper image.
Versions for other countries are likely, but it would depend on Nintendo finding a suitable service partner in each region. Currently the BBC in the UK is developing a way of playing on-demand content on the system by means of a channel, with a Wii-optimised version already available using the Opera / the Internet Channel.
Thanks to A-N for the tip.
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Sonic_13
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Sounds cool. It would be great if something like this came to the US. (A Netflix channel perhaps?).
SuperLink
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... Screw this. Go Team Sea Slug!
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If it ever comes to the West (which it won't) it'll be the same but without the Anime.
'Cos Anime is more babyish than pre-school stuff. 4Kids prove it.
'Cos Anime is more babyish than pre-school stuff. 4Kids prove it.
Darkflame
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anke
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Id be happy if they just subbed the japan version of the stuff :p
Give me a nice mix of serious (Denno Coil) and silly (Lupin 3rd) anime and I'm happy.
And as for movies, Studio Ghilbi FTW.Darkflames Favorate Games! - Darkflames Favorate Films! - Darkflames Favorate Foods?!
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Make your own reviews at;
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Give me a nice mix of serious (Denno Coil) and silly (Lupin 3rd) anime and I'm happy.
And as for movies, Studio Ghilbi FTW.
Dissagree with me?
Make your own reviews at;
www.rateoholic.co.uk : Reviews for anything, by anyone.
Simon_
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thinking of a new username ٩๏̯͡๏)۶
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wtf I don't see why we should have to pay for the channel itself...can't that be for free so I can go and browse to see if there's anything I want to DL? 
Most games are a waste of time.
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Jacob4000
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Why were we in Indonesia? Cheap Christmas ticket fare?
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mOojc said:
Sounds expensive.
Sounds expensive.
Indeed. There needs to be some kind of reasonable yearly rate, not an expensive per video fee.
As Simon said, its also a bit stupid of them to charge for you to get the channel to even browse the content they have. Let alone actually watch anything.
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