Japanese Wii owners are to get another pleasant surprise this Spring - Nintendo is readying its own TV channel which can be watched by anyone with a Wii and an internet connection.  According to an article in The Times, “the Wiinoma channel is expected to deliver a family- oriented blizzard of cartoons, “brain-training” quizzes, cookery, educational and other lifestyle shows: all of it original content produced exclusively for Nintendo.”

The piece also hints that Nintendo is strongly considering expanding the idea into international markets, finally allowing westerners a piece of the multimedia pie we’ve been eyeing so greedily in secret.

Given the speed (or lack thereof) of the videos on the Nintendo Channel or the Wii Shopping Channel, I’d be surprised if this was a serious rival to ‘proper’ TV, but television bosses in Japan are apparently already quaking in their boots - they’ve been moaning that Wii is gobbling up all their viewers as it is, and this will undoubtedly make the situation even worse.

The Nintendomination continues.

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pm by Chris Schilling
Japan, Nintendomination, Surprises, Wii, Wii Channels.