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Nintendo TVii Is Shutting Down

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Nintendo is shutting down the TVii service on Wii U in North America.

On August 11, Nintendo TVii will stop working on the home console, according to the company. Nintendo says a system update will soon eliminate the icon from the Wii U menu and GamePad home screen.

As for the reasoning behind closing TVii, Nintendo said, "Every service has a life cycle, and it is time to focus our resources on other projects." However, the company does note other video on demand applications will continue functioning as normal, like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.

Nintendo TVii was unveiled in September 2012, months ahead of the launch of Wii U. While the service has worked for almost three years in North America, TVii was never launched in Europe because of localization issues.

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