Last night’s Netflix / 3DS news was greater than just empty promises — and we have the official press release to prove it. Starting today, Netflix subscribers with unlimited streaming plans can be capable of watch TV shows and films from the service’s collection of online content on their Nintendo 3DS, like the Wii before it . Movies will appear in 2D (darn) at the upper screen of the device, with 3D content coming soon to the glasses-free portable. The Netflix app can be hitting the Nintendo eShop today as a free download. The app doesn’t seem like within the store as of yet, but we’ll tell you when it pops up. Meanwhile, be happy to try the click release below — no glasses required.
Netflix Streaming Now Available on Nintendo 3DS Hand-Held SystemsREDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Starting today, Nintendo 3DS™ owners around the Country and Canada can download a free application that enables Netflix members with unlimited streaming plans to right away watch TV episodes and flicks streaming from Netflix. The beautiful, easy-to-use service adds an immense value to the Nintendo 3DS portable system, and again demonstrates how Nintendo 3DS continues to give new and different experiences for owners almost day after day.
Nintendo 3DS joins the Wii™ console in its ability to stream Netflix content. On an ordinary day, greater than 1.5 million Netflix members instantly watch TV shows or movies via the Wii console. Now available for download from the Nintendo eShop, the Netflix application makes it easy for folks to enjoy big action films, award-winning documentaries or hit reality shows and sitcoms at the Nintendo 3DS system anytime, anywhere.
“The brand new Netflix application looks great, plays great and is a great consumer experience,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “It gives Nintendo 3DS owners access to an ideal wealth of films and television shows, which they are able to watch conveniently from thousands of free Wi-Fi access points around the country. Nintendo 3DS truly offers something for everybody.”
“Nintendo is a good partner with Netflix,” said Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix. “We’re excited to increase the partnership to incorporate streaming on Nintendo 3DS.”
The brand new Netflix application for Nintendo 3DS displays movies and television episodes in 2D at the system’s upper screen. Users will soon have access to a different library of select movies that may be viewed in 3D without the will for special glasses.
Use of the Netflix application on Nintendo 3DS requires a broadband Internet connection and a Netflix streaming membership starting at $7.99 a month. Netflix members with unlimited streaming plans can instantly watch on their Nintendo 3DS systems and other devices, including the Wii console.
To download the free Netflix application or another content from the Nintendo eShop, Nintendo 3DS users must first install the free system update that became available on June 6.
The Nintendo 3DS system’s parental control settings can be utilized to control access to the Netflix application. Parents who want to manage the express content their kids watch can be happy to grasp that the parental control settings related to their Netflix account could be applied to the streaming content viewable at the Nintendo 3DS system.
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