Hulu has announced that it has finally released the long-awaited Hulu Plus app on the Nintendo Wii. Now, Wii owners can dust off their Wii remotes, or take a break from Netflix (the only real reason most people still use their Wii) to download the new app from the Wii Shop Channel. If you’re not familiar with Hulu Plus, it is the premium version of the Hulu service that allows users to instantly stream television episodes and movies on mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad, many Android devices, and the Kindle Fire and now on all gaming systems. For the same price per month ($7.99) as its more familiar archrival Netflix, Hulu Plus instantly streams movies and current season episodes of many hit shows like Dancing with the Stars, The Biggest Loser, Grey’s Anatomy, Glee and Modern Family. Yay! I can’t wait to watch Glee on my Wii! (Clears throat) Ahem. I mean, yeah, awesome. I can finally watch Friday Night SmackDown!

Source: Hulu Blog

Wii! Nintendo announced earlier this week that the successor to the popular Wii gaming console will be launched sometime after March of 2012. Although the Wii was already cheaper than its rival consoles, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3, Nintendo lowered the price of the gaming system even further from $199 to $169 on April 18th. Details and a playable model of the successor to the Wii console will be released at this year’s E3 Expo (held from June 7th to June 9th) where the computer and video game industries showcase their latest and greatest to fans and the media.

The broad appeal of the Wii to friends and family, the use of Motion Controllers with built-in accelerometers instead of the traditional gaming controller, and Nintendo’s throwback to developing games that were actually fun to play made the system the most successful console release of its generation, selling over 86 million units compared to the 53 million units sold of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and 49.5 million units sold for the Sony PlayStation 3.

There are many rumors flying around about what the Wii 2 has to offer, but one thing is for certain: Nintendo always brings gaming to another level.

Official Press Release

April 25, 2011

To whom it may concern:

Re: Wii’s Successor System

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.

We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.

 

 

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