Nintendo has released a new channel for the Wii in Japan. The TV Guide channel allows you to control your TV with the wiimote and surf through the channels with an on screen guide. You can also share favorites with friends, see what's popular and even get email or SMS alerts 30 minutes before a show starts. Sadly, this channel won't be coming to the US.
Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, says
Nintendo went forward with the project because a TV Guide Network-like service similar to what Nintendo is offering didn't exist. (TV in Japan is notoriously weird: in the past, PCs and TVs had to be fitted with an array of tuners to get all channels).
There are no plans to bring something like this to the United States at the moment, he said, but Nintendo is always looking around. "There are other channel opportunities," he said. "They may look like games. They may not look like games."
Take a look at the screenshots below.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Updated on 3/05/08
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