Forgot password
Enter the email address you used when you joined and we'll send you instructions to reset your password.
If you used Apple or Google to create your account, this process will create a password for your existing account.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reset password instructions sent. If you have an account with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or contact support if the problem persists.
Hulu on nintendo switch

Nintendo Switch Is Getting Its First Video Streaming App in Hulu

Welcome to last decade, Nintendo.
This article is over 6 years old and may contain outdated information

More than eight months after launch, the Nintendo Switch is finally getting a bit of functionality that both of its predecessors had and both of its immediate competitors have had since launching in 2013. In its weekly press release announcing new releases, Nintendo revealed today that Hulu will become the console’s first video streaming app outside of the Japan-only Niconico app.

Recommended Videos

Nintendo did not offer an actual release date for Hulu, but many have taken the announcement to mean the service will go live around 12 p.m. EST today, which is when Nintendo typically updates the Switch’s eShop with new content.

The press release lists this URL as Switch’s Hulu webpage, but the page was not yet working as of publication time.

Streaming apps like Hulu and Netflix have been conspicuously absent from Nintendo’s hybrid home/portable console since its March 3 launch, but Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime has previously hinted that they would eventually arrive on the console.

“We’re talking to a range of companies about other services, companies like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon — things that will come in time,” Fils-Aime told the Washington Post shortly after Switch launched. “In our view, these are not differentiators. What differentiates us is the way you play with the Nintendo Switch and what you can play. And that will continue to be our focus into the future as we continue driving this platform.”

Fils-Aime reiterated those thoughts to Kotaku last month, stating that video streaming services are going to come would come to Switch “in due time.”

MORE NEWS


Twinfinite is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of Nick Santangelo
Nick Santangelo
Nick has been a gamer since the 8-bit days and has been reporting on the games industry since 2011. Don't interrupt him while he's questing through an RPG or desperately clinging to hope against all reason that his Philly sports teams will win something.