Nintendo planning video service for Wii and DS

Nintendo have revealed today that they are planning to introduce a video service in the near future for their Nintendo Wii and DS/DSi consoles. It will be a similar service to that which Sony and Microsoft offer but Nintendo aim to make theirs slightly different.

As reported by GI.Biz, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is aiming for a video download service, with the Wii used as the main hub and then portable access to the hub via the DS will be available also.

He explained: “If the Wii and the DS are connected, it should be possible to download video through the Wii and take it with you on the DS. When the service begins, you’ll see how we’re going to do it differently in a Nintendo-like way. There are a lot of on-demand video services, so there’s no reason to do the same thing, so we’re going to do something different.”

No solid dates have been confirmed for the service yet, but we’ll keep you updated when we hear new details. Let us know what you think.