Nintendo Announce Netflix And AT&T Deals For The Nintendo 3DS

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president, announces new developments for the Nintendo 3DS portable video game system at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 2, 2011. Nintendo has partnered with Netflix to enable Nintendo 3DS owners to instantly stream Netflix movies and TV shows directly to their Nintendo 3DS systems, similar to how the service is used on the Wii console.

Nintendo have announced Netflix is coming to the Nintendo 3DS this summer in the USA. movies and TV Shows can be streamed to the device, for those on an unlimited $7.99 a month deal, via a broadband wireless internet connection. this will also mean a movie can be watched on a Wii and then finished on the 3DS.

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president, announces new developments for the Nintendo 3DS portable video game system at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 2, 2011. Nintendo has partnered with AT&T Wi-Fi to provide Nintendo 3DS owners with automatic and free access to more than 10,000 wireless hotspots nationwide.

Nintendo have also announced they have collaborated with AT&T to provide free Wi-Fi Hot Spots to USA Nintendo 3DS Owners. there will be 10,000 of these hot spots available in a variety of places across the country.

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To help make the wireless features of Nintendo 3DS as smooth as possible, Nintendo has collaborated with AT&T to provide Nintendo 3DS owners with automatic and free access to more than 10,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide with the May system update. Nintendo's aim is to make getting connected easy for everyone, so people who opt in to the system's SpotPass™ service will tell their Nintendo 3DS systems to automatically connect to AT&T Hot Spots at restaurants, book stores, coffee shops and airports across the country.

This summer, Nintendo 3DS will incorporate Netflix functionality. Netflix members who have an unlimited plan starting at $7.99 a month can access a broadband wireless Internet connection and instantly stream movies and TV shows directly to their Nintendo 3DS systems, similar to how the service is used on the Wii console. This means people can start watching a movie via Netflix on their Wii systems at home and then pick up the same movie later from a different location using their Nintendo 3DS systems.