Crunchyroll’s Nintendo Switch app is on its way out, and is confirmed to be shutting down in a couple of months. Subscribers say they’ve started to receive an email about service ending. Those watching Crunchyroll on Nintendo Switch will no longer be able to do so starting on October 30, 2026. Worth noting, the Nintendo eShop listing has already been...
Heh, that brings back memories. I don’t remember when Crunchyroll was released but I distinctly remember when Hulu was released, it was the first video streaming app on Switch and everyone thought all other services will now come to Switch too, like Netflix etc, but they didn’t.
There was a freaking dedicated button for a streaming service interface embedded in the home menu on the Wii U. Not a channel, actual part of the main menu toolbar, always on screen.
That shit never even had any service attached to it in Europe, it was just wasted space.