Pokémon TV Has Officially Ended On Nintendo Switch

gotta watch em all...on a different device

I legit missed the memo that this was a thing.

I got some use out of it here and there but it was so crash prone it was kind of too tiresome to bother with most of the time. Often even just trying to navigate the menus made it completely close out.

I had no idea this existed and probably wouldn't have used it but it sure feels right, have Pokemon available to watch just on the switch. Would have loved that for my kids, when they are old enough.

I think it would take zero effort for Nintendo to make a YouTube app and that's exactly how much effort they've put into making one.

@tseliot The Switch does have a Youtube app.

To be honest I had no idea that this even existed.

I have no interest in using that Pokemon TV app as I don't have that much interest with Pokemon franchise so I will not miss anything.

Did not know this even existed. Uh, bye?

Use youtube... that still works on switch

It's a shame but I gave up on it months ago because it kept on crashing when trying to look for episodes. I don't suppose there's a single platform with the whole lot of seasons on there...?

Loved the app. It was a perfect way for my kids to just watch Pokemon without non Pokemon ad crap. I will miss it.

@MegaMari0 me toooooo!

The which now what? "Thank you for your interest"?

My kitten loved to watch Pokemon with me, without ads and totally free. I will miss the app.

So we're pirating the anime now? What's the official way to watch it all in one go? I actually don't know.

@Setery they never had the whole anime on there anyway, just Kanto, the Orange Islands, Journeys, and a rotation of random other seasons.

Best I can tell if you want to watch the show legally now, Amazon Prime has gens 1 through 3 and 6 then there’s a separate channel subscription for the rest and the movies.

@tseliot Another person cluelessly hating on Nintendo just for the hell of it.. It's getting old man..

There is an official YouTube app on the Switch already.
I don't use it since I have 2 laptops, 2 phones, a tablet, a smart TV and a PS5 that all have YouTube apps.

But hey at least there is a Nintendo Switch YouTube app, and it works pretty well. I mean you won't get 4k60fps HDR video playback, but that's ok for a 7 year old handheld gaming device I think.

This app brought me back to the Pokemon anime. Then I started to buy the dvds and watch one episode per day, almost every day. I said this quite often, but I think this is the perfect anime to start a happy day.

Big thank you for the app.

It was free and without ads. I am amazed it survived as long as it did.

There should be an app on the Switch that just takes various Nintendo (and possibly third party) cartoons and movies for people to enjoy. Make it part of NSO+EP if you have to, but this would be pretty great.

@tseliot

Aside from the fact that, as others have pointed out, there already is a YouTube app on the Switch, why do you think Nintendo would publish it? It's not their service so putting an app on a device would be down to Google, same as it is with your phone or any other device. And if you look at the YouTube app you'll see it's published by Google, and Nintendo have nothing to do with it.

@Woderwick Exactly! Some people really don't know what they're talking about.

@tseliot Do you think Nintendo owns Youtube? How would they make the app on the Switch? Google did it years ago.

@Rambler I know, but it would be nice to have an official place to get it all on a Nintendo device.

This was actually really nice to have. Shame to see it go

This is annoying because the new series is only on BBC in the UK. I don't have a TV licence and I'm not paying BBC (They are evil on multiple levels). I wish they release them on Dvd/Bluray in the UK.

Only a 3 year lifespan?
Even Netflix on the 3DS lasted much longer than this!

@Setery You can buy every movie and season on DVD.

At least Pokemon's website directs you to where you can watch the season, or at least that's from my experience on their UK site. I was catching up on it a while back but then stopped but recently got back to watching the anime. So far I've watched all three seasons of Black & White, X & Y and currently on the second season of Sun & Moon via BBC iPlayer. They've also got the movies tied to them.

Dammit. I forgot to watch Beauty and the Beach.
Was that on there?

@koffing I'm sure many of us like Roxie's song in BW2.
I'm sure some even know it was DOGARS! in Japanese.
But I can see why they didn't directly localize it English. (instead to P-O-K-E-M-ON.
Koffing's name becomes a little bit of an issue spelled that same way.

It never worked here in the Philippines, so I definitely won't miss it.

Wish there was a simple way to watch S1 through Master Quest.

I really like watching it on Netflix because of the multi-lang support I can compare the nostalgic latam dub easily. But they can't seem to bother getting any other season.

I wanna be, the very best. The best there ever was. Except when it comes to offering customers what they want.

Loved being able to put it straight on the TV. Gotta be honest some of the episodes had sounds issues which made it seems like they were badly pirated 😂 will miss the app. Wish they'd just done everything on there though.