Crunchyroll is Now Available on Nintendo Switch

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Since its launch in 2017 Nintendo Switch users have praised the system's versatility as both home console and a handheld device. But there was always one area that the Nintendo Switch was lacking compared to its mainstream home console competitors: video on demand streaming. Apps like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video are all available for PlayStation and Xbox but noticeably absent on the Switch. Crunchyroll plan to change this, however.

Crunchyroll is a massively popular video streaming service specializing in anime with over 100 million registered users. The streaming service has over 5 million paid subscribers, and over 1,000 different anime titles to choose from.

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Crunchyroll is now helping to close this streaming gap in the Switch’s market, becoming one of the few video streaming options on the platform with its new app, available now from the Nintendo eShop. It offers ad-supported anime, or with a subscription to the service, ad-free and offline viewing.

Crunchyroll already hasd apps for the PlayStation and Xbox along with its online streaming on PC, but the streaming service is a perfect fit for the Nintendo Switch. With the numerous games on the Switch that have anime inspired visuals and the fact that the generation of western kids that were raised with Nintendo consoles are the same ones that were first exposed to anime in a mainstream way, means there is likely a large crossover of Switch owners and anime fans.

The Switch is also in many ways the perfect system to have a steaming app on. The fact that until now it has had so few, only the likes of YouTube and Hulu, has been confusing users since the console's release. The ability to go from