It’s slowly becoming mandatory that anything with a screen needs to play the above mentioned services but it is nice to get it in writing. Nintendo officially stated the the Wii U will have the following video-apps. 
 
Now Hulu, Netflix, Youtube and Amazon Instant will all eventually make their way to the Wii U system. How they will interact with the Wii U gamepad remains to be seen. We already know that the Wii U gamepad can work as a touchscreen remote, but can it stream these services as well? We will let you know when Nintendo clarifies the facts for us.