Yup, the Wii is region locked |
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Yup, it's confirmed. Nintendo's next-gen console, Wii, is region locked. No surprise there, but for the uninitiated (like Grandma), this means that Japanese Wii games will not work on North American Wiis and vice versa. We've known this already thanks to the numerous interviews about it, but now there is a concrete proof that this is so, and we need not rely on statements alone.Apparently, 1up Japan was recently able to get up close and personal with a retail Japanese Wii. And from there, they found out what most of us already know. But on the bright side, they were able to confirm that Mii sharing between regions seems to be a possibility as they we're able to drop US-made Miis into the Japanese Wii, and they didn't encounter any problem.
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Why on earth was this posted now? This was 100% confirmed on the day of release...
and the nuncthuck, are they region locked too?
How about the European and Australian Wii's ? Which regions are those? Their own or Jap/US?
This is Nintendo Wii's biggest flaw. I don't see why they have to lock our console if its all Europe fault with PAL. All they could of done is for the game to automatically switch from 60Hz to 50Hz when putting it in a PAL system. Just like the Freeloader for NGC except on the hardware itself.
You can use Freeloader to play different region games. (or so I've heard...)
>.> Yeah... we do have 60 Hz in Europe too. I doubt the refresh rate would make too much differance since if it was most things would be defaulted for 50hz anyway
how about we just wait for a modchip?
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