Another Wii thread I'm afraid

Wossi · 22 Dec 2006 at 11:29

Are the Wii's region coded? I'm off to America in a couple of days and was thinking of picking up some games and then getting the console when I get home, but I don't want to incase they won't work.

punky_munky · 22 Dec 2006 at 11:31

Yeah pretty sure it's region locked. Nothing stopping you from importing games though, that way you'll get everything months before us.

roboffer · 22 Dec 2006 at 14:19

Yes they are region locked, so US games will not work on the UK machine. Will either have to get the lot from the US and then import games, or stick to a UK machine.

Xellos · 22 Dec 2006 at 15:39

This may be a bit of help to you

http://uk.codejunkies.com/news_reviews.asp?c=GB&cr=GBP&cs=£&r=1&l=1&p=23&i=9065&s=8

“But will there be a FreeLoader or Action Replay for the Wii?”, we hear you cry. “We want to play multiregion Wii games, and bust them wide open too!” All we can say at present is watch this space – we’re working on it, and if it’s possible, you’ll be the first to know.

roboffer · 22 Dec 2006 at 15:42

Hardly something you can base a purchase on at the moment though is it? Great news if they release a Wii Freeloader, but the GC one was delayed, and delayed and delayed. The Freeloader delays were the actual reason I sold my Gamecube.