wii question

[magic_johnson!]

i am in japan
while here, my brother stole my wii in australia
i need a new one
wiis here are cheap
i have no problem getting it back to aus
but, will it play australian games?
cheers

 

[Abaddon]

no. you will need to get it chipped and change the power supply

 

[magic_johnson!]

i have a psp from japan, and that works with australian games
why would wii be different?

 

[scooterb]

PSP = Sony = generally region free.

Wii = Nintendo = obviously not region free.

Nintendo =\= Sony

 

[Jabso]

DS games are region free. Is DS Nintendo scooter?

 

[Abaddon]

The DS is region free the Wii is not.

 

[scooterb]

DS games are region free. Is DS Nintendo scooter?

I was just making the assumption that all were, because the NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube and the DSi all have region lockouts.

Obviously the exception to the rule.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

It takes about a 5 second google search to realise that most games for the Wii are not region free, however you can get it modded to play the games.

I've heard that it isn't that hard to mod the Wii.

 

[Jabso]

I was just making the assumption that all were, because the NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube and the DSi all have region lockouts.

Obviously the exception to the rule.

ok