Wii area encoding

[ríomhaire]

My sister is going to New York for a few days. If she picks up a Wii will it only work on an American TV, play American games? My guess is yes (And the plug isn't a problem, we have an American - 3 pin adapter around here somewhere)

[Steel.Inferno]

That question is kind of specific. I'd email their customer service dpt... Guessing it would be fine, however.

[Reginald]

Would work on an English TV. But American games only. And there is no word on how connection to the Virtual Console and game servers would work in the UK.

[Solaris]

:naughty:Sister?

[Warbie]

It'd be fine. Games would have to be imported (get them earlier, cheaper, and more likely 480p support) and it'd work on your tv. It's unclear how the online services will work, but I very much doubt there will be a problem. At worst I can see you having to connect to US servers.

I'd go for it if I were you. I've just had to cancel a US preorder due to insufficient supply and am gutted :/

[dekstar]

I'm wondering if I should go with importing. Us UK folks get ****ed out of everything good and holy.
Anyone got any Cons to do with it? Or is it all pros?

[Gargantou]

Depends on if it requires modding/chipping to use the imports, because companies like MS for example, blacklist consoles totally if they notice one going online in any way and detect a modification to the hardware I think :)

[Warbie]

I'm wondering if I should go with importing. Us UK folks get ****ed out of everything good and holy.
Anyone got any Cons to do with it? Or is it all pros?

Cons:

If your Wii turns up busted then you'll have to post it back at your expense. This wouldn't concern me, especially with a Nintendo machine - they're very well made.

You have to wait about a week for games after ordering - no impulse buys or crazy bargain bucket deals.

The rest is all good - cheaper games released earlier. There's usually a few gems that never make it onto pal too.

However, it's very unlikely you'll get an imported Wii before Christmas now. I'm getting a pal machine just to have Zelda over the holidays. Fingers crossed Nintendo don't completely **** things up like they did with the snes, N64 and GC in europe.

[Zephos]

Depends on the power supply in Ireland, it might just blow the Wii up with a power surge :)

Get a step-down transformer just in case.