Nintendo Wii Full Disclosure: Launch Date, Price & More

[Keith Justice]

Well, there's always the DS! :sweat:

*freeze frame, cue laugh track* :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[Keith Justice]

Waaaaiiit a second....

According to that article it'll be encoded between American and Europe consoles, but not encoded between Japan and America.

 

[Kyusaku]

Waaaaiiit a second....

According to that article it'll be encoded between American and Europe consoles, but not encoded between Japan and America.

That article is terribly worded, they probably mean between EU, US, and JPN.

That blows though, even online content will be restricted, lame. I hope a chip comes out like my GC chip where I can switch between US and JPN.

 

[Michael Joe Red Mask]

Ok....so is it region free or not?

 

[Judge Faiz]

Well honestly, systems have ALWAYS been region encoded, which begged the question why would NOA now make a system region free after all these years. Just didn't make sense, but that's how the internet rumors work. Someone says something (and usually out of context) and then it totally gets out of hand.

Anywhoo...as for a mod for the system. There's been a mod for pretty much every system released. So it's a fair bet that a mod will come out for the Wii...just might take some time.

 

[Michael Joe Red Mask]

Well honestly, systems have ALWAYS been region encoded, which begged the question why would NOA now make a system region free after all these years.

Because you guys are much better than the competition????

 

[Keith Justice]

Wait it IS Region Free!!!

However, today among the heavy stream of Wii news, Wired News said Nintendo of America VP of marketing and corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan had finally confirmed that the console will indeed be region-free--in theory.

"Will the Wii be region-free? Yes. Like the Nintendo DS, the Wii will be able to play games from other regions, such as Japan, without any restriction. Kaplan implied there might be a region lock that publishers would be able to flip on, but it doesn't sound like the first-party titles from Nintendo will be restricted."

 

[Michael Joe Red Mask]

So wait...first party titles such as Mario and Zelda are region free? But do all of those titles get released pretty much everywhere in the world anyways?

 

[Kyusaku]

Wait it IS Region Free!!!

No. That is one of the OLD articles that started the hoopla in the first place. The one I posted is more recent and in response to this article you posted.

 

[Keith Justice]

The one you posted is Euro tho... seems to go along consistantly that Euro systems won't be, but it's sounding more and more like US and Japan will be cool.