Post by: WindyMan on September 14, 2006, 08:37:40 AM
Games writer, friend to PGC and heavy drinker Chris Kohler is reporting on his Wired Games Blog that the Wii console, like the Nintendo DS, will be able to play games from any region of the world.
The report implies that region protection can still be put in place by publishers if they so desire, but Nintendo's own games won't be locked to a specific country.
Kohler's blog also has two other pieces of Wii info. First, downloaded Virtual Console games are tied to a central account, and can be re-downloaded if they are lost. Second, the USB ports on the Wii console can not be used for storage expansion, at least intially. All storage will be via the onboard 512MB of flash memory and the SD card expansion slot.
Post by: nitsu niflheim on September 14, 2006, 08:53:36 AM
. So unless Europe gets some really neat games USA doesn't, or Japan gets games that either have english text or no text at all, then I don't see this as much as a big thing for me.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on September 14, 2006, 08:58:01 AM
Post by: ThePerm on September 14, 2006, 08:58:45 AM
I hope thats temporary
Post by: DAaaMan64 on September 14, 2006, 09:08:58 AM
Post by: capamerica on September 14, 2006, 09:16:07 AM
And I hope the Region Free news is true, Since the GameCube I've been buying alot more import games like Donkey Konga 1 & 2. JP versions are so much better then the US versions.
Post by: KnowsNothing on September 14, 2006, 09:31:21 AM
No USB expansion? Not sweet, but expected. I doubt I'd ever need it though, I don't plan on downloading too many VC games.
Post by: AnyoneEB on September 14, 2006, 10:10:12 AM
Post by: amost on September 14, 2006, 10:17:33 AM
Post by: OverHeat on September 14, 2006, 10:35:06 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on September 14, 2006, 11:29:00 AM
Post by: OverHeat on September 14, 2006, 11:36:27 AM
Post by: Djunknown on September 14, 2006, 01:08:49 PM
Anyway, I've been hearing rumblings about "My First Wii." What's' all the hub-bub about it?
Post by: RickPowers on September 14, 2006, 01:23:58 PM
Post by: Kairon on September 14, 2006, 02:07:50 PM
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Post by: oohhboy on September 14, 2006, 04:31:11 PM
Post by: OverHeat on September 14, 2006, 05:48:43 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on September 14, 2006, 06:05:44 PM
GREAT NEWS! I LOVE you Nintendo!
mind that the region free thing is so that if modchips exist, Nintendo can squash them because their only purpouse would be playing pirated games....
Post by: oohhboy on September 14, 2006, 08:34:56 PM
When I do get the Wii I will just plug it straight into my router which has plenty of spare ports.
Post by: KDR_11k on September 14, 2006, 09:22:59 PM
Oohhboy: The DS can connect to a plain jane WiFi access point.
Post by: Renny on September 15, 2006, 07:43:34 AM
Post by: OverHeat on September 15, 2006, 08:55:36 AM
Edit: KDR is right, oohhboy. I bought Macs Airport Extreme (The little baby one that can plug into the wall) and I have no problem connecting with my DS. I am sure most other wireless solutions work with it as well. In fact, Nintendo's DS site has a listing of which wireless solutions work best with the system.
Post by: Athrun Zala on September 15, 2006, 10:27:12 AM
Kaplan says it'll be, UK's General Manager David Yarnton says it won't =|
http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732982p1.html
Post by: Bloodworth on September 15, 2006, 04:17:22 PM
Post by: Pale on September 15, 2006, 07:02:01 PM
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Originally posted by: RickPowers
My First Wii is a series of mini-games that look to be exclusive for the Japanese market. They'll be bundled in with a Wii-mote.
I'm not positive this is the case as I think all of these games were showcased at the event on thursday. Duck Hunt like game, ping pong, table tennis, billiards, and more. Are these the same games?
Post by: oohhboy on September 15, 2006, 10:09:41 PM
If they released all future games in NTSC it won't matter. It would save everybody alot of trouble.
Besides, I have never understood region locking. I thought a sale is a sale regardless of where it was. If someone else took the trouble of importing your game to play and saved you the trouble of having to ship and distribute it overseas and avoid tax/lisence issuses, wouldn't you be happy?
Post by: Arbok on September 15, 2006, 11:11:57 PM
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Originally posted by: oohhboy
Besides, I have never understood region locking. I thought a sale is a sale regardless of where it was. If someone else took the trouble of importing your game to play and saved you the trouble of having to ship and distribute it overseas and avoid tax/lisence issuses, wouldn't you be happy?
That would assume, of course, that everything is being charged at the same rate, which isn't the case. It's much in the same vein as DVD regions: these things can be very expensive in some areas, for example Japanese DVD release tend to cost double what they do in the US and other markets.
If a company has the chance to charge an area more and get away with it, they figure "why not take it"? I hate regions myself, of course, but there is logic behind it from their perspective.
Post by: KDR_11k on September 15, 2006, 11:24:12 PM
NoE: "No way, how are we going to rip off and alienate our customer base then?"
Post by: Caliban on September 17, 2006, 12:20:35 PM
