Topic: So, Wii Sports is the best selling video game of all time

[ThePerm]

I liked wii sports, that being said its an 8.0 game single player at best. Its a 10 on multiplayer though. Heres a question I pose: Do systems sell significantly better when they come packed with a game?

[Guitar Smasher]

I think it's more a matter of perceived value.  Wii hit the sweet spot with a low price and system seller in a single package.  If PS3 had come packaged with a game, I don't think it would have sold much better because the price was still way too high.  But the packaged game is only relevant for the first couple years.  I think WiiFit and NSMBWii moved a lot of systems, despite being sold separately.

[Chozo Ghost]

Only if your television can accept a PAL video signal, which I doubt.

I'm sure it would void your warranty, but if one were really desperate enough for a black wii, couldn't they buy a white NTSC wii and a black PAL wii and then just swap the innards? That way you should end up with a black NTSC wii (assuming all goes well). You would also have a functioning White PAL.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Only if your television can accept a PAL video signal, which I doubt.

I'm sure it would void your warranty, but if one were really desperate enough for a black wii, couldn't they buy a white NTSC wii and a black PAL wii and then just swap the innards? That way you should end up with a black NTSC wii (assuming all goes well). You would also have a functioning White PAL.

That's what I been sayin'

What you need to do is swap a case with a EUR or JPN Black Wii and make sure you get all the included controllers and cables that came with the black version.

case switch. it's the only way at this point to have the real thing.

[Mop it up]

There's also the option of paint, which doesn't void your warranty and costs a lot less. You might still have to disassemble it though, especially if you wanted to paint the controller.

I'm pretty sure that the cords (AC adapter, A/V cable, and sensor bar) are gray no matter which colour you get.

[TJ Spyke]

I've never heard of that happening with any Nintendo game system, and I've talked with several people who have swapped adapters. The system itself isn't different than an NTSC system, and the power conversion takes place entirely in the adapter. You could use the AC adapter from a North America system and it'd work fine.

I wasn't aware Nintendo did that, I knew that voltage was a major problems for other systems. If this is true, than there is nothing stopping a person from just importing a black PAL Wii (although they would have to import PAL games to play on it). I would just wait, it's just a matter of time before Nintendo of America releases it.

[Stogi]

Are you guys still talking about this?

[NWR_insanolord]

If you installed the Homebrew Channel and Gecko OS on a PAL Wii you could play NA games on it. You'd be stuck with the PAL Wii shop, though.

[TJ Spyke]

You also would never be able to update your Wii again and would not be able to play any more first party games (as you would be forced to download the new firmware, which disables the Homebrew Channel).

[NWR_insanolord]

I'm on the current firmware (4.2) and just installed the Homebrew Channel a couple days ago. The update blocked the HBC, but the homebrew community got around that in a matter of days.

[Stratos]

Well, at least a Black PAL Wii could get you Disaster among a few other European exclusives.

[Stogi]

Seriously guys. I'm not buying a foreign system, so why are we even contemplating it?

EDIT: Actually, do what you want.

[KDR_11k]

You also would never be able to update your Wii again and would not be able to play any more first party games (as you would be forced to download the new firmware, which disables the Homebrew Channel).

What? My Wii is updated and HBC'd just fine. They had one patch that removed the HBC if you didn't update the HBC first but all it did was look for a hardcoded channel name so after renaming the HBC works the same as before.