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Wii to be Region Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wiiiiii dept.

Chris Kohler is making it a point to single out the fact that, like its cousin the DS, the Wii is to be Region-free. They also discuss how Virtual Console titles will associated with a console owner, and some details on the Opera browser. From the article: "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."

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  1. Analogy time by truedfx · · Score: 4, Informative

    Regular DVD players aren't region-free just because there exist DVDs suitable for all regions, right?

  2. Re:I think we have a winner by Maul · · Score: 4, Informative

    No console released after the SNES had more than one controller, nor has any console after the SNES had a pack-in game at launch. Only one controller is the industry standard nowadays, and giving us a game with the thing is more generous than Sony or Microsoft have ever been. Remember that Sony is charging $600 for their console, which will no doubt only have one controller.

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  3. Re:aside from hurting your own sales... by pixel_bc · · Score: 4, Informative

    Traditionally, region encoding was implemented because sometimes a developer would use different publishers for different regions.

    Not so common anymore.