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Wii to be Region Free
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."
I can't help but wonder what the next cool thing about the Wii will be?
I'm hoping it comes with a pretty pink pony!
Wait, did I just say that out loud?
Regular DVD players aren't region-free just because there exist DVDs suitable for all regions, right?
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.
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah
I'm violating a nondisclosure agreement here by saying it, but the entire console is FULLY EDIBLE.
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Traditionally, region encoding was implemented because sometimes a developer would use different publishers for different regions.
Not so common anymore.
Not so common anymore.
In addition, the most legitimate defense of mod chips was always "I GOT IT TO PLAY IMPORTED GAMES!" Take that away, and modding your console just got that much shadier.
Speak for yourself let's set so double the killer delete select all.