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Wii Now Confirmed to Not be Region-Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the party's-over dept.

legoburner writes "Contrary to an earlier Slashdot story, Nintendo have now stated that the Wii will not be region free. The original claim came from Nintendo America, but Nintendo UK have gone on record denying the claims. They put it rather bluntly, stating: 'We are region-locked,' and that Nintendo America made a mistake by claiming otherwise."

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  1. News of XMas 2007 by Opportunist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Finally, Sony has launched its PS3 right for the Christmas sales, at least in Japan. Last year, when Nintendo's Wiii hit the shelves, initial sales were stunningly low until about March. Various groups blamed this on the hack published in February that allowed region lock to be circumvented. Nintendo was not available for comment.

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