Wii Now Confirmed to Not be Region-Free

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."

Comments

You've Come A Long Way Baby

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, I remember the post-E3 hype where people were talking about a 150 dollar Nintendo console that was going to rock the console world to its foundation and change the face of gaming forever with its revolutionary and innovative controller.

Fast forward and see how times have changed for Nintendo:

* Expensive console - 250 dollars for a souped up GameCube
* Expensive controllers - so much for having three or four friends over all using Wii controllers without shelling out big bucks
* Ho-hum games - A whole lot of Wii titles look to be "GameCube game with some pointing"

The Wii is looking like the Colin Powell of consoles - everyone loves it as long as the details aren't pinned down and gamers imprint their own hopes and desires on the console. But once the facts about the console come to light support starts to disappear.

Re:BOOOOOOOOOH!

[Reality Master 101]

Yes, that is the resounding sond of Booohs heard across the world.

No, the resounding sound is "YAAAAAWN". You do realize that the vast majority of people don't even know what regional encoding is, and the vast majority of the people who are left don't care, right?