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Buying Wii games in Florida

Going to Florida in a few weeks and would be grateful if anyone knows if Nintendo Wii games bought in the USA will work on a console bought here? Am particularly interested in Rock Band game and accessories. Thanks.:A:confused:

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  • madcal87
    madcal87 Posts: 441 Forumite
    Hi,
    You need to be careful, america uses NTSC where as the uk uses PAL.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg
    So when you buy the game (disk), check which the settings on the back as NTSC games will bot play on PAL (UK) systems.

    However the accessories bought in the usa should be compatable with PAL disk, but i can't garentee that.
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  • They won't work on a British wii, they may work with a !!!!!!!!!! but its a lot of money to spend if it doesn't.
  • sturll
    sturll Posts: 2,582 Forumite
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    No they wont.

    Unlike the PS3, Xbox and DS for some reason known only to themselves Nintendo decided with the Wii to make only PAL games work.
  • simpywimpy
    simpywimpy Posts: 2,386 Forumite
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    So can I buy Xbox games in Florida and bring them back? I asked instore last time we went and they couldn't give me a straight answer so we didn't risk it.
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