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Does anybody know if Wii Games bought in USA can be played on a Nintendo Wii

Does anybody know if Wii Games bought in USA can be played on a Nintendo Wii purchased in the UK. Thanks.

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  • Little_John
    Little_John Posts: 4,033 Forumite
    The Wii is region locked so US games will only play on a US Wii. there was a rumour that the party games would be region free but Im prettyy sure that has been proved wrong.
  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    I believe it is possible toget a Wii chipped to play US games on a UK machine but obviously that will invalidate the warranty.
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  • Little_John
    Little_John Posts: 4,033 Forumite
    What is correct a modified wii can play any region games it also allows other things that are against forum rules to discuss
  • Cerro
    Cerro Posts: 206 Forumite
    Getting a Wii "chipped" would enable to you design your own games for the Wii, there are new programming applications which now let you do this on your PC. Although I think the reason the Wii is locked is to prevent you playing games that can be bought cheaper from other countries!

    The downside is, you lose the warranty.
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  • Cerenia
    Cerenia Posts: 1,857 Forumite
    There are talks that Freeloader will make a Wii converter disk like they did on the Gamecubes. Although that will be a while yet.
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