For those who didn't get one...

cormie

Is getting a wii from play-asia.com a good alternative? I thought I read somewhere that unlike the SNES etc, there is no US/JPN/PAL models, but only 2 now, so is the one on play-asia the same as the ones for sale here?

If not, what are the differences and will they work here?

Is there any other sites selling the ones we get here besides Ebay?

portach king

The Wii is region encoded. Japanese games won't work on US systems, US games won't work on European systems, European games won't work on... etc.

cormie

Can that be hacked do you know? Not sure if that's ok to ask or not

mikeruurds

It's still too early to be asking that question. Sure... they can be hacked, but it'll take some time for this to happen.

Until then I hope you have a firm grasp of kanji my gaijin friend.

Mike

cormie

Hmm, so getting it from play-asia may not be such a bad idea then, well for the likes of wii sports and wii-play, I'm sure Zelda would be impossible in Japanese:D

I wonder are the hacking community busy at it as we speak...

eth0_

You will more than likely be hit for import duties on the wii.
Also it'll probably take two weeks - maybe three considering it's christmas - to reach you, going on my experiences of play-asia.

Why can't you just wait a few weeks and get one here? I don't understand all this impatience

Lex

gizmodo piece on the fact that it is region encoded:
linky

mikeruurds

If there's a quick buck to be made (which there is) then I'd assume that the people who are "in the know" are already at work.

I'm hoping that Datel are looking into it. A Wii version of freeloader would be awesome. I don't particularly want to hard-mod my Wii if I can help it. It would be great to play some of the Jap import titles that will never be released here.

Mike

portach king

I saw that this morning too Lex.

The hacking community are indeed busy. There are website showing you how to make your own home-made wireless sensor bars, another group dedicated to bringing linux to the Wii (DVD playback maybe?), so it's all awesome.
Man, what's with the huge number of Wii channels btw. What's going to fill them up? There's reams of empty spaces.

mikeruurds

As Reggie says... there is a surprise coming.

L5

portach king wrote:

What's going to fill them up? There's reams of empty spaces.

Each virtual console game take up a channel

portach king

L5 wrote:

Each virtual console game take up a channel

You serious? Man, I was kinda hoping there was a VC channel

bk

portach king wrote:

I saw that this morning too Lex.

The hacking community are indeed busy. There are website showing you how to make your own home-made wireless sensor bars, another group dedicated to bringing linux to the Wii (DVD playback maybe?), so it's all awesome.
Man, what's with the huge number of Wii channels btw. What's going to fill them up? There's reams of empty spaces.

I'm hoping for something that will allow you stream Divx/Xvid movies/shows off a server over your home network.

A MythTV frontend on the Wii would be incredible.

Timans

For anyone who is going to buy from PlayAsia.

Please use this link: http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-51pd-71-bt-49-en-84-k.html

I get a small commision and as a student, I need all the money for games I can get.

kensutz

Timans wrote:

For anyone who is going to buy from PlayAsia.

Please use this link: http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-51pd-71-bt-49-en-84-k.html

I get a small commision and as a student, I need all the money for games I can get.

Bit pointless using the link because the games won't work here.

b0bsquish

Apperently there already programs around that allow you to covert your movies and play em on the wii, alas i have the program but no wii .... anyway fancy swapping a wii for the software?