Buy a Wii in the US or bite the bullet here?

Red Devil

Hi,

There seems to be a shortage of wii everywhere at the moment, but has anyone had any experience of buying one in the US?

In NY at the end of the month and tempted by bundles like this one

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=B020070V

Works out at €323 and includes

* Nintendo Wii system (system, remote controller, nunchuck, stand, sensor and Wii Sports)
* Wii Memory SD 1.0GB
* Wii Charge Station (Dual port rapid recharging dock, 2 rechargeable NiMH battery packs, rubberized battery covers and 6 foot power cable. *Does not include additional remote controllers)
* 1 additional Wii Nunchuck Controller
* Wii Play with Remote
* Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
* Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Might pick up a few games and can always get colleagues in work to ship US games to Ireland. What thinks ye?

GBX

I was thinking of doing the same, but got advised on here that the games are region coded, so the ones here wont work.

Red Devil

but, games seem a tad over priced here, so not too worried about having to buy European/UK games.

I had a quick look around town and the average game is €50, to be honest I am thinking I will prob buy 2-3 games a year at most.

Are you thinking of pre or post Christmas?

GBX

ill be over there from Thursday, so im looking at now.

Red Devil

Seems to be a shortage Stateside, so would be great if you posted what you saw on the ground.

Enjoy the trip

GBX

yeah will do.

Kimbot

Well places will post games over so just look for a few sites and check out the price differences etc and see what to do from there!!

micks

Lads what are the issues with having a US Wii in ireland will it play euro games ?
Will a chip sort this prob ?

in NYC at mo and there was NONE in Toys R us today and they dont know when they'll be back !

Will post more info when i get it

Krusty_Clown

It wont natively play European games. Even with a mod-chip, it won't play all Euro games.

The problem isn't entirely the region coding, it's the video system they use in the US (NTSC instead of our PAL) that causes most of the problems.

Also, you'd be using the US VC, instead of the European VC. Not a big issue, but you might run into difficulties buying something from US VC using a European credit card.

witnessmenow

isnt VC points based? I've never used it so i dont know

micks

They seem to be available in NYC toys r us have them for $250 virgin smae

CiDeRmAn

Surely it's to awkward feckin' around with US games, better to just buy a PAL system and not have to worry about foreign warranties and Wii Points and the like.

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Surely it's to awkward feckin' around with US games, better to just buy a PAL system and not have to worry about foreign warranties and Wii Points and the like.

There's no 6-9 month delays on games like paper mario and trauma centre, games are cheaper and so are Wii points. Kind of annoyed that I didn't hold out for an NTSC model myself.