Nintendo, their region locking and international postage.

Wright

Being an Ex-Pat and a gamer is frequently a massive pain. The biggest culprits are of course Nintendo. I live in Japan and could get by with a Japanese Wii U for Mario Kart but for future titles like hopefully a Zelda I would need English.

I want to buy the MK8 Wii U bundle on Amazon.co.uk; but it won't ship to Japan.
Are there any companies out there (U.K., specifically) that I can send it to, who'll ship it on to me? I am aware of Parcel Motel but they seem to just hold the package?

Any help would be appreciated.

Nollog

You want a postal forwarder company, or maybe they have a fancier name.
No idea, never had to use one apart from Parcel Motel.

Banjo

Borderlinx say they'll ship a WiiU delivered from an EU estore to them (I've used £200, 1.7 KG - note, I didn't specify the box size) to Hokkaido via DHL for 8552.5 Y (approx £50) including taxes, duties and fuel surcharge. Never used them before but they have a few interesting services (eg. the "Concierge" who will make purchases on your behalf if you don't have a credit card with an acceptable billing address; and package consolidation so you don't order 4 games and pay 4 forwarding charges). They appear to be free to join.

http://www.borderlinx.com

I am not affiliated with Borderlinx. They were the first name that came up when I googled "uk forward post japan" and read this article, from a guy who might be affiliated with them
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mail-parcel-forwarding-services/

Wright

That's some sleuthing Banjo cheers I'll look into them.