US Wii: Preorder Details Thread

Man looks like i'll be waiting till after xmas for mine

I'll take anyone's preorder's off there hands tho mind

Here's some good news fellas. As posted in the main Wii thread elsewhere:

We are already aware that you won't be able to gain access to the Japanese or American VC in UK with a UK console. But if you import a US or Japanese Wii into UK, will that machine be capable of accessing the UK VC servers to download and play games made available to us Brits?

Nintendo: No. The European Virtual Console will be available only to European machines. If you import an American machine they would have to connect to the American service and use American Wii Points cards to buy content. Their warranty would also be void so this is not recommended.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=148658

So, access to a wider selection of VC titles, all guaranteed 60hz, paying US dollars instead of pounds. Sounds good to me! All that remains to be seen is whether US consoles in the UK will connect flawlessly in the way Nintendo suggest above. The only brick wall I can see hitting is it might throw a fit about non-US/Canadian based IP addresses.

I missed out on getting an Videogames Plus order in (I thought they were going to e-mail customers alerting them to a countdown?). It’s highly likely I’ll just have a friend in the US send me one, but I’ll still be waiting for 100% confirmation on accessing the net and the Virtual Console. It’s sounding good though!

its the end of the week now, i hope we get an email from sidney soon

Originally Posted by Angry the Clown

Here's some good news fellas. As posted in the main Wii thread elsewhere:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=148658

So, access to a wider selection of VC titles, all guaranteed 60hz, paying US dollars instead of pounds. Sounds good to me! All that remains to be seen is whether US consoles in the UK will connect flawlessly in the way Nintendo suggest above. The only brick wall I can see hitting is it might throw a fit about non-US/Canadian based IP addresses.

I missed out on getting an Videogames Plus order in (I thought they were going to e-mail customers alerting them to a countdown?). It’s highly likely I’ll just have a friend in the US send me one, but I’ll still be waiting for 100% confirmation on accessing the net and the Virtual Console. It’s sounding good though!

There's no way Nintendo would try some ip blocking technique, this is an inaccurate science anyway so they'd end up blocking some of the north American market and I am sure us Europeans will easily find a way to spoof north american IPs anyway.

Cheaper points cards FTW! Guaranteed optimised games, more choice, we can't lose! No waiting for Brussels to tell us what we can and cannot play until it is translated into Urdu or something! Damn you Nintendo for region locking the Wii!

Excellent news, they confirmed it should work fine

I can so see myself selling my PAL Wii a few months down the line then getting a US one if all the doubts over online and such like are ironed out. I want Metal Slug and Excite Truck

Love how they try to spin it into a negitive thing! Who the hell would prefer to get the EU VC anyway?

Originally Posted by Lyris

Excellent news, they confirmed it should work fine

Excellent indeed, not that I had any doubt over it.

I wonder how many we'll all buy given we probably have masses of ROMs anyway. Could just be novelty value.

Fans of Donkey Kong Country

Well there is a chance it might not allow you to use UK credit cards on the US system... Therefore you'd have to order points cards from the states and get em shipped over. Could be a pain in the ass.