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Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:00 pm |
 Post subject: Nintendo Wii Flip Flops On Region Locks |
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Wii regions unlocked, then locked
Nintendo Wii has gone from being almost 100% region free to Wii being region locked in only a matter of around twenty four hours. We suspect it may have always been locked, but that's not what Nintendo vice president of marketing Perrin Kaplan said on the 14th to Wired News.
Will the Wii be region-free? Yes. Like the Nintendo DS, the Wii will be able to play games from other regions, such as Japan, without any restriction. Kaplan implied there might be a region lock that publishers would be able to flip on, but it doesn't sound like the first-party titles from Nintendo will be restricted.
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