Wii U region coding (??)

#1 Posted by PandaBear (612 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

So does anyone know if the Wii U will be region free? I doubt it will be, but just curious...

#2 Posted by Bocam (3137 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

it will be

#3 Posted by PandaBear (612 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

But does anyone have any facts on this?

#4 Posted by Gamer_152 (13243 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

This is one of those delicious situations where one of the top results on Google is this thread. Everything apart from this seems to be threads asking this question, where a lot of people give sure answers but nobody seems to be able to provide a source for what they're saying, or stuff about the region encoding on the original Wii. I think the answer is most likely that nobody knows for sure what the situation will be with region locking on the Wii U and that if they do that information is buried pretty deep. With the long history of Nintendo choosing the forms of physical storage for their games that give them the most control though, I'd speculate that the Wii U will most likely be region locked.

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#5 Posted by PandaBear (612 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

@Gamer_152 said:

This is one of those delicious situations where one of the top results on Google is this thread. Everything apart from this seems to be threads asking this question, where a lot of people give sure answers but nobody seems to be able to provide a source for what they're saying, or stuff about the region encoding on the original Wii. I think the answer is most likely that nobody knows for sure what the situation will be with region locking on the Wii U and that if they do that information is buried pretty deep. With the long history of Nintendo choosing the forms of physical storage for their games that give them the most control though, I'd speculate that the Wii U will most likely be region locked.

Yeah how strange ... Googled "Wii U region coding" and found my own thread. I mean if the Wii was and the 3DS is too I can only assume Nintendo will stay nice and backward and keep it region locked. I might e-mail Nintendo customer support or something, see what they say.

#6 Posted by Daiphyer (1202 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

I bet it will be region locked.

#7 Posted by Hizang (8536 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

I'd wager it will be region locked as Nintendo has always done.

#8 Posted by Village_Guy (2090 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

I'd say play it safe and assume that it is region locked.

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#9 Posted by Vextroid (1071 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

The Wii is region locked and so is the 3DS. So it's a pretty safe bet the WiiU will be too.

#10 Posted by SathingtonWaltz (1920 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

It's a mathematical certainty.

#11 Posted by WilliamRLBaker (4767 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

region locked...but there will be methods around it very soon after release.

#12 Posted by DeF (4166 posts) - 11 months, 8 days ago

@Bocam said:

it will be

@WilliamRLBaker said:

region locked...but there will be methods around it very soon after release.

both of you are just guessing.

but going by past Nintendo systems, William is probably right except for the fact that due to the online integration, "hacking" it will probably fuck you over in terms of going online with the system.

I really hope they get rid of the region coding for Wii U games, though ... region coding is the worst thing about physical media and needs to disappear forever since it's 100% anti-consumer!

#13 Posted by PandaBear (612 posts) - 10 months, 19 days ago

This forum post is still on the first page of Google if you type in "will the wii u be region locked" ... .... :L

Wii U

The Nintendo Wii U, the follow-up to the monstrously popular Nintendo Wii console, launched in North America on November 18th 2012.

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