Can I play NTSC-US version games on a British bought Wii?

Question

I want to buy Super Smash Bros Brawl but it isnt released in the UK until May! It's released in the US in March - if I bought it from there would it be playable on my console (which was bought in the UK)?

Answer 1

Unfortunetly, no you cannot.

The following game system are region locked, meaning that you connot play games from another region on your system:

1- Nintendo Wii, Gamecube

2- XBOX 360, XBOX

3- Playstation 2, Playstation



The following systems are region free, you can play games from any region on any system (but not movies):

1- Playstation 3 (The region lock still applies to PS2 games)

2- Nintendo DS, Gameboy Advance, SNES

3- PSP



The different regions are:

1- North America

2- Japan

3- Europe (including the UK)

4- Australia and NewZealand

Answer 2

Nickolas is basically right as far as ps3 games are concerned. But I suspect you may be asking about ps2 games, since after all, ps3 games being region-free means they don't have NTSC-J or NTSC-U/C designations in the first place. A 60gb ps3 bought from Japan can play any ps3 game, however it can't play ps2 games from out of region, whether it's a PAL or NTSC region. Unlike the ps2, the ps3 can't be modded to bypass this so that's life. By the way, it's NTSC-U/C, not NTSC-US. The U/C stands for United States and Canada.

Answer 3

NTSC games will not play on a PAL wii. Even if you mod your console, there is no benefit, since many non-region games still won't play and some may brick your console because of updates. Definitely only use the same region games for your console. The DS is the only region-free gaming console.

Answer 4

Nope, the Wii isn't region free so you'll need a PAL (European) Version of the game to play it.



Unless you wanna import a US Wii - then you could play NTSC games.

Answer 5

no the wii has a region lock unfourtuantly but you could hack it with a wii key (voids warranty and i think online play can get terminated) which will let yo play imported games.



(US Wii won't work in UK)

Answer 6

I'm not an expert but I can tell you about another Nintendo product. I got some DS games from Canada and they play fine on a UK DS Lite. Does this help?

Answer 7

this is not true, you can use US games in the UK providing you use a freeloader which can be found here: http://www.codejunkies.com