Wii not even remotely region-free

Tags: Wii + Region Locked + Japan + Perrin Kaplan

sleeper posted on Sep 16th 2006 12:15PM; via joystiq.com/2006/09/15/wii-not...

Bad news for those who can read Japanese and wants to play games months or years before the US, turns out Wii will be region locked. This is in spite of earlier quotes from Perrin Kaplan stating that Wii will be region-free.

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	Motu says: One point for the PS3. well at least the SDK is region free... http://playsquad.common..._kit_shots Posted: 09/16/06 12:28
	Valmort says: According to Perrin Kaplan from Nintendo is region-free http://playsquad.common...on_the_Wii Posted: 09/17/06 13:59

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