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Will Nintendo Wii games bought in US Work on European Models?
Wii games are region-locked, US games for it will not work on a European console.
Do UK Nintendo wii games work on us Nintendo wiis?
Actually they don't because they are REGION LOCKED. This means it can only play video games from the same country or region that it was purchased from. If you have a US bought console you will have to buy US/Canadian games. If you had a UK bought console you would only be able to play UK games.
Will UK Nintendo Wii games work on a US Nintendo Wii?
No, The two types of consoles have different region encoding. This is called Region Lockout (or Region Lock). They are incompatible. UK games will not work on a US wii. The UK use a PAL (Phase Alternating Line) system whereas the US use NTSC (National Television System Committee). There is a CD called Freeloader which should allow you to play games from different regions on your US wii. i.e JP and UK games will work on the US wii with the CD
Can you play US Wii games on a V4.2 European Wii?
No because the wii is region locked. the US wii is NTSC while the EU wii is PAL. so it will not work, but Australian wii games work on the EU wii as they are both PAL.
Will a Wii game from US work on a Wii console from Europe?
no it won't work unless you hack your wii with a special chip
