One thing Sony seems to have gotten right is making all the PS3's games region-free. Now Nintendo's following suit.

That's right: the Wii will be region-free. And from whom comes the word? That's right: Kotaku's ex-own, Joel Johnson.

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.

Joel — that sultry mynx — also asked some informative questions about how the Wii VirtuaConsole would work (the games will be tied to an account, but be re-downloadable, much like XBLA) and whether hard-drives would be connectable for extra storage (No.) Florian Eckhardt

Region-Free Wii [Game|Life]

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