An American Wii in Eurpoe.

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mrSHEiK124

Lifer
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I'm not sure, but the Wii might have a 100-240V DC adapter. If that's the case you only need a plug adapter, otherwise they should buy a DC adapter when they get back home.

And as far as region locking goes, the Gamecube and the Wii should be the same, you have three kinds of games: NTSC/U (USA, Canada), NTSC/J (Japan) and PAL/SECAM. The games themselves aren't any different, since most support both 50/60 Hz, but the system is region locked and if you don't do anything about it they'll have to send after games from here. And you have to be sure they have a multisystem TV.
 
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Rebasxer

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I'm sure the games don't work, and pretty sure about the console. My gf is swiss and has a wii over there, she brought some games back that didn't play in my wii. I think she also said her console wouldn't work over here, so that's why I ended up buying one
 
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bobsmith1492

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PAL vs NTSC - the US (and most of the world, thank you Sea Moose!) uses NTSC while Europe uses PAL.

That means EUROPEAN TVs WON'T BE ABLE TO DISPLAY VIDEO FROM YOUR WII (in case you haven't picked up on that).
 
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bobsmith1492

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CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
PAL vs NTSC - the US (and most of the world, thank you Sea Moose!) uses NTSC while Europe uses PAL.

That means EUROPEAN TVs WON'T BE ABLE TO DISPLAY VIDEO FROM YOUR WII (in case you haven't picked up on that).
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In case YOU haven't picked THIS up: MOST PAL TVS ARE "MULTISYSTEM" AND *CAN* ACCEPT AN NTSC SIGNAL. Also, the Wii CAN output 480p over component video, which is an international standard; neither NTSC nor ATSC nor PAL nor SECAM.

Originally posted by: Rebasxer
I'm sure the games don't work, and pretty sure about the console. My gf is swiss and has a wii over there, she brought some games back that didn't play in my wii. I think she also said her console wouldn't work over here, so that's why I ended up buying one
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They would have worked in my USA Wii. The reasons why and the circumvention of it is FULLY understood.

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Originally posted by: Colt45
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
PAL vs NTSC - the US (and most of the world, thank you Sea Moose!) uses NTSC while Europe uses PAL.

That means EUROPEAN TVs WON'T BE ABLE TO DISPLAY VIDEO FROM YOUR WII (in case you haven't picked up on that).
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Saying most of the world uses NTSC is pretty big stretch.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.../0d/PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg
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By area, it is. :)
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Uhhh... no. I guess it's kinda hard to argue population-wise (China and India are PAL), but did you even look at the map? NA is the only continent with dominant, significant, NTSC use and an awful lot of that is uninhabited tundra and Canadian territories. If you wanna count that, you gotta count Greenland for PAL! With China, Australia, and Europe along with the rest of southern Asia and most of Africa, they don't even need Greenland to push WAY beyond NTSC's "area." PAL dominates in every other continent that has a standard (again, northern Asia, AKA Russia, is mostly frozen desert).

NTSC dominates in:
US
Central America
Honorable mentions; though small in are:
Japan, Philippines

PAL dominates in:
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Non-Russian Asia
Australia
The Pacific Islands

China and India are more massive and EACH more populous than the USA, so they easily tip the balance in Asia against SECAM, despite Russia's large "area."
 
Colt45

Colt45

Lifer
Apr 18, 2001
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Should count SECAM under PAL for the purpose of this thread, as i think every SECAM TV made in the past 30 years supports PAL, and even if it doesn't it still works in B&W. Well, there's some exceptions. French use system L which no one else uses. PAL D/K works with SECAM D/K. I think If you use PAL B/G with SECAM D/K you lose the sound, iirc they have a different offset.

NTSC/PAL/SECAM are just colour systems. The video system (single letters B, M, etc) control the luma, sync, sound.. (B&W).

There is PAL M, which will work B&W with NTSC M, but I think it only exists in a couple south american countries.
 
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bobsmith1492

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Feb 21, 2004
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Originally posted by: CZroe
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
PAL vs NTSC - the US (and most of the world, thank you Sea Moose!) uses NTSC while Europe uses PAL.

That means EUROPEAN TVs WON'T BE ABLE TO DISPLAY VIDEO FROM YOUR WII (in case you haven't picked up on that).
Click to expand...

In case YOU haven't picked THIS up: MOST PAL TVS ARE "MULTISYSTEM" AND *CAN* ACCEPT AN NTSC SIGNAL. Also, the Wii CAN output 480p over component video, which is an international standard; neither NTSC nor ATSC nor PAL nor SECAM.

Originally posted by: Rebasxer
I'm sure the games don't work, and pretty sure about the console. My gf is swiss and has a wii over there, she brought some games back that didn't play in my wii. I think she also said her console wouldn't work over here, so that's why I ended up buying one
Click to expand...

They would have worked in my USA Wii. The reasons why and the circumvention of it is FULLY understood.

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Originally posted by: Colt45
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
PAL vs NTSC - the US (and most of the world, thank you Sea Moose!) uses NTSC while Europe uses PAL.

That means EUROPEAN TVs WON'T BE ABLE TO DISPLAY VIDEO FROM YOUR WII (in case you haven't picked up on that).
Click to expand...
Saying most of the world uses NTSC is pretty big stretch.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.../0d/PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg
Click to expand...

By area, it is. :)
Click to expand...

Uhhh... no. I guess it's kinda hard to argue population-wise (China and India are PAL), but did you even look at the map? NA is the only continent with dominant, significant, NTSC use and an awful lot of that is uninhabited tundra and Canadian territories. If you wanna count that, you gotta count Greenland for PAL! With China, Australia, and Europe along with the rest of southern Asia and most of Africa, they don't even need Greenland to push WAY beyond NTSC's "area." PAL dominates in every other continent that has a standard (again, northern Asia, AKA Russia, is mostly frozen desert).

NTSC dominates in:
US
Central America
Honorable mentions; though small in are:
Japan, Philippines

PAL dominates in:
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Non-Russian Asia
Australia
The Pacific Islands

China and India are more massive and EACH more populous than the USA, so they easily tip the balance in Asia against SECAM, despite Russia's large "area."
Click to expand...

Whoops, my bad :eek: I'm colorblind... I thought Russia was NTSC. :) Anyway, if the Wii outputs a standard HD signal and the TV can accept it, so much the better.
 
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coolVariable

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No. It will not work.

1. Their TV is PAL ... and a US Wii is NTSC. They do not play together.
2. Wii games are region locked. No European game will play on their Wii. So even if they had an NTSC TV to hook the Wii up to, they would have to get all their games from the US.

=> REALLY BAD GIFT!



Solution: Go on Amazon (Germany if Switzerland doesn't have its own) and order a Wii for them from there.
 
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Suspicious-Teach8788

Lifer
Feb 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
I'm not sure, but the Wii might have a 100-240V DC adapter. If that's the case you only need a plug adapter, otherwise they should buy a DC adapter when they get back home.

And as far as region locking goes, the Gamecube and the Wii should be the same, you have three kinds of games: NTSC/U (USA, Canada), NTSC/J (Japan) and PAL/SECAM. The games themselves aren't any different, since most support both 50/60 Hz, but the system is region locked and if you don't do anything about it they'll have to send after games from here. And you have to be sure they have a multisystem TV.
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I'm pretty sure they have an adapter. There's a fat brick that comes with it that you plug it in with. Most devices have AC adapters and can be used worldwide with just a dummy plug converter.
 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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Originally posted by: Gulzakar
"wiis suck get an xob360"

Either way, same issue, no? It's for two girls.
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Unlike the previous game console generation, XBOX 360 and PS3 games are generally region-free, and the specific titles that are region-locked typically make sense, though there's often that inexplicable "why is this game region-locked?" just to keep us on our toes (the same title is often available region-free from another region).

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Originally posted by: CZroe
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
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Originally posted by: Rebasxer
I'm sure the games don't work, and pretty sure about the console. My gf is swiss and has a wii over there, she brought some games back that didn't play in my wii. I think she also said her console wouldn't work over here, so that's why I ended up buying one
Click to expand...

They would have worked in my USA Wii. The reasons why and the circumvention of it is FULLY understood.

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Originally posted by: Colt45
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
...
Click to expand...
Saying most of the world uses NTSC is pretty big stretch.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.../0d/PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg
Click to expand...

By area, it is. :)
Click to expand...
...
China and India are more massive and EACH more populous than the USA, so they easily tip the balance in Asia against SECAM, despite Russia's large "area."
Click to expand...

Whoops, my bad :eek: I'm colorblind... I thought Russia was NTSC. :) Anyway, if the Wii outputs a standard HD signal and the TV can accept it, so much the better.
Click to expand...

480p != HD, but I know what you mean. ;) BTW, I really am color-blind.
 
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