Do US Wii games work in the UK???

[FLORIDAREGULAR]

hopefully somebody may be able to answer the question.
were is the best/cheapest place place to buy over there????

[debs2028]

No US Wii games do not work over here

You can buy a freeloader over here which will allow you to use the games

I have not used one so do not know how well they work.

[buddicle]

No they don't!

[force ten]

dont waste your money as the US wii games are no good and wont work on a uk pal format Wii

[FLORIDAREGULAR]

thanks all i guess that stops me in my tracks.

[Lardzilla]

I was planning on buying one and getting a few games too. Never even thought there might be compatibility issues with my daughter's games and DS we got her here.

[pluto rules]

No US Wii games do not work over here

You can buy a freeloader over here which will allow you to use the games

I have not used one so do not know how well they work.


Where do you get the freeloader from, my dd has been on about it since she saw it in NRevolution magazine its advertised at £9.99 but doesn't say where to get it from.

[force ten]

The free loader is not guaranteed to work on all UK Wii machines, here is a cut and paste from one of the games sites

“ The latest Wii firmware upgrade, released yesterday, hides a dirty little secret. If you've been using Datel's handy Freeloader disc to play import GameCube games on your Wii the latest update is going to ruin all your fun.

If you've updated your Wii the Freeloader will no-longer work. It's unclear whether this was an intentional move by Nintendo to discourage importing, or just an unforeseen compatibility issue.”

[buddicle]

I was planning on buying one and getting a few games too. Never even thought there might be compatibility issues with my daughter's games and DS we got her here.

DS games work fine and just to give you a rough idea of cost they are about half the price we pay here.

[Lardzilla]

My daughter wants to take her dad on at 'cooking mama'.... or some such....

:grin:

[amandajim36]

ds and games work good got my dd from new york u just need to buy a uk charger which i bought online at deal extreme for about £2 inc pp

[fiffio]

why don't you try a search as there is numerous threads on this topic????

Wii games from America will work in a Uk wii if you use the Wii freeloader.

The gamecube freeloader (which you were able to use in the Wii) has now been blocked as mentioned earlier BUT the wii specific freeloader works. Pal and NTSC is no longer an issue if you have a relatively new tv (last 3 years and 99% of plasma lcd tvs').

wii freeloader is available from ebay amongst other places.

kendo

[netty]

http://uk.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-FreeLoader__EF000595.aspx

[matt987106]

the latest firmware update stops the freeloader

now we dont know if datel will update the freeloader to get around this

[chriscroz]

why don't you try a search as there is numerous threads on this topic????

Wii games from America will work in a Uk wii if you use the Wii freeloader.

The gamecube freeloader (which you were able to use in the Wii) has now been blocked as mentioned earlier BUT the wii specific freeloader works. Pal and NTSC is no longer an issue if you have a relatively new tv (last 3 years and 99% of plasma lcd tvs').

wii freeloader is available from ebay amongst other places.

kendo
Hi there, I bought an Amercan Wii last year, and have been using it and buying American Wii games on Import from the excellent - play-asia.com, who offer fast service and excellent cheap prices compared to British prices. Have you used the US Wii freeloader?, and does it work to use British Wii games on my American console? as my kids have seen lots of games in the second hand bins in Gamestation etc which they cannot currently buy.
Thanks.

[lotti]

no sorry they dont unless you buy a wii from over there and bring it back.

[Giggles1]

we have purchased a wii freeloader for £9.99 and it can now play american games great.

[chriscroz]

Does anyone have experience of purchasing wii freeloader to enable british games to be played on an american wii console??

[Dariowiser]

I was planning on buying one and getting a few games too. Never even thought there might be compatibility issues with my daughter's games and DS we got her here.

I thought I read somewhere that DS games are fine to buy?? We are planning on taking my sons DS to Walmart and asking them to try a game to see if they work...
I think the price is about half of what we would pay here

[tiggerfan144]

Yes ds games are fine to buy in america and play on an english ds. Bought quite a few last time we are there because they are much cheaper