Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan Interview on the Wii

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Valmort posted on Sep 17th 2006 11:29AM

Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan Interview on the Wii

Great interview with Perrin Kaplan about the Nintendo Wii.

Perrin says the Wii is region free and mentions that HD and DVD playback wasn't added due to cost implications.

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	sleeper says: I think it will be region locked, but we'll have to wait and see. I personally would like all dvd and game systems to be region free. Most of the region-locked stories refers to Gamesindustry, so here's a direct link to the source: http://gamesindustry.bi...?aid=19686 Excerpt from article: "Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz in London this afternoon, a spokesperson admitted, "We are region-locked," and said the US arm of the company had made a mistake in saying otherwise." Posted: 09/17/06 20:15
	ichapilon says: I hope not!!!!!! Posted: 09/17/06 21:14
	Valmort says: First-party games unrestricted says Nintendo, third-party games up to individual publishers... http://wii.ign.com/arti...748p1.html we will see Posted: 09/17/06 21:25

I think it will be region locked, but we'll have to wait and see. I personally would like all dvd and game systems to be region free.

Most of the region-locked stories refers to Gamesindustry, so here's a direct link to the source:
http://gamesindustry.bi...?aid=19686

Excerpt from article:
"Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz in London this afternoon, a spokesperson admitted, "We are region-locked," and said the US arm of the company had made a mistake in saying otherwise."
Posted: 09/17/06 20:15

ichapilon says:

I hope not!!!!!!
Posted: 09/17/06 21:14

Valmort says:

First-party games unrestricted says Nintendo, third-party games up to individual publishers...

http://wii.ign.com/arti...748p1.html

we will see
Posted: 09/17/06 21:25