I'm considering getting my kids a Wii as have been offered one in UK for £100. Would a UK PAL console work in Aus and are Aussie games compatable with them. I know it'd mean getting a new power lead. Are there any other issues? I've read threads that say yes and no?

HI YA

we brought our wii with us from the uk 8 months ago and it works perfectly, oz games work in it, the only problem we found was we tried to buy a wii fit here in oz and were told it wouldnt work so we got my parents to bring one over with them last christmas.
good luck with your move
michelle

What was the reason they said Wii fit wouldn't work? I've seen a few other add on things that could be a possiblity in the future .
Cheers for fast response

No Need for a new power lead- just need an adapter from UK plug to Aussie plug.

Just a tip, when I came with electrical stuff from the UK I found the best method was to buy or bring a couple of those rail type extension leads that take four plugs or so.

PS make sure they have surge protection.

We've just bought one - against my better judgment perhaps.

But....it's great. I love that everyone is slightly more active with it. (Although I can play Wii Play lying down...!) - perfect for winter evenings.

UK and Aus are both PAL regions so yes they do work in both countries. The only thing that won't work is DVD's as EU DVD's and Aus DVD regions are different.

Hi,
Yes wii works fine as do the games.
We had Europe wii and Aus and UK games work.
Now have Aussie wii and the UK games work on it.

As for DVDs most DVD players here are region free so you can play your UK DVDs. Or you can go online for unlocking code for your player, Ive recently unlocked a UK DVD player was very easy and took seconds.

Gems

Actually, it's illegal to sell a DVD player in Australia that is region free (thank Sony for that). What you will find in the DVD player instructions is how to make it region free.

to be honest, have a look at the games availiable for the wii and make sure a lot of these appeal to you. I bought one and quickly found that all the games coming out were downgraded version that are out on the other consoles. The wii is not as powerful as the other consoles so they have to reduce the level of graphics and complexity of games for it to be able to handle them. Also there are not as many titles that are personally appealing to me I found, so make sure there are for you

Mine is going on ebay this weekend !

Weird the Sony DVD player I bought here plays all DVDs Ive brought over!

Gems

Then it's either been region unlocked or the DVD's you brought over haven't been region coded.

And just to confuse matters, for Blu-ray discs Australia is in the same region as the UK.

We bought a Wii fit in Oz, and it is fine with our UK Wii.

Why didn't HD-DVD win the format battle? Then we wouldn't have to worry about region coding. Thanks Sony!

I think you'll find its the other way round - its illegal to sell a region locked DVD here. There was a thread on this recently and some kind person put in the link to the legal argument which won making Australia region free. The DVDs I bought here have defintiely been region free out the box - and the same models in the UK are locked.


There are only two BR regions - US and the rest of the world.

Happy viewing!