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Geordie Lass Jan 16th 2013 3:56 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 10487913)
Actually I know Oink IRL. He's 27 and looks a bit like leonardo dicaprio when he was in 'the aviator'

Nah - don't believe you - no-one at 27 could be as cynical as Oink ;)

Alan - I'd put at 37??

Alan2005 Jan 16th 2013 4:25 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Geordie Lass (Post 10487935)
Nah - don't believe you - no-one at 27 could be as cynical as Oink ;)

Alan - I'd put at 37??

It's true though. I look like a bit like brian blessed and when we go out drinking people think we are making a film or something. Although nobody has asked for my autograph and Oink gets all the female attention for some reason.

mandymoochops Jan 16th 2013 4:43 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 10487963)
It's true though. I look like a bit like brian blessed and when we go out drinking people think we are making a film or something. Although nobody has asked for my autograph and Oink gets all the female attention for some reason.

Looking at your profile pic you just get all the old grannies wanting to squeeze your cheeks don't you, you poor thing :(

Mikeypm Jan 16th 2013 7:06 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 10487986)
Looking at your profile pic you just get all the old grannies wanting to squeeze your cheeks don't you, you poor thing :(

I was thinking that too, do you read minds Mandy?

London-England-Lads Jan 16th 2013 9:00 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
ahem - my original post ..... talk about off topic.

Mikeypm Jan 16th 2013 9:07 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by London-England-Lads (Post 10488280)
ahem - my original post ..... talk about off topic.

You need to check your wii power pack for voltage and hertz an if it places nicely with the voltage and hertz in Canada ou just need an adaptor. PS3 is unrestricted as far as I know but Xbox and wii are locked to regions. So the machine should work but you will only be able to use it for UK games

London-England-Lads Jan 16th 2013 9:33 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Mikeypm (Post 10488295)
You need to check your wii power pack for voltage and hertz an if it places nicely with the voltage and hertz in Canada ou just need an adaptor. PS3 is unrestricted as far as I know but Xbox and wii are locked to regions. So the machine should work but you will only be able to use it for UK games

Thanks - sounds scare as I am a techniphobe - Hertz = Car rental company !

Mikeypm Jan 16th 2013 9:37 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
For example on my external hard drive there is a sticker that says 110 to 120v 60hz and also 220-240v 50hz meaning with just an adaptor I can use it in Europe or North America without issue :)

London-England-Lads Jan 16th 2013 9:47 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
cheers again. Shall look later !

jimmydean Jan 16th 2013 11:29 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
We fetched ours from UK just bought the N American version of the power lead end for $5 from ebay and everything works great. :)

cheeky_monkey Jan 17th 2013 12:21 am

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
Just buy a new one they are around $75 now

London-England-Lads Jan 17th 2013 12:36 am

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 10488742)
Just buy a new one they are around $75 now

yeah - but apparently they wont play our uk games.

cheeky_monkey Jan 17th 2013 12:50 am

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
if they dont play UK games your UK Wii wont be able to play North American ones then you are just stuck with your old games only and wont be able to buy new ones.

calgeo Jan 18th 2013 4:51 pm

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 
We brought a uk wii and a uk Xbox with us and both work perfectly with both canadian and uk games....... If it helps they are both about a year old.

bex1 Jan 19th 2013 9:50 am

Re: Will my Wii work in Canada
 

Originally Posted by haggis88 (Post 10487503)
it varies

my PS3 worked

and UK games worked on my Canadian PS3

others haven't been so lucky

When you say your PS3 worked, was it a UK one then? If so how old was it? As I thought that they were regional and was ready to sell mine :( If it was a UK one did Canadian games run on it or just UK ones?

How old is your Canadian PS3?

Trying to work out what I need to sell and what I can bring, if the games work on a Canadian one that would be great... but I'm not holding out much hope :fingerscrossed:


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