USA Wii in OZ

USA is 110v, Oz is 240v. The problem is if the USA version is 110V to 240V
compatible.

Any US readers out there can confirm this for me? It is usually labelled on
the power brick and the back of the Wii itself.

OZ is PAL country (Europe). I am interested in getting a US Wii because it
is a lot cheaper to import Wii games from places like Play-Asia (around $60)
than buying it locally (between $75 -> $100).

Are you running your Wii outside Europe? Does VC and firmware updates work?

EM

"Gavin" <gavin RemoveThis @mindless.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:53:26 GMT, em <em-NOSPAM RemoveThis @bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>>Thinking of importing a US Wii to Australia. Has anybody done this?
>>
>>- Do I need a stepdown converter or do I just need to replace the power
>>brick?
>
> Depends, My UK sourced one is 230V, European ones are apparantly 110
> to 240V compatable.
>>
>>- What about things like firmware updates, VC, and other stuff? Would I
>>connect to the US sites or OZ sites? Do they work at all?
>>
>
> Wii's are region coded, I know there are at least 3 regions, Europe,
> US and Japan
>
> You'd need to find what your country comes under, you may find you can
> only play US games on it without adding a mod chip
>
>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>EM
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I can buy an OZ Wii cheaper than a UK one. A US Wii is attractive
because games come out sooner and cheaper.

Case in point:

Super Mario Galaxy

OZ: http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/longpage.asp?gameid=14973 (AUS$100)
UK: http://www.cd-wow.biz/detail_results_3.php?product_code=1034838 (AUS$95)
US: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-1soh.html (AUS$70)

EM

Gavin wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:22:37 GMT, "em" <em-NOSPAM RemoveThis @bigpond.net.au>
> wrote:
>
>> Are you running your Wii outside Europe? Does VC and firmware updates work?
>>
>
> Sorry can't help, Mines UK Sourced and I'm in the UK.
>
> Daft as it sounds is it worth buying a UK one (assuming you can get
> one) You won't have signal or power issues, and somewhere like
> CD-wow.co.uk ship anywhere for the same price.
>
>> EM
>>
>> "Gavin" <gavin RemoveThis @mindless.com> wrote in message
>> news:4edak3tf6v8iq9ojn21naksu8sm3h9312a@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:53:26 GMT, em <em-NOSPAM RemoveThis @bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thinking of importing a US Wii to Australia. Has anybody done this?
>>>>
>>>> - Do I need a stepdown converter or do I just need to replace the power
>>>> brick?
>>> Depends, My UK sourced one is 230V, European ones are apparantly 110
>>> to 240V compatable.
>>>> - What about things like firmware updates, VC, and other stuff? Would I
>>>> connect to the US sites or OZ sites? Do they work at all?
>>>>
>>> Wii's are region coded, I know there are at least 3 regions, Europe,
>>> US and Japan
>>>
>>> You'd need to find what your country comes under, you may find you can
>>> only play US games on it without adding a mod chip
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> EM
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