wronglypenalised 14 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Was wondering if there would be any problems with getting a wii from the continent, my mum said she was buying one for my kids for crimbo from germany via ebay, and the seller has 100% feedback with quite a few hundred deals done, anyway, I take it I could still buy games in UK and they will play on it? or will it be one big con? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitch 364 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Apparently it's fine. But, you might need to get an adaptor for the 2 pin european plug. The system's the exact same and will play all the UK games. Some folks have been ordering them off of Amazon Germany as they seem to get a bigger allocation then the UK site. Might be worth a look rather than trusting e-bay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I don't see why it would be a problem.... that's not to say it wont though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wronglypenalised 14 Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 Apparently it's fine. But, you might need to get an adaptor for the 2 pin european plug. The system's the exact same and will play all the UK games. Some folks have been ordering them off of Amazon Germany as they seem to get a bigger allocation then the UK site. Might be worth a look rather than trusting e-bay. I tried the German amazon, but the old high school german was a bit rusty I had the German and the UK running in two windows as I hoped they were pretty much the same, but there was a problem with my address apparently. Hopefully the ebay ones will be from the same type of folk from amazon and my maw won't get stung, I want a shot as well! (of the wii that is not my maw before some smartarse jumps in there like I would have had someone else posted that! ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 its only really a problem when u buy from Japan and USA, as they have NTSC Format on their TV rather than PAL or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dados army 0 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Thats what we did and all we had to get was an adaptor for the plug. All the games we've bought have been UK games and they work fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipDigby 0 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 You shouldn't need to buy an adapter to run it in the UK. All you have to do is cut off the old German plug and replace it with a Uk one. The voltage is the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andypendek Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 what's with the lousy availablility of wii anyway? feckin gold dust! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 what's with the lousy availablility of wii anyway? feckin gold dust! i know but everyone i speak to say they are bored with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelta 0 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 i got one from germany off ebay - works fine. you will need an adaptor check this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 what's with the lousy availablility of wii anyway? feckin gold dust! i know but everyone i speak to say they are bored with it? they simply aren't producing enough to cope with the intensive demand for xmas presents. I have to say I bored of mine slightly, but at the time there weren't many games available, now there's a lot more diversity so I'm looking forward to getting some new ones for christmas and giving them a shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitch 364 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 what's with the lousy availablility of wii anyway? feckin gold dust! i know but everyone i speak to say they are bored with it? they simply aren't producing enough to cope with the intensive demand for xmas presents. I have to say I bored of mine slightly, but at the time there weren't many games available, now there's a lot more diversity so I'm looking forward to getting some new ones for christmas and giving them a shot. Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 Best ones out yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 25 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Just a note. When you are playing tiger woods golf on it make sure the strap is tied round your wrist because your mate gets annoyed when you punt the controler through the pictures of his family on top of his TV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Just a note. When you are playing tiger woods golf on it make sure the strap is tied round your wrist because your mate gets annoyed when you punt the controler through the pictures of his family on top of his TV. the wrist strap is a must, tell your mate he can get protecters for the pads from the nintendo website.... not that it will help the family pics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 25 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Just a note. When you are playing tiger woods golf on it make sure the strap is tied round your wrist because your mate gets annoyed when you punt the controler through the pictures of his family on top of his TV. the wrist strap is a must, tell your mate he can get protecters for the pads from the nintendo website.... not that it will help the family pics He has them on it. I blame the bevvy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Just a note. When you are playing tiger woods golf on it make sure the strap is tied round your wrist because your mate gets annoyed when you punt the controler through the pictures of his family on top of his TV. the wrist strap is a must, tell your mate he can get protecters for the pads from the nintendo website.... not that it will help the family pics He has them on it. I blame the bevvy bevvy + wii = great fun + carnage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitch 364 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Just a note. When you are playing tiger woods golf on it make sure the strap is tied round your wrist because your mate gets annoyed when you punt the controler through the pictures of his family on top of his TV. the wrist strap is a must, tell your mate he can get protecters for the pads from the nintendo website.... not that it will help the family pics He has them on it. I blame the bevvy bevvy + wii = great fun + carnage Just reminded me of last weekend. One of my mates came round for the first time in ages, he was already half cut and then we got into a good bevy session whilst playing sports on the Wii. Now this was his first shot of the console and he was like most folks at first, really trying like he was actually playing the real game. We put on the tennis, he hit a volley at me and then fell arse over tits backwards onto my coffee table, smashed the girfriends vase to hell, knocked himself out for a wee bit then woke up and asked where he was. I couldn't answer as I was too busy laughing. Needles to say the girlfriend's banned him from the house. What she doesn't know is he's coming round tomorrow night for another session!!! I'm the only one allowed to ban folks in my bit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Newells Sexist Army 2 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Just a note. When you are playing tiger woods golf on it make sure the strap is tied round your wrist because your mate gets annoyed when you punt the controler through the pictures of his family on top of his TV. I never have the straps on cause i'm not a retard. Take the Wii upto a mates every Friday where bunch of us get wrecked and play Pro Ev and Mario Kart and the like. One retard mate went to bowl in Wii sports and managed to throw it on the upswing and hit the ceiling so hard it left a crack. This is in a tenement as well so the ceiling is like 14-15 foot up. Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy and Resi: Umbrella ella ella Chronicles are amazing though. Edit - just seen Gitch's post. Wii is amazing when smashed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 what's with the lousy availablility of wii anyway? feckin gold dust! i know but everyone i speak to say they are bored with it? i got bored of mine, sold it for £275 ,not bad! ps3 is way better imo! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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