Wii U region locked

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Moonhero on 24 September 2012

I just seen this http://www.gamrreview.com/news/89273/nintendo-will-region-lock-the-wii-u/

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Roma on 24 September 2012

meh we get most games in Europe so no big problem for me! would have been nice to be able to play games that might never come tough :P

but tis no surprise at all!

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Sal.Paradise on 24 September 2012

Of course it is :(

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Moonhero on 24 September 2012

Sal.Paradise said:
Of course it is :(

I'm sad too. But I am so happy to see you post. (girl is cute.)

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hsrob on 24 September 2012

No big surprise here.

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mantlepiecek on 24 September 2012

The only company that hasn't region locked its console is Sony, and to an extent Microsoft.

Nintendo is the strictest region locker, I believe even the 3DS is region locked; which is pretty stupid since it is a handheld.

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happydolphin on 24 September 2012

I don't understand the point.

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maverick40 on 24 September 2012

awfull news.

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Lusche on 24 September 2012

mantlepiecek said:
The only company that hasn't region locked its console is Sony, and to an extent Microsoft.

Nintendo is the strictest region locker, I believe even the 3DS is region locked; which is pretty stupid since it is a handheld.

ps1, ps2 and ps3 are region locked, but thx god psp and maybe psv arent (for now at least, who knows when they will implement region lock on the vita) ...

but it was expected ... :(

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mantlepiecek on 24 September 2012

Lusche said:

mantlepiecek said:
The only company that hasn't region locked its console is Sony, and to an extent Microsoft.

Nintendo is the strictest region locker, I believe even the 3DS is region locked; which is pretty stupid since it is a handheld.

ps1, ps2 and ps3 are region locked, but thx god psp and maybe psv arent (for now at least, who knows when they will implement region lock on the vita) ...

but it was expected ... :(

PS3 isn't region locked. It's region free as far as I know.

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