All new manufactured Wii shipped to Europe ?

[HappySqurriel]

I could be wrong, but I thought that the only difference between a PAL and NTSC Gamecube was a jumper setting which is why making the Gamecube region free was so simple ... I never did it but was told that you inserted a small chip which acted as a digital switch to change the setting depending on how you booted the Gamecube.