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RobDX on 29 July 2013
keroncoward said:
Rogerioandrade said:
well... I live in South America, and I know that the WiiU hasn´t been officially released in my region yet.

One thing that I know prevent it to be released here is the absurdity of some of my country´s tax laws, other would be the lack of a proper Nintendo representative in the region.

So, what I did was to create a second account with an U.S. address and buy prepaid cards on digital shops to put funds on it. I need to change the console region in order to do that.

As for credit cards, I avoid to use them out of my region, but if you still want to use it, then create an account with a Canadian address, Canadian eshop accepts credit cards from all over the world, unlike U.S.´s eshop


Didnt know this. Will try it later today and let you guys know if it works

yeah let me know if ti works please



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Moren on 29 July 2013
RobDX said:
morenoingrato said:
Meh.

I just use a Canada account since that store takes any credit card.

what? really? i remember trying it but it didn't work, what region did you set it to?

Sorry, this topic is about the WiiU e-shop, and I did this with the 3DS. I'm pretty sure it works with both stores though.

I had it in Alberta, Canada since it has the lowest taxes.



osed125 on 29 July 2013

Like other users have said, try with Canada. I have my account as I live in Alberta and I already bought Fire Emblem and SMT IV without any problems. My guess is that it works the same for the Wii U eshop.



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osed125 on 29 July 2013
morenoingrato said:
RobDX said:

what? really? i remember trying it but it didn't work, what region did you set it to?

Sorry, this topic is about the WiiU e-shop, and I did this with the 3DS. I'm pretty sure it works with both stores though.

I had it in Alberta, Canada since it has the lowest taxes.

Really? I choose Alberta because it was the first option. Really got lucky I guess hahaha



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Ganoncrotch on 29 July 2013
Talal said:
Soleron said:
keroncoward said:
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No i cant even access the eshop in my region. The only way i get access to it is if i make a US account and change the country settings to USA on the console but even then i cant buy the games because my credit card needs to have a USA address attached to it. There are $20 points cards on Amazon for $27 dollars and it makes no sense ordering them because i would have to pay around the same price just for shipping. Basically i would be paying around $50 just to have $20 credit on the Wii U. Its frustrating because i cant even buy games that would not be avaliable on disc.

That's a little different.

"I can't buy them" =/= "they're too expensive". You choose to live in a country, you get whatever price it is.


Wow.


I'm afraid I'm kinda with Soleron on this one, Here in Europe some games on Games on Demand on the 360 are still their launch prices, and in Euros so you get things like Red Faction Armeggedon for 65euros and Gears of war Judgement for 69, to put that in terms of Dollars it's close to 95USD I mean I could petition them to lower those 2 prices because it's OTT but yeah I could also go to a retail store and buy them cheaper, I know you're saying that for some titles which are digital only there isn't a retail option, but yeah some people in some countries get a bit of a bum deal online, at the same time I'm sure there are games on the EU store which may not be available in the states or games which were out here first which are now cheaper.



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cbarroso09 on 29 July 2013
keroncoward said:


Hi i need help raising awareness on this issue. I cant buy digital games on Nintendo's eshop just because i live in a country in the west other than USA or Canada. Its very annoying for me as a Wii U owner not being able to buy any game avaliable. Please help me to get Nintendo's attention on this issue. I dont have this problem with any other digital store. Sign the petition i started and inbox me if you have any ideas on how to raise awareness on a large scale and get Nintendo's attention.

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/nintendo-give-everyone-access-to-eshop-to-buy-games#share

try using a canadian account



NintendoPie on 29 July 2013

It's surprising to see a petition that isn't completely ridiculous. So, nice job on that.

But I think there's a work-a-round for this. Moreno already posted something that could quite possibly work very well.