Nintendo Wii

[HOLLYJIP]

If I buy a Nintendo Wii in New York will it work in the UK or will I need to buy adaptors etc and will the machine take UK games

[Liam :-)]

No. The US works on a different TV format (NTSC) whilst the UK format is PAL. The two are not compatible unfortunately unless you change the hardware.

[HOLLYJIP]

Thanks

[recallrich]

The Wii won't work over here in the UK, but if you buy a DS then all the games from the us will work over here, but you would need a power adapter to recharge the unit as the voltage is dfferent.

[blahdiblah]

this is a question for recallrich... if i buy a ds in die usa will uk games work on it? thanks ;)

[dartagnon]

An American Wii will not accept European games to play due to Nintendo region locking the console. Therefore you would need to buy all your Wii games from America.

Also, if you were to buy an American Wii, for it to operate properly in the UK you would have to do a few things:
1) Quite obvious this one, but you would need an adaptor for the plug as our plugs are of a much different shape and our plugs have a lot higher voltage, so you would need to get a step-down convertor to make sure you didn;t blow the Wii up.
2) You would need a box that changed the signal from NTSC to PAL. These can be found quite cheaply all over the internet (especially eBay) and they'e generally of a good price.

Once you've done those two things (and bought American games) you would be able to play your American Wii like you would play a British one.