the two version of wii.i tought of buying wii japan coz more cheap.but what is the cons for this japanese menu system?
what r the advantage for having an english menu?

if u can read japanese, u can read the japanese menu system as it cannot be changed into english menu. plus, each region of wii can only download virtual games from its respective region.

just got mine last week, US set. no regret so far. sooo addictive especially with RE4

what is virtual game?like demo?free?
like if i got jap wii i only can download japanese game?

Have you even clicked on Shop Channel before? You can buy old games there. Like Sonic/Mario etc. etc.

And what the above posters are trying to say is that, with JP console, you can only download JP Virtual Console games.. Which also means all text are Japanese. Game for JP/EU/US regions are different in terms of release date and language(and also TV refresh rate). That's all.

it's this simple : Wii Japan = everything in Japan
Wii US = ENGLISH

my advice is, just buy the japan version and enjoy the Wii games. dont worry about the old games la....

Another thing to consider is what Nintendo might offer in the future as Wii Channels. All those might end up being Japanese as well, i.e. the browser now, voting channel, etc

what is Wii Channels bro? an internet browser?

Little little applications that you can run. If you buy Virtual Console games, its a Channel. Opera Browser is a channel. "Everybody Votes" is a channel. Actually everything you do is a channel, even the game you pop in, the Mii Plaza, the Photo Viewer, News, Weather etc. And this is how u buy apps and old games online.

Prepare to have all this in Japanese if you decide to save a couple of hundreds now. I guess you wouldn't mind if the Wii is purely for Wii gaming, you read Japanese, or you like tembak tembak...

yeah...like me i buy purely for games.... so japan version no problem at all
money saved i get to buy nintendo DS later

think about it this way
Japan Wii - 1.1k
USA Wii 1.7k
Japan Wii + DS Lite 1.9k !!

This post has been edited by carpathia: Jul 5 2007, 01:45 PM

a fren of mine sez,every wii got a profile,so when u play u'll select your profile.when its all in japanese,he sez its kinda wasted.true?is this profile so damn important?

So can the Jap Wii use the opera to surf net?
I mean can u check Youtube?

can everything can. One thing for certainly sure, if a firmware update or whatsoever, and u accidently updated it (which u cannot, eg. update to US/PAL ver.). and there goes ur wii half brick.

This post has been edited by SWATwolf: Jul 7 2007, 02:48 AM

damn,brick?this sounds jus like psp scene

Yeah, i agree with u. But one thing, i can't even enter my wii settings. Instead, a webpage came out saying cannot connect to wat wat website. I'm scared modded jp console can't online.

Just got my US Wii last Saturday. I must say it is fun & additive. Myself consider a hardcore & lone ranger gamer (PS2 & XBOX306). Wii has it's way & magic to pull family members & play together which makes me impressed with the work of Nintendo. This definitely a family oriented console!

2 cents advise over US & JAP version (espeacially for non JAP game gamers) Save up a little more to get US version since majority of games you play is in english. You might get more & more english game titiles which won't work in future if you get a JAP Wii. In addition, you'll get 100% statisfaction out of the US console (readable & understandable of Wii full contents)

Favourite: Wii Sport (Family gathering) Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil 4 (Single player action adventure)

correct me if i'm wrong bro.
jap wii cant play all english titles?

nope. Japanese Wii can only play certain NTSC/U titles and same goes with US Wii as it can only play certain NTSC/J titles (meaning not 100% games can be played). Plus the updates does not work well with each other too (NTSC/U update semi bricked NTSC/J console)