Im doing that right now (Wii is from US, buy from eBay).
And so is most people in this forum.
Also, NTSC/UC Wii is the officially designated Wii for South East Asia including Malaysia.

Yes, you can use a US console in Malaysia. You just have to do two things:
1: Make sure your TV is Mult-System or have NTSC support (not a problem, 90% of TVs sold in Malaysia nowadays are World-Multi, unless you live with a grandfather who stubbornly refusing to change that National or ITT TV from 1981 because "it still works"), and
2: Make sure your stepdown support the US NEMA keyed plug. If not, you can just buy a replacement power brick or do what I did because my stepdown only has Europlug connector and I got pissed off when I found out that the replacement power brick I buy cannot supply enough power to the Wii to run in 480p mode: Buy a NEMA to Europlug converter- in Malaysia you can only get adapters that are not keyed, and then mod it to support keyed plugs by literally banging the Wii's brick's plug into the converter (handiwork with screwdrivers required to clean up the chippings inside the converter when done), then finally plugging the converter into the stepdown.

As for points, just set your country to Brazil, buy, enter your postcode, then set back. I tried before, it works and I can actually take the point "back to North America".

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Dec 22 2008, 02:30 AM

Notice how one side of the plug is slightly wider than the other. Problem is, most of the head converter and stepdown sold in Malaysia that I've seen not designed to fit this kind of plug (ok, maybe because I've not seen all stepdown transformers in my life). But my stepdown transformer is "unique" because it uses Europlug (two round pin) socket:

So I have to employ one of these:

But the problem is they're not designed to take those keyed connectors (I've never seen one on sale that is). So I had to literally mod one so the Wii's Brick plug can fit. You may experience a similar problem with other stepdown transformers bought locally. If that's the case either just get the necessary connectors and mod, or if you're feeling lucky get a power brick locally. But test to make sure it can provide enough power to support 480p mode- I rugi RM50 because I bought one that cannot.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Dec 22 2008, 08:25 AM

Dun understand how it can fry. Can elaborate? UK Wii take more amp/volt than US Wii?

My experience with 220v adapter on US Wii is that it causes the console to ape out when in 480p mode, and even that it's an imitation adapter. I thought the Wiis distributed here are also US Wii repackaged with 220v adapter?

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Dec 22 2008, 04:26 PM

Eheh, what you mean by step-up? 110v -> 220v? You don't want one of those (in fact, using them is a bad idea, double explosion). You want a stepdown transformer (220v -> 110v), particularly one that can take keyed US plugs.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-er-77-...er-70-1pnk.html

Something like that. That one say can support Wii, but the socket doesn't look like it can take keyed plugs. It is also out of stock.

(ps, sorry for inactivity, kena measles ).