Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii U will vary by region and that games outside of Europe are bought not can be played on consoles in Europe are bought. The Wii U will appear on 30 november in the market.
Nintendo Europe has messages confirmed in the Japanese magazine Famitsu published. According to the magazine, there is a regioslot on the Wii, which means that purchased games are not in a different region can be used. This is especially a downer for fans of Japanese games, many of which are for the western market does not pick up and therefore only via import.
It is not the first time that Nintendo has a regioslot on his consoles place. Predecessor Wii was the same way beveligd and also the 3DS has a regioslot. The Nintendo DS appeared, however, without regioslot on the market. Also, the consoles of the competitors are region locked, although games for the PlayStation 3 is common to them without a lock on the market. With the Xbox 360, publishers often use the regioslot, although also in this case, games without a slot will appear on the market.
