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  2. Regional lockout - Wikipedia

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    Region locks could be bypassed using special unlicensed cartridge adapters such as Game Genie. The swapping of cartridge shells also bypasses the physical regional lockout. The Nintendo 64 features similar lockout methods as the Super NES. The GameCube and Wii are both region-locked, as well as the Wii Shop Channel. On the Wii, channels from ...

  3. Wii - Wikipedia

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    The Wii [g] (/ w iː / WEE) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world.

  4. List of best-selling game consoles by region - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of best-selling game consoles by region. This page consists of countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions, which all used different analog television color systems; these being NTSC, PAL and SECAM. PAL broadcast at 576i, in Europe and Asia.

  5. List of best-selling Wii video games - Wikipedia

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    The best-selling game on the Wii is Wii Sports. First released in North America on November 19, 2006, it was a launch title for the system and was bundled with the Wii console in all regions except Japan and South Korea.

  6. Parallel importing in video games - Wikipedia

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    Xbox One – Initially to be strictly region-locked by means of IP Geolocation through a mandatory network connection so that the console will not be usable outside its intended region, however Microsoft has retracted the function and the console is now technically region-free. Xbox Series X and Series S

  7. List of Wii games - Wikipedia

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    The Wii is Nintendo's fifth home video game console, released during the seventh generation of video games. It is the successor to the GameCube, and was first launched in North America on November 19, 2006, followed by a launch in Japan and PAL regions in December 2006. This list of Wii games documents all games released for the Wii video game ...

  8. List of Virtual Console games for Wii (PAL region) - Wikipedia

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    The following is the complete list of the 395 Virtual Console titles (394 titles in Oceania) that were available for the Wii in the PAL region (Europe and Oceania) sorted by system and release dates. The final update was on September 5, 2013, as the service has been discontinued in all regions.

  9. Game Boy Player - Wikipedia

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    The Wii has a substantially different footprint, making direct compatibility too complicated to be included. The Game Boy Player is region free, meaning the units will function on any GameCube system regardless of region, and like the Game Boy Advance, it will play cartridges of any region.