Wii U will be region-locked, according to Famitsu
September 24th, 2012 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii UAccording to a Famitsu report, Wii U will be region-locked. This will likely be the case given how Nintendo approached the situation with the Wii and 3DS.
The publication wrote in a recent issue:
“What can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played.”
Alright Nintendo… this means you can’t take forever to localize games like Xenoblade!
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.

3 Responses to “Wii U will be region-locked, according to Famitsu”
By Extreme-Brah on Sep 24, 2012
This shit again.. :l
By ehead on Sep 24, 2012
Expected, but still disappointing. Will be buying the NTSC-u system.
By thomas on Sep 24, 2012
Well, this confirms I can’t get it on launch day… unless I’m willing to import Wii U games the rest of my life. I’m not.