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is there any way to buy Nintendo Wii games online?

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Martin1592

so i got a nintendo wii today and i only have that sports game, im not in US so amazon is not available. is there any place to buy wii games online? like steam or "drm free", whatever, just to play online

Edit: im looking for digital games, not the ones in a box ._.

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DeltaBladeX
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The only online digital service is the official digital service on the system, which uses Nintendo points, and has WiiWare and Virtual Console games, no regular retail games.

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Martin1592

oh, i saw that store on the wii thing, im going to turn the wifi on and try it, thanks for your answer

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DeltaBladeX
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No problem. If you need any other help, I'll be happy to help you however I can.

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Carenard

ebay, maybe the wii store through the wii, btw amazon does international, just have to have sellers who are willing to ship out there(or depending on which country your in.. go to the amazon page for your region)

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DeltaBladeX
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He would need to consider region locking as well. That is a problem for Wii unless he is willing to play with the OS.

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Peroxide

NTSC-U (North America, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines)
PAL (Europe and Oceania)
NTSC-J (Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan
South Korea

Not very difficult

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Martin1592

im from south america, which of these do i belong to? ._.

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DeltaBladeX
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Take a look on the cover art of your game. By the Nintendo logo, it will mention it, at least it does on all my PAL cases.

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Martin1592

thats the problem, i dont have any original game, all i have are some crappy pirated games which i wont even try to play them (i hate piracy), i will connect my wifi and see how that store works

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Peroxide

I can't remember quite where it is, but somewhere in the options you'll find your firmware number and it'll indicate which region. U for NTSC-U, P for PAL and J for NTSC-J, not sure what South Korea is.

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Martin1592

amazon is not really a way to buy games for me, the shipping service of my country sucks and there isnt an airport near of my city :/

Edit: neither ebay, shipping would take about a month

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ZeikJT

Wait, Amazon isn't just for USA, they service other countries as well. Unless your country isn't one of the others or you can't find the games for your region.

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RandomEmpire

For digital copies of games they are US only. I'm in Australia and when I tried a few weeks back it said that digital copies are restricted to the US only.

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ZeikJT

Ouch, there's probably red tape on Amazon's end, they wouldn't throw away a chance to make more money. But neither OP nor I said anything about digital copies. Though he did mention in a comment that shipping is terrible so it pretty much means that this is a no-go either way.

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Martin1592

editing the first post, i meant digital games :P i can buy digital games on amazon and download them (i have bought some steam keys from there), but if it includes shipping, i cant.

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Oxol

As said before, the only way to (legally) download games for Wii is on the Wii Shop Channel, with Nintendo Points, but there's tons of other pages like amazon for other countries too. Not sure how it is in Uruguay though.

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Martin1592

thanks for your answers! another question: if my wii is "unlocked" (able to play pirated games, i bought it used ._.), am i able to play original games online without problems or can that lead me to any kind of ban?

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Peroxide

Yes, some may ask you to update in which you'll have to find a way around that.

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DeltaBladeX
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Depends on what version. You might be able to get away without updates which would wipe the unofficial software. Not aware of system banning with Wii though.

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Martin1592

:/ i would actually like to have it in the "original" way it comes, stupid the one who cracked it, thanks for your answers again!

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Martin1592

another question: is it possible have internet without wifi? "wired internet" (dont know how to say it in english)

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DeltaBladeX
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I think a wired adapter was released (would check, but the flatmate is torrenting some anime and that pretty much disables access to most sites when it happens for some reason), but even if I am correct, it would be extra hardware to find and purchase.

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RetiredOni

You want a Wii LAN adapter. Here's an article about setting it up.

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Martin1592

well, seems like i updated it and seems ok.

now, last question, where can i buy wii points online? is it possible directly from the console? (with a credit card or paypal)

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Richie

Yeah, you can buy points directly on the console using a credit card (not paypal, I think). Just go to the Wii Shop and click a button that says "Add Wii Points." Here's is a page on Nintendo's website that says everything about how to get points and buy stuff with them.
(That's a U.S. site, so there might be some slight differences on your Wii.)

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Martin1592

seems like it isnt available in my country D: stupid wii

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FakeNameOF

There are no digital retail games for the Wii (considering the Wii's microscopic internal memory.) However, a good digital game you should try out on the Wii is La-Mulana. :3

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