NTSC games CAN run on your PAL Wii

[Bex]

Originally Posted by qj.net

Experimenting with your new system can be a good or bad thing, depending on how daring you are. If you screw up, you'll probably end up breaking the system. If you get lucky, you often get a strange added feature and a lot of bragging rights.

One such story of success belongs to a guy named "dolqube" who apparently figured out a way to make old [Only registered users can see links. ] [Only registered users can see links. ] discs on his PAL Wii. The process did not [Only registered users can see links. ] or hardware tweaks whatsoever. Armed with a [Only registered users can see links. ] and wits, this small process was devised:

1. Pop a PAL GameCube disc into the Wii, and head to the 'Disc Channel'
2. A GameCube logo should be up on the screen. Point the Wii Remote's cursor over the 'Start' option so it's highlighted
3. While keeping your hand steady, press the eject button on the Wii
4. For about one second, the 'Start' option will remain active. In this window of time, hit the A button on the Wii Remote and then swap out your ejected PAL GCN disc with an NTSC (Japanese or USA) disc, which the Wii will accept into the drive.

You'd know you got it right if the system boots up in GC mode and plays without a hitch. This trick has been tested on a few discs and they all worked like well-oiled machines. This is by far the safest and easiest trick of the sort since you won't [Only registered users can see links. ] by opening the system, nor would foreign software be installed. Please be advised, though, that NTSC Wii's won't have the same luck as GC imports.

I don't have any NTSC GC games, well, i dont have any GC games But, I am planning to get some, so tis good to know it can be done
Now we need to find a way to play NTSC wii games on PAL consoles lol

[QueenB]

NTSC Wii games on our PAL Wii's would be great!!

NTSC GC games is a step in the right direction. My uncle has loooots of them (in the US) so I can bug him to send them to me

Great news!!