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Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:42 pm**

Hello,

I need to buy a Wii for India. Please suggest the places from where I can get it.

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:32 pm**

do you mean you want to buy Wii in india?

if you want to buy here...go to walmart

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:52 am**

There are tons of places to buy Wii here in US but I am looking to present a Wii to somebody in india. I need a Wii which works in india as Wii is coded differently for countries...Let me know if any of you guys have bought a Wii (Either in US or in India) which is compatible/works in India.....Thanks..

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:16 pm**

I was recently in Bangalore with my son for 2 weeks(sept 2007) and decided to buy him a Wii console and to my shock i couldn't find any readily available. With my huge contacts around the city all i found was promises of it being ordered from Singapore or Dubai. In India the consoles only get popular if the game is available for 100-200 rupees, these Wii games cost rs2500+ so its beyond even the rich kids there, so an obvious failure to buy this unit. Further, you will have issues of gurantee if you require one as i am not sure if it has an official outlet there(one to be researched).
I eventually bought the Wii from Dubai on a break to London and MADE SURE IT WAS CHIPPED. This is similar to the PS2 CONSOLE where you can play copied games and hence the cost to account for is that of the console, as games can be downloaded from the net. At the moment my son downloads the ps2 and wii games from the net. These games when released cost £20-40 in the UK .
I think you should seriously reconsider on the basis of availability and affordibility of these games and go for a chipped ps2 which costs about 8-9k in India and games 100-200 rupees. This way you will have more peace and the kid more enjoyability with something practical for the area of the world he/she lives.
However if you were thinking of taking one back to the US, then I would personally buy one from the USA for warranty issues, however, i bought mine from Dubai cause it was chipped.
Another option is also buy a mini version of the Wii which is a nintendo ds, the one with dual screen, those are readily available with good high street electronic retailers anywhere in India and the games aren't very expensive,but still pricey compared to the copied ps2 games. Hope this helps.

Posted: **Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:00 pm**

Sorry gentlemen, I read the title of this thread in a hurry, and it came out as 'Wife for India' :0

Posted: **Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:23 pm**

Buy a wii from US and get it mod'ed, so it will be region free & play any :emsmile: wii games. Wii casing doesn't have any factory seal, in case if you are worried! I've my Wii mod'ed and re-cased in black, have a look here (towards last posts)

HAKUNAMATATA;68412 With my huge contacts around the city all i found was promises of it being ordered from Singapore or Dubai. In India the consoles only get popular if the game is available for 100-200 rupees, these Wii games cost rs2500+ so its beyond even the rich kids there [/quote]

Posted: **Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:47 pm**

You should be able to buy Wii in USA and play it in India if your tv supports both NTSC in PAL.

The Wii being locked only refers to the fact that it can only play the games of a particular region, so if you are buying a Wii in USA you will have to buy all games from there in future (unless you get it moded).

Mohit

Posted: **Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:40 am**

there are 3 versions(japanese,us and pal) if you are getting it chipped, and currently the firmware that is running on these wii is a 3.1. Most new games come with updates built n em, if you play any game other than the region for which the wii is chipped for, it will get semi bricked, as in you won't be able to use certain options, so careful with that. However if you wanna prevent the bricking of the wii, download a progamme before burning the game and this prevents the updates.If you are getting it chipped just get the help online, most of the info is there.

Posted: **Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:16 pm**

pune_destination;68140Hello,

I need to buy a Wii for India. Please suggest the places from where I can get it.

I bought my Wii last year (Dec'96) in SAM's and have been using it in India since the last 6 months. No issues as such, still purchase the games in US and get it shipped here through friends.

Make sure to purchase a 220V adapter for the wii on the internet (19.99 USD), works well in India.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:43 pm**

I have a wii here in Us and planning to take that to India. Can I get it modchipped in India. What would be the cost. I can even buy a mod chip here and take that for someone to chip that for me. I am not very handy and am afraid that I would break something in the process.