Gaming What is the differences in PAL , NTSC-U ,etc.....

[2yugimoto]

i got a wii from the united states, can i play pal or ntsu or any other type of games without bricking? by the way i got twilight hack + 4.0u on my wii and wii backup laucncher. (do i have to patch it with wii brick blocker?)and i just want to no if i put in a disk with PAL ESPAL will i brick? for example i just burned a game called: [Wii]Mario_Power_Tennis[PAL][ESPALWii.com] if i put it on the wii just the way it is,will i brick?

 

[ddp127]

if you remove the update from the iso, you will have no chance of bricking, if you update with a wrong region, you will get semi-bricked, but that is recoverable

 

[2yugimoto]

thx but... if i have my wii updated to latest firmware wich is 4.0 then will it update using the disk? and will i brick?

 

[fabi280]

thx but... if i have my wii updated to latest firmware wich is 4.0 then will it update using the disk? and will i brick?

There is a risk of getting a semi brick as far as i know. And you can get the news/weather channel twice in the other region (but they dont work)
And there isnt any game with 4.0 inside yet!

 

[Artia]

If you launch backups with BL 0.3 you SHOULD aviod all updates, for example i played Rune Factory: Frontier NTSC on my PAL console without any problem.

 

[buslady]

I have found that with the twilight and homebrew on my system that I have to force the region that I am in, for instance I am in the US. If I use a PAL, I have to click on force the NTSC for it to work. Is that the norm for everyone else or do I have something not installed?

thanks
buslady

 

[SublimeAndEtc]

Only play games from your region (NTSC-U for United States) or that have the update removed. You can also use RegionFrii to change the region of certain games, although this can sometimes cause in-game issues.