Originally posted by Indefix:

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I'm about to buy a Wii in the next week and I'm between buying an NTSC version or the PAL version.
There is a price difference of about 1/3 between the NTSC version and PAL version.
The USA console is cheaper by 1/3 of the EU version.
I have a friend in US that is coming to visit soon so I can ask him to bring me one.

Now I don't plan in installing a mod-chip on the console because I don't want to damage it, or brick it by accident or void the warranty.(I know how to avoid the bricking but, someone might try to play a different region game on it when i m not around and update it without knowing the risk)

Most probably I will be buying authentic local PAL games or NTSC from ebay or amazon or any site on the internet using freeloader.

I would really appreciate your opinion on whether I should go for a 1/3 price drop or stay with PAL version of the console + 2 years of guarantee. The price difference is $135.

I would also like your opinion on the freeloader disks. I know they can only play authentic disk games. I know its a little hassle to change the disks but I'm also wondering how safe is it in regards with bricking the console by playing and updating using a different region game.
If the risk is the same as modding and it will void my warranty, then I might consider moding a US console since it will be cheaper and I won'e have any warranty on that one either.

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