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newr
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_ 		1. December 2008 @ 11:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,
I am planning on getting a modded Wii while I am visiting here in China. They sell Japanese console usually.. but now some of them say they can change the menu language to English. From what I understand this wasn't possible as I had a previous japanese console.

Anyone has any ideas? Supposedly when I looked at the menu it listed it as 3.2U..is it possible for them to install the U.S. version onto a Japanese console replacing the 3.2J? Are the consoles actually different from different countries or is it a just the system files that got installed onto the machine.

I would like to get it in English, but I am worry if I get them to change it to English and I try to update the firmware online..it'll get messed up.

Any thoughts?

Thanks
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dailun
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_ 		1. December 2008 @ 11:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My opinion is that you are just asking for problems by purchasing and modding a Wii from out-of-region.

I had a friend that did the same thing. he had problems with his modchip.

I opened it up, verified the modchip, looked at how much work it would take to research/repair/change to English.

I closed it up and told him that he would be better off selling it to someone in japan and buying a US Wii and modding it.

If you can't support it, you shouldn't buy it.

JMHO. This forum is "littered" with the dead bodies of people who started out like you did.
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newr
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_ 		1. December 2008 @ 18:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actually I have no problem with Japanese version....already have one I bought last year. I am planning to get another one and was curious about whether it's possible to change the system files.

Originally posted by dailun:
 My opinion is that you are just asking for problems by purchasing and modding a Wii from out-of-region.

I had a friend that did the same thing. he had problems with his modchip.

I opened it up, verified the modchip, looked at how much work it would take to research/repair/change to English.

I closed it up and told him that he would be better off selling it to someone in japan and buying a US Wii and modding it.

If you can't support it, you shouldn't buy it.

JMHO. This forum is "littered" with the dead bodies of people who started out like you did.
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dailun
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_ 		2. December 2008 @ 12:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There are anecdotal reports that it is possible. Several references on this forum and through Google.
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