Will a "Japanese Nintendo Wii" console play "American Wii Games"?

unfortunately, no. the consoles are like dvd players- they have certain regions they can play and that's it. you would have to send it in to get modified, and that would cost almost as much as buying the american version. the reason for this is so that the developers from each side of the lake are getting their own markets. less importing, more profit. the same goes for the ps3.

Nintendo said that all Wii games will be region-free. However some companies said they will put a software region block on their games. So most games should work, however some may not.

Yes, Nintendo PR Perrin Kaplin said Wii has zerro region lock so all u japanophile maniacs can import all ur stupid anime games.

Yes! the Wii is so awesome and for those of you who dont know the wii comes out in one DAY!!!!!!!!

Wii Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. . .I believe the Wii is region free and you know what, a Wii commercial was on while I typed this. . .

Negative they are formatted differently

yes!