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bardic — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:19:50 -0800

Buying an X-Box 360 or Wii in Korea -- language issues? I'm living in Korea and I miss me some video games. I'm thinking about purchasing an X-Box 360 or a Wii (easy to find here) but I was wondering how easy or difficult it would be (or possible, for that matter) to set up either console to display English. For example, with my Korean cell phone I was pretty much able to "switch" the whole thing into English in under 60 seconds.

FWIW, I can read Korean, albeit very slowly and only with a dictionary as of now.

I'm not as worried about getting English versions of games, but I would be bummed if I had trouble accessing all of the cool network content each console has to offer.

Anybody able to help a wayguk-saram out?

How do you use the front panel RCA ports on a Motorola DCT6400 DVR cable box?

whatisish — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:57:22 -0800

How do you use the front panel RCA ports on a Motorola DCT6400 DVR cable box? Due to the setup of a wall mounted flat panel tv, I can't readily access the RCA inputs. Therefore, I'm trying to connect a Nintendo Wii through the front panel RCA inputs on a Motorola DVR (model DCT6400). Intuitively, I think it must be possible, but I can't for the life of me figure out why it doesn't recognize the ports. Is another piece of hardware (RF converter box, or something similar) required in order to make it work, or is it perhaps buried somewhere in a menu setup I can't find?

How to use Wii Virtual Console

KokuRyu — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:53:34 -0800

I bought a Wii in Japan, but will use it in Canada. Can I still download Virtual Console games? Two questions inside.... My wife is in Japan for an extended stay (I just returned to Canada after spending the holidays there), and she just bought a Nintendo Wii (and the excellent 'Wii Fit'). I haven't had a chance to take a look at it.

She'll bring the Wii back with her to Canada. Because the game software is region-specific, we'll ask relatives to send us new games from Japan. No big deal - we're not gamers, but like Mario and Zelda.

1) I would like to download old SNES titles from Nintendo's Virtual Console service. Will it be possible if my Wii is from Japan, but I am ordering from Canada?

2) Briefly, how does the Virtual Console service work? The web page is currently borked on the Nintendo English-language site.