PSA: Wii U will be region locked

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Nintendo today disclosed that the Wii U is region-locked. Speaking to CVG, the company confirmed the new console won't support games purchased outside of its region, meaning North American Wii U systems can only play games bought in North America.

Source: Nintendo maintains region-locking policy with Wii U

My advice: Wait until region bypass homebrew is available before purchasing a Wii U.

If the Wii U is anything like the Wii, Nintendo will refuse to listen to customers' requests to localize many of the best games for the systems (and may only relent after a lengthy and extensive fan campaign but then only sell the game through their online shop and the glorified pawn shop known as GameStop--no offense intended to pawn shops).

I had really hoped the games industry had moved past the inane practice of region locking, but it appears that is not the case.