I have dug up my PAL region Wii and GameCube plus their games from my closet, almost 5 years after initially moving to the US, and both still work. I had to get new AC Adapters for both (I never brought the EU ones, fearing electrical issues as we use 220-240V DC), and got a 5-plug Wii Component Video cable to bypass the PAL/NTSC spiel. Gotta love playing on a 48" TV at 480p (models look at bit pixely tho...).
Getting one for the GameCube... Don't get me started. True, my Wii plays GameCube games perfectly at 480i and Luigi's Mansion at 576i (no 60Hz mode for that game), but I still have the Game Boy Player attached and I wanna play Game Boy games on my TV at PAL 60Hz (480i). Makes it easier to upscale to conventional 720p to 1080p with their 60Hz, plus I wanna record stuff.
Anyway, progress:
Super Mario Galaxy 2Left off with 80 Stars, but managed to get all 120 in a month I think? I'm gonna leave the Green Stars, optionally with Luigi for another day. I will say this: Purple Comets mixed with time limits or Cosmic Clones are EVIL!
New Super Mario Bros. WiiLeft off with World 9-1 unlocked, but went for all the other Star Coins and Secret Exits first. Nothing too troublesome, but World 9 was. World 9-7 especially with Ice Blocks, Munchers and Fire Piranhas was pure evil. But still did it, found everything and got 5 stars on my file... except I triggered a Super Guide way back when and saved, so no shining stars for me. O well.
Wario Land: The Shake DimensionLeft off just short of the ending, had some trouble with the final boss. Tried again just to see what would happen, and managed to beat him without that much effort. *shrugs* Gonna do the missions and treasures later.
Next up, Kirby's Adventure Wii's Extra Mode.
The resident Rewind... well, half of one
- Jelze Bunnycat =:3
Looking for:
- TR Furos (Hardhead's head) and Crashbash (lost him
)
- PotP Punch head
- TR Galvatron right arm (the gun one)
- CW Brake-Neck/UW Wildrider, CW Offroad
- TR Twinferno & Grotusque
- Greenlight, Lancer and PotP Elita-1 (plus repro Victorion hands and feet?)