Though Nintendo hasn’t officially launched Wii yet in India, the number of Wiis in India *is* increasing. 3 of my friends, who returned from US last week, bought Wii 
I don’t know how they got hold of one, as it is in extremely high demand over there now!
One of the initial problems you’d face trying to setup the Wii in India is the power converter. You *cannot* plugin Wii directly in to one of our power sockets, it will just burn! Unless you want to do the burn-in (!?) test with your Wii, I suggest you go out and buy a 220-110v power adapter (stepdown). It is available in many wattages, for Wii a 50W or 100W should suffice.
The only other thing you’d find a bit problematic is buying Wii points. Mine is a US Wii, so whenever I try buying Wii points online, it asks for a credit card along with the US address / Zip code blah blah…this one can be real irritating! Don’t lose heart though. There is a simple/effective method (Based on this post). The trick is to find a region which accepts Indian credit cards with out asking too many questions The region found by the original poster is Brazil.
How to buy Wii points from India (Thanks to StringFellow):
- Change your Wii country to Brazil. You will find this option in Wii Settings section. Wii will now ask you to confirm the user agreement for the new region. Do press ACCEPT here, else you will get an error later when accessing the Woo shop.
- Go to Wii Shop. If you already have “My Nintendo” account at Nintendo.com linked to your Wii shop account, Wii will warn you that the link will be broken. Don’t worry about this message. You can set this up again later.
- Once in, click on the “Add Wii points”. Enter your CC number, name, expiry date and CVV. In the next screen enter any random Brazilian postal code. I used Brazilian Discovery Channel postal code. You can find more of these postal codes in Google.
That’s all, it should work! I bought USD30 worth of Wii points and it worked flawlessly. Once you have the points, you can reset your Wii country to USA (if yours is a US Wii like mine) and reconnect the Wii Shop login with your Nintendo.com login.
What to do with the Wii points?
You can buy Wii Channels, Virtual Console games or WiiWare games online from the Wii shop, using the Wii points. I strongly suggest you buy Wii Internet (Opera) channel. It costs only 500points (USD5.0) and it is worth it. Quickly checking the Orkut, sitting in the couch is bliss, I tell you
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This helped!
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Thank you! This is great!
I just got a Wii system and am using in US. I’d like to know if there’s any Cricket game which i can play using Wii??
Sahil,
I have never come across a cricket game, but do check play-asia.com (or if you are in Hyd, go to the Games shop in Prasads complex – one of the best game shops I have seen). Do let me know if you find one
hey,
wow, this info really did help, but my parents wont let me do this because they dont let me buy it
It needs some more begging i guess…
thanks
somebody gifted a wii to me , turned out to be a 120v adapter one . I tried this one in India , it blowed:( . can anybody suggest what do i do with teh console to get it repaired.
Thanks a ton! This is one of the best tricks I have ever found on the net.
Hi Sandeep,
The same thing happened to me. It only burns the adopter , the wii remains safe. Go and get a 220v adopter and everything will be fine. Original nintendo adopter will cost you Rs. 1500-2000 and a duplicate one will cost you 300-500. Get a original one if you can.
Do you know any more about that? I’td be cool to have more details
Hi I am planning to buy a WII from US to gift my cousion. My question are
will it work in India?
Do I need to buy games saperatly?
or other stuff if you guyz think a New user should know….
Thanks in Advance
HEY MAN I AM BRAZILIAN AND MY WII IS FROM USA! I MUST HAVE A CRED CARD WITH USA CADASTRATION TO BUY WII POINTS?
I brought a Wii to India for my brother, and I find that it does not play any of the discs. I suspect that it is a Pal/NTSC problem. If any of those who have used it can suggest a solution I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Thanks for the info — this is sooper!
thanks Gautam.