Nintendo of America vice president of marketing and corporate communications, Perrin Kaplan, said in an interview when asked whether or not the Wii will be region free (rhyme!) or not, he said "We will share a lot of ways people can play globally, regionally, without boundaries. You're right that the region-free approach has proved to be a successful and attractive feature for Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on Nintendo DS - we have even blown the doors off our own anticipated numbers! Cost, ease-of- use and player privacy are the three things that were a focus for us with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Those priorities also will apply to the Wii system."

That's an ambiguous "maybe". Hell, anything these communication and marketing guys say that's not then written down and signed in blood to be sealed in a Papal tomb is ambiguous, but this is interesting. However Nintendo is not new to freeing up its platforms, as the DS is region free.

Well, we'll wait and see... importers could be the big winners in this next round of console wars.