Topic: region locked

Hey guys , I would like to get some help from the community .
so I am going to purchase A WIIU , and I am getting with it few games 1. Assassins creed black flag 2.zombiu 3.watch dogs , and when I did some researches about the wiiu I saw something about region lock , and I would like to know are those games region locked? I live in jordan (Asian country) and I want to know will I be able to play those 3 games or will it not let me play them? And it goes for the wiiu Will I be able to use it just like any other person in the USA ??
Note : the games and wiiu Will be purchased from Amazon
please help me , tnx

Region lock means you have to buy games from the same region as the system. So as long as those games are bought from the same region you buy your system you will be fine.

As long as the games are from the same region as the Wii U you should be fine. I think the safest bet when importing a system is to just buy digitally, you might be paying higher prices for those games but it would be a safer bet

Most English-speaking Asian countries go under the same region as the US. If you have your doubts about whether your country is one of these, just buy the cheapest North American Wii or Wii U game you can get and you'll find out.

If you're importing your system and games, they will work. A Wii U will work anywhere in the world, as long as your games are from the same region. You may or may not have to get some kind of power converter depending on the standard electrical outlet of your country, though. Your best bet for those would be at an electronics store or a major airport.

I think eshop is for Nintendo and Nintendo owns it too I think ??

ut how can I know , that those games are from the same region I am buying games from different companies such as activation , ubi soft , all others , I saw that there was something called eshop can I buy games from there and it just download it for me ?? If I can then there won't be region lock right?

@MrSkylordHD Nintendo operates in three regions: Japan, PAL (Europe & Australia), and NTSC (North America). I don't think you need to worry about Japanese games, the only question is whether the game or console is PAL or NTSC. If you're getting the games online, most of the time it says so in the description, or just contact the seller.

The Wii U eShop only lists games that you can play on your own Wii U. If it's for another region than your Wii U, it will not be listed in the eShop.

And this is yet another reason why region-locking sucks. If you're importing because Nintendo doesn't sell to your territory you have to pick a region to import from. Given you're in Jordan I'd say Europe would be a good choice (not sure if they have UK-style or Euro two-pin plugs) just because of reduced post for physical games if download proves unfeasible.

Just a minor point - Japan is also on NTSC standard, just like North America is. Yet Japan Wii U can't play North American games and vice versa. So you more of just have to directly look at the country the console and games themselves are from.

I think the TV standards are convenient shorthand, but it might be more useful to say North America, Europe/Australasia and Japan. I mean I rather doubt in the HD era that colour reproduction on TVs adheres to either standard unless you're using a legacy source.