Wii update stops Freeloader backwards compatibility

[Shrygue]

via Games Industry


Nintendo has remained quiet about whether it will fix compatibility problems with third-party software Freeloader, after yesterday's Wii firmware update rendered it unusable.

The company reiterated to our sister site Eurogamer.net that because it isn't an official product approved by Nintendo, there was nothing it could do.

The Datel disc was originally manufactured for the GameCube, and allowed users to import titles from Japan or the US and play them on their PAL console.

Until yesterday, the software had the same effect on backwards-compatible GameCube games played on Wii.

[Mahzes]

I phoned Nintendo yesterday. They said that blocking the Freeloader (as well as Action Replay) was fully intentional and that they do not intend to re-enable them at any point.

[Morag]

dont worry, some one will find away around it ;p