Wii Freeloader Released - Region Free Gaming on Wii

[Baboon]

just make sure you update your wii as the updates come out in every reigon.

also this is only £10 at codejunkies.com since they make it.

I just ordered mine from https://uk.codejunkies.com.

Although it is £9.99 the UPS postage cost me £5.21 so my total was £15.20.


Well I've been waiting for something like this (plus I didn't really want to chip my machine)... I've also just ordered the US version of 'No More Heroes' and 'Super Smash Brawl'. I really hope that playing Brawl with this freeloader it will let me play online on my UK machine?

[bandit]

Play-Asia (US / PAL / JPN) now has it on their site.

[ryohazuki1983]

Sounds good, anybody know if its possible to play smash brawl online using a NTSC disk in the UK?

Also whats the chancing in bricking the Wii? i heard that the US discs contain updates that will mess the wii up.

cheers

[phsychokill]

if you play smash bros brawl in the uk it will just connect as it would in the us as the disc has all the connection information.

as for bricking your wii with american updates they use the same numbers and do the same things so just make sure you update through the net connection instead of the discs.

[mickmos]

This is great.
Does anyone think there is a chance that nintendo could detect you are playing an imported game and ban you from the internet? especially when playing imported games online

[phsychokill]

once the game is online it will be running as if it is that version of game because it is. also nintendo dont run their online like microsoft so they only do it game by game. pluss if they did start trying to ban people for playing imports alot of cases would come up with people fighting nintendo as they had a friend from that country visiting. well atleast thats what they will say.

[bandit]

This is great.
Does anyone think there is a chance that nintendo could detect you are playing an imported game and ban you from the internet? especially when playing imported games online

You cant ban someone for playing imports. If there was a way to detect a modified console with a modchip like the Xbox, you can. But with a Freeloader, you cant. Nintendo never did that with the DS or the GameCube

[ryohazuki1983]

II read on IGN that when they had the japanese version of smash brawl they couldn't connect to a random match they said:

"we attempted to connect to several random battles against players in Japan and were never successful. It's possible that Nintendo is currently blocking US-based servers from participating in online games, although we have no proof – other than being repeatedly locked out of online matches – to support this theory. Interestingly enough, we could participate in a number of spectator matches, which enable you to watch other players duke it out. You can even bet on the matches before they begin using coins you've collected throughout your experiences"

But they did play a game using friend codes, so I spose its not all that bad!