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The Freeloader for Wii Thread of Joy, Happiness, Answers, Bloody NMH and BRAWL
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viewtifulsub
Member
No difference between US and PAL copies of Killer 7.
The only regional changes for Killer7 was from Japanese to English where the Remnant Psyches spoke in broken english (ala Twin Peaks) instead of robotic gibberish.
The only regional changes for Killer7 was from Japanese to English where the Remnant Psyches spoke in broken english (ala Twin Peaks) instead of robotic gibberish.
Finally my freeloader arrived today. Even though my order number was in the low 2000s, oh well.
At least I can confirm some games working and not working on my PAL Wii console.
Working:
Super Swing Golf: Season 2 (US/Wii)
Not working:
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (JP/GC): Not loading at all
F-Zero GX (US/GC): Loading, but it crashes after selecting GP
Resident Evil 0 (US/GC): Not loading at all
Super Mario Sunshine (US/GC): Not loading at all
Final Fantasy: CC (US/GC): Works, but only 2/3 the whole picture is scaled down to about 2/3 of the screen (which is why I put it under "not working")
At least I can confirm some games working and not working on my PAL Wii console.
Working:
Super Swing Golf: Season 2 (US/Wii)
Not working:
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (JP/GC): Not loading at all
F-Zero GX (US/GC): Loading, but it crashes after selecting GP
Resident Evil 0 (US/GC): Not loading at all
Super Mario Sunshine (US/GC): Not loading at all
Final Fantasy: CC (US/GC): Works, but only 2/3 the whole picture is scaled down to about 2/3 of the screen (which is why I put it under "not working")
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
[Nintex] said:
Is it possible to use a S-Video cable for Wii then? I remember Pal Gamecube didn't (in that case it was worth it the trade to be able to use RGB though).
The only device with component inputs in my house is my crt projector and I'm not going to play NMH on a 110 inch screen in 480p, that would look horrible :-/ (it IS fantastic playing PES Wii/Wii Sports that way though)
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Dascu said:
So this is not true then?
Mr. Pointy
Member
Getting Wii Freeloader with Naruto GNT EX2.
Can't wait.
Can't wait.
Infernal Monkey
Member
"What's this? PAL gamers are playing Smash Bros. Brawl?! QUICKLY, STOP THEM! That's meant to be their big Christmas holiday release in 2010!"
My Freeloader should be here Tuesday I think~
My Freeloader should be here Tuesday I think~
OP updated (finally, hope I didn't miss anyone).
You're now quite a lot contributing to this thread, and I can only thank you for that, but the direct consequence is, updating the OP is getting harder when I have to face like 3-4 posts with each 10 games and everyone presenting their list as they want, so I'd like to ask you, from now on, Everytime you post a list of games you tested, please post it in the same format as in the OP :
[Name of the game] [Region of the Game] on a [region of your console] console
Thanks again to everyone
Also, Er, we have a problem with Mario Golf TT. Someone says it works, and someone else says it doesnt...
You're now quite a lot contributing to this thread, and I can only thank you for that, but the direct consequence is, updating the OP is getting harder when I have to face like 3-4 posts with each 10 games and everyone presenting their list as they want, so I'd like to ask you, from now on, Everytime you post a list of games you tested, please post it in the same format as in the OP :
[Name of the game] [Region of the Game] on a [region of your console] console
Thanks again to everyone
Also, Er, we have a problem with Mario Golf TT. Someone says it works, and someone else says it doesnt...
BetterWorldz
Member
Jesus... Already?
British Monsoon
Member
Ramenman said:
I confirmed a few pages back that Naruto GNT EX2 works on a PAL wii, if you want to include that in the op;
Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 2 JAP on a PAL console works fine (game won't let you play with Gamecube controllers plugged in)
Cheesemeister
Member
Dear OP,
Could you use JP or JPN instead of the current abbreviation? Thanks.
Could you use JP or JPN instead of the current abbreviation? Thanks.
Wait - from the wiki, first :
Once the system menu is updated to use IOS37, "Trucha-Signed" discs -- or channels -- will stop working, as will the [Datel FreeLoader] disc.
then: Will this block my Trucha Signed discs?
No, not yet. Not until another update is released, at which point we will have to re-evaluate.
Huh? Does it block it or not? and wtf is a trucha signed disk?
Once the system menu is updated to use IOS37, "Trucha-Signed" discs -- or channels -- will stop working, as will the [Datel FreeLoader] disc.
then: Will this block my Trucha Signed discs?
No, not yet. Not until another update is released, at which point we will have to re-evaluate.
Huh? Does it block it or not? and wtf is a trucha signed disk?
lopaz said:
I don't think it knows what parts are safe, it knows what parts the game needs, and it installs only those parts.
Edit : How come there's not even one person who has tried it ? I mean on the whole internet there HAS to be someone who didn't know about the risk
Or someone that doesn't care. Like, someone who has both PAL and US consoles.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
so, this Naruto game, is it worth it?
I'd like to know too.
Oh yeah, there could, just like there could have been a problem with Brawl (after all the Freeloader came out before SSBB so Datel hadn't tested it before putting the Freeloader on the market), but there wasn't. I don't know why this update looks more frightening than any other update.
lopaz said:
Oh yeah, there could, just like there could have been a problem with Brawl (after all the Freeloader came out before SSBB so Datel hadn't tested it before putting the Freeloader on the market), but there wasn't. I don't know why this update looks more frightening than any other update.
I inserted the bolded lines from the wiki... at the moment the update has no effect, because it's no update on the system menu.lopaz said:
to confirm it: I updated right now and freeloader still loads.
and for this "trucha signed" stuff: had to google this, seems to be some kind of way to make pirated copies work on a modded Wii.
lopaz said:
Oh yeah, I'm not saying this is good news or what, it's just everybody going "sell your consoles it's all over" even though nothing's sure for now.
Of course if Nintendo wants to block it, they'll block it. But I don't get it then. Why not just say it ? When Sony woke up one morning and said "Importing PSP Games to Europe is now forbidden" they didn't have to say it twice before Play-Asia stops shipping PSP games to Europe. Importing might not be "illegal" per se, but I'm sure if Nintendo decided to sue Datel they'd win.
Edit : There you have it :
alex1893 said:
This was made to block a way to piracy. So the Alternative Method should'nt have any prob. But it could. But it could not. Hey.
Also, thanks alex, we know we're safe now, for now at least =D
The Truncha Signer is an application that signs executables so that the Wii will run them, but it doesn't use Nintendos private key. There was a bug in IOS versions prior to 37 that allowed to run those applications (IOS1 to IOS36 only checked if an application was signed, but it didn't check what key it used), and Freeloader seems to use the same bug. The current update doesn't block anything yet, because the loader (Disk Channel) still uses an older IOS version. As soon as the loader is updated to use the latest IOS version, it'll block applications exploiting this bug, including Freeloader.lopaz said:
I also don't really think Nintendo fixed the bug to block Freeloader, but mostly to stop cheaters and hinder pirates.
no problem, just wanted to share it. I wasn't the first, just read in another forum that it's ok to do it, then I updated my own Wii.Ramenman said:
At least it's good news for people who maybe haven't updated the shop channel yet to get it WiiWare-ready, they are safe for the moment when this stealth update is included.
alex1893 said:no problem, just wanted to share it. I wasn't the first, just read in another forum that it's ok to do it, then I updated my own Wii.
At least it's good news for people who maybe haven't updated the shop channel yet to get it WiiWare-ready, they are safe for the moment when this stealth update is included.
That's me
I had read on another forum that there was no problem, but still I was a bit worried.
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