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Finally: Freeloader for Wii
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rollingstart
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batbeg said:
thanks.
but does anyone know if this site is legit and all that? or should I just wait for play asia or ncsx to get it?
batbeg said:Yeah, it specifically says it does so no worriesThat was actually my main reason for being excited about it, to play through BKO properly now
Yeah, I was just about to 'nm' my post since it was a pretty dumb question, the answer's right there in the product description. This is indeed a glorious day.
radioheadrule83
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Jaded Alyx said:
If it works like the Gamecube version of Freeloader, Freeloader is the actual software that the system will load first, not the game.
So when you put Freeloader in, thats what the disc channel will pick up. Import games won't have a chance to ask you to install an update.
Toy Soldier
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Lobster said:
Truth. Shame Nintendo can't disallow online access with games accessed via Freeloader, for this reason.
radioheadrule83 said:
I was about to respond the same until I realized what he meant. Let's say you import Animal Crossing from US, it installs firmware 3.x2NTSC. Will that brick the system, as it's trying to update from 3.x1PAL? I think that's what he means, anyway.
Linkzg said:
Probably no harm in waiting, but I've bought stuff from the UK branch of the site before, at least.
OliveJuice
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farnham said:
:lol
The Hermit
Member
Whoa the Wii hacking scene is on fire!
Aparently they hacked it to the point of uncensoring Manhunt 2.
Aparently they hacked it to the point of uncensoring Manhunt 2.
batbeg said:
What radiohead is saying is that the GCN freeloader booted and displayed a screen which told you to insert the game.
It's possible that the Wii Freeloader will be loaded from the disc channel, then you'll remove it and insert the import, not having to go to the disc channel again, thus the game won't prompt you to update the firmware.
I think.
Fenix said:
No, that doesn't make sense though. Some games require a firmware update, it isn't simply a matter of passing it up. Unless Nintendo are dumber than I thought, which given a lot of their design choices, is completely possible.
Of course, at this point everything is very much so speculative. Those who are worried should probably just wait and see how it works, and those of us who are stupid will be the guinea pigs (though I'm not instantly importing Wii games as I like the funding).
Kyosuke said:
Well, see if you can get someone to help you out hopefully
I was actually going to suggest I could do it despite my monetary problems, but I remember my account got hacked a while back and I've still not activated it ¬.¬ Sorry 
Also £30, here:Danj said:
http://www.shopto.com/page.php?page=dettagli&codart=WIIMA07&n=Mario_Kart&p=WII
Still gonna cost a lot in comparison to US games, but yeh not too bad
ShockingAlberto
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So does this work with GC games, too?
I'd like to dust off my old copy of GNT4.
I'd like to dust off my old copy of GNT4.
radioheadrule83
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Fenix said:
Exactly. I think the Wii Menu simply prevents access to the discs executable until you install the update software, but with Freeloader, you should (theoretically) bypass that check. Go to a Freeloader 'insert disc' screen and go straight into booting the executable.
I hope I'm right.
The idea that Europeans might cause lag in US online games is interesting. Does Smash not have a connection quality indicator before you accept a game, like Mario Strikers?
Spirit Icana
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Good! Now Media Works should get to work on a Iriya no Sora game for the Wii.
A fun fan tribute title like the PAROCAP mini-game in Iriya II was on the DS. Except a FULL game this time. And get Hiroshi Takagi to compose an epic soundtrack! His Iriya OVA work was incredible.
A fun fan tribute title like the PAROCAP mini-game in Iriya II was on the DS. Except a FULL game this time. And get Hiroshi Takagi to compose an epic soundtrack! His Iriya OVA work was incredible.
Fenix said:
It may not, this is true. I remember reading on a site that someone said if you unplug the Wii during a mandatory update, that you could then play the game that required the update. However, I only ever saw this once and it's sure as hell not something I'm going to try :lol But if that, or something close to it, is true, then clearly Nintendo were practically begging for bypasses to be made on the Wii
I've already bought the damn thing anyway, so I don't know why I care to talk about what may happen.
One of my favorite things about this new Freeloader is definitely that it works on all three systems though. First of all, this tells me Datel did some MAJOR mojo, as the original Freeloader could still only work in the right regions. Hopefully it means they have really worked up a fool-proof system which won't be firmwared. But also is that as I visit family in America a lot, or them me, I can bring my games over there with my Freeloader now
So psyched.
FromTheFuture
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A bit too late for
but stillgoodawesome.
BRAWL
but still
Visualante
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dyls a UK GAFer could buy you a copy for about $50 and send it to you for $60 total if you find a nice one you trust.
http://www.cdwow.com - free worldwide shipping. Will be selling mario-kart Wii at Euro times.
I'm sticking to PAL only this time. Apart from DS games, but they are region-less anyway.
I'm sticking to PAL only this time. Apart from DS games, but they are region-less anyway.
HylianScribe
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Quick question.
If firmware kills the functionality of Freeloader, can you reformat Wii to undo the updates? If so, with SD cards, can't I transfer saved game data over, wipe my Wii, and play Freeloader titles again? And when I want to play newer games or go online, do the update, and just reformat each time I want to play imports?
Just curious.
If firmware kills the functionality of Freeloader, can you reformat Wii to undo the updates? If so, with SD cards, can't I transfer saved game data over, wipe my Wii, and play Freeloader titles again? And when I want to play newer games or go online, do the update, and just reformat each time I want to play imports?
Just curious.
TSA said:
No, otherwise we would've been able to do that with the Gamecube Freeloader all along for GCN imports. The firmware is written to a completely different part of the Wii than the memory you can format, basically (interestingly, I think someone once said Mii data or something is also on that part?).
OnWarmerMusic
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Holy shit, this is the greatest timing evar. I'm moving to JP in like three weeks and was kinda bummed I was going to have to pick up another Wii to play the local stuff. I just hope this ships before I leave.
batbeg said:
But, what I mean is - I can't think of any conceivable reason why they would lie. If they really did break it on purpose, saying "The Wii is not to support unlicensed software, and freeloader is merely no exception" would only annoy the people who have the freeloader and they're already annoyed anyway by the "whoops", plus it would look better to stockholders and everything. This way opens them up to possible lawsuits from Datel, from people seeing them as amaturish, etc.
There's no just reason to ever say something that self-damaging unless it's the truth.