Wii Freeloader!!!!

evad_lhorg

oh baby yes!!! I hope this works. No more heroes US version for me please and maybe a nice copy of smash bros when its out in the states.


about time too

http://uk.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-FreeLoader__EF000595.aspx

Mr E

Very cool, but I'd be concerned about the Big N releasing an update that would break it again. I guess its cheap enough to be almost disposable anyway..... ($20)

Zapp Brannigan

Ordering now. Maybe I'll start using my Wii again!!

monkeyfudge

Ha.. I think their website has been blitzed.

Been waiting for this too... I've still got a bunch of imported GameCube games too.

o1s1n

Mr E wrote: »

Very cool, but I'd be concerned about the Big N releasing an update that would break it again. I guess its cheap enough to be almost disposable anyway..... ($20)

The freeloader may be cheap, but all the imported games you've paid for which will no longer work on your system aren't. So there's a big enough risk there

Boo to region locking. Its archaic.

ShaneU

o1s1n wrote: »

Boo to region locking. Its archaic.

Hmm this seems a bit dubious to me, but I wouldn't mind playing brawl a few months earlier.

Nintendo are always a generation behind the other consoles, the wii online is a joke, especially those ridiculous friend codes.

Retr0gamer

At last, I'll get to play no more heroes the way it's meant to be played anyway

o1s1n

ShaneU wrote: »

Hmm this seems a bit dubious to me, but I wouldn't mind playing brawl a few months earlier.

Nintendo are always a generation behind the other consoles, the wii online is a joke, especially those ridiculous friend codes.

Well what I was basically saying what you could buy one of these, an American copy of Brawl, a little while later Nintendo could release a wii update which makes the freeloader inoperable. So you're stuck with a game you can't play.

For Brawl that would be too painful to imagine.

Now just to play through the American No More Heroes on the other hand... very temping.

Gizzle

o1s1n wrote: »

Now just to play through the American No More Heroes on the other hand... very temping.

Huzzah! No More Heroes in Yes Gore Heroes joyfest!

koneko

Indeed. Have Wii Freeloader and No More Heroes NTSC/U ordered

Gizzle

So just disconnect the wireless for whenever I play my stateside NMH and Big Ninty can't immasculate it with their stealth updates. Schweet. Get a cheap deal for 'em anywhere koneko?

KJF

I wouldn't jump the gun just yet. Looks like it just allows you to play gamecube imports on your wii.

http://tweakers.net/ext/i/1182351794.jpg

koneko

That just means it works for Gamecube games too, which their page says. Their page also specifically says it works for imported Wii games on a Wii, it's the point of this Freeloader, unless they're completely lying through their teeth for no reason.

Gizzle, not sure where is cheapest for import games but videogamesplus.ca are great, and really fast.

NunianVonFuch

Yes but the official website of the product clearly states that it does:

"This is the one you’ve all been waiting for! Wii FreeLoader lets you play ANY region of Wii or GameCube game on your Nintendo Wii! At last, you can import games from other territories and play them on your Wii…"

http://uk.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-FreeLoader__EF000595.aspx

Haha! Snap Koneko!

koneko

In your face, NunianVonFuch!

koneko

I'll of course be reporting back if it works, so if anyone is in doubt I'm your guinea pig. Who knows when Datel will actually have their stock though. I'll no doubt get NMH before Freeloader is even shipped.

Zapp Brannigan

Where you ordering NMH from? VGP don't seem to be stocking it?

NunianVonFuch

Play-Asia. I'm not ordering mine until the Freeloader ships tho.

koneko

Maybe they ran out of stock, I ordered it on VG+ early this morning.
Movietyme probably have it, they're usually a bit slower (for me anyway).

Zapp Brannigan

I checked VGP last night and there was no sign of it! Weird.

ShaneU

Damn that codejunkies site won't let me order, keeps saying there's a problem with the address or credit card details :mad:

djsim

Am in correct in saying that the wiikey does the same function? I havent tried a NTSC game yet.

Mr E

Wiikey requires opening the Wii and soldering, doesn't it?
Wii Freeloader is all software based - insert disk, wait for prompt, then insert game disk.

NunianVonFuch

Wiikey says:

Direct boot of NTSC Wii imports on PAL consoles (no patch needed, partial compatibility)

Note the partial part. Freeloader works for all!

omalleyTown

ShaneU wrote: »

Damn that codejunkies site won't let me order, keeps saying there's a problem with the address or credit card details :mad:

Play-Asia will stock it. At the moment its status is "Announced - Preorders opening soon" if you dont mind a bit of a wait.

Personally I'm waiting till the US version of Brawl is availible before I get excited about this. With Mario Kart hitting europe first I dont like the idea of taking my wii offline to hide from updates that will ruin my brawl fun.

Virtual Console might release something good this year aswell or in the future. If a Wii Freeloader can be released anything can happen.

Also I had no real issue with the bloodless No More Heroes but now that I know thats its a real option I cant wait.

seraphimvc

koneko wrote: »

Indeed. Have Wii Freeloader and No More Heroes NTSC/U ordered

that is one fast hand!:D

it is real,reliable??cant wait for US version No more heroes now!!!:D

grames_bond

ye i want it, itll mean ill fail my exams but ill still have fun! :P

tman

Glad that I cancelled my PAL preorder of NMH now:)

The online features of the Wii are crap in fairness, so I'm not all that worried about disabling the wireless on it...

Gizzle

Ack! Got NTSC No More Heroes this morning, but still no sign of my freeloader! Woe is me...:(

Syke

Anyone get one yet?

Planning on sending wii games home to my siblings but wanna know this works first.

Zapp Brannigan

Don't think they'll be shipped until mid-march.

Davidius

I'm going to wait for some impressions involving US Smash Bros. If all goes well I should have Smash Bros. months sooner than I'd thought.

Helix

just ordered one there

itll come in handy what with the decent exchange rate v the dollar at the moment

koneko

Word is Datel will have some stock today/tomorrow that they'll be shipping (soon hopefully?). No idea how many though. Hopefully enough to include sending one to me! My NMH hasn't arrived but knowing VG+ it'll be this week. Hurry up, Datel.

Gizzle

Hurry up indeed. This is worse than the time I bought Gears of War and as soon as I got home my Xbox suffered the three RROD. Like Marcus before him,Travis just stands there, staring at me, wielding his cylindrical light bulb katana menacingly...If I don't play it soon, bad things will happen!

Zapp Brannigan

Ordered NMH from VG+. Now we play the waiting game!

witnessmenow

i seen a few of these on ebay for reasonable enough, better than waiting for the datel site

Zapp Brannigan

The codejunkies site is really awful. Checking my account the item has gone to unshipped but it doesn't seem like my payment has gone through? I want it now!! Damn it!

lee_baby_simms

I'd get one but i'm afraid nintendo will just disable it with the next update.

Any word regards that?

NunianVonFuch

Any of the ones I've seen on ebay say awaiting shipping early in the week commencing March 3rd. Sure Codejunkies is Datel's site anyway so you in theory they should be the quickest to order from.

Irish Halo

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

I'd get one but i'm afraid nintendo will just disable it with the next update.

Any word regards that?

http://kotaku.com/362891/datel-say-freeloader-can-beat-firmware-upgrades

Datel wrote:

..we can confirm that on every occasion that the product is used when the disc is inserted in the console that it allows the usage of any imported Wii game discs and disables the console from been able to update its firmware, if the disc is removed after been inserted and reinserted this will again enable the console to update its firmware but still allow the usage of the any imported Wii game discs.

Gizzle

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

The codejunkies site is really awful. Checking my account the item has gone to unshipped but it doesn't seem like my payment has gone through? I want it now!! Damn it!

+1

At least take my bleedin' money so I can type off a miffed e-mail!

gokgok

Gizzle wrote: »

Ack! Got NTSC No More Heroes this morning, but still no sign of my freeloader! Woe is me...:(

the NTSC version of NMH doesn't work with a modded PAL wii so i would wonder if it will work with the freeloader.

Helix

Gizzle wrote: »

+1

At least take my bleedin' money so I can type off a miffed e-mail!

they took my money and i ordered on monday

im...LOST

Are people forgetting that there are sometimes unskippable firmware updates on games. The first time I played Galaxy I had to update first. The European Version of Brawl might have a firmware update because that's gonna be the biggest game of the year for the Wii here.

Although, now that I think of it, if you already have the American Version, you won't have to update

Gizzle

Helix wrote: »

they took my money and i ordered on monday

Feckers! Is it classed as "Unshipped" for you on the site? Time to fire off an inquisitive e-mail methinks.

Helix

yup, still unshipped

koneko

I sent them a mail on monday asking when they'd be shipping and I haven't heard anything back at all.

My status is still the same as well, but some other people's orders apparantly changed to "On Hold" :eek:

Zapp Brannigan

I e-mailed them on monday aswell, no reply. Still unshipped for me!

koneko

Someone on rllmuk claims his was shipped, by UPS (and he only ordered it on tuesday).
Get the finger out, codejunkies!

Gizzle

koneko wrote: »

Someone on rllmuk claims his was shipped, by UPS (and he only ordered it on tuesday).
Get the finger out, codejunkies!

Was it form the codejunkies site? If not, cancellage followed by re-orderage might be in order.