Wii Freeloader!!!!

evad_lhorg · 29-02-2008 12:38AM #1

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 · 29-02-2008 01:15AM

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 · 29-02-2008 01:38AM

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

monkeyfudge · 29-02-2008 01:41AM

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 · 29-02-2008 01:41AM

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 · 29-02-2008 01:42AM

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 · 29-02-2008 01:44AM

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

o1s1n · 29-02-2008 01:48AM

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 · 29-02-2008 02:32PM

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 · 29-02-2008 02:56PM

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

Gizzle · 29-02-2008 03:04PM

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 · 29-02-2008 03:15PM

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 · 29-02-2008 03:47PM

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 · 29-02-2008 03:47PM

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 · 29-02-2008 03:50PM

In your face, NunianVonFuch!

koneko · 29-02-2008 04:06PM

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 · 29-02-2008 04:33PM

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

NunianVonFuch · 29-02-2008 04:35PM

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

koneko · 29-02-2008 04:41PM

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 · 29-02-2008 04:47PM

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

ShaneU · 29-02-2008 05:02PM

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

djsim · 29-02-2008 05:28PM

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

Mr E · 29-02-2008 06:18PM

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 · 29-02-2008 06:52PM

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 · 29-02-2008 09:38PM

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 · 01-03-2008 02:34AM

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 · 02-03-2008 07:29PM

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

tman · 02-03-2008 08:07PM

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 · 03-03-2008 12:23PM

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

Syke · 03-03-2008 08:18PM

Anyone get one yet?

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

Zapp Brannigan · 03-03-2008 10:08PM

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

Wii Freeloader!!!!

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