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Finally! After being rendered useless by an August update (that is, if you could get yours to work at all) Datel's previously Gamecube only FreeLoader disc has been released for Wii, promising region-free gaming without the hassle of modding your console. Available in the US for $19.99 and the UK for £9.99, it should be enough to keep European gamers from waiting a rumored three extra months to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl ... which may be just enough time before Nintendo releases another system update, and we begin the whole process over again.

[Thanks, Marlon]

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]]>CodejunkiesFreeloaderChristopher Grant2008-02-28T17:46:00+00:00Wii update renders Freeloader uselesshttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/08/wii-update-renders-freeloader-useless/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/08/wii-update-renders-freeloader-useless/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/08/wii-update-renders-freeloader-useless/#commentsFiled under: , ,

And don't expect Nintendo to do anything about it. The recently released and pointedly punctual Wii system update 3 added limited USB keyboard support but removed the system's ability to run Datel's Freeloader discs. Originally intended for Nintendo's previous console, the Freeloader would (usually) allow the user to play Gamecube games from other regions, an ideal tool to help pass the time between those lethargic localizations. Nintendo told Eurogamer that due to the Freeloader's status as an unofficial product, there was nothing they could do to "fix" the problem.

If you still hope to play your imported Gamecube titles, you can either dig your old system out of the closet or stare at that new Wii clock while you wait for Nintendo to abandon its draconian console region encoding policies.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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]]>FreeloaderImportsRegionsWiiSystemUpdateLudwig Kietzmann2007-08-08T19:45:00+00:00FreeLoader GC doesn't work in our Wiihttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/01/freeloader-gc-doesnt-work-in-our-wii/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/01/freeloader-gc-doesnt-work-in-our-wii/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/01/freeloader-gc-doesnt-work-in-our-wii/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Despite a report to the contrary, we can't get the GameCube FreeLoader to work on a Wii. We've tried to use FreeLoader to play GameCube titles from other regions, but the sad, unrecognized-disc screen taunts us over and over.

We're using FreeLoader 1.06B -- alleged to be the right version by internet posters -- and a fully updated Wii (2.0U). We've tried inserting the disk when the Wii is off, then restarting. We've tried cleaning the disc. We've tried a special dance and blew in an NES cartridge slot as an offering, but nothing gets our FreeLoader started.

Datel told us that it doesn't yet have a Wii for testing and couldn't offer any more help. The company is also waiting for a Wii to determine if it can make a FreeLoader for Wii games.

Readers, have you gotten a GameCube FreeLoader working with a Wii? If so, how?

See also:
Wii not even remotely region-free
NOA's Reggie Fils-Aime skirts region issues

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