Booting up the “Wiiloader”, Japan Edition

Whoa, sounds great. Too bad that creating a Wiiloader, which works even after a firmware upgrade is probably impossible to make >_>

Wow now that is awesome, they have two different versions on the same disk, has anyone bothered just sticking a US disk of Trauma Center into a Japanese Wii and see if it bothers working at all? I could’ve sworn Nintendo left it up to the developer if they wanted a game to be region restricted =o

I have both a Japanese and US Wii and tried the US Trauma Centre on my Japanese console and, unsurprisingly, it failed to load.
Tested a couple of other US games and they failed to boot too.

It’s still interesting that the one DVD contains both versions.

I’m still upset at Datel (or Codejunkies US) since I emailed them 2 weeks before my order shipped, asking if there are multiple versions of the Freeloader and they never responded.

OTOH, I’m happy that the US Freeloader works on my Japanese console.
I think it might have something to do with the fact that I got mine modded shortly after I bought it, so I could play domestics, but firmware upgrades changed that really quickly.

Apparantly it’s meant to work for GC games too. Mine didn’t seem to work for my Naruto games (Euro Freeloader in use). I haven’t got any import Wii games to try out yet though I did just order Smash Bros.

now that’s a pretty cool find. i may actually import a title or two should i get impatient.

btw, Scott, that’s MS’s policy. some xbox and 360 games are locked, some aren’t. nintendo has strict region control with the wii for some reason. i don’t know why though. they know first-hand from the success of the DS that it doesn’t hurt to have region-free hardware.

I’ve ordered a Freeloader two weeks ago and it’s apparently been shipped on the 6th but I still haven’t received anything… should I e-mail them or whatever?

@CRIMExTHINK - I would e-mail them just to see what’s going on. I actually didn’t get my Freeloader through Datel so I can’t speak on their shipping times.

I just got mine tonight too! Ordered it from codejunkies back in the end of Feb.

Unfortunately the Wii import games I ordered haven’t arrived yet, I can’t wait to try out Eyeshield 21 & Dragon Quest Swords. And there’s a high chance I would get the cute “Clean Keeper” :)

Hopefully the big N wouldn’t void this freeloader w/ another update so soon. I don’t mind getting a 2nd Jpn Wii, my qualm is I want another color other than white.

How did you get a Wii Freeloader Japan version?
I went to the Codejunkies site and I only saw a UK and US version…

@People worried about the firmware update : Read this

“• CODEJUNKIES STAFF HAVE CONFIRMED TO ME, BY PHONE, THAT IF A WII FIRMWARE UPDATE SOMEHOW BLOCKS THE WII FREELOADER, THEY WILL SEND YOU AN UPDATED WII FREELOADER FREE OF CHARGE WHEN ONE IS CREATED, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE PROOF OF PURCHASE OF YOUR ORIGINAL COPY OF WII FREELOADER.”

That alone justified ordering one. Oh, that and playing Karous and Shikigami no Shiro III of course :)

While that is somewhat comforting CRIMExTHINK, it isn’t like it will probably take very long for Nintendo to relock it. Lets face it, with all these firmware updates available for consoles we are at the complete whim of the system maker. Just like the shift to selling half finished games and demanding more money for the missing content (yes sony I am looking at you and Toy Home) great technological advantages are just being used to rip off consumers and make a quick buck this generation. I just hope this don’t tune into a situation like with the PSP where I can’t play a single new game due to not wanting to update the firmware. Of course realistically speaking, I know it will.

well… cool

I’m still waiting to see a firmware upgrade and how it affects it, just cause I’m paranoid that way (and cause the paycheck hasn’t arrived). Still, stuff like this is a godsend for me being in the UK but having brought my US Wii. Not being able to play aside from the few games I bought when I first got the system has been maddening. Will be nice to pick up stuff like Brawl and Okami when it’s released here instead of having to import.

I keep hearing positive things about the freeloader. maybe I’ll eventually get one, considering that my wii still isn’t accepting all games even though I modded it. (I’ll have to thank super mario galaxy for that…)

Anyone know how to change the US trauma center back to english on the japanese wii?

the american version of residnt evil: the umbrella chronicles running on a japanese wii also completely switched to the japanese version with a freeloader ver.japan ~(?