ATTENTION EVERYONE
I have actually had a LONG conversation with one of the ***** technical experts over the phone yesterday, when I ordered freeloader (the phone call at their expense - they called me back!)
This is what freeloader does, confirmed by ***** staff, who actually investigated my questions when I asked about it, TESTED it, and then called me back:
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WII FREELOADER IGNORES ALL REGION-CODING.
• WII FREELOADER IGNORES ALL WII UPDATES ON A WII GAME DISK
(INCLUDING SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL).
• WII FREELOADER
IGNORES THE NECESSITY OF CHECKING FOR GAME UPDATES; THUS ALLOWING THE GAME FILES TO BE PLAYED SAFELY WITHOUT ANY RISK OF BRICKING YOUR WII CONSOLE.
• ***** 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.
Hope this helps everyone!
MESSAGE RESPONSES
link2u disse:
ok i really need this question answered i have the latest update for the wii will freeloader work do you think ?
Yes, it will.
Shortay disse:
But surely Nintendo wouldn't actually break someone's Wii just because they used a freeloader? It's not like it's illegal or anything... yet.
They can legally block modchips in europe, but I do not believe they can legally block software (a.k.a. freeloader discs)
lyingthroughyour disse:
Sounds good, but until someone updates their wii and confirms that their wii and freeloader survived the update it just sounds too risky.
***** has confirmed it's completely safe because wii freeloade loads the game file, ignoring all updates on a game disk.
LordYoshiman disse:
If it DOES bypass the updates, Nintendo could change the format of some games in the near future making them unplayable even with a Freeloader (they did so in the SNES era with Super Mario RPG by making it unplayable using region-changing devices). So you would be spending over £50 on one game.
It bypasses all updates and plays the raw game file safely, with the wifi and everything safe - this has been confirmed 100% by ***** to me.
superh disse:
Brawl will come with an update just like metroid prime 3 and super mario galaxy. It will not work
Yes, it comes with an update, but use of the wii freeloader allows that update to be ignored.
Peppyman disse:
So moving swiftly on....I've gone ahead and order the freeloader and smash bros. After reading all the pages of this thread I'm very skeptical about what will happen once I run the freeloader.
You have every right to be skeptical, but it is unneeded, as ***** hae tested the Freeloader with a japanese version (with update on disk) with BOTH european, and american consoles.
This is definitely good news. we knew they wouldn't let nintendo block them so easily, and I like the replacement disk idea (as i have now ordered one)
The question still stands though - will brawl go online through a PAL wii.
I phoned first thing yesterday (29th Feb.) morning. By using wii freeloader,
they have used a japanese version to go online through BOTH american AND european wii consoles. I made sure to ask this and other VERY specific questions, to make sure I am right when I announced what I'm announcing now.
