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    Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    A new update for Wii has killed the Wii Freeloader bootdisk making imported titles unplayable.
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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    great i just spent a fortune on a freeloader and a playasia import of smash bros for my sons 8th birthday. He wanted it for christmas and didnt get it and i couldnt let him down again on his birthday. Now if my wii gets updated he cant play his favourite game.

    Keep acting like this and ninty wont get a penny more of my money.

    can they force us to take an update or make it so we cant play new games without it, im pretty sure mario galaxy had a manditory one?

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    great.......

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Another reason to get Wii chipped... Apparently its easy to do now, there are solderless chips... Why does nintendo do this?

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Careful people... talk of cracking/chipping Wiis won't be tolerated.

    Feel free to vent over this lockdown but keep it legal.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dareos View Post
    "OH OOOOHH oOOHHHHHHHOOHHHHHHH FILL ME WITH YOUR.... eeww not the stuff from the lab"

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick View Post
    Careful people... talk of cracking/chipping Wiis won't be tolerated.

    Feel free to vent over this lockdown but keep it legal.
    Sorry Nick, I though it would be ok to mention as its was declared legal.
    http://forums.hexus.net/gaming-news/...ping-case.html

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    So am I allowed to make a how to chip my Wii thread on the forums now?
    Only joking

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    I don't know much about Freeloader. Was Wii Freeloader legal?

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    sure. released by datel.

    but it did ZOMG naughty things like threatening nintendo-of-europe's £40 per game policy

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    it also threatened their, lets give the european market the game 6 months later policy.

    if we hadnt been shafted by nintendo europe for the last 15 years there wouldnt be any need for freeloaders to play imports
    Last edited by SmileyUK; 19-06-2008 at 12:35 PM.

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    Sorry Nick, I though it would be ok to mention as its was declared legal.
    http://forums.hexus.net/gaming-news/...ping-case.html
    I know dude, I wrote it!

    It's my fault, I didn't make it clear so apologies to all for that.

    What I meant was, talk of modding/cracking/chipping for pirating purposes is what we won't allow.

    Sorry bud.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dareos View Post
    "OH OOOOHH oOOHHHHHHHOOHHHHHHH FILL ME WITH YOUR.... eeww not the stuff from the lab"

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Presumably importing authentic games is 100% legal, or the WTO would have a benny?

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    at this point i feel it neccessary to praise sony, for not including region-protection in games on the ps3

    and smaller props to he 360, where it's optional

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick View Post
    I know dude, I wrote it!

    It's my fault, I didn't make it clear so apologies to all for that.

    What I meant was, talk of modding/cracking/chipping for pirating purposes is what we won't allow.

    Sorry bud.
    Hehe
    I know, piracy discussion is out of bounds

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    Re: Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    at this point i feel it neccessary to praise sony, for not including region-protection in games on the ps3

    and smaller props to he 360, where it's optional
    And Nintendo had the sense to make the DS region-free, so why the Wii?

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