Headlines - Nintendo crackdown on Wii imports. Goodbye Freeloader!

[HEXUS]

A new update for Wii has killed the Wii Freeloader bootdisk making imported titles unplayable.

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[SmileyUK]

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?

[usxhe190]

great.......

[SiM]

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

[Nick]

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

Feel free to vent over this lockdown but keep it legal.

[SiM]

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

[directhex]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...clare-modchips

legality!

[SiM]

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

[Steven W]

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

[directhex]

sure. released by datel.

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

[SmileyUK]

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

[Nick]

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.

[kalniel]

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

[directhex]

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

[SiM]

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

[capt_cornflake]

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?