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March 3rd, 2008 @ 13:43
According to this, the Wii version of Freeloader can’t be beaten by firmware uprages. The device allows any Wii to play import games, so you can buy a game from the US or Japan and play it in your European Wii.
“We can confirm that on every occasion that the product is used when the disc is inserted in the console that it allows the usage of any imported Wii game discs and disables the console from been able to update its firmware, if the disc is removed after been inserted and reinserted this will again enable the console to update its firmware but still allow the usage of the any imported Wii game discs,” said manufacturer Datel.
Freeloader for Wii should release in the middle of March.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 1:57 pm
it doesn’t actually sound like it’s firmware-proof at all to me.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:57 pm
So it’s firmware-proof as long as you never update your firmware ever again? Doesn’t sound like much of a ’solution’ to me, tbh. :-/
And that second bit makes no sense whatsoever:
“if the disc is removed after been inserted and reinserted this will again enable the console to update its firmware but still allow the usage of the any imported Wii game discs”
What? Speak English, boy!
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
and what if the firmware comes on the disk and is required before you can play, like Super Mario Galaxy?
I don’t think that they thought this through (hmm, six words all beginning with ‘th’) before creating this press release.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
“and what if the firmware comes on the disk and is required before you can play, like Super Mario Galaxy?”
I’m pretty sure the Freeloader bypasses that by reading the raw game data. They’ve already bypassed the updates on the SSMB discs apparently.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I used to work for Datel, I could tell you some stories.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
It bypasses the update on the disc. It means that if you have a PAL Wii, and buy a PAL game that has an update on, you will still have to use the freeloader to load that game. Basically it means that every game you buy, no matter what region, you will have to use freeloader to load (assuming they start putting the update on every game, like Sony did with PSP). It’s sort of a minimum requirement. Nintendo could always change the method of reading the game update, to still lock the Freeloader out, but according to some people, they only blocked the previous Freeloader by chance, while trying to block out a piracy exploit. And, as Blerk pointed out, it means you’ll never be able to update your system again. It may also prevent you from downloading VC games (but if you have a PAL Wii, why would you want to!).
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I don’t think it was really blocked by chance - it’s not like this is a sanctioned product, Datel use a piracy exploit to get the disc to run
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Go ahead, AMG
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Datel, you have managed to convince me…….
…..that you are living in cloud cuckoo land.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
haha
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I’ll post something on the board about Datel when I get a spare half hour.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Cool