Kotaku reports that using some quick reflexes will allow all you PAL gamers in Europe and Australia to play NTSC GameCube games from the US or Japan. The origin of this report claims it works 100% of the time for GameCube games, but no one else seems to have verified it yet. Maybe you can give it a try:

“Pop a PAL GameCube disc into the Wii, and head to the ‘Disc Channel’. A GameCube logo should be up on the screen. Point the Wii Remote’s cursor over the ‘Start’ option so it’s highlighted, and while keeping your hand steady, press the eject button on the Wii. For about one second, the ‘Start’ option will remain active. In this window of time, hit the A button on the Wii Remote and then swap out your ejected PAL GCN disc with an NTSC (Japanese or USA) disc, which the Wii will accept into the drive.”

If this is of any interest to our other readers and you decide to give it a try, let us know what happens. I suggest having a friend swap the discs while you hold the remote steady.

Kotaku

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