Comments on: Mario Kart Wii isn’t Freeloader friendly

By: bits bytes pixels & sprites » Bitcast: Episode 42 - Goin’ Berzerk

bits bytes pixels & sprites » Bitcast: Episode 42 - Goin’ Berzerk — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:25:15 +0000

[...] Importers be warned: MarioKart and Freeloader don’t mix. [...]

By: helper187

helper187 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:02:21 +0000

Well, wouldn’t it stop your warranty?

By: helper187

helper187 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:09:30 +0000

Freeloader? What’s that?

By: 9th_Sage

9th_Sage — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:26:09 +0000

It isn’t neccesarily anything Nintendo is doing. The Freeloader *DOES NOT* work with all games…or so I’ve heard. I can’t find where I saw this now.

Anyway, Datel was foolish to release it. I say that because Freeloader seems to rely on a bug in the way the Wii checks if discs are signed or not. The homebrew community found out about this some time ago, but haven’t done much with it because it’s very easy for Nintendo to patch…and when/if that happens, Datel’s customers have a problem.

By: RinkXing

RinkXing — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:23:00 +0000

The freeloader is a disc that allows you to play import games without modifying your console.

I don’t think Datel was particularly foolish to release it, because if they didn’t then me and many other Europeans would have to wait quite some time for the likes of Brawl.

I’m extremely pleased with my purchase… hell, even if it is just for Brawl.