Hacking Does AnyRegion Changer work?

[Nickoten]

If you're going to question the ethics of someone wanting to run hacks on their device in an attempt to play an import game they legitimately own, you really have to wonder what you're doing on this forum in the first place, because that is certainly one of the most innocuous uses of things like this.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I wanted to install the NTSC WAD's of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask on my PAL vWii, but converting the WAD's with 'free the WADs' to a different region made the games really laggy. So, is it possible to use AnyRegion Changer to install and play these games? Or is there maybe another method which makes the NTSC WAD's normally playable on my PAL system?

Thanks in advance

AnyRegion Changer would not work, the system menu is encrypted and if you try to overwrite it, you get a bricked vWii. Wait for Priiloader to be updated for vWii, this will enable region free channels.

That would be a bad idea anyway. The region free patches have been known to cause stability issues with the System Menu. Oddly, not everybody experiences them though, so it may be different versions of the patch.

I've had no issues with it, so it would be worth a shot when Priiloader is updated.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Region free won't help at all.

 

[Maxternal]

Haven't tried it but a backup loader might be able to force the video mode on channels installed in the NAND. If what you're saying is true that the change in frame rate from 50hz to 60hz actually speeds up the game (even though in this case it would just be NTSC upscaled to HD instead of PAL upscaled to HD) Then it might respond to the forced framerate.

Also, I would think that a backup loader would also be able to ignore region restrictions.

 

[Kippykip]

Haven't tried it but a backup loader might be able to force the video mode on channels installed in the NAND. If what you're saying is true that the change in frame rate from 50hz to 60hz actually speeds up the game (even though in this case it would just be NTSC upscaled to HD instead of PAL upscaled to HD) Then it might respond to the forced framerate.

Also, I would think that a backup loader would also be able to ignore region restrictions.

Not a bad idea, try wiiflow and go to the channel menu by pressing B and clicking the icon with the squares on it, then find your vc game and click the gear and change video mode to 'system' and start the game in wiiflow.
Don't think you can run it on the wii menu in 60 though...

EDIT: tested doesn't work

 

[m0p13p]

Not a bad idea, try wiiflow and go to the channel menu by pressing B and clicking the icon with the squares on it, then find your vc game and click the gear and change video mode to 'system' and start the game in wiiflow.
Don't think you can run it on the wii menu in 60 though...

EDIT: tested doesn't work

Hey Kippikip,

Thanks for trying at least, It may get us one step closer

 

[Kippykip]

Hey Kippikip,

Thanks for trying at least, It may get us one step closer

No problem!

 

[Tokiopop]

Yeah, it's called buying the game. Damn pirates.

Wow you REALLY hate AnyRegion Changer don't you... Is it normal practice for you to act like this towards people who have PAL consoles and want to play games they normally can't?

 

[m0p13p]

Allright, I finally have got it to work properly! I got the NTSC WAD´s fully working through WiiFlow. Kippykip was actually pretty close by selecting a different ´video mode´. Instead of System, I choose NTSC, and then it did start, on 60Hz and normal audio. Thank you everyone for helping

 

[Kippykip]

Allright, I finally have got it to work properly! I got the NTSC WAD´s fully working through WiiFlow. Kippykip was actually pretty close by selecting a different ´video mode´. Instead of System, I choose NTSC, and then it did start, on 60Hz and normal audio. Thank you everyone for helping

Thats great to hear!