Freeloader for the Wii coming very soon.SourceS

[Pikachu025]

^ wtf Why?

 

[Youkai]

i hope nintendo locks out freeloader with a firmware update

wtf ?

a freeloader would be great

i will try to get naruto 2 now somehow XD

 

[Kamiyama]

Assuming the bit for wii is true and not a error , then I guess the software will block the updates from running. Either that or they'll go with the usual X accepts no responsibility for damage caused by this product , import software is run at your own risk etc , and if you brick it , then tough..

I don't know about it for sure, but game will update only on Wii channels. With this boot disc will start the "game", then you swap boot disc with game disc, and then it will start actual game without requesting updates in Wii channels.

 

[jalaneme]

I don't know about it for sure, but game will update only on Wii channels. With this boot disc will start the "game", then you swap boot disc with game disc, and then it will start actual game without requesting updates in Wii channels.

thats how i see it aswell.

 

[Youkai]

are there already some online shops that sell this ?

i would like to buy it BUT i have no credit card to order from them.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

Anyone ever think that Datel could make updates via Wi-Fi like Nintendo? Its quite possible they would do that or have it like modchips so even when it loads, it won't be detected as a Freeloader but a regular game. At least this is what I think.

 

[shonosuke]

wil this be dumped?

 

[superrob]

i hope nintendo locks out freeloader with a firmware update



wtf ?

a freeloader would be great

i will try to get naruto 2 now somehow XD

Becurse Datel leaches big time.
First the Slot-1 encryption on Nintendo DS was broken. BAM Action Replay DS.
Then the Wii encryption and signing tool came. BAM Freeloader Wii.
Datel is gay they dont credit the guys whos hard work made it posiple for them to earn alot of money.

 

[DiNo29]

Something interesting about it : They say it's the same version for all regions. So the Freeloader itself is regionfree without patching. Is that even possible ?

 

[tomqman]

wil this be dumped?

probley if it works

 

[Lazycus]

Why all the hate for Datel? They do most of the reversing on their own and have proven to be very good at it. What they do borrow they improve upon and make it available in an easy to use format for the masses. Are one of you haters the same person that said 'only people with mod chips should be allowed to play back-ups' or something like that in another thread? You cry for region free on the Wii, you get it (apparently), and then you bitch about the supplier?

Bah, every advancement on the Wii is good

 

[DiNo29]

You cry for region free on the Wii, you get it (apparently), and then you bitch about the supplier?

Yeah, amazing ...
Next : "omg what's this sh** I wat region-free without having to swap now"

 

[arctic_flame]

i hope nintendo locks out freeloader with a firmware update



wtf ?

a freeloader would be great

i will try to get naruto 2 now somehow XD

Becurse Datel leaches big time.
First the Slot-1 encryption on Nintendo DS was broken. BAM Action Replay DS.
Then the Wii encryption and signing tool came. BAM Freeloader Wii.
Datel is gay they dont credit the guys whos hard work made it posiple for them to earn alot of money.

I don't think you get it. The code handler in the ARDS was written by themselves, and it's more advanced than most code handlers. The information was posted for free on the internet. They reverse engineer console security themselves, too; How did they make their powersaves?

P.S. Don't use maxconsole as a news source.

 

[Hyperlisk_]

For all the people complaining about Datel using the homebrew scene's efforts to make money (I'm against it too. if it is in fact the case), this is why files distributed for homebrew use needs to have an explicit disclaimer stating "THIS FILE/SOFTWARE CAN NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, NO EXCEPTIONS!"

 

[Harsky]

If this really works, then I think Datel has hit a gold mine what with Brawl being released next month and Europe getting the Autumn release date.

But the really, really big factor is if firmware updates can render this into one really expensive coaster.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

So much hate for Datel. This is a cheap way to play imports without opening up your Wii and screwing it up. If its a big problem, just don't update the Wii.

 

[coolbho3000]

I'd like Datel if they'd just man up and violate the DMCA or whatever and release a Wii Bootloader.

 

[windwake]

So the verdict is that this will play backups? You would think it would (since this disc works in any Wii it's running code the Wii thinks is signed, and it lets you swap any disc in and run it while the Wii thinks you're still using the freeloader disc).

 

[LokusT]

I really doubt it will play backups for the same reason that the GC FreeLoader didn't.

The only concern I have about the Wii Freeloader atm is the potential to brick the console when for instance a game like Brawl, which requires a firmware update from the disc before you can play it, could semi brick the console the way backups can already do. Remember that it's not the chips that are doing the bricking, it's the firmware.

I do want to be able to play imports so the Freeloader is appealing. I had the GC one and was very grateful for it's existence but the problem with the firmware is niggling at me. Until some more details about the disc and it's operation becomes available I'm personally going to wait and see what the downsides to it may be before I get one.

It is still very good news though. Just a shame we couldn't have had a region free console in the first place, but that's a whole other topic entirely.

 

[thebert]

If this really works, then I think Datel has hit a gold mine what with Brawl being released next month and Europe getting the Autumn release date.

More importantly, it seems to me like this would just sell more copies of Brawl, because everyone in Europe with a brain and a Wii will be importing a copy of Brawl to play it before it never comes out as a Euro release, lol. It's a win-win for everyone! Datel rolls in the cash for selling Wiiloader, Nintendo gets extra Euro sales from importers, Europe gets to play the game sometime in this life, and America gets credit for the sales making it crush Japan's million sales record! Hell, Nintendo can just patch up freeloader right before the Euro release, and then everyone who imported has to buy it again! Genius!