NTSC USA did the full jap update, got the 2 news and weather channels, everything works fine including Brawl! Only thing is the date is funky..something like 2 FebMon2Tues2Wed or like that. Then tried to go to Wii settings to change the calender, but can't access Wii SETTINGS anymore. Not TOO worried yet, since everything works great, but not sure how this will affect things in the future. Been playing the dvd5 release and currently dl-ing the dvd9 to try that one as well. Have openwii latest update from SMG.
you just owned your wii.
Update on the DVD9 iso:
"More Updates: Apparently the DVD9 version can be region patched but cannot be brick-blocked."
....thats really bad news