Play GC imports on Wii without Freeloader or modchip

[jajaja]

Dont know if this is already posted.

http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=6816&rss=1&title=Wii%27s+GameCube+region+lock+busted

[s1lence]

I'm assuming it works the same way for us NTSC guys.

[jajaja]

Ye, i dont see any reason why it shouldnt work on all Wii consoles :)

[icbrkr]

Just gave it a shot - works fine. It took a few tries but I successfully got Soul Calibur JP to boot up without the boot disc :)

[neuropolitique]

Wouldn't a firmware patch correct this? And isn't that a likely event if it is possible?

[GarrettCRW]

Wouldn't a firmware patch correct this? And isn't that a likely event if it is possible?

Oh, absolutely. Of course it all depends on whether or not Nintendo cares enough to disable this loophole.

Oh, and you've got a little something on your avatar there. ;)

[MarioMania]

I don't know why Nintendo is so strict in the UK..They locked out UK SNES Gamers to play imports, I don't know about the NES & The N64

[jajaja]

I don't know why Nintendo is so strict in the UK..They locked out UK SNES Gamers to play imports, I don't know about the NES & The N64

Nintendo were very strict on NES, they even made 2 PAL system for it, PAL-A and PAL-B. PAL-A was to be used in UK, Italy and Australia and the rest of Europe got PAL-B. You cannot play a PAL-A game on a PAL-B system and vice versa.

Today its extermely easy to bypass this by just cutting of a leg on a chip inside the NES and its region free. But back in the days that method wasnt known.

[RadiantSvgun]

I can get it to boot Dream mix TV, but it still freezes at the title screen. I'm guessing the method works, I just need to try a different game.