A forum goer over at the Max Console forums figured out a neat little trick that allows a PAL Wii to play import GameCube games. It requires a bit of "pebble-snatching-speed" on the part of the young grasshopper (that's you), as upon inserting a PAL GameCube game and going to the Wii's disc channel, seeing the GameCube logo come up, you'll need to have your pointer over the start button. Once you do that, you'll have to eject the GameCube disc and quickly swap it out for your import game, immediately pressing the start button. This'll trick the Wii into thinking the import GameCube game is a PAL title, starting it up and allowing you to play it as normal. We'd love to give this a try ourselves to confirm that the trick works on NTSC units (we're pretty sure it would anyway), but lack any import GameCube titles to try it on. Instead, we'll pose the challenge to our readers with NTSC consoles and ask them to give it a whirl. Let us know, won't you?
[via CVG]
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2-28-2007 @ 1:02PM
dukemeiser said...
That's great. I wonder if it works with Wii games too?
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2-28-2007 @ 3:34PM
Nmaster said...
Confirmed! I just booted Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 on my US Wii!
However...I got an error at the first menu...need to do some more testing...
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11-22-2007 @ 5:23PM
rogue said...
I think I have the same problem...
So I just have load a regular game? than put in the freeloader and then naruto?
I really want to play this f'ing game
2-28-2007 @ 3:39PM
Croz said...
From what PalGN claim it unfortunately currently doesn't allow out of region Wii titles to be played. http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=6816&rss=1&title=Wii%27s+GameCube+region+lock+busted
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2-28-2007 @ 3:53PM
Nmaster said...
Aha! Fear my genius!
If you swap with an out-of-region game (like Naruto GNT4) that just gives you an error once your in it, then all you have to do is swap with a GameCube Freeloader first.
So:
US Game -> Freeloader -> JP Game
I can play my Naruto again, hooray!
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2-28-2007 @ 4:57PM
Cal said...
@4: Don't GC Freeloaders already work on the Wii by themselves?
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2-28-2007 @ 5:13PM
John Doe said...
And I'm fairly sure it works for import Wii games too. Haven't tried it tho.
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2-28-2007 @ 5:29PM
idioteraser said...
Err some versions do. Awhile back a list of what versions work with the wii on what regions was posted.
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2-28-2007 @ 8:18PM
Nmaster said...
@5: As #7 mentioned, only certain versions of Freeloaders work (mine of course ended up NOT being one that worked). There's also a new version released made to work on Wii. Of course if you have one of those, then you don't need to worry about any of this...
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3-01-2007 @ 1:33AM
tofu said...
It works but you need to be quite quick swaping the disks.
I wonder if it works with Wii games too.
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3-01-2007 @ 2:50AM
dville said...
free wii points via amazon.com http://sternclips.blogspot.com/2007/02/free-wii-points-via-amazon.html
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3-03-2007 @ 2:45PM
Nmaster said...
@9: No, unfortunately you can't quick-swap with ANY Wii discs, let alone import ones. Switching Wii-for-Wii is impossible because the discs take too long to eject. Switching GC-to-Wii seems to just freeze the system, regardless of region...
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3-03-2007 @ 10:52PM
Eric said...
I got it to work with a US console. I used the US and Japanese versions of The Wind Waker, but I doubt that it matters what game. I'll try it with something else. It took me a while to get the timing right, but I finally did.
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3-03-2007 @ 10:53PM
Eric said...
I just did it with a Wind Waker/Sonic Adventure 2 Battle combo. Definitely worked - I'm playing now.
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4-02-2007 @ 5:56PM
ajmonche said...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D6a-wL12W68&mode=related&search=
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