The Rescue for PAL-smashers - Freeloader for Wii! *Bad news folks*

[Andromeda]

If anyone has the freeloader yet, could he/she post a guide how to use it, and I'll copypaste it into the OP.

 

[dabookerman]

The Freeloader worked! Im playing Brawl! I don't have a digital cam so I can't film nowt sorry guys.

Oh yeah Ill be offline 4 a bit 2 c if Brawl fully works ok? Bye!

No way of providing us visual evidence? No webcam, phone cam etc?

 

[psyniac_123]

The Freeloader worked! Im playing Brawl! I don't have a digital cam so I can't film nowt sorry guys.

Oh yeah Ill be offline 4 a bit 2 c if Brawl fully works ok? Bye!

THANK GOD!!! :D

 

[craiigg]

It's quite easy, Insert the Freeloader disc on the main menu and let the lines come across
Eject and do it again if you don't want to bypass the updates

Just ordered Brawl and my Freeloader, should have it in 2 days =)

 

[William101]

Whats the ebay link to where the site that people have recieved it allready?

 

[psyniac_123]

Eject and do it again if you don't want to bypass the updates

What do you mean "bypass the updates"? I have 3.2E on my Wii, what do you suggest I do?

 

[Baz]

Got my Freeloader, got my Brawl, it doesn't work. After loading Brawl from the Wii menu the screen stays black. I am very pissed off.

 

[auroreon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkFoGI4XXSw

I apologise for the length/quality/uselessness.

crappy digital camera can only record 30 seconds.

 

[dabookerman]

Got my Freeloader, got my Brawl, it doesn't work. After loading Brawl from the Wii menu the screen stays black. I am very pissed off.

Lens problem? Anychance for a video?

 

[William101]

Better quailty video which is good, cant wait to see a video of it actually working with Brawl.

 

[kereo]

It's quite easy, Insert the Freeloader disc on the main menu and let the lines come across
Eject and do it again if you don't want to bypass the updates

Just ordered Brawl and my Freeloader, should have it in 2 days =)

Do you have to bypass that update or not?

 

[psyniac_123]

Got my Freeloader, got my Brawl, it doesn't work. After loading Brawl from the Wii menu the screen stays black. I am very pissed off.

What version is your Wii? And what regions have you got (Wii, game, freeloader)?

 

[craiigg]

What do you mean "bypass the updates"? I have 3.2E on my Wii, what do you suggest I do?

For games like Brawl the disc contains an update for that region. But because we're using an import any update from another (i.e America) will 90% brick the wii
Freeloader automatically bypasses the need for updates, but gives you the option incase



And also, to the guy a few posts up it's most likely a dirty lens or something.
Theres no reason why this shouldn't work

 

[craiigg]

Do you have to bypass that update or not?

Yes, I wouldn't recommend installing the ***/USA Brawl update to a PAL wii so just bypass it


EDIT: **** didn't mean to double post >___>;

 

[Baz]

IGNORE ME I GOT IT TO WORK HAHA YES! You HAVE to run the update the disk comes with to make it work. Don't make the same ******** msitake i made!

 

[dabookerman]

IGNORE ME I GOT IT TO WORK HAHA YES! You HAVE to run the update the disk comes with to make it work. Don't make the same ******** msitake i made!

I BEG YOU IN ALL THAT IS HOLY POST VIDEOS OR PICS AND END THIS SOULS MISERY.

 

[psyniac_123]

IGNORE ME I GOT IT TO WORK HAHA YES! You HAVE to run the update the disk comes with to make it work. Don't make the same ******** msitake i made!

Can anyone else confirm this?

 

[chrisking570]

i have a question for those who can now play brawl, can you save NTSC data onto the PAL wii?

Cheers.

 

[auroreon]

I have a few questions to anyone who has brawl and the freeloader.

Is it working?
What firmware version do you have?
Did you run the update from the brawl disc or did you bypass it?

 

[craiigg]

i have a question for those who can now play brawl, can you save NTSC data onto the PAL wii?

Cheers.

I didn't think of that O__O i've only ever played Brawl on Japanese console so this didn't even pop into my mindd!

EDIT: Come to think of it, chipped Wiis can save NTSC/NTSC-J Data so it should be fine =)

 

[Baz]

Seriously, you have to insert the freeloader TWICE, then try to run Brawl, download the update, turn off your Wii, turn it on, put freeloader in, then run Brawl. That's only for the first time running it, after that you only inster freeloader once, i think.

 

[dabookerman]

Seriously, you have to insert the freeloader TWICE, then try to run Brawl, download the update, turn off your Wii, turn it on, put freeloader in, then run Brawl. That's only for the first time running it, after that you only inster freeloader once, i think.

YOU ARE GOD

 

[Urser]

Yay I Want It Nao

EDIT: That's the Japanese version?

 

[Tinkerer]

Seriously, you have to insert the freeloader TWICE, then try to run Brawl, download the update, turn off your Wii, turn it on, put freeloader in, then run Brawl. That's only for the first time running it, after that you only inster freeloader once, i think.

I luv you, thanks a lot. *clicks BUY NAO*

 

[Baz]

Glad i could help i guess. Well, i'm off to play Brawl. GL with your copies, hope you don't get DREs.

 

[chrisking570]

thanks for the confirmation dude. could you answer a question many are wondering about? Can you access wifi?

Thanks

EDIT: have fun playing brawl, we dont wanna see you on these forums until after you have played for 10 hours without blinking (after you answer any important question that is )

EDIT 2: most important question ever... is that final fantasy 8 for the PC in the background? :O

 

[Serebii]

Did the update create duplicate channels on your Wii?

 

[DVD Smith]

Thank you Baz, you truly are God. Although I did feel like strangling you for scaring us like that before. :D

In university just now, nipped along to the indy shop but they haven't got delivery yet. Gonna try again when I finish at 5, hopefully they'll gt them today.

 

[chrisking570]

i would just like to say thanks to Andromeda for starting this thread

 

[kereo]

Thats the japanese version no? I want the US one. I know Brawl will not require alot of reading, but I like to be able to atleast understand the text I do see

 

[Meme Police]

By applying foreign firmware to your European Wiis you're putting yourselves in the exact same position that everyone who tried to play the game with a chipped wii is in. In the past, when you have a -E wii, and installed -U firmware, the next -E update could often just brick your wii (sometimes completely brick it, sometimes just stop it playing games, and sometimes it did nothing).

 

[craiigg]

I'm so confused to why/how the update didn't **** up your wii?
Hmmm.. maybe you didn't have the most recent update for DualLayers =s

Who else here ordered from 365games?? I got 1-2 days delivery wanted to see if anyone who gots theirs got it from there?

Also Japanese brawl is more fun than USA brawl, Ikes taunts/voice is so much cooler and playing as Japanese Metaknight is awesome but oh well i wanna be able to use WiFi properly and SSE XD

 

[synyker]

By applying foreign firmware to your European Wiis you're putting yourselves in the exact same position that everyone who tried to play the game with a chipped wii is in. In the past, when you have a -E wii, and installed -U firmware, the next -E update could often just brick your wii (sometimes completely brick it, sometimes just stop it playing games, and sometimes it did nothing).

So basically you would just have to format your wii and reinstall all the updates in case you want to get the latest updates, right? Formatting your wii hd would mean losing saves too, but can you copy them on a sd-card or something?

 

[Andromeda]

i would just like to say thanks to Andromeda for starting this thread

Lol, thank Oskar Skog. (Well-known gamer in Sweden.) if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have known about this this fast. Plus, there was three more threads about this after mine, so you would've known it by now anyway.

EDIT: But yeah, thanks anyway.

 

[dabookerman]

I'm so confused to why/how the update didn't **** up your wii?
Hmmm.. maybe you didn't have the most recent update for DualLayers =s

Who else here ordered from 365games?? I got 1-2 days delivery wanted to see if anyone who gots theirs got it from there?

Also Japanese brawl is more fun than USA brawl, Ikes taunts/voice is so much cooler and playing as Japanese Metaknight is awesome but oh well i wanna be able to use WiFi properly and SSE XD

I have. Today.

 

[Meme Police]

I'm so confused to why/how the update didn't **** up your wii?
Hmmm.. maybe you didn't have the most recent update for DualLayers

The latest update could not have added dual layer support. Dual layer games have been working on Wiis before this update. Apply different firmwire will not adversely affect your Wii until you apply the next firmware update for your region (even then it's not 100% certain, but judging by Nintendo's past actions, it's likely).

So basically you would just have to format your wii and reinstall all the updates in case you want to get the latest updates, right? Formatting your wii hd would mean losing saves too, but can you copy them on a sd-card or something?

If you get a semi-brick (only games cannot be played) you can fix it by updating your firmware. If you get a complete brick, there's nothing you can do about it. You can't downgrade the firmware.

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10TauCDu5c
For those short on time, the video summary states:
'What happens when you format the Wii system memory. For those of you who think it reverts to the firmware it shipped with, this proves otherwise. '

 

[Lant]

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Hopefully I (and everyone else) can get our copies by the end of this week.

Now.. it'd be nice if anyone could post some clear instructions and guildlines including what firmware versions it updates to and from, what's needed blah blah and so forth. Yeah, I know there's been some talk of it already, but it'd be neat to have it all summarized in one post.. for those of us who don't have it and are sitting here gazing into the rain awaiting the magical postman of eternal joy.

Or something like that.

Edit: Ah, also, surely it's not too big an issue about the updates? Assuming you update to Brawl's version, you don't HAVE to update in the future, do you? *scratch head*

 

[craiigg]

The latest update could not have added dual layer support. Dual layer games have been working on Wiis before this update. Apply different firmwire will not adversely affect your Wii until you apply the next firmware update for your region (even then it's not 100% certain, but judging by Nintendo's past actions, it's likely).



If you get a semi-brick (only games cannot be played) you can fix it by updating your firmware. If you get a complete brick, there's nothing you can do about it. You can't downgrade the firmware.

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10TauCDu5c
For those short on time, the video summary states:
'What happens when you format the Wii system memory. For those of you who think it reverts to the firmware it shipped with, this proves otherwise. '

What I meant was, the most recent update i've had is for Dual Layer disc support. So if this guy didn't update his Wii recently it wouldn't have played Brawl therefore it needs the update from the disc.

Ill test this in a few days but the other couple of people who recieved their Brawls didn't say they had to update..

 

[Meme Police]

Edit: Ah, also, surely it's not too big an issue about the updates? Assuming you update to Brawl's version, you don't HAVE to update in the future, do you? *scratch head*

Nintendo put an update on each of their new game releases. If you don't want to play Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, etc, or any third party game that MAY require those updates, you're fine. In other words, you may be okay (not applying updates) only if you don't want to play new first party wii games/some possible third party games.

If you've upgraded your firmware to another region version, your only real hope is that the next -E update (presumably the one released with EU Brawl or Wii Fit or whatever) doesn't brick the wii.

What I meant was, the most recent update i've had is for Dual Layer disc support. So if this guy didn't update his Wii recently it wouldn't have played Brawl therefore it needs the update from the disc.

Ill test this in a few days but the other couple of people who recieved their Brawls didn't say they had to update..

Hrm. If someone has the 3.2E firmware and they don't have to update to play Brawl, then everyone should be fine as long as they update before trying freeloader, I guess.

 

[Tinkerer]

Anyone got an order site that doesn't need PayPal, please? I can't seem to find any.