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[Glenka]

I remember when i bought a freeloader to my Wii because of the region lock that's on it. I do have a PAL-system and i'm interested in buying games for NTSC-U and NTSC-J.

Does anyone know if/when it will be a Freeloader for the Wii U system too?

 

I tried googling for it and found nothing. Might be a stupid question, but there's no chance for the old Freeloader to work on the Wii U? It shouldn't work, but hopefully someone tried and succeded 

 

 

...I don't got the disc anymore, that's why i'm asking you guys =)

[Kokirii]

So far there isn't anything like that for the Wii U.  Modders have successfully loaded the Homebrew channel on the Wii U's Wii Mode, however, which would allow for the use of applications that ignore game regions or force them to run in a certain mode allowed by the console. But again, this only works in Wii mode, so there's still no solution for Wii U games.  I am planning to just buy a PAL Wii U because it's not clear how long it may take to see such a work-around.

[Nollog]

I think they patched the freeloader in system menu 3.4 or something.

You'd have to homebrew, but a system update will overwrite your modifications automatically.

 

Doubt a new one for Wii U will be made.

[Tricky Sonic]

Yeah I highly doubt we will see this - Nintendo is pretty firm on region locking. 

[Glenka]

Hmm... that's too bad. There are a couple of games that i was interested in (especially Madden NFL 13). That's one of the games that will never be released in Europe.

[routerbad]

Hmm... that's too bad. There are a couple of games that i was interested in (especially Madden NFL 13). That's one of the games that will never be released in Europe.

Count your blessings that you don't have to worry about Madden 13.  The only worthwhile feature was the ability to make plays on the gamepad.  Everything else was basically Madden for the past 6 years, nothing worth $60.

[Julio93]

That would atleast show variety, I mean Q.U.B.E. is coming to Wii U.

[Gamejunkie]

As already mentioned the freeloader for the Wii was disabled through an update and never worked after that. Its not likely there will ever be one for the Wii U.

[Glenka]

Count your blessings that you don't have to worry about Madden 13.  The only worthwhile feature was the ability to make plays on the gamepad.  Everything else was basically Madden for the past 6 years, nothing worth $60.

Okej, the thing is i've never really played a NFL-game before either. I saw the trailer and it looked really interesting. I'll take your word for it that it's not worth playing 

 

 

That would atleast show variety, I mean Q.U.B.E. is coming to Wii U.

 

Yeah, i've never heard of the game and went to youtube to watch some gameplay. Looked kinda cool and i like the simplicity of the game. Will check out some reviews and probably get it once it's released.

 

 

As already mentioned the freeloader for the Wii was disabled through an update and never worked after that. Its not likely there will ever be one for the Wii U.

 

That's too bad though. Hopefully they don't have any good titles specified to a certain region. To be honest i don't quite see the reason why they're doing like this. Okej, fine. If they release the game to another region later on i can see why. But take Madden for an example: It will sell better in the states, but there are ppl interested in purchasing the game in Asia/Europe/Australia. We will NEVER be able to buy it due to the region lock. That's some cash gone missing for Nintendo.

 

 

Am i just stupid or do anyone know the benefits of locking it to multiple regions like that?   

[routerbad]

Okej, the thing is i've never really played a NFL-game before either. I saw the trailer and it looked really interesting. I'll take your word for it that it's not worth playing 

 

 

 

Yeah, i've never heard of the game and went to youtube to watch some gameplay. Looked kinda cool and i like the simplicity of the game. Will check out some reviews and probably get it once it's released.

 

 

 

That's too bad though. Hopefully they don't have any good titles specified to a certain region. To be honest i don't quite see the reason why they're doing like this. Okej, fine. If they release the game to another region later on i can see why. But take Madden for an example: It will sell better in the states, but there are ppl interested in purchasing the game in Asia/Europe/Australia. We will NEVER be able to buy it due to the region lock. That's some cash gone missing for Nintendo.

 

 

Am i just stupid or do anyone know the benefits of locking it to multiple regions like that?   

Its up to the publisher to release the game in those regions.  The problem is that each country has it's own copyright laws and trademarks, and allowing distribution between regions could cause some lawsuits in the future.

[Glenka]

Its up to the publisher to release the game in those regions.  The problem is that each country has it's own copyright laws and trademarks, and allowing distribution between regions could cause some lawsuits in the future.

 

Yeah, but the PS3 didn't have that lock on it (owned one before i sold it). I could play american games on my european PS3. Geez, idk, but it's a bit frustrating   

[Gamejunkie]

Okej, the thing is i've never really played a NFL-game before either. I saw the trailer and it looked really interesting. I'll take your word for it that it's not worth playing 
 
 

 
Yeah, i've never heard of the game and went to youtube to watch some gameplay. Looked kinda cool and i like the simplicity of the game. Will check out some reviews and probably get it once it's released.
 
 

 
That's too bad though. Hopefully they don't have any good titles specified to a certain region. To be honest i don't quite see the reason why they're doing like this. Okej, fine. If they release the game to another region later on i can see why. But take Madden for an example: It will sell better in the states, but there are ppl interested in purchasing the game in Asia/Europe/Australia. We will NEVER be able to buy it due to the region lock. That's some cash gone missing for Nintendo.
 
 
Am i just stupid or do anyone know the benefits of locking it to multiple regions like that?

There are a number of reasons why some some companies decide to make their hardware and/or software region specific. Its not quite straight forward though. One thing is that each region or country is treated as an individual market and imports would interfere with the sales in that particular region or country. Each region or country has to answer to the parent company. Then there is content that may not be appropriate in certain areas and also the fact that their are different ratings systems. There is also licensing and publishing issues. The licensing rights for a particular game may vary between areas as may the publishing rights. The same game in some instances can be published by different companies in different areas.

As you see its quite complex and and there are several reasons. Sony for what ever reason chooses to ignore this altogether and Microsoft leaves it up to the developers and publishers, whilst Nintendo uses blanket region locking. Strangely enough up until the DSi none of Nintendo's portable consoles had region locking. Their home consoles have always done. It is annoying because I've always imported games but as I also own a PS3 and 360 its not as big of an issue to me.

Its up to the publisher to release the game in those regions.  The problem is that each country has it's own copyright laws and trademarks, and allowing distribution between regions could cause some lawsuits in the future.

That's part of it but there are other reasons too.