Nintendo Wii Freeloader - Quickly And Easily Play Your Gamecube Import Games On Your Nintendo Wii

Any hard core gamers knows that many of thelike the Xeno Gamecube or the Viper Gamecube
best games - or at least the most unique games,chip to play your import and personally backed up
come right out of Japan. Most of these gamesgames. While the Freeloader won't let you play
never see the light of day in the United States orbackup games, it will effortlessly allow you to play
Europe and gamers are left wanting and droolingImport games from any region on any
for games they'll never have the chance to play.Gamecube.
At least that was the case with the GamecubeI want to also say that this is NOT an article to
and now also with the Nintendo Wii. Then alongpromote the Freeloader as the next best thing
came a little disc called the Freeloader, thatsince sliced The Legend Of Zelda for the
allowed any Gamecube to play any JapaneseGamecube or Nintendo Wii. If you're not into
game with ease, with no mod chip required andJapanese games, or import games in general, and
no need to open your console.have no interest in them, then the Freeloader is
Why do I mention Gamecube and Wii playingnot for you. It doesn't offer any extras or
import games? Simply because the Nintendo Wii isadvantages for any Nintendo Wii or Gamecube
also compatible with every single Gamecubeowner who is happy to just play the offering of
Game, including the FreeLoader disc. Because thegames available in their own country. Its sole
Nintendo Wii can boot Gamecube Discs / games,purpose is to allow gamers like myself, and tens
you can also load the Freeloader and finally takeof thousands of others, to enable the playing of
advantage of all of the great Import games onImport games. While I am stressing just Japanese
the market. The Nintendo Wii Freeloader is a disc,games in this article as they are my own personal
that allows any Wii owner to play importfavorite. European gamers can also play the latest
Gamecube games without a mod chip. As yougames released only in the USA on their PAL
may have guessed, the Freeloader was notGamecube or Nintendo Wii systems as well.
actually manufactured for the Nintendo Wii, butGamecube import games are not just from Japan.
was instead a product that has been out forIf you're a fan or Rally racing games, many of
several years (with various updates) for thethe best games in that genre are released in the
Nintendo Gamecube. Since the Wii can playUK and Europe.
Gamecube games and is backwards compatible, itJust how do you use the Gamecube Freeloader
will also load the FreeLoader on any Wii consoleon the Nintendo Wii? First of all, think of it as a
allowing you to play any region Gamecube gameNintendo Wii Freeloader. Insert the disc into your
with ease.Nintendo Wii just as you would your Gamecube,
Now, if this were just any kind of disc, I wouldn'tand then select it from your Wii Dashboard. It'll
write a review on it. And often times, when I talkload up, and you'll be greeted by the Freeloader
about import games, people ask me why I wouldmain menu, where you'll have several selections.
want to play games that are all in Japanese andWhile it isn't loaded with features that'll blow you
can't be played anyway. Or ask me what the bigaway - that is exactly the reason it's so easy to
deal is with these games from Japan. The fact ofuse. I suppose there aren't really a slew of
the matter is, over 60% of Japanese importfeatures you could pack in to software that is
games can be played with no problem. I'm a bigintended to do just one thing - play import video
fan or racing games and some of the BESTgames. We can thank the simplicity and ease of
racing games for Gamecube have only beenuse due to the few options it has.
released in Japan. The same would go for firstThe Freeloader is easy to use, both on the
person shooters. But more than that, some ofGamecube and the Nintendo Wii console. You
the games are just so very unique, so wellsimply put the disc in the Gamecube or your
designed, that you must try them. You'llNintendo Wii, wait for it to load and then pick the
immediately become an import game fan oncemap representing the region you want to play.
you do.You'll then have to eject the disc from your
Regardless of the genre of games you like. ByNintendo Wii, or open the Gamecube lid, and take
being able to play import games, you're actuallyout the Freeloader, put in the game you want to
expanding your software library, or at least theplay and it will just load for you. It couldn't get
available selection by thousands of additionalany easier really.
games. Many of these games you won't hearIn closing, the Freeloader for the Gamecube or
about at your local Blockbuster, or in magazine.Nintendo Wii is meant to do one thing, and one
But online review sites like or have entire sectionsthing only. It does it with ease and work perfectly
devoted to import games and import gaming,each and every time. It's not intended to do
because there are a tremendous amount of greatanything else. Comparing it to other software or
games available.add ons for either the Gamecube or the Nintendo
This brings us back to the Freeloader. TheWii would be pointless. If you want to start
Freeloader was developed by Datel as a meansgetting the latest import games without having to
to cut out the need for installing a mod chip inwait until the hit the local market - if they ever
your Gamecube console to have access, and thedo at all, then the Freeloader is the easiest and
ability to play these games. Before the Freeloader,cheapest way to get you started.
you would need to install a Gamecube Mod Chip