No borders: the Wii NTSC/PAL ISO patcher |
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Not exactly a modchip update, but pretty close: There is word going around that team SYNDiCATE is soon releasing an NTSC to PAL Patcher tool for the Wii. As its name suggests, it patches NTSC games into a format playable on PAL Wiis, and should work fine with modchip-equipped Wiis (can you say backup discs?).And why would people want this? Given that the Wii's region-locked, we're sure European owners may want their copy of Super Paper Mario as early as April 9 (the US release date). Or for the resident anime otaku, this means a chance for you to get an early copy of the likes of One Piece or Detective Conan for your gaijin Wii - both titles are currently set for a Japan launch. Then there's also the off-chance you may have gotten a Wii modchip with no inter-region support, but that's another story.
The tool is currently at version 1.1, and allows patching from NTSC-U/J to PAL (Europe), and NTSC-J (Japan) to NTSC-U (USA), and is said to work with 70% of the games in the market, though titles like Cooking Mama (NTSC-J to PAL) and Trauma Center (NTSC-U to PAL) reportedly don't work.
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why don't you just say "illegal pirated copies of games"? who's really gonna need to make a back up disc of a game for another territory? honestly.
BLEACH!
does this mean that the modchips are useless when this comes out? or is this for people that chiped their wii's?
Well, usually if you want to run backup discs you need a modchip, right? So, since its an ISO patcher, it pathces the file, you burn it on a DVD. You still need the modchip to run it.
Can't the just make something like a freeloader for wii?
People who could use this are soldiers that buy a console in the states and are stationed in Europe or Korea and want to buy games in that area. Also could apply for soldiers that buy their Wii while stationed overseas and return home to the US to find games purchased there don't work.
Why do you American Dudes always think your alone on this world... It is damn usefull for European people... Now we can import games from US and Japan and play them on our PAL systems....
Awesme excuse dude! I dont think anyone could have thought of that!
being an American who lives in Australia at the moment, this is really useful for me because I bought an Australian Wii and wish to import USA games mainly due to cheaper prices from there.