Here we have a video sneak peek at Datel's latest addition to their Action Replay series of cheat devices: Action Replay PSP, which is scheduled to become available on Monday, October 6, for US$ 39.99. The price is a bit steep, but one thing I can say about it is it sure does have a snazzy GUI. Check out the video at the full article.

And Datel does it again, dishing out Action Replay for the PSP. Good news for players who can't be bothered with minor things like health points. Their Action Replay pack is going for US$ 39.99. Details in the full article.

Heigh ho, Wiibrewers! Welcome to the very first edition of the Wiibrew Weekend Warrior. This is where we talk about the best and latest homebrew the community has to offer. To start off the Weekend Warrior with a bang, we have the skinny on the Wii Brew SD Installer for those who are new to Wii homebrew, and we also have news on WiiRD and GeckoSD, invaluable debugging tools for devs! That, and much, much more after the link!

The USBGecko team has come out with the first public release of the GeckoOS and WiiRD. Together, these two applications allow users to boot and debug a good number of games, including, it seems, those from the Wii homebrew channel.


Download: WiiRD first public release
Download: GeckoOS first public release

Team Twiizer's Twilight Hack may have finally found a workaround for Nintendo's Wii System Menu v3.3's security updates, but it's a different story for Datel's Freeloader. It seems that the product page has been removed from Codejunkies.com. More in the full article.

It looks like the 3.3 Wii Menu update has done more than disable the Twilight Princess hack. It seems the update has also taken care of Datel's Wii Freeloader, rendering it useless if you update your Wii. More confirmation after the jump!

Here's an important bit of news for those folks who import their games. GoNintendo reports that Datel's Freeloader doesn't work with the Japanese version of Mario Kart Wii, meaning you'll have to wait for the North American or European release to get the goods. More on this after the jump!

Wondering just how Datel got their recently released Wii Freeloader disc to work in light of the past problems its GameCube version experienced? The company sent a press wire explaining how Freeloader works, which you can view over in the full article.

Though Nintendo probably won't be happy, we know there's a pretty fair share of Wii owners out there that will appreciate this development. Remember all the rumors around the Wii Freeloader disc that someone oft let loose on the Internet? Some may have thought it a cruel joke - getting Wii gamers' hopes up and disappearing just like that. But it appears Datel kept their promise - however slow but steady - and finally got the Wii Freeloader for Wii games out in 2008.

Noobz, creators of the monumental Pandora Battery for the Sony PlayStation Portable, has posted a statement on their site refuting the marketing claims of Datel - a purveyor of what Noobz calls a "clone" of their invention.

Noobz says warns that the statement from Datel describing their product as a "Special TOOL version of our PSP battery works in exactly the same way as a standard SONY PSP battery but has the ability to put your PSP into service mode for custom firmware use," is a misleading one that may cause disappointment and problems to those who buy it.

"You might have thought that this means that you no longer need a homebrew PSP to be able to get started with Pandora," says Fanjita in the Noobz statement. "Unfortunately, you'd be wrong. And Datel don't seem to be in any hurry to put you right."

Noobz acknowledges that the Datel battery is useful to some degree "in that it allows you to skip the step of needing a homebrew PSP to modify an existing battery." However, they're reminding everyone that a homebrew PSP is still a requirement to create the files to place on the memory stick.

"Without the special memory stick, Pandora is useless," they continue. "And no-one is able to legally give you the files required to prepare that stick without a homebrew PSP."

To conclude the statement, Noobz says that when you buy the Datel Battery, you only get the red battery. There are no instructions and disclaimers that will tell you that you need a memory stick for its full use. They also invite everyone to read user feedback from people who bought Datel's wares. You can find the link to that along with the full Noobz statement in the read link.