Customer Reviews
Freeloader warning - By: Frosch, 17 Dec 2008 
I was most disappointed. My kids got a Wii console as a present from our friendin the US. They have been desperate for new games. The problem being that all the european games availablein the UK will not play. I naively believed the information on the Amazon UK site regarding the freeloader. The picture of the product or the information on the page fails to show what isin the box. The version that I got is for the EU & it says so on the box cover! but the picture on line is of a region-less product. This kind of misinformation wasted my money & my time & worse, caused a great disappointment to my kids. Beware. The freeloader itself is region restricted, so the european zone freeloader WILL NOT PLAY on a US console.
November 2008 Purchased Wii Does Not Work - By: Hammer, 17 Dec 2008 We just bought the Wiiin November 2008in London & some Wii gamesin the US while on vacation. The Freeloader does not work on this machine. We cannot play US games on the PAL version we bought. It is probably version 3.3 (the latest one) which will require a new release of Freeloader. Save yourself £10 & do not purchase until clearly marked that it will work with the November / Dec 08 release of Wii.
It's great as long you've never taken your Wii online. - By: M. J. Barr, 16 Jul 2008 
The above pretty much sums it up. I've got the US version of No More Heroes & know that as soon as I take my Wii online (which I'm not able to at the minute), that's it, the firmware update will prevent it from working. So if you're reading this as a new Wii owner (well done by the way) & are thinking of importing games, do it but just don't go on the internet. Unless of course Super Smash Bros Brawl has an update on it which renders it useless, I don't know.
The choice is yours.
PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING - By: G. J. Shaw, 20 Jun 2008 Although I do not own this particular product, it is worth noting that the latest firmware update for the Nintendo Wii (3.3) has now disabled the use of this Freeloader. I was quite interestedin getting one for the US version of No More Heroes but I will now have to wait until a new revision that actually works with updated Wii's is released.
Freeloader Rendered Useless - By: S. Adams, 18 Jun 2008 If You upgrade the Wii firmware to the latest 3.3 update sent on June 18th then you Freeloader will be disabled.Either don't upgrade firmware or don't buy this. I bought mine a week ago & now can't get it to work due to upgrade. Beware!!!
