New software that allow you to play Wii games from all region

Great news for all Wii users. A new Wii software 'Freeloader' has been published. For as little as USD 19.90, users can use it to play any Wii discs from any region. Fantastic news.

Implication: Like DVD Region coding, Wii games also comes with region coding. They are:
a) NTSC - Japan
b) NTSC - USA
c) PAL - For European and Australia/New Zealand

So if your Wii console is NTSC- USA, you can't use it play a Wii game that comes from the PAL region.

Differences in region coding is a minor issue if the same game is launched at different region at the same time. Unfortunately it does not happen in reality. Some games take as long as a few months before it is launched on another continent.

Worse still, some games may not be launched at all at another region. E.g. Gottlieb Pinball Classics and Wii Chess are only published in PAL. So if you own a NTSC Wii, you have to buy another PAL console to play these wonderful games.

The newly launched Freeloader from Datel take care of all these problems. To play games from other region, 'load' the Freeloader disc before inserting games from another region. Simple. (Update: According to Internet, Nintendo is aware of this loophole and has taken steps to plug it. Maybe this is the reason why Freeloader price has crashed.