inselaffe on 4/1/2011 at 00:15
Dunno. Apparently you can't get pal gamecube games to run at 480p when run through a wii, which seems rather crap. Don't get why though.
Eva, how come you have so many imports anyway?
gunsmoke on 4/1/2011 at 00:28
Most Gamecubes couldn't even do 480p. They removed the Progressive Scan connector port rather quickly.
inselaffe on 4/1/2011 at 00:43
Yes but wasn't the whole thing with the wii meant to be true backwards compatibility and better resolution for gc games, rendered to 480p?
gunsmoke on 4/1/2011 at 00:50
I don;t think 'the whole thing' with the Wii was simply Progressive Scan support for GC games, but I dunno what they promised before launch. I just got one a month ago, and never reall followed the pre-launch hype.
EvaUnit02 on 4/1/2011 at 09:15
To answer my own questions, yes and yes. I soft-modded shit out of it.
I haven't tried import Wii games, since I don't own any, but NTSC-U/C Gamecube games work fine. I have to launch them through Neogamma Channel rather than through the vanilla Disc Channel, but it takes around the same amount of clicks.
In addition to disabling disc-based and online vanilla firmware updates, Priiloader gave me the option to kill the health warning screen and disable all the stupid beep sounds + the background music of the System Menu.
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Call me crazy, but what's the point of modding a Wii that's not being used to play pirated software? I don't really mess around with stuff.
Wii has a thriving homebrew scene, similar to Android OS, PSP and Xbox 1. There's builds Mplayer that let you watch DVD movies, DivXs/XviDs, etc. Emulators that shit all over Virtual Console. Etc.
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Eva, how come you have so many imports anyway?
Because the PAL versions were often crippleware. They would strip 480p progressive scan mode out games which had it. Also they removed S-video output from PAL GC, god only knows why. I bought a US Gamecube.
It got to the point where I would just import US copies for consistency's sake and so that I wouldn't have to faff around with Freeloader EVERY time I wanted to play a PAL game.
