Mario Kart Wii Imports May Not Work

Kings of the importing scene “Play Asia” are reporting to its pre order customers that Datel’s freeloader system may be unable to get around the region lock in Mario Kart Wii, the device circumnavigates the systems region checking and allows a non European release to be played on a Euro console.

It was believed that Nintendo would get around the software hack eventually, but this is fast for them, maybe its just a glitch, or maybe its the end of Wii game importing from Japan for a while, either way you will have to wait for the Euro release of Mario Kart to get your grubby hands on the game.

This is an important e-mail update regarding your pending preorder Mario Kart Wii (w/ Wii Handle) (Nintendo™ Wii Japan, NTSC J), Order (#9593042).

We received the first small delivery today for testing and unfortunately we have to inform you, that the game is not compatible with the Datel Freeloader (US and PAL Version).

In case that this affects your preorder, please contact our customer service as soon as possible to amend/cancel your order, as otherwise we will ship your order within the next 48 hours.

If you own a Japanese Wii and you do not want to change your orders, you do not have to reply to this email.

Once again thanks for shopping with us and sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Your Play-Asia.com Customer Service

http://www.play-asia.com

Play-Asia , Datel , Kotaku