Datel sure didn’t keep its promis, the Wii Freeloader was said to be future-proof and wouldn’t get killed by future updates. With Wii firmware version 3.2 Nintendo found a way to kill Datel’s Wii Freeloader. Now Datel is advising us not to upgrade if we still want to use our Wii Freeloader on our Wii’s.

For 99% of all users they will not be effected by the new firmware 3.3 upgrade providing that they do not upgrade their console and follow / continue to follow correct loading instructions for the Freeloader, as clearly outlined in manual. The Freeloader should be used / loaded for all games from all regions and should not be used just for import games only… I repeat the Freeloader should be used when loading any games from any country or any region. For example if you live in Germany you should still use Freeloader when loading German games and also Freeloader should be used when loading import games. Freeloader should be used on ALL games from anywhere in the Universe.

Using the Freeloader correctly disables parts / elements of all/most future updates.