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Japanese Gamecube Question
SirCorn:
--- Quote from: scarmullet on September 15, 2012, 01:17:08 PM ---I dont see the point in changing cases though, unless you want a Spice colored Gamecube that is native US....
he who controls the spice colored gamecube, controls the universe.
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That... yeah... looks about like what's going on.
UncleBob:
No need to swap the Game Boy Player case - the GBP is region free - it's just the disc that causes the issues.
You can use the JPN Disc on a JPN Cube with a US Game Boy Player or a US Disc on a US Cube with a JPN Game Boy Player.
Or, with the Freeloader, you can use a US Disc on a JPN Cube with a US GBP or a JPN Disc on a US Cube with a US GBP. Or a US Disc on a JPN Cube with a JPN GBP. Or a JPN Disc with a US Cube on a JPN GBP.
Make sense?
Regarding the Freeloader - You'll probably have a slightly easier time getting a GCN Action Replay - they have a Freeloader built in. Grab one of those with a Datel/AR-branded memory card. Now, copy the Action Reply files from the AR-branded card to a cheap-o used official Nintendo memory card 59 and junk the Datel one. They're flaky and not trustworthy - but if you don't copy it over and it goes out, your AR is now worthless.
gru3som3rick:
--- Quote from: UncleBob on September 15, 2012, 02:16:07 PM ---No need to swap the Game Boy Player case - the GBP is region free - it's just the disc that causes the issues.
You can use the JPN Disc on a JPN Cube with a US Game Boy Player or a US Disc on a US Cube with a JPN Game Boy Player.
Or, with the Freeloader, you can use a US Disc on a JPN Cube with a US GBP or a JPN Disc on a US Cube with a US GBP. Or a US Disc on a JPN Cube with a JPN GBP. Or a JPN Disc with a US Cube on a JPN GBP.
Make sense?
Regarding the Freeloader - You'll probably have a slightly easier time getting a GCN Action Replay - they have a Freeloader built in. Grab one of those with a Datel/AR-branded memory card. Now, copy the Action Reply files from the AR-branded card to a cheap-o used official Nintendo memory card 59 and junk the Datel one. They're flaky and not trustworthy - but if you don't copy it over and it goes out, your AR is now worthless.
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This is PERFECT. Thanks for the info/ ideas. I was having some trouble finding a freeloader, but found an AR really quick.
I actually preferred the gamecube being able to play both Japanese and American games, so this is right up my ally.
UncleBob:
Well, if you'd rather go the Freeloader route, you can get them here:
http://us.codejunkies.com/Departments/gcn.aspx
$10 isn't bad.
wiggy:
I would hunt down a US system that won't load games, and then just swap the gutty-wuts minus the laser assembly. Freeloader is great, but screw playing the swap game. That was ok in 2003, but not in 2012.