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News: F-Zero GX Not Freeloading!

Posted by Ashley Jones - Jul 23rd 2003 13:43

For all of those who have imported F-Zero GX and plan to use a Freeloader, prepare for bad news.

Play Asia have recently tested their Japanese copies of F-Zero GX with the Freeloader and the results were not great. They have tested the game on both an American and PAL GameCube and tried all three boot methods.

The game loads up the test screens in English but the main menu items are missing and you have to guess how to start a race. While playing the game certain features of the HUD are missing, such as speed and the lap indicator.

Play Asia have done a video comparing the normal Japanese GameCube (9MB) and one showing what the game is like while using the Freeloader on a US GameCube (6.8MB). Screenshots comparing the can be found below (Japanese on the top, Freeloader on the bottom).