Will NTSC GameCube games work on a PAL GameCube or Wii?

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AirRideMeleeGX
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Will NTSC GameCube games work on a PAL GameCube or Wii?

Post by AirRideMeleeGX » Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:03 am

So I want to send a copy of F-Zero GX to someone in the UK. She has an Action Replay (which has a Freeloader on it), so region lock isn't a problem. But will the game actually play normally as if it were played on a real NTSC console?
http://youtu.be/xTgsDDlcOqE
That video sorta worries me since it's in Black and White and the video's shifted down a bit, but even though it's the other way around (PAL on NTSC, and not NTSC on PAL like I wanna do) I'm still concerned whether or not it'll actually work or not. If anyone can determine whether it'll work fine or not, then that would be amazing. Thank you!
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Re: Will NTSC GameCube games work on a PAL GameCube or Wii?

Post by theclaw » Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:01 am

Most American games should be OK.

But Japanese games vary, since they expect Japanese language mode.
F-Zero GX (Japan) is perhaps weirdest. There's an Action Replay code to make it not load its widely reported incomplete English translation

50hz in color from a stock NTSC GameCube needs the component cable. It doesn't support PAL encoding.
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Re: Will NTSC GameCube games work on a PAL GameCube or Wii?

Post by AirRideMeleeGX » Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:31 am

Thank you so much. Also I found a list of compatible Freeloader games and F-Zero GX was on the NTSC on PAL compatibility! So yeah, I can't wait to send it to her!
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Re: Will NTSC GameCube games work on a PAL GameCube or Wii?

Post by CosmoCortney » Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:19 pm

I can verify that the ntsc-u gx runs fine on a european cube^^
I have all 3 regional versions of gx and the usa versions runs perfectly before running ar/freeloader
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Re: Will NTSC GameCube games work on a PAL GameCube or Wii?

Post by BenoitRen » Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:42 pm

Most NTSC games work fine on a PAL GameCube.
Hardware: Wii (PAL)
Hardware configuration: System Menu 4.1E, Priiloader
Swiss boot method: Modified Wii Swiss Booter provided by Extrems
Software medium: Retail discs
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