Legitimacy of USB loading and NTSC disc on PAL
6 years ago
Orkney, Scotland

Hey, I'm pretty interested in doing some runs of this game, but I'm in the PAL region. I've got USB loading working on my Wii just fine, but I had the following questions:

  • Do you accept runs on the leaderboard that use USB loading?
  • If so, would these runs be listed as 'emulated' or differentiated in some way from runs done on disc?
  • Would a run being done on this manner be considered PAL or NTSC?

I hope to get my hands on an NTSC copy of Brawl to be able to run Project M from the disc soon. Similarly I have a few questions:

  • I would need to get around the region-protection (as it would be running on PAL hardware), would this in any way invalidate the run?
  • In this scenario, would a run in this manner be considered PAL or NTSC?

Sorry for the long list of questions, I'm interested in this game, and found a few answers across various forum posts, but thought it would be nice to the this all discussed in one place or it would be easy to find for anyone else in my situation.

Thanks in advance!

Helix likes this
Argentina

I didn't really understand what you mean, but I recommend just submitting a run and see what happens.

Orkney, Scotland

To put it simply, would submitting a run using a USB Loaded copy of SSBB on a PAL system be rejected for any reason. And if not, would I need to signify that the game was loaded by USB instead of by disc.

Argentina

I don't think the USB part is to worry about, I mean I do my runs on Dolphin, and no problem there. I don't know what category you want to run, but the don't seem to specify what version of the game you have to use, so I'm assuming both are legal.

Minnesota, USA
Helix
She/Her, They/Them
6 years ago

I actually do a lot of my runs on USB Loader; it's considered an emulator because it (usually) causes better loading times. As for running on a PAL system, I don't know how region locking works, but I don't know of any differences that would arise. If you submit a run, I'll accept it, unless there are other issues.

Minnesota, USA

USB runs are alright as long as you write that in the comments that it was on USB loader and check the box for emulator when submitting a run

Helix likes this
Minnesota, USA

Glad to see more runners of this game :)

Helix likes this