F-Zero Breaks Freeloader - Intentionally?

Thanks to Gamers.com for their article pointing out that the Japanese release of Nintendo's hotly-awaited F-Zero GX is partially incompatible with the Datel Freeloader region-free disc for the GameCube, which "normally allows players to run Japanese games on American or European Cubes without difficulty", as it "refuses to display the select screens or the in-game interface overlays (such as the speedometer, placing indicator, and so forth)." Since this a major Nintendo-developed title, and one of the first to sport notable incompatibilities with Freeloader, could it be that Nintendo are deliberately releasing games to break region-free circumvention, or is this just a coincidence?

Comments

Big story, eh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did a new game inadvertently break a completely unsupported, unauthorized circumvention hack? Or was it intentional?

Neither the writeup nor the linked article has any evidence either way. Now, discuss!!

so?

[crowdozer]

so a game running on system it wasn't intended to play on isn't showing you text in a language you can't read? and this is news?