El Sabroso
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I downloaded Netflix from Canada and worked for me (I live in Mexico), I just migrated again to Mexico and used there the app
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3ds update is going to block switching between country and delete currency
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I downloaded Netflix from Canada and worked for me (I live in Mexico), I just migrated again to Mexico and used there the app
Jaded Alyx
Member
I meant without VPN.
That last point is incorrect. I'm in the Caribbean and I have a Canadian NNID, I buy all my games from the eShop, and I watch Netflix perfectly. It's not the US or Canadian Netflix, but the same version I get if I use a browser or any other device.
that I entered the info wrong.. sometimes I get a different one
I still get charged for each time I try and I dont get the money back for like a week D:
tried many times. Guessing they just dont like debit cards
El Sabroso
Member
they CAN, you accept that they can every time you migrate your 3DS
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I just don't get the idea of region locking a portable gaming machine. It makes no sense for the consumer.
It isn't forced you know. It is only if you create NNID. They probably going to have a couple of extra warnings before you register. But if you want to make use of all the new feateres in the next update you have to create it.
I think debit cards don't work, only credit.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I use a debit card on both eShops. It asks for the card number, and then a Post Code. My region is set to Alberta, Canada, so I entered a random Alberta Post Code and it worked. I don't know what info could be wrong.
They CAN'T, that agreement isn't enforceable in a court of law, and they are in essence nullifying that currency, which a company cannot do.
that's what I do, still nuthin
I bet that without the update you wont be able to access the e-shop so at the end of the day you must choose between 1 country or no country at all
Aretak
Member
Nintendo have historically had very little interest in what makes sense for the consumer.
You don't need to make a NNID to buy games off the eshop.
Nintendo is technically incompetent seems the most likely and reasonable explanation.
calc84maniac
Member
Thread title is a bit misleading, isn't it? You're only locked to a single region once you register an NNID.
Thread title is a bit misleading. This doesn't happen automatically when you download the update. You have to register a Nintendo Network ID (which you need for Miiverse) before it becomes active. You don't have to do it, you can still buy games from the eShop without a NNID.
Edit: Beaten.
Edit: Beaten.
Aretak
Member
Christ. Yeah, if you ever criticise anything Nintendo does, ever, you're not a true believer and should be shunned. Hopefully people will eventually make enough noise to drag Nintendo kicking and screaming out of the 90s, rather than rabidly defending every decision they make, no matter how shitty.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Y'know, I'm just saying, what happens if you freaking MOVE? It happens. I'm in the US; someday, I could move to Canada, or the UK, or anywhere else in the world. I"m not planning on it, but it's completely plausible.
What happens then? Am I just forever doomed to have my region set to the United States, or else lose all my eShop purchases? Oh, and I'm pretty much all-digital on the 3DS because I hate carrying around cartridges for a portable system. That's a lot of games.
What happens then? Am I just forever doomed to have my region set to the United States, or else lose all my eShop purchases? Oh, and I'm pretty much all-digital on the 3DS because I hate carrying around cartridges for a portable system. That's a lot of games.
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Don't register an NNID in the system.
balgajo
Member
Same case here. Hate that I cannot configure my right time(Brazilia). Associated to US because of Club Nintendo account.
Mr. Pointy
Member
So this is like the Wii U where you have to make a separate EU/UK account to access their store?
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Probably won't register for an NNID then. It sucks that my region (Singapore) doesn't even have an eshop and I can't even purchase DLC. Whether I use the US store (and stick with marked up eshop cards) or stick to Canada, both options are annoying until Nintendo tries to do something about the other lesser regions.
I'm just afraid that the Canada store might one day stop taking international cards and that Nintendo might just revoke the content that has been sold to me because I'm not buying from the right region.
I'm just afraid that the Canada store might one day stop taking international cards and that Nintendo might just revoke the content that has been sold to me because I'm not buying from the right region.
PotionBleue
Member
I thought it only affected your wallet, not what you've already purchased where did you get this information from?
Jaded Alyx
Member
You'd have to continue using the US eShop. Either keep a US credit/debit card, or buy points cards. It's not ideal, but that would be the answer.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Sorry, that was a little unclear. What I meant is, if you want your region set correctly, and you've registered your NNID, you'd essentially have to start over: wipe the console clean with a system format, and all that. Nintendo doesn't let you use two NNID's, and I'm assuming that once you switch over to an NNID– which I will, because I want Miiverse and all that– you won't be able to go back.
I'm speculating though, I could be wrong.
Is it even possible/legal to keep a US credit/debit card if you no longer have an address in the country? And while I've never tried, I'd imagine that importing foreign eShop cards would require a price premium.
I know that is the solution, at the end of the day we all kind of have to deal with whatever Nintendo throws with us as long as we want to play their new games. I just think it's extremely short-heighted.
Nah, it's because the Canadian store doesn't verify your credit card address. From what I understand, you can only buy from the US store with an (North) American (but not Canadian nor Mexican) CC.
Anyway, my Nintendo ID is going to say I live in Alberta. Sadly that isn't true
Red Dolphin
Member
I haven't seen anyone answer this (no one probably knows yet). What happens if you've purchased digital games from different stores, say UK and Australia). You then set up a NNID in Australia. Will the UK games be associated with your Australia NNID? If you delete them can you re-download them from the AU eshop?
Your eShop menu has a "download history" which contains all the titles you downloaded. You are not switching accounts, you are switching regions within your eShop account. I haven't re-checked the wording in the ND but if that would mean you lose access to your purchases from other accounts, they would have to tell you (since they are kinda obligated to do so and have no qualms mentioning that unused currency will be lost from other-region balances).
You can just go and check if it the games are there NOW. If you switched your region back to where you actually are and the game shows up in your download history, there's no reason to worry.
GustyGardens
Banned
Isn't this similar to what Microsoft did not too long ago, where in people were changing their region to get a free game? Only difference is Nintendo isn't planning on banning anyone.
Yup, the store stores are identical on everything.
Well, it seems like Canada is really the place to be then. Just hope they don't IP block or something.
No, it's not like that at all. You can still have multiple different region accounts on the X360 (I have 3, for example, and I buy games from all 3 shops).
Pancakes R Us
Member
It makes sense for those greedy fucks at Nintendo.
Nintendo doesn't do IP block. That is the whole point of region switching and selecting in the first place. The wider region (JP/US/PAL) is hard wired into the system and the country is user-selected.
Not even. The thread title is also quite inaccurate. The 3DS update doesn't do any of these things. Creating a NNID will cause you to lose the ability to change regions and then delete unused currency in any potential shop balances you may have had on the system since it is merging your main balance with the existing Wii u balance (if there is one).
AcademicSaucer
Member
Yeah, Uncle Sam doesnt want my money, so i will have to go to Canada
PotionBleue
Member
Why not just set the region correctly before registering a NNID?
Does the website explicitly say that after the update you can only use 1 user account (NNID) per 3DS? That's how Wii U works and that would actually solve the issue. So far it only mentions that a NNID can be used on 1 3DS at a time.
Data Elemental
Member
I dislike this. Now I'll have to think about whether I want to be in Germany or the UK. Or maybe somewhere else...
miiverse is shit anyway. i'd rather post elsewhere than there so i don't need this crap.
i can't link my 3DS and Wii U because i use eshop cards for 3DS but they're only usable with US as country while my Wii U's NNID is Canadian. so basically my console/handhelds are going to be treated as different region machines.
also, why link both systems to one account if things like cross-buy and easy system transfer don't exist?
i can't link my 3DS and Wii U because i use eshop cards for 3DS but they're only usable with US as country while my Wii U's NNID is Canadian. so basically my console/handhelds are going to be treated as different region machines.
also, why link both systems to one account if things like cross-buy and easy system transfer don't exist?