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[Hermii]

"Dev kits and prototypes are region free. I heard Retail units might be region free too"

https://arcadegirl64.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/recap-of-nx-hardware-details/

 

[TrueBlue]

Paging Cheesemeister.

 

[CortexVortex]

Thank god.

 

[purseowner]

DAY ONE BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE TO BUY ONE.

 

[YianGaruga]

It better be or I'm not buying it until much, much later

 

[mStudios]

Or might not.

 

[wapplew]

All aboard!

 

[KZXcellent]

Hopefully it stays that way and it's not just in the devkits.

 

[Oregano]

Yes please. It means the stuff at the investor meeting wasn't just talk.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Hopefully this is true. I will never buy a region-locked console again.

 

[Stairouais]

God I hope so

 

[Munter]

This just in, the NX might or might not be region free. Film at 11.

 

[Scrawnton]

Didn't Iwata mention at some point that region free was a goal for their next systems?

 

[Dystify]

Oh man this is gonna get the hopes for a lot of people up. Let's hope they won't be disappointed.

Didn't Iwata mention at some point that region free was a goal for their next systems?

He said they're considering it but mentioned it's not possible anymore for the already released systems.

 

[Princess Viola]

It better be.

 

[oni-link]

NX might be a lot of things at this point

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Hopefully. The 3DS was a pretty painful experience for us Euroscum. I recall waiting years for SMT IV.

 

[AAMARMO]

#teamFake

 

[Madao]

the difference between people trucking along and a massive clusterfuck is just a switch flip.

hopefully it stays in the position that lets people truck along without problem.

 

[Dark Cloud]

I believe her. Nintendo knows they have to do this.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

It better be. It's 2016 for crying out loud.

 

[Oregano]

Didn't Iwata mention at some point that region free was a goal for their next systems?

He said it was under "positive consideration" or something. He also just stopped short of saying there were no benefits.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Cheesemeister intensifies.

 

[JimPanzer]

ohhh please be true...I don't want to deal with the dilemma of buying a EU or JP region NX. Also please let us visit other regions online stores like it's handled on PS4.

 

[Shiggy]

I assume the eShop will remain region locked. Once you have an NNID, you probably cannot change your country.

 

[User123456]

Hopefully. The 3DS was a pretty painful experience for us Euroscum. I recall waiting years for SMT IV.

50Hz Wii U Virtual Console releases... Ugh. Super Metroid was nearly unplayable.

 

[R_thanatos]

Great news if true ...

but i'll believe it when it'll be there on release day

 

[KingSnake]

It would be terrible not to be. Just have a look at the Nintendo Direct thread where a lot of the discussion is about games that have been released last century in Japan.

 

[Newtype-001]

8ball yo

 

[udivision]

Are dev kits region locked?

 

[Oregano]

It would be terrible not to be. Just have a look at the Nintendo Direct thread where a lot of the discussion is about games that have been released last century in Japan.

That would still be the case for people who cant speak Japanese though....

 

[SuperSah]

Pinch of salt.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

No chance

 

[HandsomeCharles]

To be honest of all the Rumors, this is the most important to me.

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Didn't Iwata mention at some point that region free was a goal for their next systems?

Weird given the DS was already region free before the 3DS went back to being locked off. Quite a few games I missed out that got released in the US but not in Aus thanks to that nonsense.

 

[KingSnake]

That would still be the case for people who cant speak Japanese though....

I think a region free console will push for a lot more worldwide releases. And even so, options are nice. Might push more people to learn Japanese.

 

[kuroneko0509]

It would be terrible not to be. Just have a look at the Nintendo Direct thread where a lot of the discussion is about games that have been released last century in Japan.

it doesn't mean that game will magically release simultaneously worldwide

 

[Scrawnton]

He said it was under "positive consideration" or something. He also just stopped short of saying there were no benefits.

Yeah, this article covers that http://www.technewstoday.com/23594-nintendo-likely-to-remove-regionlock-on-its-upcoming-nx-console/

I guess what I'm saying is the possibility of region free is something we've known for well over a year. No point in getting crazy over it now.

 

[rrvv]

Isn't that all Nintendo Dev unit is region free?

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

Might be yeah come back to me when you have something concrete

 

[Octavianus]

Please be.

 

[Oregano]

I think a region free console will push for a lot more worldwide releases. And even so, options are nice. Might push more people to learn Japanese.

Maybe but for a lot of the publishers worldwide releases just aren't feasible. Options are always nice though as you said.

 

[KingSnake]

it doesn't mean that game will magically release simultaneously worldwide

See above your post.

 

[Plinko]

Isn't that all Nintendo Dev unit is region free?

I vaguely remember hearing this as well.

 

[SgtCobra]

Might? *gasps*

 

[ramparter]

I will believe it when I hear it from nintendo.

 

[PSOreo]

Apologies if this person is already well established and has reliable credentials but why are we posting everything this person posts?

 

[Dark Cloud]

Think about it. If there are games in Japan or Europe that don't come to America now you can purchase them and play them on your American NX.

 

[AHindD]

Might be. Space Aliens might invade in the next 5 minutes too.

 

[tolkir]

I have other leak: NX might not be region free