Worth pointing out that the 3DS was actually their first region-locked handheld.
The other day I looked at the Wii U's region-exclusive game list to see if there was anything interesting that was Japan only.
Surprisingly, I only really saw Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII, Dragon Quest X (the MMO that was absolutely never going to be released in the West on a console with as small a userbase as the Wii U), and some Monster Hunter spinoffs. There's really very little that doesn't get localized these days.
EDIT: Also the Virtual Console is a totally different story and I doubt Nintendo is particularly keen on letting consumers accidentially end up with the JP release of some old game from the VC and start complaining.
Worth pointing out that the 3DS was actually their first region-locked handheld.
The other day I looked at the Wii U's region-exclusive game list to see if there was anything interesting that was Japan only.
Surprisingly, I only really saw Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII, Dragon Quest X (the MMO that was absolutely never going to be released in the West on a console with as small a userbase as the Wii U), and some Monster Hunter spinoffs. There's really very little that doesn't get localized these days.
EDIT: Also the Virtual Console is a totally different story and I doubt Nintendo is particularly keen on letting consumers accidentially end up with the JP release of some old game from the VC and start complaining.
It doesn't have to be easy to accidentally but a JP release. Look at how Sony does it. Wanna buy NA games? You need a NA PSN ID. Nintendo should make it so that you need to switch your My Nintendo account's region so that you access the relevant store. Anyone who ends up on a Japanese store and then 'accidentally' buys a JP game...well frankly they deserve it for their sheer stupidity.Worth pointing out that the 3DS was actually their first region-locked handheld.
The other day I looked at the Wii U's region-exclusive game list to see if there was anything interesting that was Japan only.
Surprisingly, I only really saw Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII, Dragon Quest X (the MMO that was absolutely never going to be released in the West on a console with as small a userbase as the Wii U), and some Monster Hunter spinoffs. There's really very little that doesn't get localized these days.
EDIT: Also the Virtual Console is a totally different story and I doubt Nintendo is particularly keen on letting consumers accidentially end up with the JP release of some old game from the VC and start complaining.
I'd be hopefully of NX being region free given that My Nintendo seems pretty open. I was able to set up an account in the UK and from what I recall, I had the choice to select and change country (I set up an account with NA country setting because most of my games and systems are NTSC U). This is a positive sign.m, but then again, this IS Nintendo. Expect the worst, hope for the best.
More a shame it wasn't localized for the PS3. Coulda had the whole main series on one system, at least until the PS4-only ones came along. Then again peeps with fully BC PS3's like me had that all along!Just a freaking shame Yakuza HD wasn't localized for Wii U
Didn't both Nintendo and Sony actually sell JP "import" VC/PS1 Classics at one point? I doubt people will get confused. Heck, just do it like they're doing with the Pokémon VC games they're doing on the eshop right now: prompting people to select the language they want the game in.EDIT: Also the Virtual Console is a totally different story and I doubt Nintendo is particularly keen on letting consumers accidentially end up with the JP release of some old game from the VC and start complaining.
Region free isn't just always about importing from Japan.Worth pointing out that the 3DS was actually their first region-locked handheld.
The other day I looked at the Wii U's region-exclusive game list to see if there was anything interesting that was Japan only.
Surprisingly, I only really saw Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII, Dragon Quest X (the MMO that was absolutely never going to be released in the West on a console with as small a userbase as the Wii U), and some Monster Hunter spinoffs. There's really very little that doesn't get localized these days.
EDIT: Also the Virtual Console is a totally different story and I doubt Nintendo is particularly keen on letting consumers accidentially end up with the JP release of some old game from the VC and start complaining.
Region free isn't just always about importing from Japan.
There are just so many good reasons to have region free systems.Yep. Unreleased games suck, but it is more about buying a game from Japan because you either happen to be there, or it just happens to work out cheaper to buy and ship it all the way across the world.
Which is of course why Nintendo loves region locking, so they can keep high prices per region while getting their own things made in the region with the lowest cost.
I'm curious how many people who join in on this campaign will actually take a stand if NX is region locked.
Will all of you join in and boycott the console?
I hate to be a Debbie Downer but:
1. It's never going to happen.
2. These hashtags comes across as more annoying than anything.
3. They know there's a demand and have addressed it before.
4. Only like 1% of Nintendo's consumers actually care.
Valiant effort, I guess.
I kinda feel like this is the wrong way to look at it.I'm curious how many people who join in on this campaign will actually take a stand if NX is region locked.
Will all of you join in and boycott the console?
Again, look at the 50hz shit we have to put up with in the UK/EU/AUS.
If Nintendo are content on selling their consumers literally butchered versions of their classics, that says it all. They do not listen, and when they do, they usually don't do what is actually wanted.
Sadly, it's not going to happen. There is no monetary benefit for them to make their systems region free.
I really don't feel that it is the wrong way of looking at it.I kinda feel like this is the wrong way to look at it.
I'll probably get an NX regardless, but if it was region free, I would buy quite a few more games. My vita library, for instance, has quite a few imports. I would never buy a 2nd console just for those imports, so region free just loses Nintendo the cash from those titles.
Sadly, it's not going to happen. There is no monetary benefit for them to make their systems region free.
I'm not going to buy the NX if its region locked either. But there can't possibly be many of us.
I'm curious how many people who join in on this campaign will actually take a stand if NX is region locked.
Will all of you join in and boycott the console?
This picture alone is justification that region-lock should go the way of the dodo:
(hugs JPN copy)
God bless my region-free PS4. I love Nintendo, but it's time they stop this idiot policy of theirs for good. I say it's worth a try, it can't get much more region-locked than it already is anyway.
I really don't feel that it is the wrong way of looking at it.
I live in a globalized world. I have no interest in a region locked system in this day and age anymore. It's archaic, backwards, and I flat-out will not buy a console that has a lock ever again.