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Nintendo 3DS Region Code confirmed by Nintendo JP Support
- Thread starter farnham
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Yeah this is the main reason why I'm kinda hesitant about importing a US 3DS. Plus i generally prefer having the option to buy games locally as I'll be able to get games quicker then having to import every single game. (even if they get a WW release!). Let's hope it gets hacked in a year or so, where it will start becoming a bigger issue.archnemesis said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Yeah, this isn't going to make me buy it anytime soon then.
Cheesemeister
Member
Tempy said:
The message was pretty clear in saying that it wouldn't play out-of-region games. This is the worst case scenario.
Totally expected, but still pretty damn sad.
Besides wishing hackers to find a way to circumvent the region locks quickly, I'd love to see the media raise a shitstorm about this and how it damages even the customers who don't actually import (it's a handheld, you're supposed to take it with you in your trips).
Besides wishing hackers to find a way to circumvent the region locks quickly, I'd love to see the media raise a shitstorm about this and how it damages even the customers who don't actually import (it's a handheld, you're supposed to take it with you in your trips).
TheChewyWaffles
Member
iamaustrian said:
Are you serious?
Mailenstein
Member
They can go and fuck themselves. Seriously, what is this shit...?!
Gaaaaah.... Now I need to buy two systems because they can't get one thing right...
Gaaaaah.... Now I need to buy two systems because they can't get one thing right...
Vinterbird
Member
Mailenstein said:
Anyone being surprised by this region locking is baffling to me.
Oh well, guess this means this will be the hackers number one target.
Mailenstein
Member
I'm not surprised, but angry nonetheless. I had some hope tho...Vinterbird said:
Azure Phoenix
Member
What a ridiculous decision, since when has region locking ever discouraged piracy and hacking?
It's not unexpected though, Nintendo has always been keen to shoot themselves in the foot in a desperate attempt to maintain total control of their hardware. All they've done this time is give hackers even more reason to get custom firmware up and running as soon as possible.
It's not unexpected though, Nintendo has always been keen to shoot themselves in the foot in a desperate attempt to maintain total control of their hardware. All they've done this time is give hackers even more reason to get custom firmware up and running as soon as possible.
Freezie KO
Banned
A lot of posters are saying this is "dumb." I understand your frustration, but does this actually affect anything? I mean, DSi was region-locked. They raised the price on it above the DSLite, and the DSi still sold.
Azure Dream
Member
iamaustrian said:
At this point I'd almost think it'd be an issue with connectivity and online services, not to mention interaction between differently-regioned titles. Nintendo's very big on guaranteeing a consistent experience anymore, which can be extremely tricky when you throw localizations by third parties into the mix.
It was one thing when you could just throw a GBA title into your Micro and not worry about connectivity for the most part, the game pretty much started and stopped with that cartridge, and often multiplayer didn't work correctly between regions, but for the most part it was a wholly-delivered product. Now think about the average online-enabled game today. What happens when you buy a Japanese game, does it talk to the American online service, or the Japanese one? What about the reverse? Does the game's StreetPass mode work with the same game from different regions, will it introduce strange bugs or gibberish text? Cross-region compatibility introduces a need for a lot more testing, and a cost of development increase, and still may have issues with unplanned or late localization of products that introduce changes.
Don't get me wrong, I'm for region free all the way. But it does seem like there's a much greater potential for complications now that there's so much more system and network cross-talk going on.
Yep, well, time to take the 3DS off my buy list. I was gonna buy it at launch, probably at $350 here in Australia but not anymore until it's region free.
So pretty much Fuck You to Nintendo. Region free handheld gaming is fucking important, especially to people in Australia who get games a year after everyone else.
So pretty much Fuck You to Nintendo. Region free handheld gaming is fucking important, especially to people in Australia who get games a year after everyone else.
Cheesemeister
Member
Azure Phoenix said:
Yeah, this will do nothing but encourage the hackers. It's like painting a big target on the system.
Rule #1: give the babies their bottle.
This was pretty much a given. But it's still kind of amusing given my recent thoughts on the system:
1. I wasn't going to get a 3DS now because no impending software releases are interesting enough for me.
2. Someone (sorry for forgetting who) here had mentioned offhand that if they hadn't had a DS from day one, they would have missed out on Ouendan. So I was kind of thinking maybe sooner rather than later.
3. As it turns out, if the DS had been the 3DS I wouldn't have been able to play Ouendan anyway.
Soo...
Region locks haven't bothered me personally in some time, but all the same, I'd rather not have them. Post-Ouendan, most of the games I wanted were too text-heavy to import anyway, but the option was always nice to have just in case.
Guess I'm back on the "wait" fence for 3DS.
1. I wasn't going to get a 3DS now because no impending software releases are interesting enough for me.
2. Someone (sorry for forgetting who) here had mentioned offhand that if they hadn't had a DS from day one, they would have missed out on Ouendan. So I was kind of thinking maybe sooner rather than later.
3. As it turns out, if the DS had been the 3DS I wouldn't have been able to play Ouendan anyway.
Soo...
Region locks haven't bothered me personally in some time, but all the same, I'd rather not have them. Post-Ouendan, most of the games I wanted were too text-heavy to import anyway, but the option was always nice to have just in case.
Guess I'm back on the "wait" fence for 3DS.
Vinterbird
Member
Jonnyram said:
It looked nice.
Freezie KO
Banned
Jonnyram said:
Praised? Probably not. But it sold a bajillion units, so I'm questioning if this is actually "dumb" or "shooting themselves in the foot" or if this is just a small vocal minority that has no effect on Nintendo's bottom line.
Jonnyram said:
Nonsense. Yamauchi never let a poor-ish battery life, region locked handheld out onto the market.
Iwata is getting FURTHER AWAY from Yamauchi. Not in the arrogance stakes, in the smart stakes.
Still, give him a few years and he might work out where it all went wrong and the cycle will start again.
Smiles and Cries
Member
this maybe the first time I try homebrew
I think i'll wait until it's hacked before I buy it. I don't think a region hack is going to come "relatively quickly" because of lessons learnt from the DS. There were so many games on DS that I was able to import easily that I don't want to go to a regionalised future.Mafro said:
miladesn said:
I was thinking about this, and I'm wondering if the EU system may actually be a better purchase than the US one. Looking at the DS as a benchmark, it does appear that EU seem to be getting a few *more* significant releases than the US are.
But then there's companies who are only likely to release in the US at best (Atlus springs to mind). Gah, decisions, decisions.
Jonnyram said:
DSiWare. And rightly so, from a game quality perspective. There are a lot of neat little (and some not-so-little) titles on the service.
It's part of why region locking hasn't bothered me personally on DSi. Again, though, just to be clearI'd much rather have it unlocked, and that's why I'm back on the "wait" fence again.