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[TimmiT]

Via LauraKBuzz and VOOK64 on Twitter.

So this is pretty great. Appears to work just like on PS4.

 

[Rizzi]

Can you use a credit card from another country though? That was a hassle when I used a US 3DS.

 

[Kouriozan]

Wow, can't be more region free than this.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops (According to LauraK, Dystify and VOOKS, all on Twitter).

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

 

[Phoenixus]

Guess I'll be trying out the Dragon Quest Heroes demo tomorrow then, awesome.

When Nintendo says they're going region free, they go all the way.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Is it region-free yet?

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops.

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

Holy fuck.

Is it region-free yet?

Thank you for everything you've done in getting us to where we are now.

 

[kuroneko0509]

Can you use a credit card from another country though? That was a hassle when I used a US 3DS.

definite yes to other region except US
for US, mixed report. like I can use my UK/Malaysia card for it now, but some ppl cannot

 

[Thraktor]

As someone who's going pretty much entirely digital on Switch, this is the kind of region free I like.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Can you use a credit card from another country though? That was a hassle when I used a US 3DS.

According to LauraK and our very own Dystify: Yes, you can!

 

[JoeM86]

I'm still getting a second one

Can you use a credit card from another country though? That was a hassle when I used a US 3DS.

I've been using my UK credit card on my Japanese 3DS for years

 

[Tenck]

Can you use a credit card from another country though? That was a hassle when I used a US 3DS.

Worked fine for me when I was buying Japanese games off the eShop and I'm in the US.

 

[Dark Cloud]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops.

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

Holy shit!! Will this topic blow up to 20 pages??!

 

[DaxMedFlax]

Well this is unexpected and awesome.

 

[Salty Rice]

This is great.

Thats the important stuff. Friend codes who gives a shit.

 

[Jonneh3003]

One of those points is important to remember before we get any mistakes. It seems the base game and DLC need to be from the same region.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops.

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

This balances out the friend code thing.

 

[Spades]

Not quite as easy as Xbox, but a damn nice solution nonetheless.

 

[NotLiquid]

Today has just been a roller coaster ride man

 

[BrokenFiction]

Yes please!

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

This balances out the friend code thing.

The friend code thing isn't even that big of an issue.
It would be an issue if 1) we had no other options 2) if we had friend codes per game, like on DS.
We do have other options (adding via Super Mario Run and Miitomo) and we have only one code per account. So this really is a total non-issue.

 

[Zalman]

That's amazing. Great stuff.

 

[Rizzi]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops.

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

Yesssss

 

[CDX]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops (According to LauraK, Dystify and VOOKS, all on Twitter).

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

Really?

According to LauraK and our very own Dystify: Yes, you can!

It's what I've always wanted for a region free system. No more buying foreign gift cards.

 

[Labombadog]

This is delicious news.

 

[giancarlo123x]

This sounds amazing.

 

[Camjo-Z]

You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops.

This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.

WOAH

Now I'm actually excited for Virtual Console. So many Japan-exclusive games that will finally be easy to get.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Is it region-free yet?

Yes! Yes, it is!

(please ignore the Vader helmet, it's the only GIF I found)

 

[marc^o^]

So good. Please someone check if Tetris has an english option.

 

[RootCause]

Doing a great job with this. Really hope theres a DBH 3 in the near future.

 

[Zenaku]

UK region account can play games from the US eShop? Wouldn't that mean game sharing?

 

[LordRaptor]

Wow, its going to be like Hanabi Festival for unreleased titles every day of the year!

 

[StayDead]

Thank goodness.

I'll be buying all my games from the Japanese eShop in the UK so

 

[Cepheus]

Nice! That means people outside Japan could finally play Mother 3 legally, even if they don't make an English translation in the end.

 

[Shiggy]

What happens if you change the region of your Nintendo Account? Can you then access the eShop of the new region or do you need to create a new account? What happens to your existing purchases if you can keep on using the same account?

 

[sanstesy]

It's insane Nintendo is allowing this much freedom here.

Nintendo doesn't make sense.

 

[DarkWish]

Does your eShop credit work across regions? Or is there a separate wallet for each region?

 

[kuroneko0509]

Does your eShop credit work across regions? Or is there a separate wallet for each region?

should be separate wallet

 

[dallow_bg]

Now this is awesome.

 

[RootCause]

Does your eShop credit work across regions? Or is there a separate wallet for each region?

That would be amazing. But I think its unlikely.

 

[devonodev]

Early Puyo Puyo Tetris? I'm there.

 

[CDX]

WOAH

Now I'm actually excited for Virtual Console. So many Japan-exclusive games that will finally be easy to get.

I was always envious of the Japanese VC. So many games.

Also, now Europe never has to buy 50hz VC games again.

 

[RRockman]

 

[Other]

One of those points is important to remember before we get any mistakes. It seems the base game and DLC need to be from the same region.

Well yeah of course, that's nothing new, it's the same as any other region free system. Each region's release has a different id and it wants the dlc that matches that id, same as PS3, PS4, Vita, Xbone, ectera

 

[Soundslike]

YES!

 

[Jonneh3003]

Might be able to get some games cheaper on the American store than the UK one. For instance FAST RMX is $19.99 and £16.99 but $19.99 converts directly to £16.27. Saving some pennies!

 

[giancarlo123x]

I hope Nintendo doesn't decide to remove this feature later on for some reason.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Might be able to get some games cheaper on the American store than the UK one. For instance FAST RMX is $19.99 and £16.99 but $19.99 converts to £16.27. Saving some pennies!

your bank probably has a fee tho

 

[ryushe]

Well, this definitely made me feel better after hearing about the Friend Codes news.

 

[KingSnake]

This is great. I'm happy about how this works.