Cheesemeister
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Last year, we campaigned to have Nintendo remove region-locking on the 3DS and Wii U. Iwata did not respond to the campaign itself, only answering a question from IGN at E3, before the campaign itself started:
Satoru Iwata said:From some peoples perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that were selling our products worldwide.
There are many different regions around the world, and each region has its own cultural acceptance and legal restrictions, as well as different age ratings. There are always things that were required to do in each different region, which may go counter to the idea that players around the world want the freedom to play whatever they want.
I hope that game fans can understand that the industry isnt doing this solely out of business ego. There are some reasons behind it.
This was obviously an unsatisfactory answer. Region-locking IS a restriction, and such an anti-consumer practice has no place in luxury products. Other platform holders have dropped region-locking despite the same cultural, legal, and ratings issues.
What we want is to be able to play legally-purchased games for Nintendo platforms purchased from anywhere in the world, irregardless of any hardware region setting. If parental controls are a concern, access to out-of-region titles can simply be disabled by default and enabled by adults.
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1. Yeah these Miiverse posts asking for an end to region-locking in the Nintendo@E3 2014 community. (More to be listed.)
https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADRUqF_uuH6FA
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2. Post your own messages and drawings on Miiverse, Twitter, and other social media under the hashtags #EndRegionLocking and #NintendoRegionFree. Miiverse posts listed in this thread will be added to the OP.
Like Operation Region-Free on Facebook!
Post on Nintendo's official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo
Tweet at:
@Nintendo
@NintendoAmerica
@NintendoEurope
@NintendoUK
@NintendoES
@NintendoFrance
@‏NintendoDE
@‏NintendoItalia
@‏NintendoPT
@‏NintendoAT
@‏NintendoBE_NL
@‏NintendoNL
@‏NintendoCH_DE
@‏NintendoRU
@NintendoAUNZ
3. Follow @EndRegionLock on Twitter!
4. Please sign this petition! Now with over 30,000 signatures!
5. Please provide media coverage, or ask your favorite gaming journalist for coverage! We need as many people to ask Nintendo about this at E3 as possible.
6. Ask your gaming friends for their support in this campaign! Talk about this issue on your gaming podcast! Do YouTube videos! Cross-post this on other forums!
7. Don't be a Debbie Downer and say that it doesn't affect you or you don't care about this issue. Even if you don't import games now, you may want to for some future game. You, as a consumer, don't want to be prevented from having the chance to buy and play any game of your choosing.
8. If you can help us out with a Facebook page or with a website, please contact us!
9. Talk about the games you've imported that you wouldn't have been able to play had there been region-locking.
10. Ask your favorite publishers to talk to Nintendo about going region-free.
FAQ: Can region-locking be removed from the Wii U and 3DS?
We are operating on the assumption that it can be removed through a simple firmware update.
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