as @sarkwalvein said, the version number just shows your nand region. If your console WAS region swapped, you wouldn't be able to tell this way. Check your serial number and compare it to the link he posted.
Hacking HELP!! Turn CFW to OFW
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nine point "something"? 9.2 I guess?..
And really, check the serial code. You can find it on the back panel or (if impossible to read) under the back panel
And really, check the serial code. You can find it on the back panel or (if impossible to read) under the back panel
there is 2 serial code I see, and I guess that means its japan? the first: CTR-001(JPN) the second: CTR-S-JPN-CO
I would bet the 3ds was a JPN 3ds, because nowadays there is no real benefit on swapping from EUR to USA...
Only from JPN or other asian regions to EUR or USA if you don't know kata/kanji
There you go
Only from JPN or other asian regions to EUR or USA if you don't know kata/kanji
There you go
Oh well, I think you really will not want to change it back to JPN region anyway...
Except then you'll have a Japanese region console again. Hope you can read kata/kanji. If not, I'd suggest leaving it the way it is. There is an alternative "open source eshop" called freeshop. You can find it here on this site. Unfortunately, rules here prevent me from teaching you how to set it up, so you're gonna have to do some googling. If you'd like, you can also join the discord channel in my signature. I can help you more there without restriction.
Many questions.
You are trying to use the 3DS in USA eshop or EUR eshop?
Did you link your previous NNID to the console?
Was your NNID from Europe? From a previous 3DS or Wii U?
If so, you will not be able to use as right now the console is set to USA (has been swapped to U)
This is an OLD 3DS, so you could still use the eshop of the region you swapped to (USA).
But not with an NNID from another region.
You can delete your NNID / remove it by formatting / etc. And try again, this time creating a new USA NNID.
Or you can swap your old 3ds to europe if you want to use a european NNID.
His 3ds was JPN region.
You could use freeshop and similar, but you still wouldn't be able to use friend list and some online games.
As @sarkwalvein said, maybe if you system format and create a brand new NNID, could get it to work
You could use freeshop and similar, but you still wouldn't be able to use friend list and some online games.
As @sarkwalvein said, maybe if you system format and create a brand new NNID, could get it to work
if I take out the cfw, it will turn to Japanese. if I don't, It will be English but I can't access the eshop. if example I take out the cfw, and it turn to japan region-based (kanji wont actually matters since I just need settings and the icon to play the games), is that mean I can't play my US region-based games? all of them??
just a quick refresher: does the modified SecureInfo_A lose its sig, so the 3DS bricks if you remove A9LH from region-changed console?
If you take out CFW it will not automatically go to the other region. You should re-install a NAND backup.
For sure you will lose region unlock, so you will only be able to play japanese games.
If you region swap to JAP inside the CFW you will be able to use JAP eshop and buy JAP games, but also you will be able to install CIA games from any region and play card games from any region.
If you just format within CFW you will probably be able to use the USA eshop as it is, given you create a new NNID.
You don't have to remove CFW to region change it back to JPN (in fact, don't. Uninstalling CFW would not make it go back to Japanese). I would complain to the shop you bought it from and return it, because if they didn't say it was a region changed console it's essentially a scam because you can't use it the way you want to.
Alternatively you can region change it to JPN, DO NOT remove CFW after this. With CFW you can play any games you want because it's region free, but idk about using USA/EU e-shop as a JPN console .. honestly would be easier to just return it.
DO A BACKUP OF FILES IN YOUR SD CARD.
I don't know what is installed in that 3DS, but if you need the OTP file from the SD card, you MUST have a backup.
NNID is Nintendo Network ID.
Try going into the settings and deleting your eShop account or NNID.
PS: Does your 3DS boot without an SD card plugged in?
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I do would be more agree to buy a new n3ds but still workin on the money and if I got the chance on repairing it I can sell it!
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yall im torn... ive been hacking away at tales of phantasia GBA (the USA version) and have so many documents of reverse engineering i've done -
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I just found out that the EU version is better in literally every way, better sound quality, better lighting, and there's even a patch someone made to make the text look nicer
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Do I restart now using what i've learned on the EU version since it's a better overall experience? or do I continue with the US version since that is what ive been using, and if someone decides to play my hack, it would most likely be that version?
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Sicklyboy:
@TwoSpikedHands, I'll preface this with the fact that I know nothing about the game, but, I think it depends on what your goals are. Are you trying to make a definitive version of the game? You may want to refocus your efforts on the EU version then. Or, are you trying to make a better US version? In which case, the only way to make a better US version is to keep on plugging away at that one
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I'm not familiar with the technicalities of the differences between the two versions, but I'm wondering if at least some of those differences are things that you could port over to the US version in your patch without having to include copyrighted assets from the EU version
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TwoSpikedHands:
@Sicklyboy I am wanting to fully change the game and bend it to my will lol. I would like to eventually have the ability to add more characters, enemies, even have a completely different story if i wanted. I already have the ability to change the tilemaps in the US version, so I can basically make my own map and warp to it in game - so I'm pretty far into it!
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TwoSpikedHands:
I really would like to make a hack that I would enjoy playing, and maybe other people would too. swapping to the EU version would also mean my US friends could not legally play it
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TwoSpikedHands:
I am definitely considering porting over some of the EU features without using the actual ROM itself, tbh that would probably be the best way to go about it... but i'm sad that the voice acting is so.... not good on the US version. May not be a way around that though
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