Don't always trust the game serial code printed on cartridge sticker or even
on the back of the cart. Our sources were EUR but chips inside got serial
CTR-xxxA
i know about the region lock in 3ds
but i get confused about this (nfo from the contrast release):
i'm sorry wot
3ds is region locked, that means only games from europe will work on europe consoles and japan games will only work on japan consoles
but in the case of pokemon X and Y in a rom release, the team said the game was european, but the chip got a USA serial, so i get confused on whether or not a pokemon usa game will work on a european console
Does this apply to the DSi as well? I found some USA Pokemon Platinum and Diamond games but my DSi is 1.4.5 E (Europe).
Thank You so much for the quick reply! Then I'll just have to find the EUR versions of the game which is a bit hard to do here in my country :-P.Well, I'm really not sure about this, but if my memory is right, the DS Tank/DS Lite are region free, the DSi / DSi XL are region locked, and the 3DS / 3DS XL / 2DS / N3DS / N3DS XL are region free on the DS side. So while I may be wrong, your games probably won't work with your DSi.
You're welcome! And actually, I just checked, and it seems the DSi is region free too! From what I've just read, only the DSi exclusive titles are region locked, so your DS games should work just fine. I can't test it though, but if you can, you should give it a tryThank You so much for the quick reply! Then I'll just have to find the EUR versions of the game which is a bit hard to do here in my country :-P.
Since the 3DS checks the game's header, and then depending on the game's region displays it or not, doesn't that mean the console is region locked too?The 3DS isn't region locked, the games are.
Pokemon are region free and the language they end up playing in will depend in your system's region iirc
Well, I do know a few games that go both ways, some check the system and others allow you to choose the language, I honestly can't recall which one Pokemon is, hence the iirc.Since the 3DS checks the game's header, and then depending on the game's region displays it or not, doesn't that mean the console is region locked too?
And isn't Pokemon one of the only games where you actually choose the language at the creation of a save?
Oh, okay. I'm not sure, but I think all the 3DS ones (X/Y/OR/AS) let you choose your language, while the DS ones only contain 1 language. At least that's what happened for me on the White version (I got a spanish version and it was not possible to change the language, even with the console set to english, so I didn't understand anything).Well, I do know a few games that go both ways, some check the system and others allow you to choose the language, I honestly can't recall which one Pokemon is, hence the iirc.