RupeeClock said:
And yet I see a lot of people bitching about this region locking, why? They're only region locking the games that will only work on a DSi.
Because handhelds never had region locking, cause they didn't depend on NTSC / PAL screens so technically there never was need for it, why start doing so now?
Because people want to be able to play any game from any region without needing to buy a Japanese DSi to play that Japanese game that never got to US/Europe and a EU/US DSi to play the rest of the games in English.
Because in Jap/US everything is cheaper. People don't like to pay extra for 4 translations to languages they don't speak anyways.
Because the DSi comes out in Japan within a month, while Europe has to wait for about half a year. Some people want to import the device so they can play it already, but want to play the DSi-exclusive games in their own language as well.
Because Europe will probably get most of their DSi-exclusive games half a year later then the other regions as well, as Nintendo always does...
^ Probably one of those