3DS possibly region-coded.

[antwill]

Years ago, Nintendo released the Nintendo DS and the DS Lite. Anyone could import them and play games on them. Those days are long gone, and with the Nintendo 3DS, they don't look like they're returning.

According to an email from Nintendo's Japanese support, the Nintendo 3DS is region coded, which means that players cannot play games from different regions on the system. As Nintendo support explains, if one plays a Korean 3DS game on a Japanese 3DS (or vice versa), it won't work — and so on and so forth.

This should come as too much of a shock as the Nintendo DSi and the DSi XL have region codes.

Kotaku is following up with Nintendo to confirm whether or not the 3DS is actually region locked.

Source.

 

[Bladexdsl]

fuck nintendo can do some really stupid fucking things when they want to....

 

[antwill]

fuck nintendo can do some really stupid fucking things when they want to....

They don't care, they have money, and they know all the stupid fanboys will buy anything with their logo on it. How is guaranteed money making stupid?

 

[GundamXXX]

Yay! Another valid reason to pirate :>

Go Nintendo for making the choice easier

 

[gifi4]

http://gbatemp.net/t273986-confirmed-the-3...ocked?&st=0

I think this is the 3rd thread on this topic...

 

[antwill]

http://gbatemp.net/t273986-confirmed-the-3...ocked?&st=0

I think this is the 3rd thread on this topic...

Except for the fact that A: This is in user submitted news for all to see, B: That link title is quick to jump to conclusions. Hence why mine is better worded with the "Possibly"...

After all no one has anything to go by except for an email which can be easily faked.

 

[DeadLocked]

It is stupid, if anything they lose money.
Pirates will still hack the region code or patch it on games, so no issue there.
Importers aren't breaking the law, however they are no longer allowed to play imported games, so when a game comes out that isn't localized they have no option but to pirate it or go without...

where is profit?

 

[antwill]

It is stupid, if anything they lose money.
Pirates will still hack the region code or patch it on games, so no issue there.
Importers aren't breaking the law, however they are no longer allowed to play imported games, so when a game comes out that isn't localized they have no option but to pirate it or go without...

where is profit?

I'm sure they're going to miss the profit from all 10 of those games that importers would have usually bought...

 

[DeadLocked]

It is stupid, if anything they lose money.
Pirates will still hack the region code or patch it on games, so no issue there.
Importers aren't breaking the law, however they are no longer allowed to play imported games, so when a game comes out that isn't localized they have no option but to pirate it or go without...

where is profit?

I'm sure they're going to miss the profit from all 10 of those games that importers would have usually bought...

That's hundreds of thousands of dollars, I know I would miss it.
Also, my point is, where is profit?
EDIT: Oh, and it's not just games.
I know that a lot of people here even wanted to import the 3DS from japan.

 

[HaniKazmi]

This stupid, what are people who move supposed to do?

 

[Goli]

This stupid, what are peole who move supposed to do?

people*
Uh...
Sell their current 3DS and buy another of whatever region the country they're going to is?

 

[Law]

I hope everybody in Europe is getting ready to be fucked over.

 

[Goofy Time]

http://gbatemp.net/t273986-confirmed-the-3...ocked?&st=0

I think this is the 3rd thread on this topic...

Except for the fact that A: This is in user submitted news for all to see, B: That link title is quick to jump to conclusions. Hence why mine is better worded with the "Possibly"...

After all no one has anything to go by except for an email which can be easily faked.

Do you think it is fake, honestly? It's a subject Nintendo has tried to dodge when asked about, for starters. People asked as far back as E3.

 

[Veho]

I hope everybody in Europe is getting ready to be fucked over.

We were born ready

No, wait...

 

[Armadillo]

I'm buying a US machine if it's region coded as Nintendo really like to screw Europe with release dates.

 

[antwill]

http://gbatemp.net/t273986-confirmed-the-3...ocked?&st=0

I think this is the 3rd thread on this topic...

Except for the fact that A: This is in user submitted news for all to see, B: That link title is quick to jump to conclusions. Hence why mine is better worded with the "Possibly"...

After all no one has anything to go by except for an email which can be easily faked.

Do you think it is fake, honestly? It's a subject Nintendo has tried to dodge when asked about, for starters. People asked as far back as E3.

Why would they wait this long only to have it revealed by a support email, when people could angrily complain having pre-ordered Japanese games/3DS, whereas they wouldn't had they known.

 

[Canonbeat234]

Well Nintendo is only doing this to prevent piracy, amirite?

 

[Goofy Time]

http://gbatemp.net/t273986-confirmed-the-3...ocked?&st=0

I think this is the 3rd thread on this topic...

Except for the fact that A: This is in user submitted news for all to see, B: That link title is quick to jump to conclusions. Hence why mine is better worded with the "Possibly"...

After all no one has anything to go by except for an email which can be easily faked.

Do you think it is fake, honestly? It's a subject Nintendo has tried to dodge when asked about, for starters. People asked as far back as E3.

Why would they wait this long only to have it revealed by a support email, when people could angrily complain having pre-ordered Japanese games/3DS, whereas they wouldn't had they known.

Because Nintendo just recently opened the doors on the 3DS, therefore are letting out all of the details about the system? The same could have been said about the price (which we STILL don't know of internationally) and the battery life. Those are things they kept close because it's Nintendo. They always do this.

 

[jalaneme]

why would nintendo make a step backwards? the ds was region free and yet this is not, strange that, i am glad i am not buying one.

 

[Hop2089]

Doesn't effect me much, I expected this much and I pretty much import all my games now (nothing I play ever gets localized anyway). No loss for me.