Hardware Asian Version 3DS

[chemistryfreak]

Hi, I from Europe. But now I'm living in China. I want to buy a N3DS, and I think that the best option would be this asian version. I already read all the post and still have a doubt: If I use an asian 3DS here is it possible to update the machine and also to download the games from Nintendo eshop? Thanks!

Very Important: Asian 3DS is region lock to USA so you can't play any JPN games
I would strongly recommend you to get a JPN 3DS You can have access to more awesome JPN games/contents
After I brought my JPN 3DS, I have practically stop using my Asian/US 3DS set...

If you are buying a JPN set, I would also suggest you to buy MH3G! One of the best game ever! I have clock over 400 hours on it

Do you read Japanese?

I do understand a little here and there
The result of watching too much anime & reading too much manga

 

[Schizoanalysis]

Hi, I from Europe. But now I'm living in China. I want to buy a N3DS, and I think that the best option would be this asian version. I already read all the post and still have a doubt: If I use an asian 3DS here is it possible to update the machine and also to download the games from Nintendo eshop? Thanks!

Very Important: Asian 3DS is region lock to USA so you can't play any JPN games
I would strongly recommend you to get a JPN 3DS You can have access to more awesome JPN games/contents
After I brought my JPN 3DS, I have practically stop using my Asian/US 3DS set...

If you are buying a JPN set, I would also suggest you to buy MH3G! One of the best game ever! I have clock over 400 hours on it

Do you read Japanese?

I do understand a little here and there
The result of watching too much anime & reading too much manga

That would make the difference.
For someone who can't read Japanese, playing text heavy Japanese games is a baffling, hard slog.

 

[chemistryfreak]

Hi, I from Europe. But now I'm living in China. I want to buy a N3DS, and I think that the best option would be this asian version. I already read all the post and still have a doubt: If I use an asian 3DS here is it possible to update the machine and also to download the games from Nintendo eshop? Thanks!

Very Important: Asian 3DS is region lock to USA so you can't play any JPN games
I would strongly recommend you to get a JPN 3DS You can have access to more awesome JPN games/contents
After I brought my JPN 3DS, I have practically stop using my Asian/US 3DS set...

If you are buying a JPN set, I would also suggest you to buy MH3G! One of the best game ever! I have clock over 400 hours on it

Do you read Japanese?

I do understand a little here and there
The result of watching too much anime & reading too much manga

That would make the difference.
For someone who can't read Japanese, playing text heavy Japanese games is a baffling, hard slog.

You can enjoy MH3G even if you don't understand Japanese
The game play is quite simple & easy to undertand
Plus there are lots of online guides around if you really need any help
That game alone is enough reason to buy a JPN 3DS! Plus MH4 is on its way to the 3DS

 

[Lucifer666]

Update - possible
eShop - MUST have a US address (google it)

Not really. I don't live in the States but I just buy the $20 cards online and load them onto my eShop. No US address required.

 

[chris888222]

Update - possible
eShop - MUST have a US address (google it)

Not really. I don't live in the States but I just buy the $20 cards online and load them onto my eShop. No US address required.

Yeah, there are some exceptions actually.

 

[CrooJerr]

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers. I think I will get the US version. So this way I will not have any problems to play online, download contents or buying games from eShop. I also could register the machine getting an American account (now I have an European one).

I can't read Japanese, hehehe. So buying a Japanese 3ds would be a problem, cause the most of the games doesn't have English.

That Monster Hunter, I think its US and EU version will be available soon, isn't it?

 

[chris888222]

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers. I think I will get the US version. So this way I will not have any problems to play online, download contents or buying games from eShop. I also could register the machine getting an American account (now I have an European one).

I can't read Japanese, hehehe. So buying a Japanese 3ds would be a problem, cause the most of the games doesn't have English.

That Monster Hunter, I think its US and EU version will be available soon, isn't it?

capcom claimed 'no plans', but there are plenty of rumors about a EUROPEAN localization.

 

[Skelletonike]

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers. I think I will get the US version. So this way I will not have any problems to play online, download contents or buying games from eShop. I also could register the machine getting an American account (now I have an European one).

I can't read Japanese, hehehe. So buying a Japanese 3ds would be a problem, cause the most of the games doesn't have English.

That Monster Hunter, I think its US and EU version will be available soon, isn't it?

capcom claimed 'no plans', but there are plenty of rumors about a EUROPEAN localization.

Yeah, so far Monster Hunter 3G has been rumoured to be released in Europe, nothing about it on the US from what I know, but then again, they're just rumours. =3
Right now the NoE has been having some advantages compared to the NoA, like for example the Fire Emblem European localisation and some games that we've been getting earlier (and some other demos too), in terms of online content, besides demos, the the american eshop does have more tittles. There's no real advantage to one or the other nowadays really. =S

 

[Starfighter-Suicune]

Can anyone confirm me that the regions available on an asian region 3ds are 1:1 the US region 3ds ones?

I'm asking because I want to fill this list&map here: Click
In case you don't know: This is about the Pokémon Vivillon which has a different wing pattern depending on the country (and if available: state/province/etc.) you set in the system settings.
The problem I have is: In the past someone seemed to have reported wing patterns for Indonesia and Myanmar. But these regions are not setable in any 3DS region, so there can't be pattern for these.
According to a list I found, Indonesia allegedly belongs to the US version, but it wasn't setable on the O3DS I regionchanged for filling this list.