Gaming Can eShop games be region locked?

[Metab.]

Can they be? Or is it only physical cartridges?

 

[WiiUBricker]

Of course they can be region locked. WiiWare and VC titles are also region locked. The region lock is in the software, not in the hardware.

 

[BORTZ]

They ARE region locked too.

 

[chris888222]

Nintendo's RLocks are all software-based, so yes.

 

[Metab.]

Oh thought it was hardware.
So this means if/when there is a crack of games they can also remove region lock? (So we could play jap games when the japanise lucky bastards get em first? ><)

 

[DoctorSmash]

Yes.