Misc Changing region to access eshop and buy games

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Hi all! i just got my New 3DS. I want to buy games from the eshop but if i set my region to Cyprus (where i live) i cannot acces the eshop. i get a message that says that it is not available for my region. So i changed the region to UK (England) and it let me access it. Downloaded the latest update, installed it and all work fine.

My question for you is: Will i be able to buy games even though i'm not located in the UK? Will everything work as it should? What about creating a NNID account? i read somewhere that the NNID locks your console to the spesific region you set it up to and then cannot change it.

thanks in advance for any help you provide!!!
 
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skebeman said:
My question for you is: Will i be able to buy games even though i'm not located in the UK? Will everything work as it should?
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Most likely, you're never asked for an address anyway (and if they do... click somewhere in google maps, lol) -- there would be VERY little market for imported consoles otherwise I suspect!
What about creating a NNID account? i read somewhere that the NNID locks your console to the spesific region you set it up to and then cannot change it.
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Correct, it locks the country for everything but mii plaza (eshop will send you to account settings, which will complain and give up), at least between 2 countries with online services...
 

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