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Rumor: 3DS is region-locked

January 11th, 2011 Posted in 3DS, Posted by Brian, Rumors

According to a Nintendo of Japan customer service representative, the 3DS will be region-locked. This means that if you import a Japanese system and attempt to play a North American game, it simply will not work.

As disappointing as the news is, I don’t think this should be a big surprise to anyone. After the DSi implemented region locking, there really was no going back. Nintendo has yet to officially comment on the issue, but I’d say this rumor is very likely.

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  1. 4 Responses to “Rumor: 3DS is region-locked”

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    By ThomasN on Jan 11, 2011

    There may be a rationale for the region-locking for both the DSi and 3DS as Nintendo does not want North American users to purchase Japanese games and Japanese users to purchase usually cheaper North American games (a practice called “reverse importing” which may be a disadvange for the Japanese side). Like for DVD, there is a rationale for keeping game systems region-locked.

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    By thomas on Jan 11, 2011

    Shame! We better get amazing titles like Rhythm Tengoku 3DS here.

    And that rationale makes sense from the developers side, of course, but not from a consumer’s side.

  4. By Pikmin on Jan 11, 2011

    this is effing rubbish!!! i hate this! so i won’t be able to play my ds games from other countries i guess!?!?! f*** nintendo, if you had bad games i wouldnt buy… damm u

  5. By Windstar on Jan 11, 2011

    Is there really any benefit to region locking it? Really?

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