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Maybe it was made in Japan, but region locked for here? I mean why else would "made in Japan" be in English?



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Nintendo handhelds were not region-locked until the 3DS



jigokutamago said:
Nintendo handhelds were not region-locked until the 3DS

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jigokutamago said:
Nintendo handhelds were not region-locked until the 3DS


What he said, plus some DS games which had DSi features like the camera, like Pokémon BW and newer. Those are region locked on DSi and 3DS consoles, but not on DS/DS Lite consoles.



Yep.

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BraLoD said:

It's sad to know that the 3DS is region-locked, if the game doesn't come out of Japan you can't even play it without a japanese 3ds... but I don't know japanese so it's ok to me lol; or you buy a used game and don't know it's european and it won't run at your american 3DS... they shouldn't do this, such a stupid move.


Yes... I want to play Dragon Quest VII but they won't localize it... Nevertheless I wouldn't import it either since I don't know any Japanese



Yep.