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fedfed on 18 August 2015

Buy 2 a New3ds cheaper and an old 3DS cheaper- so you have both of best world... new games cheaper in japanese - great old games cheaper in English



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sc94597 on 18 August 2015
Risthel said:

...but I have some concerns before buying it, so I want to ask you guys first. I currently live in Tokyo, so the price for the console and games are much cheaper, 18.780 yen (136 euro circa) for the New3DS XL and 2400 yen (20 euro) for used games. Problem is that the 3DS is region locked (damn you Nintendo!), so I could only play japanese games. I understand the language enough to enjoy games (I think), but I'd like to buy games in English too. There are ways to avoid region locking, but I don't want to overcomplicate my life. What do you suggest me to do? And if I finish buying it, what games do you suggest me to play? I already saw a tempting Luigi's Mansion 2...  

There are ways to avoid region-locking in the homebrew scene but they can potentially cost you $60-100 (7.500- 12.4399 YEN) (although there is a free custom firmware as well, but I am unsure about the specifics with that.) You are probably better off just importing an EU 3DS. 



Pavolink on 18 August 2015

Don't do it. Wait for NX next year.



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Platina on 18 August 2015

Really depends what kind of games you want to play. There are a lot of Japanese games that are not localized so you would be able to play those



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Risthel on 19 August 2015

Thank you all for your precious advices! They really help me out!



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gabzjmm23 on 19 August 2015
Risthel said:
Thank you all for your precious advices! They really help me out!


did you buy an imported 3ds from EU? or Japanese one? or both? and what games did you bought?



Paatar on 19 August 2015
manuel said:
Well, the region lock won't go away (damn you Nintendo!), 

They said they were talking about removing region lock a few months back.



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Conina on 19 August 2015
Paatar said:
manuel said:
Well, the region lock won't go away (damn you Nintendo!), 

They said they were talking about removing region lock a few months back.

Only for new systems, not for 3DS: http://kotaku.com/nintendo-wont-make-the-3ds-region-free-but-the-nx-migh-1704682379



Paatar on 19 August 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
Paatar said:
manuel said:
Well, the region lock won't go away (damn you Nintendo!), 

They said they were talking about removing region lock a few months back.

Seems very unlikely they would just remove it now though. Maybe when they were talking about that they meant for future consoles?


I think we both mis interpreted. 

Region lock won't go away for 3DS and Wii U (I think that's what you were referring to, sorry about that)

But yes, future consoles will most likely not have it.



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manuel on 19 August 2015

Even if it's only for future consoles, it has to go away. Region lock is very unnecessary and annoying.



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