Do Japanese 3ds Games Work on American 3ds

If you unknowingly buy a game in the wrong language thats your fault. You have a Japanese 3ds trying to play NA games on it.

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Nintendo DS systems do not employ a region code meaning that domestically purchased.

. Used numerous Smash amiibo from Japan as well as the Boxboy amiibo which is Japan exclusive and they worked with my 3DS and Switch. It will work fine on a NA 3ds. Notable games that will NOT work on a EuropeanAmerican 3DS if imported from Japan.

While most of those DSi-enhanced games are shovelware there are a few titles among them worth mentioning. Im sorry that you guys lost money on this HOWEVER there is a market stateside for Japanese 3DSs. As youll see in the above video a North American copy of Super Monkey Ball 3D will not even register in my Japanese 3DS menu.

Hell it wont even see the games. A small subset of Japanese 3ds games will not work on your US 3ds. If youre going to knowingly import a game do your research first.

Nintendo of America Inc. List of Video Game Regions NTSC Territories Japan NTSC-J Note. Games of Japanese origin and systems are usually released here first.

Show activity on this post. Headquarters are in Redmond Washington. Nintendo Network-compatible games feature a small logo on top of the banner but as of November 2014 the small Amiibo logo is dominantly featured instead even if said games also supported Nintendo Network.

My Japanese Mario Kart DS and Pokemon Platinum run fine on my NA 3DS. A few days ago I was looking on a Belgian secondhand site and I found a very interesting offer. That has never and will never exist.

And read everything to make sure that you get the game in the language and region that you need. Because of the region code only software purchased in the same region will be compatible with your system. I have a Japanese New Nintendo 3DS LL and I was wondering if I could play an American version of Pokemon platinum on it.

Just a little video about the ability to play a Japanese game on a Nintendo 3DS from the US. Systems that are capable of communicating with compatible games regardless of the territory theyre manufactured in are referred to as. Japanese games do not work on a European Nintendo 3DS XL North American games do not work on a Japanese Nintendo 3DS XL and so on.

Being able to change the language depends on the game I think. Nintendo DS PSP PS Vita PS3 and PS4 software are region-free and compatible with North American consoles. You can even check out this youtube video where someone demonstrates a DS games from North America Japan and Europe on their North American 3DS.

Nintendo likes it that way. The 3DS is still one of my favorite consoles to hack matter a fact I always recommend anyone do it for the emulation as well even the open source Super Mario 64 has a CIA port for the 3DS with. An empty slot is.

Not all of Nintendos 3DS devices are region locked. Packaging manuals and all or some of user interfaces are in Japanese only. The 3DS is region-locked so if you buy a japanese 3DS you will only be able to play imported japanese games and if you buy a 3DS from europe you will only be able to play their games and so on.

Since this is a Japanese 3DS game it will NOT work in a North American or PAL 3DS. Before anyone gets too excited about this I have a Japanese account on the Switch e-shop and it will not accept any of my American credit cards. Because that region-locking isnt encoded into the DS software you can play software from all regions on your 3DS.

There are three separate regions - EuropeAustralia North America and Japan - and 3DS games from one region can only be played on a 3DS system from the same region. I just want to be sure before buying the game since it is quite expensive now days. The 3ds is region-locked.

Having a Japanese 3DS wont do much good if you. This answer is not useful. This means a person who owns a North American DS or DS Lite can purchase and play a Japanese or European game without being locked out or experiencing major technical problems.

Japanese Nintendo 3DS Kingdom Hearts 3DS for 170 euro. Wii U Wii and Nintendo 3DS family systems employ a region code based on the country where they are sold. Youve gotten your answer but I just wanted to throw in personal experience for added confidence.

This restriction applies to all versions of the Nintendo 3DS XL and its games. I have some DS games and all of them worked on it none of them are Pokemon. Itll work but theres really no reason not to get the PS3 version.

- Nintendo 3DS Nintendo and The Legend of Zelda are all prope. Nintendo 3DS Wii Wii U and Xbox 360 Softwares are REGION-LOCKED and NOT COMPATIBLE with North American consoles. Practically no Japanese game has ever included English text except for a handful of examples across any and all platforms.

Localizing a Japanese game to NA or EU and their respective languages is quite costly and time consuming. These are games with advanced DSI features generally although occasionally games that dont make use of these. Like you said the 3DS is region locked.

These games will usually work perfectly on American consoles and vice versa without conversion issues using a lockout disabler due to both video formats being identical NTSC. Of course her games dont work. The 3DSs older brothers the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite are region free.

While imported versions of those will work fine on any DS PhatLite they will NOT work on a DSiDSi XL3DS of another region. In Japan the banner is black for Nintendo 3DS games rated by CERO as C or higher bottom. North America NTSC-U Canada.

I can almost guarantee you that she wont get 130 for it. I contacted the guy but since he lived to far away I asked if there was a possibility to send it over. DiduXD Expert - 1 year ago - report 2 0.

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