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Shubshub December 31st, 2012 6:38 PM

WHY NINTENDO WHY
 
From http://www.serebii.net/black2white2/

The games can be played on any model of DS and 3DS, however they contain a region lock on DSi and 3DS models

Why are these games Region Locked on DSi and 3DS They are DS Games, Nintendo DS Games are not supposed to have any kind of region locking

Discuss

Hikamaru December 31st, 2012 6:44 PM

The games have enhanced features when played on a DSi or 3DS, which is why they have region-locking.

It's because of additional features those two systems have which the DS and DS Lite don't, which is why there's no region-locking when played on DS or DS Lite.

You can still link up with foreign language versions if playing on the latter two.

Xander Olivieri December 31st, 2012 8:01 PM

I'm pretty sure every game since 2010 have been region locked when played on the DSi or above. Its to keep international buyers from bootlegging the copies from what I've been told.

WingedDragon December 31st, 2012 8:19 PM

Ohh I thought region locking was talking about game play

HaiImNate December 31st, 2012 8:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XanderO (Post 7464055)
I'm pretty sure every game since 2010 have been region locked when played on the DSi or above. Its to keep international buyers from bootlegging the copies from what I've been told.

This reason exactly! International buyers could make a humongous profit if these games weren't region locked!

mechro147 December 31st, 2012 10:01 PM

what is region locking? i don't know what it means.

Cyclone December 31st, 2012 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mechro147 (Post 7464184)
what is region locking? i don't know what it means.

Rather than explain it personally, I will point you this way which answers in better detail than I could.

Cyclone


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