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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by currymj on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:32AM (#23538350)
Nintendo’s portable systems (going back to the Game Boy and including the Switch) have never had region locks, on the logic that somebody might want to buy a new game while traveling. The consoles (except for Switch) do, though.
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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by stordoff on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:51AM (#23538514)
3DS was region locked - I had to import a Japanese 3DS to play the Japanese version of Persona Q2 (or I could have used CFW, but I didn't want to risk the downloaded content I have).
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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by pokemod97 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:46AM (#23538469)
The 3ds did have region locks on it. I think the rest didn't.
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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by nottorp on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:27AM (#23538884)
Funny enough, that's when I wanted to buy a Nintendo portable. 3D without glasses seemed interesting. Then I noticed that not many games are available in eastern europe and I wasn't willing to jump through hoops to give them my money.
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