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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by nottorp on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:38AM (#23538396)
Ok that's new. I last checked when they had the ... whatever the first console with motion controllers was called.

So are you absolutely sure that I can buy Nintendo stuff today and get games from anywhere in the world? Because my local selection is laughably small and crappy, and combined with region locks it meant it's not worth the trouble.

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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by mttjj on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:51AM (#23538517)
The Wii is the console you are thinking of. And that console came out in 2006. So I'm surprised you decided that things haven't changed in 14 years.

> So are you absolutely sure that I can buy Nintendo stuff today and get games from anywhere in the world?

Yes, absolutely sure. You just need to create an eShop account for each region. There are countless articles on how to do this.

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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by stordoff on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:54AM (#23538553)
Absolutely certain. It's in Nintendo's FAQs[1] and I have played physical games from the EU, US, and Japan on my EU Switch, and have accounts for both the UK and Japanese eShops.

[1] https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-Switch/Regional-...

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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by redbeard0x0a on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:09AM (#23538716)
> So are you absolutely sure that I can buy Nintendo stuff today and get games from anywhere in the world?

Yes, I have a UK switch that I got (it was the diablo bundle), I have a uk switch account and a us switch account. Diablo works fine. All my us purchased switch games (physical) and downloaded games from the us store on this uk switch.

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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by Hamuko on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:41AM (#23538427)
>whatever the first console with motion controllers was called.

Nintendo Puerile Joke (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4953650.stm).

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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by harrisi on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:46AM (#23538476)
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...
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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by nottorp on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:58AM (#23538600)
> The Wii is the console you are thinking of. And that console came out in 2006. So I'm surprised you decided that things haven't changed in 14 years.

I didn't grow up with gameboys but with the zx spectrum, I don't have a childhood attachment to Nintendo. Once in a while (3-5 years) I think it would be good to check what they offer, but usually there's a hoop i have to jump through and it also requires spending money on a new console in addition to my PS3/4 so...

> So are you absolutely sure that I can buy Nintendo stuff today and get games from anywhere in the world?

> Yes, absolutely sure. You just need to create an eShop account for each region. There are countless articles on how to do this.

I was thinking of physical purchases :)

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