New Nintendo 3DS

Gameguy1996 wrote:You can still buy the games on the eShop if you import one from Japan.

commanderedgeworth wrote:

AsukaLSoryu wrote:I thought the New 3DS was not region locked though.

That would be the Nintendo that didn't want to completely s*** on its fans.

Zero Revolution wrote:

Gameguy1996 wrote:You can still buy the games on the eShop if you import one from Japan.

Are you sure about that? I thought they removed the feature to switch countries on the eShop or something like that. Maybe I'm wrong though.

commanderedgeworth wrote:

AsukaLSoryu wrote:I thought the New 3DS was not region locked though.

That would be the Nintendo that didn't want to completely s*** on its fans.

Yeah, lol. Although, who really wants to have to read Japanese in order to use it and play the games anyway? I'd personally rather wait for a western release to get the game in my own language, so it's much easier to figure out what to do. (or in the case of RPGs, so it's not absolutely impossible to play )

commanderedgeworth wrote:

Zero Revolution wrote:

Gameguy1996 wrote:You can still buy the games on the eShop if you import one from Japan.

Are you sure about that? I thought they removed the feature to switch countries on the eShop or something like that. Maybe I'm wrong though.

commanderedgeworth wrote:

AsukaLSoryu wrote:I thought the New 3DS was not region locked though.

That would be the Nintendo that didn't want to completely s*** on its fans.

Yeah, lol. Although, who really wants to have to read Japanese in order to use it and play the games anyway? I'd personally rather wait for a western release to get the game in my own language, so it's much easier to figure out what to do. (or in the case of RPGs, so it's not absolutely impossible to play )

Depends on the game really. Like you say a big epic text heavy RPG will almost impenetrable, but games like Monster Hunter where there's very little text and follow a specific pattern are really easy to get through even if you don't understand a lick of Japanese. I've beaten Portable 3rd on the PSP and TriG in Japanese and it was perfectly fine.

For some reason say there was a big delay on the new Mario platformer coming west, and given Playasia always have very reasonable import prices (depends on your state/country's import tax rate of course but most western countries are okay apart from Italy) wouldn't you be tempted to just get it? What would you really be missing out on? Some stuff doesn't make its way over here anyway, I've been dying to get my mitts on four Dragon Quest games that have come out on 3DS but none of them have made their way over here. Thanks Square, but if Nintendo didn't have region locking I could get my hands on them. The only justifiable reason for region locking is sheer greed.

commanderedgeworth wrote:^ You would never know the truth about Kirby





He's actually a pretty happy pink blob.

Go Nintendo wrote: Third party themes will be available
- confirmed are Monster Hunter, Youkai Watch, BlayzBloo with more to come
- Two sets of free themes with no altered sounds/music:
- "Simple Clear Colour Set Vol. 1"
- "Simple Colour Set Vol. 1"
- most cost 100-200 yen, but third parties may be able to set their own prices

Full list of confirmed themes

Youkai Watch – 200 yen
Monster Hunter 4G (#1) – 200 yen
Monster Hunter 4G (#2) – 200 yen
Luigi – 200 yen
Yoshi – 200 yen
Mario – 200 yen
Peach – 200 yen
Mario characters (woodgrain) – 200 yen
Mario characters (felt print) – 200 yen
Black x White stripes – 100 yen
BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma – 100 yen
Mario (NES) – 200 yen
Hanafuda color – 200 yen
Black x White dots – 100 yen
Gold x White dots – 100 yen
Animal Crossing (office) – 200 yen
Animal Crossing (village board) – 200 yen
Animal Crossing (Nooking Junction) – 200 yen
Animal Crossing (Able Sisters Mabel) – 200 yen
Animal Crossing (Able Sisters Able) – 200 yen
Black x White checkered flag – 100 yen
Escape Adventure: The Black Fog of Demise – 100 yen
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 200 yen
Pink x White stripe – 100 yen
Gold x Black stars – 100 yen
Yellow x Purple stars – 100 yen
Simple clear color set Vol.1 – free
Simple color set Vol.1 – free
Rosalina round and round – 200 yen
Mario round and round – 200 yen
Peach round and round – 200 yen
Bowser round and round – 200 yen
Aqua blue squares – 100 yen
Mario mushrooms – 200 yen
Okiraku series – 100 yen
Blue x Yellow large dots – 100 yen
Pink x green large dots – 100 yen
10 different Azure Striker Gunvolt themes – ranges between 100 and 150 yen

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