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- Dec 21, 2010
Yep.
Of course quite a few of you might not know what this means, but it will completely halt importing for the console, which was actually quite popular on the previous DS systems, because of all the cool little games that were only released in Japan (Ouendan is the most prominent in my mind).
For me, and no doubt countless other European gamers, it also allowed us to get around the horrid release date scheduling. This is my primary concern, since, well, I hate waiting for great games, which are already in English nonetheless, just "because". I can see Paper Mario (my most anticipated 3DS game) getting some sort of several-month-long wait until it is released over here. And it'll annoy me. Much so.
Granted, Nintendo has been much better with the release date schedules these days (Black and White are coming out in Europe BEFORE America which blew my mind a little) but I really don't want to take my chances.
Honestly, if they turn around and say "Paper Mario US - 4th April UK - 5th July" I will import an American 3DS, adaptors and all.
Oh and to further prove my point that region locking is moronic, the entire reason Elite Beat Agents was made was because a lot of western gamers imported Ouendan. What it basically means is that Nintendo is not only leaving out some customers (especially the ones who import Japanese games and buy the English version later on), but they're cutting down a marketing strategy in the process.
And to some of you this may seem like inane rambling and in a way it is.
And maybe it'll turn out to be false and I'll be happy. But who knows.
Of course quite a few of you might not know what this means, but it will completely halt importing for the console, which was actually quite popular on the previous DS systems, because of all the cool little games that were only released in Japan (Ouendan is the most prominent in my mind).
For me, and no doubt countless other European gamers, it also allowed us to get around the horrid release date scheduling. This is my primary concern, since, well, I hate waiting for great games, which are already in English nonetheless, just "because". I can see Paper Mario (my most anticipated 3DS game) getting some sort of several-month-long wait until it is released over here. And it'll annoy me. Much so.
Granted, Nintendo has been much better with the release date schedules these days (Black and White are coming out in Europe BEFORE America which blew my mind a little) but I really don't want to take my chances.
Honestly, if they turn around and say "Paper Mario US - 4th April UK - 5th July" I will import an American 3DS, adaptors and all.
Oh and to further prove my point that region locking is moronic, the entire reason Elite Beat Agents was made was because a lot of western gamers imported Ouendan. What it basically means is that Nintendo is not only leaving out some customers (especially the ones who import Japanese games and buy the English version later on), but they're cutting down a marketing strategy in the process.
And to some of you this may seem like inane rambling and in a way it is.
And maybe it'll turn out to be false and I'll be happy. But who knows.