ragernok2002 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 from Kotaku While Nintendo has announced the DSi for Japan this November, the company is holding its release elsewhere. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the newest DS iteration won't be released in the U.S. until late 2009. (Good news for Europeans, the DSi is being slated for Spring 2009.) Bad news: Nintendo is region locking the DSi. According to the company: DSi software (software that is only compatible with DSi) is region locked, eg: European DSi software can only be played on European DSi consoles... Nintendo DS software however is region free so you can play any DS software on DSi from any region. You can also browse the Internet on your DSi wherever you are in the world and exchange your photos with friends from around the world... DSi is region locked because DSi embeds net communication functionality within itself and we are intending to provide net services specifically tailored for each region. Also because we are including parental control functionality for Nintendo DSi and each region has its unique age limit made by different independent. So to summarize, both DSi cartridge games and downloadable DSi games are region locked. Regular DS games still are not. dsi games are region locked that sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Robinson Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 My god, this will be the first handheld with region locked games since... well, I can't actually think of the last one. I can understand the download service being region specific (I'm sure the PSP will do the same), but the DSi cartridges? Bleh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragernok2002 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 whats the point in getting one, Its taking away GBA slot which I love and isn't even adding a second touch screen, but we do get a shitty camera yay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mylandro Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Would there be much of a point in a second touch screen? Anyone bothering to import one? I was considering it at first, but the region-lock has put me off. Who knows, one might just turn up for Christmas though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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