Like all things Nintendo, the New 3DS will be region-locked

4 Sep 2014

Steve Wright

Surprising no one, Nintendo has confirmed with Gamespot that the New 3DS and New 3DS XL will be region-locked.

Every other Nintendo console is in the same boat.

Nintendo announced the New 3DS consoles late last week. Already, we know that certain new 3DS games will actually require the New 3DS models to work, and that in Japan, the New 3DS models will require a payment to disable an internet filter.

What do you think of this news?

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Steve is the founder of Stevivor, which itself is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’ -- that made more sense back in 2001 when Steve first arrived in the country and Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.

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