Nintendo DSi Software Will Be Region Locked

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 7, 2008 @12:30PM from the don't-import dept.

aliquis writes with news that software made for the recently announced Nintendo DSi will be region-locked. Nintendo's reasoning is that the DSi "embeds net communication functionality within itself and we are intending to provide net services specifically tailored for each region." It's also been discovered that accounts with the DSi's online store won't be linked with the Wii store, so points for one won't work with the other. Nintendo has stated that they don't intend for digital distribution to replace retail sales. We discussed the DSi's announcement last week.

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Re:The NES and SNES didn't use regioning by pizzach · 2008-10-07 16:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yes I am. ;) The post had some pretty questionable phrasing in general to boot.

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Re:Region locking is lame by el_munkie · 2008-10-07 17:46 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It might have been released in the US later, but I had to special-order it at the time. I guess I don't keep up with DS games as much as you, dickface.