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Murodese
Mar 6, 2007

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Just some information for anyone looking to import a 3DS/XL from the US for somewhere else, since I did it recently:

Region locking is a mild pain, but there's a few games that either have hugely delayed EU/AU releases (ds1 overclocked, luigi's mansion, likely SMT4 + SMT:Persona) or no EU release at all yet (etrian 4, code of princess). Some notes:

- you can use US eshop cards with your US 3DS to buy games available there (OOT3d, all mario games, fire emblem, various others). One that accepts AU/EU CCs and seems to be ok is Maximuscards - I've had no problem getting cards from there, and it's basically instant.

- you need to get a charger from somewhere, since the US one is both a US plug and 120v. Since a dual converter-transformer is fuckoff expensive, you can either get a USB charger or a universal ds/3ds/microusb charger, either of which work fine.

- Amazon will ship ~most~ 3DS games internationally. If you find one that refuses to be shipped, make sure that you're getting it from Amazon itself and not a third-party seller. The only game I've had trouble with this is Theatrhythm.


As an additional note, I got my 3DS XL from Amazon with 4 games and priority shipping ($36) was $3 cheaper than default slowass shipping ($39), so make sure to check the difference :v:

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Murodese
Mar 6, 2007

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punchdaily posted:

The only game that I've noticed being hard to track down is Devil Survivor Overclocked. I've heard nothing of it being released digitally, and I've only seen it in stores once besides the time I bought it. Some people have had issues finding Tales of Abyss, but it's always in stores around where I live, so your mileage may vary with that.
If you're not too concerned with JRPGs you probably won't have much of a problem by the time you pick one up.

I grabbed Devil Survivor Overclocked from Amazon a week or two ago, no problem at all :raise:

Murodese
Mar 6, 2007

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SMTIV is up on the eShop.

e; game is huge :stare: 14.5k blocks

Murodese fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Jul 16, 2013

Murodese
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I'm guessing I'm not the only one having trouble with the Club Nintendo site?

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