You can import an American 3DS, which of course will play American 3DS games. The more American games you need to import, the more economical this option becomes. You can soft-mod your 3DS to disable the region lock. This requires some technical expertise, and of course is going to void your warranty.
Games like Ninja Gaiden; Dragon Sword play in a rotate booklet format on the DS and with the 3DS have two different size screens it can be a bit awkward to look at and play on.
DS games! *While 99% of DS games will play on any 3DS, when the DSβs younger brother, the DSi was released, Nintendo came up with something called βDSi-enhanced gamesβ. These games were made to use some of the enhanced capabilities of the DSi and they were region-locked. While imported versions of those will work fine on any DS Phat/Lite,...
Can US NDS games play on the UK 3DS? Okay so I've decided to get a UK 3DS as the games can be found alot cheaper here but I still have alot of US Nintendo ds games (I had a DS lite so it was region free) and I was wondering if I will still be able to play these games on my 3DS?
You can import an American 3DS, which of course will play American 3DS games. The more American games you need to import, the more economical this option becomes. You can soft-mod your 3DS to disable the region lock. This requires some technical expertise, and of course is going to void your warranty.
Can I play Nintendo 3DS games on my Nintendo DS or Nintendo DSi XL? Support | New Nintendo 2DS XL , New Nintendo 3DS , New Nintendo 3DS XL , Nintendo 2DS , Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo 3DS XL No, this is not possible.
The folks at Nintendo made a point to make sure that all your favorite 3DS games didn't stop being your faves by making the newer Nintendo 2DS lines backward-compatible. So, you can play Nintendo 3DS games on a 2DS with ease. You can also play them on a 2DS XL, a 3DS XL, and regular Nintendo 3DS systems.
This is because the 3DS has a different screen resolution than the DS did, meaning playing a DS cartridge on the system without any adjustments is completely doable, but will make your games look.
You can even swap DS games while you're 3DS is on & at the 3DS Home menu, since DS games don't support the "program suspend" function (that 3DS & 3DSware supports). When you're done playing your DS game, just hit the home button & hit "OK" to return to the 3DS menu before changing games.
yes you can i play japanese and US games on my ds no problems the only game AFAIK that is region locked is pokemon black and white. edit. just noticed that you are talking about pokemon game. the bottom line is you might not have a problem with platinum.. but its not guaranteed.
No, this is not possible. Can I transfer my Nintendo DSiWare software from my Nintendo DSi or Nintendo DSi XL to my Nintendo 3DS? Where do I find the electronic manuals for games that only came with a printed Quick Guide? Can I play Nintendo DS games on my Nintendo 3DS? Can I play Game Boy Advance.
You can't access the Home menu while playing Nintendo DS games on the 3DS. Your 3DS cannot access features or use accessories that accessed the Game Boy Advance game slot on the Nintendo DS (slot 2). DS games are not compatible with SpotPass or StreetPass. A few DS games required the use of the AGB slot. Those games are not compatible with the 3DS.
Yes, you will be able to play most Nintendo DS games on your Nintendo 3DS. Exceptions are games that use the GBA Slot. Note that some Nintendo DSi games bought outside the PAL region may not be playable on a Nintendo 3DS from the PAL region.
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Yes, you can play UK games on a US Nintendo DS Lite. No DS game is region locked, the only difference is the online components may be different from country to country. Read More
I am not sure if US carts can be read by a EU 3DS, but your best bet is to ask in /r/3DShacks or gbatemp.net . If it does work, you can simply install Homebrew and through it play region locked games. If your 3DS can't read the carts, then you'll have to use a flash cart to load the game.
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