RE: DS games in UK same as US (by Dave davetemp@bbllueyonder.co.uk)

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noname - 20 May 2007 21:09 GMT

Basically Handhelds are not region locked this includes the PSP as well as the much loved DS.

US titles can freely be played on the European DS as can Japanese titles. This is because they carry thier own screen and hence do not suffer from PAL/NSTC signal limitations as thier bigger consoles cousins.

Therefore, when in the US you can buy and play US titles on your UK DS.

The only real difference with US on UK cartridges this the languages, both oviously support English but the US will have fewer of the European languages usually, maybe Spanish.

This also applied to GBA cartridges if you want to play any of these on your DS.

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Dave - 20 May 2007 21:17 GMT

Thanks for your quick reply and very helpful comments. Although you've
started me thinking what is a GBA cartridge !

> Basically Handhelds are not region locked this includes the PSP as well as
> the much loved DS.
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Dave - 20 May 2007 21:26 GMT

Just done a quick google - Game Boy Advance ?
So do the games work directly on the DS or is there some hacking / using ram
cards?
Havnt got a clue just read a few web pages !
Dave

> Thanks for your quick reply and very helpful comments. Although you've
> started me thinking what is a GBA cartridge !
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Earths_Child - 20 May 2007 21:27 GMT

> Just done a quick google - Game Boy Advance ?
> So do the games work directly on the DS or is there some hacking / using
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Your DS has a GBA slot for Game Boy Advanced games - you can choose whether
you can to play the game on the upper or lower screen.

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Dave - 23 May 2007 23:44 GMT

> Your DS has a GBA slot for Game Boy Advanced games - you can choose
> whether you can to play the game on the upper or lower screen.

Thanks for the help, its my kids ds so I occationaly have a play had forgot
about the second slot - thanks to all
dave

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Eric Cartman - 20 May 2007 22:10 GMT

>Basically Handhelds are not region locked this includes the PSP as well as the much loved DS.
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>The only real difference with US on UK cartridges this the languages, both oviously support English but the US will have fewer of the European languages usually, maybe Spanish.

And that's something I've never really understood about the US
versions. More people speak Spanish than English in North America and
there's a few places in Canada which are French enclaves. So I've
never really understood why the "non-Japanese" versions are not the
same, unless the gaming companies try to rush the English version out
and then fix the bugs in the International multi-language edition?

>This also applied to GBA cartridges if you want to play any of these on your DS.
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