DS Lite - country coded?, Are the games coded by country? |
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 Jul 18 2008, 07:09
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I was waiting to take advantage of the great exchange rate whilst on holiday to Canada soon to buy the kids a couple of DS Lites, but i picked up somewhere that these are coded by region/country like DVDs.
Is this true? If so, are there hacks available to make them region-free? |
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Jul 18 2008, 08:02
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Pretty sure they aren't. Picked up a jap copy of a game off ebay for my girlfriends brother and it worked fine!
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Jul 18 2008, 15:22
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Definitely not region coded, picked my DS up from New Zealand last year and my daughters from the US when they were first released.
Got carts from both countries as well as the UK. -------------------- Smartphone and PocketPC History
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Jul 23 2008, 06:43
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Geek (according to wife!) Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 183 Joined: 2nd June 2005 From: Camberley Member No.: 132,618 Device(s): HTC Touch std |
Many thanks - i'll wait to i get to Vancouver then and buy them there - approx £75 against £100 here - that's a saving of £50 for both.
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Jul 23 2008, 09:47
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I've been thinking about buying a DS for a while now. Does anyone have any decent game recommendations, there seem to be hundreds of titles of the "brain training" genre but precious little else. And how is that stylus thing in the real world, Genuinely Useful or Irritating Gimmick? I'm no fan of PocketPC's hence the question about stylus
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Jul 23 2008, 09:58
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QUOTE(awarner (MVP) @ Jul 18 2008, 16:22)  Definitely not region coded, picked my DS up from New Zealand last year and my daughters from the US when they were first released. Got carts from both countries as well as the UK. I picked up a DS when I was in the US a couple of months ago. Worked out at about £65 which seemed like a good deal! |
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Jul 23 2008, 10:24
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QUOTE(Dark Horse @ Jul 23 2008, 10:47) I've been thinking about buying a DS for a while now. Does anyone have any decent game recommendations, There are some excellent titles out there and some really bad ones that I'd wish I had not wasted my money on. LEGO Star Wars the complete sage is worth getting and things like Animal Crossing while being a kiddie type title can be very addictive. As for the stylus you don't need to use it for most titles unless you really want to. -------------------- Smartphone and PocketPC History
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Jul 23 2008, 12:01
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 200 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(awarner (MVP) @ Jul 23 2008, 11:24) There are some excellent titles out there and some really bad ones that I'd wish I had not wasted my money on. LEGO Star Wars the complete sage is worth getting and things like Animal Crossing while being a kiddie type title can be very addictive. As for the stylus you don't need to use it for most titles unless you really want to. Thanks for that, how's Mario Kart on the DS? Also, for multi player sessions, does everyone need their own copy of the game? |
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Jul 23 2008, 16:16
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 16,794 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
Mario Kart is good, played against my daughter a few times it's a game to play again from time to time.
You only need one copy to play against someone else but you have to wait to download from one DS to the other. Some games are like this or have more simple head to head games. -------------------- Smartphone and PocketPC History
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Jul 24 2008, 08:46
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 200 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(awarner (MVP) @ Jul 23 2008, 17:16) Mario Kart is good, played against my daughter a few times it's a game to play again from time to time. You only need one copy to play against someone else but you have to wait to download from one DS to the other. Some games are like this or have more simple head to head games. Super, many thanks! |
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Jul 24 2008, 09:46
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 16,794 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
To get the best out of Mario Kart I would spend the extra on a second card tbh.
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Jul 24 2008, 09:55
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 200 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(awarner (MVP) @ Jul 24 2008, 10:46) To get the best out of Mario Kart I would spend the extra on a second card tbh. Is the download not very quick? I though the DS had Wifi and it was done wirelessly so it wouldn't be to bad (10 mins max perhaps?) Once the game has been downloaded to the other DS, can you store it indefinitely or does it get wiped when you switch off the power/end a multi player game? |
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Jul 24 2008, 16:28
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 16,794 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
Yep it does have wifi but you need to upload every time you want to play two player. I did find that communication can fail between devices but that could be down to playing an old DS and the DS lite.
Mario kart is just one game where two carts would be better and no upload etc. -------------------- Smartphone and PocketPC History
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