Is the Nintendo Switch region locked?

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Many Nintendo devices often come with regional locking, which means if you purchase a device in one country, you won't be able to play games from another (generally).

Is the Nintendo Switch also region locked like many of its predecessors such as the Wii U and Wii?






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Are Nintendo Switch games region locked?

Are Nintendo Switch game cards region-locked? With the exception of systems and game cards distributed in the Chinese region, Nintendo Switch game cards are not region locked.

Is Nintendo Switch region based?

The Switch IS NOT region locked, and in fact you can swap your console region ANY TIME YOU WANT. Furthermore, you don't need your console to be the same region as your game, to play the game. Your console region can be America for example, and you can still pop in a Japan cartridge and play it no problem.

Can you play European games on an American switch?

Unlike every other Nintendo console shipped since the company started designing actual operating systems, the Switch is completely region-free \u2014 you can play games from any country without issue, often in any language.

Are Nintendo consoles region locked?

All Nintendo handhelds except both Nintendo DSi models and the Nintendo 3DS are fully region-free. In the case of the former, only the physical and digital games that cannot be played on earlier DS models are region-locked.



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