IGN sat down with Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata at E3 to discuss the issue of region locking. Both Sony and Microsoft have announced that their forthcoming next generation consoles will be completely region free, which just leaves Nintendo. The original Nintendo DS and DS Lite were region-free, but this all changed with the Nintendo DSi. Here’s what Satoru Iwata had to say on the controversial issue of region locking.
“From some people’s perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that we’re selling our products worldwide. There are many different regions around the world, and each region has its own cultural acceptance and legal restrictions, as well as different age ratings. There are always things that we’re required to do in each different region, which may go counter to the idea that players around the world want the freedom to play whatever they want. I hope that game fans can understand that the industry isn’t doing this solely out of business ego. There are some reasons behind it.”
First
How are you so quick at being first? I’m actually legitimately curious?
He gets an email everytime there is a new post.
he is sickr
Lets ask!!! HEY SICKR!!! :P
what you stupid bitchy nintendo fan i got work to do. (takes huge hit, cough) anyway what!!!!!
LMFAO i got sprite on my Wii U gamepad
SPRITE!!!!!!! you drink sprite!!!! (grabs warm whiskey and drinks it, shakes head fast) i dont need sprite in my whisky bitch!!!! im sickr and tired of these stupid bitches on my site!!!!!! sickr out!!!!!
Lol I wonder if sickr is reading this
reading what……. WHAT IS THIS!!!!!!
Ha, I’m reading it :P Why u Mad? Is signed up to the email list. He gets a notification in his inbox every time I publish a new post. He, or she, has been handy lately in sending in tips, so I can’t complain.
Well look like we have to beat “Why u Mad?” by sending news to sickr. Then we decided from there.
They’re far to busy calling Nintendo lords, while they sit there with their tongues up The big N’s ass…
Wait did you change your name from GamingLordLisa to IHateForumsLisa? Are you bullying Lisa?
There were like 5 people bullying her back at the “playstation 2” post.
I don’t remember that but if she like playstation 2 then fine by me.
i am Lisa -_-
Oh sorry about that. I may be a troll but have no respect for bullies.
You’re an miniature troll with the brains of a tiny infant -_-‘
I guess I am! :P
Bewbz or gtfo
Sthu and leave.
What the fck is your problem. You take a pic of yourself in your bathroom, wearing nothing but a crop top showing your 12 year old body on a website populated by gamers, who historically make comments about breasts, don’t tell us you didn’t see that coming. If you don’t want to be treated like a writing vibrator, don’t keep on reproach the fact that you’re a girl. Stop pissing against the wind.
It’s been done before, and i can do what i want to do, if a guy uses his pic on a post shirtless, it’ll be okay with you then?
Why you mad?
i’ve actually been first once:) it was my highlight of the day!(sadly)
How are you almost always first? You’re so quick and I’m legitimately curious.
Step 1: No Life
Step 2: Troll Internets
Step 3: ???????
Step 4: Profit
Plot Twist. Why U Mad is poster of Mynintendonews.com
yeah thats what i think.
im seriously starting to think its sickr himself XD
if it is its funny because hes not a retarded fan boy like most of the people on here. oh yeah he likes nintendo too because you know, hes running this site.
this is one of the few times you took these words out of my mouth
thats not the only thing he took out of your mouth XD
im kidding, im kidding.
mmm, I wouldnt say that, he use to Run a PS Vita site as well.
Then he pull it off and now we got PS Vita fans trolling our site! :P
honestly, i think even Vita fans troll the Vita XD
I love my Vita, but its had a dry spell like no other.
no i think that nintendo fans troll nintendo.
xD
Bullshit, Sony and Microsoft are able to have region free without any problems, so why can’t u Nintendo. And another thing, selling your products worldwide? Then why did we have to start operation rainfall just to get xenoblade, last story, and pandora’s tower in the U.S.
this so much, stupid noa
the u has free internet why can’t the ps4 and the box1 have it
Free internet but you don’t recieve free games, you can’t use an account in more than one console, have to pay for overpriced ROMs and you can’t even use them in different consoles, the games you download are tied to the console not an account and if your console gets damage you’ll lose your games also you have a terrible online service so enjoy your friendcodes.
You get old and the games that dont really sell. Occasionally fooling you with the old goodies (that any gamer at heart already purchased).
I’m pretty sure Sony will tone down their “free” offerings, when plus comes mandatory for online multiplayer.
And Microsoft is getting on the “free” content train, so they wont get left behind by Sony.
They will probably fix that downloads thing, and U never used friendcodes.
What do free online services have to do with region locking?
You’re terrible at trolling. You set your user name to some tired internet meme and make it your life’s effort to be “first” in the comment section of a Nintendo blog. Where do you find the time to patrol the comments to ensure that you are always first? Maybe you’re hitting the refresh button relentlessly instead of finding worthwhile Nintendo games to play. Either way, you probably don’t have many friends and I’ll bet you see a therapist to cope with your uncle touching you when you were young.
-the internet
Lmfao, like I haven’t heard this before. How many time have I told people how I get first all the time? I get email notifications on my iPhone and using the comment link in the email and depending on the Internet signal, I get here quickly. And do you want to know what I’m doing inbetween those emails? That’s right living a life! I find it hilarious how people get upset over the Internet and then make up some story about people who upset them to make themselves feel better.
So that’s an affirmative on the whole uncle touching and no friends thing? Thanks for the clarification. Cheers!
Lol whatever helps u sleep at night bro.
You dont have a life stop trying to act like you do.
How do you know? Oh wait, you don’t.
Why u mad? Is a troll but you’re just being an asshole
“I’m better than you because I “have a life”” ~Anonymous
LAME!…i have 99 lives on mario BP
I’m curious though. They have region free DVDs so why can’t Nintendo make the games available on all platforms to be region-free
I mean on all countries not all platforms
Your fuc***** annoying. Quite it already you’re pathetic.
Why u so mad bro?
I hate youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :( you always are saying first, first, first. But think about it. You’ll never be the first one who ever says first. You’re just a pathetic looser who can’t get over puberty. Deal with it
That didn’t make any sense.
I know it hurts but you need to accept it, you have never been the first.
your pathetic to get mad over it.
HOW SAD R U ¬_¬
Why u mad bro?
why u mad bro?
Second
You should comment on the article instead of just saying “first”. Who cares that your first? Now I gotta scroll down like a jackass to see what others have said regarding the article. Waste of your time and ours.
Why not both?
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He’s got a point, but I do miss some of those japan only games. Battle Stadium D.O.N. looked awesome back in the GC days
Care if I ask what is his point, actually? Because the other consoles are also sold worldwide, have parent controls, are subject to ratings and cultural differences etc. etc. and still do not use region lock (they *can*, but it’s software-based and save for some Xbox 360 games in the first two years no one was relying on it).
I just wish they admitted that either they won’t change due to financials (devaluation of currency in Japan, Europe or the US may eschew sales perception per region as people may import games from different regions just because they’re cheaper there) or because it would require a hardware revision somehow. These vague responses only make it seem they’re doing this for surreptitious reasons.
ever heard of shipping?
Are you saying you wouldn’t pay shipping on a foreign game you wanted?
its just that at some point he says that somebody might want go get a game from another region ie. japan to europe because its cheaper that way. i… dont think so
to be honest i can’t be assed with region locking who cares
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(It still would have been nice not to have region lock)
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In that case, they better damn well release every title in other regions…or at least try as much as possible.
Its just more convenient for Nintendo and I can accept that.
oh that is such bullshit. put your big boy pants on and drop region locking. NO ONE likes it!
I like it
well then you’re an idiot
XD im starting to like your current post’s Ray.
If Nintendo of America were more diligent with bringing over more titles, this wouldn’t be a problem. It’s not as though only minor titles are not being brought over, even Dragon Quest seems to be falling through the cracks.
no shit, fan boys are so stupid and dont see the problem with noa….. oh wait all nintendo plays is mario.
so youre saying youre stupid?
pathetic attempt.
served its purpose loser XD
On the subject of Region Locking. I give not a single fuck.
That is all.
Well honestly, the fact that they are adapting content to different regions makes sense, also for the consumer, HOWEVER, the people buying software outside of their home region are obviously well aware that they’re accessing content that is not necessarily tailored to them, therefore they’re taking full responsibility. It’s also a way to satisfy niche crowds without having to localize it and say “Oh well all material that is not region specific isn’t our responsability because you decided to buy outside of your home region.”
Exactly. Also the people who are able to import games are already old enough to play any rated games. Nintendo is bullshitting us. And if parents import games for their kids then it’s their decision and responsibility.
Exactly my thoughts. There’s no point restricting which NINTENDO video games ADULTS order from Japan.
Also, I don’t know how many people actually use Nintendo’s parental controls, but parents should be the ones in control of their credit cards (eShop purchases) or car (retail).
if sony and ms can do it so can nintendo.
lame excuse iwata
please understand……….
Toplel
…. yet EVERYONE ELSE can do consoles region free.
Keep saying that it isnt ego talking. You just dont want to lose the sales you get from people buying other region systems to play games.
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hahaha microsoft will put shitendo out of business and then buy them out because the weak u will fail like shitendo.
Fearow Fear Fo.
(Cool story bro)
Sony is more likely to do that.
Even though this will never happen, I agree with you. Microsoft is pure shit. At least Sony has some love for games.
I laugh when people say Nintendo is finished. Nintendo will never go, people will always wanna play mario metroid or zelda.
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It will be a happy family reunion.
i love it when they come back
deep inside they are sensitive lil trolls
so this goes to
ness
aeolus
why u mad?
thebensanders
walter white
zigfried von schroder
and of course icebastard
FUCK YOU
but keep commenting it kinda keeps this place warm with all the flames you ignite
Uhh hello! due i look liek a trol 2 u?!!? becuase quartz and mother saiy i look liek a duck!!! :) rember be nise and spred the love of christ becuase he loves us!
You’re missing the point. :P
And I don’t like it when people use Jesus as an attempt to troll others.
Uhh hello! i am not a trol. i can tel thou u r tryin to trol me u!
How can you tell that I’m “trolling” you, when that’s not even what I intend to do?
Why am I even talking to a person who’s trying to anger me?
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I accept your apology, since I have no proof that you are genuinely trying to make me upset (nor that you aren’t, so)….
Just note that as apparent in this post, many people interpret your apparent naivety as you wanting to troll others, as evident in Hellstrike’s post labelling you as one of those “trolls”…
And I don’t remember putting those darts after my sentences like that in my previous post.
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xbot enjoy you last Microsoft console. The 360 was the last enjoyable RROD machine. Replaced by the VCR Betamax cablebox.
that actually made me laugh out loud
Long time, no see.
Honestly, as long as games are localised, why complain?
Pricing is not the companies fault, it’s just your countries economy.
And that right there is the problem. So many games that people want to play are not localized. ;/
yeah and only nintendo pulls this shit.
Eh, the only games i remember in recent memory was Ex Troopers, and Xenoblade, Last Story and Pandora’s Tower
oh there is a lot more that.
Fear. Fearee Fearo…
(Oh well, as long as they bring all the good titles to every region, it’s not so bad)
I think i have so many titles i cant play them all
please understand… we at nintendo are celebrating the year 1996, it’s not 2013, it’s 1996. I would also like you to know that we don’t care about much, we love your money, don’t stop throwing your money at us, thanks to you, 1996 will last forever, thankyou…
I’ve hacked my Wii and it now plays everything, didn’t even need to open it up and poke around. It’s possible with an update. If you’re not doing it I’ll eventually hack my 3DS and Wii U anyways. Oh but don’t worry, I buy ALL my games.
sorry no region free. please understand that we want nintendo to be as irrelevant as possible. i apologize that the wii u sucks and we do too.
pfft
im glad u said u suck finally
fail….. just like the wii u. it will be berried.
Firmware and a policing job for nintendo tree house. Then open up region locking lol
if sony and ms can do it so can nintendo. motherfuckers are too family oriented and care too much about kids to care about such things as region free. fucking nintendo.
We just got to keep bugging Nintendo about it. Nintendo needs to face the problems of age requirements and cultural acceptance head on instead of simply avoiding it. Region free would certainly make the fans/customers happier. 💋
kick nintendo’s ass mammajynx <3
Oh I will if I need! 💋
I guess then PS4 and XBox One will have region locking? OH WAIT NOPE.
Xbone only has it’s drm feature switched off not removed lol.
Pika
(This)
Well okay then bring over all those damn games we don’t have then. Where’s Dragon Quest X at? Where’s the Dragon Quest 25th anniversary set at? Why did we have to campaign for Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story, and Pandora’s Tower two of which you didn’t even publish in the US? Quit with this hypocritical bullshit Nintendo.
exactly!!!!! did you also know the only reason that nintendo even published xenoblade was because gamestop saw the demand. why do you think that its just a gamestop exclusive???? so in a way they didnt even really publish that themselves because if it wasnt for gamestop, the game would have never came!!!!!!
if if if. WE GOT OUR GAME
Nintendo is a company older than your life
i dont think they give a damn about why you think they make their decisions
You always complain about ninty and how some games suck or dont get to your hands but you cant possibly have played all these titles to their fullest and then say they sucked
if you were playing your games icebastard you wouldnt be commenting here all day
i put my last comment in here months ago
CUZ IM ENJOYING NINTY GREATNESS
AS OPPOSED TO YOUR MISERY THAT TURNED YOU INTO A TROLL
see you in a month
sucker
yeah troll….. ok
sickr wtf?
what did you do to icebastard
Squeheheheehehe ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ
im not a frog anymore
Because western gamers have a long tradition about not caring for most games that comes out in Japan…
If people made petitions all the time like for TLS and PT, then eventually High Command would realise the demand and begin to ship the games outside Japan…
But they cannot do this now just to please a few hundred gamers…
Don’t care about the games that will be affected myself, but I feel bad for the others who do care. If only I didn’t enjoy Nintendo’s games so god damn much I could easily move on, sigh……….. *continues to wait furiously*
Oh I meant to ask you. What are your thoughts on Tropical Freeze? I see you’ve been playing a lot of DKCR 3D lately and you also went to the Best Buy event. I personally thought the game was very well polished and Rare made another great quality title.
I’m looking forward to it. I’ve already beaten DKCR3D and now I’m doing it again in mirror mode.
Nope, nope, nope, and furthermore, nope.
Region free means I can buy my games from other countries without worrying about buying compatible hardware, which is counter-productive. If I buy a game from Japan, I want it to work on my European system without having to buy a Japanese system just because of region locking. Likewise, if I go to America for a business trip, I want the freedom to buy a game from America and for that to work on my European system I own. The Parental Controls excuse is exactly that, an excuse. The only reason why Nintendo are region-locking is purely for territorial control and segregation. Draconian and unwanted.
Nintendo can’t use the NTSC vs PAL argument for region-locking, that in itself died in 2000. Handhelds? They’re all the same hardware anyway, so there’s no excuse full stop. Worldwide simultaneous releases doesn’t resolve the situation either.
tl:dr? Iwata can keep his cheap talk. There are many of us that want region free, and we’ll continue to tell you “you’re doing it wrong” until you give us region free.
“…and each region has its own cultural acceptance and legal restrictions…”
No one is forcing you to buy a game that makes you feel uncomfortable. Jesus Christ…Get your shit together, Iwata.
Yeah, for once I agree with the haters. Fuck parental controls. Parents should just do their jobs and not buy games their kids are too young to play. Rating systems are suggestions, they aren’t law. Unless you’re going to the cinema or buying porn. ( lol ) But I mean come on, like there’s many M rated games on Nintendo consoles anyways. Most don’t go higher than teen/16. It isn’t until recently on the Wii U we’ve gotten more mature games. Even then, other consoles don’t region lock. If I wanna take the risk and play a game that could be considered “illegal” here then let me, it will be my problem. ( I highly doubt there is such a game on a Nintendo console ever. )
^ this sooooo much.
If no one else needs to do it, there is not a valid excuse for it.
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(Nintendo needs to listen to people about this because there are some people who like getting games from other regions not unless they’re bringing games to other regions)
Nintendo commander and anonymous my 3DS is undergoing touch up. So friend codes soon :).
Good, I don’t like waiting…
This makes stuff like 3DS brew and Gateaway even more important, perhaps they can solve it without Nintendo ruining things again. Nintendo can now chose, have people pirate games or let us buy them legally and fair. I prefer the last choice. Because I love collecting chose game boxes!
this sounds dumb, cause the other 2 are sold in most regions as well, and have parental controls, and still have to abide the laws of the country regarding restrictions etc…so no not buying the excuse
Maybe if they didn’t region lock I could had been able to play Xenoblade, The Last Story,Pandora’s Tower when they released. Instead I had to wait for “Operation Rainfall” (almost 2 years after their Japan release) to convince Nintendo to bring those more mature games to the West. They didn’t even bother with releasing Fatal Frame 2 in the West either. Nintendo is clearly out of touch. All they do now is kiddie games and forgot about the ones of us who want to play something else.
This is the only thing Nintendo have to make third party happy and very few people want Nintendo to remove it? Nintendo remove this and we may actually get less third party support.
Why? lol There are games that will NEVER reach outside Japan. And those games could be bought by many people if they could actually play them.
That wouldn’t make third parties leave Nintendo, except maybe EA, But who give a crap about them?
Personally, it doesn’t bother me, but the option would be great though!
Same to me.
Iwata ALWAYS makes the wrong decisions. NONE of those Japanese games will ever leave Japan, like Bravely Default (for now). I wanted to play it, but you always want Nintendo to be perfect. Well, right now, the Wii U is the joke of the 8th generation of consoles and YOU need to fix the it. EA and Ubisoft are going to be big supporters of the PS4 and Xbox One and leave the Wii U abandoned. Please make the Wii U revolutionary, not using outdated technology.
You do know that Bravely Default is being localized right?
If not, then please go check it out when it releases.
I hope that Nintendo can appreciate the fact that I am tired of all the excuses.
please understand………..
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Fuck this guy…..Nintendo has gone to shit and its Iwata that led them down this path..
There are more pressing issues with the WiiU than the region locking, like where are the dam games ?
Can they give up with the freakin’ parental controls! Its ridiculous and I don’t know ANYBODY who would use them. Parents will let their kids get whatever games they’re allowed to get. This is insane. There are SO MANY games that are only released in Japan and we want to buy them! Nintendo you are going out of business if you don’t adapt the present ways.
exactly, its the PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY. such a pointless feature. they need to get rid of it… maybe it could free up some god damn RAM.
How the fuck would removing options free up RAM, you dumb fuck?
They made a huge deal over parental controls they made it its own app and turning features on and off. it does require RAM. and 1GB ram is for the OS. obviously they dont need 1GB for an OS. in future updates they might free up some of the RAM for games.
thats what I said, nintendo trying to be other people parents and control there games
We’re still going to push it on you guys until it pounds into your head and you get the point… Keep up the signs guys.
mr iwata, i respect you and all but please remove the region lock on both the 3ds and wii u because what if certain games dont reach certain regions and they wanna play it, they dont want to buy another system just for imports, by removing region locking you will gain more respect and more people will buy your systems.
For goodness sake! At Least, I beg of you, At LEAST give us the option to type in Japanese in Miiverse. Japanese can use an English keyboard why can’t English Speakers use a Japanese keyboard? It’s really frustrating for those of us who can speak it and have to manually write out our messages. And oh yeah, make everything region free. Lazy!
Fire iwata he’s too stupid to run a successful business. Because of him, Nintendo is labeled as kiddy. If I were the CEO of Nintendo, I would focus on reversing that label.
if sony and ms can do it, then why fuck cant nintendo do it too? why are they treating consumers like babies? region lock is pointless and is just an annoyance! if nintendo systems were region free then there would be less bullshit like operation rainfall. If NoA was actually good then this wouldn’t be a huge problem. This is just a stupid excuse, lol parental controls? PS3 and VITA has it and they’re region free. Fucking Shitendo.
exactly. stupid sheep dont care though because mario is the only thing they play.
lol parental control. what a joke. this is why people say nintendo is for kids because of bullshit like this.
This is why Nintendo gamers are less retarded than Xbots and Sonyans…
Just look at the amount of you Sony fans here, basically none of you can give arguments without insulting Nintendo and its fans…
So I rather have Parental Control over your uncivilized manners…
i would take free internet over region lock anyday nintendo shits on sonysoft easily
Good point!
Free internet but you don’t recieve free games, you can’t use an account in more than one console, have to pay for overpriced ROMs and you can’t use them in different consoles, the games you download are tied to the console not an account and if your console gets damage you’ll lose your games also you have a terrible online service so enjoy your friendcodes.
enjoy paying an extra 600 for the net and a outdated controller
I want to understand Iwata, but I have to disagree with him on this one. Give me a “valid” reason of why is not region free?
Taxes and Tariffs might be one. I know Apple and Sony are both region locked to the account of the user. I think Apple does by credit card and address. Sony, I have heard you switch your account which sounds as easy as unlocking the region lock on a SNES (take out plastic piece).
Its same with Adobe, you can’t just buy the Middle Eastern version, which is the only version that can layout Arabic and Hebrew (ie extra features) straight out. They won’t even let purchase it with credit card unless you have an adress in that region. But it can be circumvented though….so there are lots of companies that region lock in one form or another.
And no I am not saying its ok, but I think taxes and money conversion have allot to do with it.
Well, that would suck ass if it is, because Consoles and games are expensive enough.
Iwata I think u are stupid. Stupid in region locking, not adding more online and giving the Wii U 3 cores.
First
Why on earth would dumb Iwata name the product Wii (we?) U. They should have just called it “you”. No online for a 3D Mario, Nintendo Land, Pikmin 3, DK TF, region locked, and only one player plays with the GamePad. I see more “I” than “we ” Iwata is dumb very very dumb and stupid.
Sicr what’s the next bad news you have planned tomorrow about Wii U? The 3DS and Wii U are like night and day. When 3DS articles are posted its good. When Wii U articles get posted, it’s a complete 360.
hahahahaah yeah im starting to like you. your points couldnt be more true. so is nintendo still slapping your face just from being such a big nintendo fan?????
The only thing that is keeping me a Nintendo fan is the up coming games for the Wii U. Also, the way the GamePad and the console react to each other is Amazing. The GamePad keeps me from needing my Acer Tablet 500 at home. The GamePad goes to the home manual much faster than My Acer Tablet. Its lighter, and the way it plays my games is sweet. Its also nice that I can play my Wii games. My only problem with Nintendo is the CEO running it. I still love Nintendo and all but I don’t have to agree with every thing Nintendo does to be a fan.
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i don’t see anyone talking shit about sonysoft’s paid internet,03 controller,overpriced overated specs the 8th gen is all about the gpad motionchuck combo because nothing can fuck with that especially ps4’s bigger than it is specs
ps4 and the box1 should be 250 so the sonysofters can even out those net charges talk about sheep dual analog was outdated the day it arrived
Wow Iwata, that might have been the dumbest thing to come out of his mouth. I might now be seeing why his approval rating is dropping.
I guess from his point of view, Microsoft and Sony don’t have to conform to parental controls since they don’t have region lock and are doing just fine.
I mean, this honestly doesn’t effect me because I don’t import, but I see no problem with the option being there.
Hope the Wii U get hacked soon so we can do whatever we want with the fuckin’ console we got with our goddamn money!
considering ps4’s ten year plan the u will save me about 600 hundred i can spend that on a extra gpad ,internet bill,games to all sonysofters wait to u guys get your play and x pads your gonna love it
Iwata pretty much exhausted his oxygen speaking in political speech/language sense sidetracking the question. In the end, he clearly never explain those reasons for the region locking. But I’m sure that the number one reason for it is “Piracy”. But only saying that he hope people to understand and accept the lock without a clear explanation is just asking too much of fans to swallow obvious BS.
For piracy? Do you know how many people pirated Xenoblade and all of the other Japan exclusive games because of the region lock in the Wii?
That’s bullcrap. Nintendo does NOT release their products “worldwide”. Not all of them at least.
No Iwata. Could YOU please understand why we want this region-lock gone.
Iwata is killing Nintendo, and refuses to actually listen to what fans want. I don’t care how entertaining his broken English is in the Nintendo Direct videos anymore. Get rid of his ass. Seriously. The company’s becoming a joke, No wonder everyone rips on Nintendo fans.
Hell, even Microsoft listened to the public outcry after their E3 botch with the Xbox One. Nintendo needs all of the support in the console market that they can get right now and it is absolutely insulting that they continually refuse to acknowledge their customers’ desires.
Thankfully the 3ds has been pretty badass so far.
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Still pretty BS if you ask me. I think that Nintendo NEEDS to take away the region lock now because if its such a bad business move then how come the PlayStation has been doing it for years and is still region free on the PS4 and PSVita?
Nintendo, listen you might be scared about losing money but you won’t, as a matter of fact you’d earn more money because you wouldn’t have to pay for shipping costs or anything like that. So let the fans have what they want, me, I could care less but please Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have do it, now its your turn.
he’s just inadvertently told us who these consoles are aimed for, even though i have a 3DS & Wii U :/
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This, like all nintendo announcements and responses as of late, is complete crap. It doesnt have anything to do with national ratings board, user experience or being family oriented, either.
Nintendo doesnt want to remove region lock for financial reasons.
If theres no region lock, theres no reason for people in australia to pay double for their games when they could just as easily get the same game imported to them from america.
As has been said already, ms and sony are doing it and have titles that are much more mature than anything likely to be seen on wiiu. Like always, what hes said here makes no sense when paired with proper context. Stop letting nintendos schmucks lie to you
Iwata I respect you and all and I’m a nintendofan but for the love of Arceus PLEASE remove the region-lock it’s a pretty pointless feature and if you keep this sh*t up you might end up like Sega.
Yeah, because a parent would TOTALLY import a game…
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Insane Troll Logic here.