Online gaming publication IGN has discovered that Amiibo figures won’t be region locked, which is a nice surprise. So you’ll be able to import Amiibo figures and they will work on your console. IGN tried a US Amiibo figure on a Japanese console and it worked fine.
Thanks, MasterPikachu6
FIRST!
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How about making consoles that are region free rather than gimmicks?
The point is that this is the first step.
– Amiibo can’t be used across consoles
– Amiibo can’t be used with multiple games
– Amiibo can’t be region locked
you heard me correctly … of all the things Amiibo can’t do, add region locking to the list … region locking is a feature and Amiibo lacks features.
What? “Amiibo can’t be used across consoles. Amiibo can’t be used with multiple games”
Both of these are wrong…
This could mean Nintendo is on the process of unlocking all regional consoles very soon.
Those things hold so little data there isn’t room for region locking.
inb4 region-lock patch
Does my eyes deceive me? Is this the beginning of Nintendo finally reversing region locking? ^_^
Nope.
Nope for what?
Remember when Nintendo said that they expect Amiibos to be hard to find? That could be why they are not region locked; so that you can import them.
“Could be” is the question though, can’t say for sure.
“Could be” isn’t a question though. That’s just two words. Haha.
More like a theory.
right. You get what I’m saying.
Yeah I do lol.
You mean A GAME THOERY!!!
You are right.
Way to kill our hopes for region lovk freedom dick.
You’re welcome :)
Shut up. lol
Now, now. Be polite. Lol.
And mind your business. lol jk
It’s “Mind your OWN business” Lol fail.
Nintendo: The company that’s always living in the past.
:'(
Why so sad?
That’s great! Maybe there won’t be region locking anymore!
Will everyone shut the hell up, just because these are region-free does not turn it into “OMG Nintendo no more locking huehuehue”
Or a war about region locking, it’s not that big of a deal
These figures doesn’t have enough memory to region lock, plus they aren’t infringing on any copyright or broadcast frequency issues that might be regional. So that is why they aren’t region locked.
Actually, it is a rather important deal. One of my friends has a PAL Wii but only has American games.
If someone were to go on a trip to some other region, he or she couldn’t buy physical copies of games.
If one wanted to try the Japanese version of a certain game for whatever reason (example: that one Donkey Kong game that used the GameCube Bonga controller was WAAAY better in the Japanese and PAL versions), well too bad! You’ll have to import a japanese whatever console you’re playing on.
So yeah, region locking is rather annoying and a whole bunch of gamers would rather NOT have Nintendo continuing that trend, thank you very much.
Im in the usa… Japanese games are better. Its a big fuckin deal.
To you maybe, but the world don’t revolve around you kid.
The fuck it dont son. Eat a cockmeat sandwich
It’s nice that their region free, but it’s really the consoles that should be region free.
I can smell the cheese of importing powerleveled amiibos for smash from chinese goldsellers and ebay
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YEAHHHH BITCH I’m saving 1/3 of my money ^^
Man there are going to be so many! It’s gonna be hard to collect all the ones I want, but I think that’s the fun in collecting!
meh am not buyin this
It is because you are a fuckin xbot that fuckin hates every thing unless it is made by Microsoft, you are riping your self of because you have to pay for everything on Microsoft.
That’s cool, but I care about Amiibo, can’t wait for Xenoblade Chronicles X!
That’s good. It’ll mean getting a Lucario Amiibo faster for me.
Great… now the UK can steal our American amiibos for a cheaper price.. -_- The UK gets everything..
now everyone has the choice of everyone elses amibos yes :)
Since the pokemon rumble u figures were region free, this doesn’t surprise me.