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So long time ago a friend of my parents' from Korea gave me (or my bro, eh) a Pokemon X. At the time, we did not had a 3DS to play the game, but everything changed when the fire nati- Just kidding, just kidding. Anyways, my bro got a 3ds recently and we tried to play the Pokemon X on it. I don't think I need to finish the story. Korean 3DS game card on a North American 3DS does not work, laaaaame.

We didn't knew about the region lock thing. To find out about it and unable to play the game is a huge disappointment. I was looking foward to trade a doodle for a cyndaquil. (Bro and my favorite pokemon.) Now we don't know what to do with it. Is it possible to trade the Korean game for a NA fame in EB games or in other game shop? OR what should I do with it?

February 28, 2015

9 Comments • Newest first

virtumaster

EDIT: @mmorpg kinda beat me to it, haha

It is possible to play the game through [url=https://github.com/smealum/regionthree/]an exploit[/url]. The process is slightly cumbersome though, and basically requires internet everytime you want to start the game. If you really want to play it now, it's an option I guess.

Reply February 28, 2015 - edited
mmorpg

You can do region free if you're willing to mess with homebrew. It's perfectly legal, too.

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Skyenets

[quote=riceforme2]Go buy a Korean 3ds? I bought a Japanese model 3ds for Japanese games and its almost the same price as a NA model.[/quote]

-whispers- Not everyone can throw around a few hundred dollars like that.

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riceforme2

Go buy a Korean 3ds? I bought a Japanese model 3ds for Japanese games and its almost the same price as a NA model.

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CoraKora

[quote=ereckgoose]What do you mean disconnected? I think they knocked out the online servers of poke games except for X/Y and OR/AS. My friend learned this the hard way after buying White 2.[/quote]

Ah, I meant to say disable. //Sighs the [url=http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/vyWpoM6CBIe6FjW8NIY7bvzOrgBURhzw]DS wifi ended two years ago.[/url]

@Zlyphor: Sorry about that. Didn't saw your post 'til now. I'm not good at selling things, but urg. If I get too bored with smash I'll think about it xD Thanks!

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ereckgoose

[quote=CoraKora]Exactly what you said. We'll try and trade it or trade it with some old games to get the X/Y. Too broke to cough up 40 more bucks, ahahaha yikes. Guess, we have to stick to smash bro for a long while.

I also found out that the DS wifi thing is disconnected. Urrrrgggg, was hoping to start a new game in Diamond with a cyndaquil. Cyndaquil, where are thou?[/quote]

What do you mean disconnected? I think they knocked out the online servers of poke games except for X/Y and OR/AS. My friend learned this the hard way after buying White 2.

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CoraKora

Exactly what you said. We'll try and trade it or trade it with some old games to get the X/Y. Too broke to cough up 40 more bucks, ahahaha yikes. Guess, we have to stick to smash bro for a long while.

I also found out that the DS wifi thing is disconnected. Urrrrgggg, was hoping to start a new game in Diamond with a cyndaquil. Cyndaquil, where are thou?

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Zlyphor

Your only choice really is to sell it to someone on eBay or the sort and buy a North American copy of the game.
It sucks that Nintendo does region lock but you really don't have any other options.

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ereckgoose

So you are saying your bro had just a Korean copy of X, with no ability to use it? This is until he got a NA 3ds and found the hard way?

Well not sure if you can trade it but your bro may just have to buy a NA copy of X or Y just to play on NA 3ds. 40 bucks give or take.

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