Nintendo offers new details on Switch 2 hardware, software
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Sadly, Nintendo is taking a page from their old region-locking habits..
In Japan the Japanese-language-only, region-locked version is 49,980 yen.
But if you want to play non-JP games (even ones you've bought directly from Nintendo) or use the system and/or menus in any language other than Japanese - or if your Nintendo account is connected to any other country - you must buy the "international version"... which is conveniently priced at only 69,980 yen. Since the only real difference between the two versions is in artificially locked language and region settings, it's basically just a 40% foreigner tax. Pretty shitty move on their part, and ensures I am done ever buying their games/consoles.
In Japan the Japanese-language-only, region-locked version is 49,980 yen.
But if you want to play non-JP games (even ones you've bought directly from Nintendo) or use the system and/or menus in any language other than Japanese - or if your Nintendo account is connected to any other country - you must buy the "international version"... which is conveniently priced at only 69,980 yen. Since the only real difference between the two versions is in artificially locked language and region settings, it's basically just a 40% foreigner tax. Pretty shitty move on their part, and ensures I am done ever buying their games/consoles.
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