KirbYuuYuu
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Yeah, you could be right KirbYuuYuu. I don't know. lol
It's part of the cost we pay for importing, I guess.
Nevermind the additional costs or anything
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Japanese Nintendo 3DS Import Thread | Brand New 3D, Same Old Region Lock
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Nevermind the additional costs or anything
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Deleted member 17706
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First impressions playing a few minutes of Monster Hunter 4 (no 4G yet) and the Smash Bros. demo are very positive. The system menus overall are much more response and don't make you wait.
I'm most surprised at how effective the stereoscopic 3D effect stability feature is. I hated 3D previously because it always turned into a blurry mess for me. Off almost 100% of the time up until now. This eye tracking stuff actually works, though. I can finally play games in 3D without immense frustration. This is really where the tech needed to be at the beginning.
The right nub works very well for controlling the camera in Monster Hunter 4. Surprisingly well, in fact.
Going to try buying something from them now with a US card.
I'm most surprised at how effective the stereoscopic 3D effect stability feature is. I hated 3D previously because it always turned into a blurry mess for me. Off almost 100% of the time up until now. This eye tracking stuff actually works, though. I can finally play games in 3D without immense frustration. This is really where the tech needed to be at the beginning.
The right nub works very well for controlling the camera in Monster Hunter 4. Surprisingly well, in fact.
Going to try buying something from them now with a US card.
Yup. You need to enter a Japanese address but foreign credit cards are ok. They'll just email you the code
Edit: It's worth mentioning that at least in my case, even if I have the site in English, when I check out to buy a code it's all in Japanese. It will give you an error and not let you make the purchase if you have a non-Japanese address selected
I will just use the one with the Tenso shipping address. I think I will do a small virtual game buy first and see how it goes...
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lolitsgriff
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I got JP Post/EMS shipping and my 3DS has been in customs since two nights ago.
Not sure if I should worry yet or not. Will be extremely frustrated if it gets sent back for whatever? reason. Picked EMS specifically because I heard customs was easier.
Not sure if I should worry yet or not. Will be extremely frustrated if it gets sent back for whatever? reason. Picked EMS specifically because I heard customs was easier.
Impotaku
Member
That's normal, it can stay in customs for over a week if your unlucky, had that happen a few times in the past.
claude.labonte
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So I just received my n3DS I want to go all digital but can't seem to register an account because I didn't buy any physical games, is there any way to register one so I can buy them digitally?
I want to go all digital but can't seem to register an account because I didn't buy any physical games, is there any way to register one so I can buy them digitally? On/Off turns the head tracking on/off
3Dブレ防止機能の補正 button is for reconfiguring it only if something is wrong. From there the top option （手動で設定） lets you manually set it, bottom （初期状態にもどす） just resets it to factory settings.
Not sure what you mean by easier, unless you mean compared to air mail. EMS packages generally stay in customs for at least a couple of days. If you'd like to bypass that (the wait, not the fee) choose a courier like FedEx. If you live in the US though there's no customs fees and Fedex will just get you your package within 2-3 days.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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So I just received my n3DS
You'll need something physical since CN Japan took away the ability to register consoles.
claude.labonte
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phoenix3934
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According to 3DSBrew, the New 3DS has double core and RAM compared to the old one.
New 3DS Specifications:
Code:
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| Type | Description |
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| ARM11 Processor Core | ARM11 MPCore 4x 268MHz(?) & 4x VFP Co-Processor |
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| FCRAM | 256MB |
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| VRAM | 6 MB within SoC. Independent of system memory (FCRAM). |
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| | 4MB of additional memory. |
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| NFC | |
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| MVD | |
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| New HID | |
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That's great to hear!
Reluctant-Hero
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Wait a minute... so we need to register a JP CN account in order to make purchases from the JP eShop?!
No. I think the OP just wanted to make sure he got his points on Club Nintendo. The trick now is that since you don't get points for buying hardware you have to buy a game with a code to even create an account. But you can use the eShop without a CN account.
claude.labonte
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ahhhh ok I thought I needed an account to use the eshop! then it's super cool I don't want points, I want GAMES
I snagged one. I'm loving it. Never cared fer white borders around the screen on portables or smartphones.
KirbYuuYuu
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sixteen-bit
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looks like there's some good news on that front
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=134635444&postcount=1342
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Actually not related but kinda related.
How do you do a system transfer if you plan to trade in your 3ds xl towards the new 3ds?
How do you do a system transfer if you plan to trade in your 3ds xl towards the new 3ds?
I'm using a microsd on my US XL now so when I transfer the rights of my stuff to the n3ds when it hits the States, I can just plop the microsd in the new one.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Huh, is the system transfer just putting in the microsd card?
The way I'm hoping to do it means that I won't have the 3ds xl with me when I want to do the system transfer.
The way I'm hoping to do it means that I won't have the 3ds xl with me when I want to do the system transfer.
You still need two systems and a wifi connection.
I don't know the answer but I recall this being an issue that folks at gamestop where looking at.this: http://techforums.nintendo.com/message/71891
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Sigh.
So I can get points cards at the very least. So it's not locked down. But it sure feels like a black list effect is going on.
This really is some sort of hassle.
So I can get points cards at the very least. So it's not locked down. But it sure feels like a black list effect is going on.
This really is some sort of hassle.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Argh, should have known that anything to do with account stuff Nintendo will make it a mission to make it as much of a pain in the ass as possible.
I'll check around with a few stores.
I'll check around with a few stores.
Srry what is the problem? I just put a master card on the eshop with no problem and made several buys. What is it telling you?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh yeah, thanks for the help people.
I think its their plan. That way we all end up with drawers of special edition 3ds that we can't trade in.
But I think if you work out with them that you are going to trade it in and arrange for a price. Then go home do the transfer and go back and sell your system to them. Not really much different than trading in...except for maybe an extra trip (which can be a PIA)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Come to think of it I could just use my phone as a WiFi hotspot.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
It's giving me the error code for this card can't be used. Which earlier today, was more like my card was on lock down. The lock was removed during my work hours, and I can use it everywhere else, but JP eshop won't let me. Interestingly enough though, it let me put in money for the halloween zelda theme, but but that ended up being a false positive.
It's weird because I actually bought a couple of things before all of this started
I would check the credit card company. I know I had an issue one time because I was suddenly buying things in HK that I hadn't done before. They did lock the card down till I talked to them. But after that everything was cool.
Halloween zelda theme? I haven't seen that .... yet...off to the eshop...
KirbYuuYuu
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Well the Fraud Protection did call me to lift the lock, and the bank was of no help because they were clueless. I just don't know why it's so specific on who will get my money. Because this actually happened around the time I was preordering the n3DS, and one of the payment options became locked even after I got everything situated. It just makes no sense for me to keep dealing with this, especially when I told the "Fraud Protection" place that I was going to try purchasing from here again.
There is an upside to the way they do it in that all your system settings and game data gets transferred over without having to upload system stuff to another service like iTunes and then re-downloading all the games one by one.
Not a great selection but in case no one has mentioned it, Amazon JP is on week 2 of their Nintendo digital sale (Gameboy VC titles). Week 3 will be 3DS download-only titles and week 4 will be Super Famicom VC titles on Wii U.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/b/ref=s9_ac...rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=184975829&pf_rd_i=3230994051
http://www.amazon.co.jp/b/ref=s9_ac...rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=184975829&pf_rd_i=3230994051
#00 Phillips will work fine
metsallica
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Anyone have recommendations for iOS apps to translate Japanese? I wish Google Translate had optical character recognition...
I really want to know too. It would help so much. And if there isn't they really need to work on one.
Oh shit
I bought a black & white as just couldnt decide looking at pics, now I have both here I am keeping the white one. both look nice but the black still picks up grubby marks even though its matte. each to his own though. I'm selling the black one now. I'm in the UK.
Thanks for the link, nothing there that I want that I don't already have though.
Maybe Kaeru no tame ni but not sure.
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