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Taking a Switch on vacation from EU to USA. What region eshop will I be able to access?
It doesn't matter where your Switch came from. They're all the same, and region-free. The only thing that matters, is which region your account belongs to.
If you have a Japanese account, it will ...
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Will I be able to play my Steam games when I move from Russia to Germany? If not, what can I do?
According to Reddit you can get locked out, but you can contact Steam support to get your games back:
Hello fellow Russian.
I've moved to the EU several years years ago and had some games ...
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I'm moving to the U.S. in a few months; what will happen to the games in my Indian Steam library?
While I cannot find any official Steam documentation (there are lot's of reddit posts however, this one for example), I can share my own experience.
I moved from Russia to the U.S. in 2017, and this ...
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Is the Nintendo Switch region locked?
The Nintendo Switch is region-free (with the exception of Chinese Nintendo Switches - see below). As the link states:
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed the system won’t be region locked,...
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Will I get banned by using region restricted games on Steam?
From the Steam Subscriber Agreement:
3. BILLING, PAYMENT AND OTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS
A. Payment Authorization
...
You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise ...
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Will I be able to play my Steam games when I move from Russia to Germany? If not, what can I do?
I've moved from Russia to US and I have no problems playing my games or buying new ones.
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Is there a legal way to obtain games not available in certain Steam regions?
It actually happened to me. There was the full Commandos collection in Steam sales and I couldn't get it because it is not available in Germany (I guess why :/).
I told a (good) friend and he gifted ...
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Is there a legal way to obtain games not available in certain Steam regions?
Update additional to Puce's answer. After hours of research, here is 'theoretical way' to determine state of your target game.
TL;DR: Use steamdb.info to confirm package's information, if ...
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Are PS+ free games region-locked?
You do not require a region Y account to use your region X content in region Y.
You can continue to purchase and play on your region X account from region Y with no problems and as long as you ...
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Can I play Pokémon Sun and Moon purchased in another country?
From the Nintendo Support Forums, this same question was asked and this answer was chosen by the moderator as the best answer:
No. Nintendo 3DS games and systems are both region-locked, so a German ...
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Can I play Nintendo Switch in a country where I don't buy?
You can use the Switch in any country you like.
Depending on where you buy the switch you get a different plug for the charger(Note: That part that goes into the switch is always the same). If you ...
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Will I be able to play my Steam games when I move from Russia to Germany? If not, what can I do?
Well, I have to accept an answer that "worked for me", so I have to write my own: not a single problem I have seen, even though I had a RU/CIS version of, for example, Bioshock Infinite. I can still ...
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What is the purpose of region-locking video game systems?
I'll quote an answer on another forum from 2015 :
It's because of price discrimination. Steam, for example, used to have
all its prices in USD, and no games were region locked. Then they
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How do I check if a Nintendo Switch game card supports multiple languages?
Check the Nintendo eShop, by searching for the game title. In the details (no. players etc.), it should say supported languages - this should work since most if not all physical releases should be on ...
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Will an NTSC N64 Rumble Pak work in a PAL controller?
The following information doesn't seem to be easy to find so hopefully the following information can answer other questions.
N64 game controllers and Rumble PAK's are not region specific. They all ...
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Are there advantages of having a Japanese vs an American 3DS?
If you are not keen on Japanese, I'd recommend to focus on the USA one. Language can be changed in some Japanese games, but only if English is supported.
The vast majority of JP games only support ...
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Can I play Nintendo Switch in a country where I don't buy?
The nintendo switch is not region locked - so you can buy whatever imported game you like.
(Source)
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Can I make imported PS4 games work region free?
According to this article:
In general, neither digital nor disc-based games will be region locked, but PlayStation recommends that all users purchase games at the region of their residence to ...
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Can I play Pokémon Sun and Moon purchased in another country?
According to the region locking wikipedia page the 3DS is region locked for 3DS specific software. So I think you may be out of luck until you get a Japanese copy of the game.
Source: https://en....
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Is it possible for my Russian friend to gift me a game in the UK?
Since 2014, Steam games bought in Russia cannot be played outside Russia. Valve put this restriction in place after the ruble crashed, because they didn't want to raise prices on Russian customers, ...
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Will a North American SNES Power Adapter Fit In a Super Famicom?
The short answer is no, an SNES adapter will not physically fit into a Super Famicom.
As a general rule, you really should just use the proper power supply anyway.
If you look around online you'll ...
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Will Nintendo eShop cards work cross-region?
The Nintendo eShop cards are region-locked. Cards from the PAL region only work in PAL consoles, and cards from Japan only work in Japanese consoles et cetera.
Fortunately, in your case, you will be ...
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Is it possible to get US games from the PAL Eshop on Wii U?
Unfortunately, (if I did my research right), the eShop for Nintendo's current consoles is region-locked, and games (or versions of games) from other regions cannot be bought on your Wii U.
It appears ...
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Best way to get a worldwide giftable copy of the game?
Based on Steam gift policy, you cannot get a worldwide copy to gift https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1266-QFZC-2141, and you can't trade steam wallet credit as they say here: https:/...
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Playing UK-bought games on a Japanese GameCube
I don't think you could find anything for UK-Japan GameCube, unfortunately. But, I think I might have seen an option for trading UK or US games in for their Japanese equivalents. (Hopefully you have a ...
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Is there a difference between Nintendo 64 controllers used on PAL and NTSC systems?
As far as I know, the controllers are identical, I'm fairly sure the controllers themselves are not going to have any region-specific differences.
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Does a PAL PSP game work on a NTSC system?
For games, the PSP is not region locked. According to Wikipedia:
Although PlayStation Portable has no region locking for UMD games;[13] UMD movies are locked by region.[14] However, Sony has ...
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PS4 DLC code and region
From here,
As far as games are concerned, any game bought from any country will play on any console.
As far as accounts are concerned, any game bought from any country will play on any account ...
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Will a UK-bought Gamecube Memory Card work in the USA?
Gamecube memory cards are not region locked however there is a special caveat to make note of. When using a different region memory card you may need to format the memory card first. Another warning ...
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Is the 2DS region locked? Will I be able to play NA games on a Japanese System?
From this site:
Like the Nintendo 3DS before it, the new 2DS is region-locked, which, unfortunately, means that devices can only play games with the same region codes, and you can’t access online ...
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