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have a Nintendo 3ds bought in japan it however is in Japanese, how do i switch it into English?
You cant change it, and also, you cannot transfer data between a Japanese 3DS and a English 3DS. Gamestop CANNOT do that either. Plus, data saved on the SD Card of the Japanese 3DS also cannot be transferred to ANY 3DS what so ever, besides the music and pictures you put on it yourself.
You Can’t Change It. But I would suggest changing it at gamestop and get all the memory you had on the japanese one transfered to the english one. I Hope this helps
If you’re willing, and have the tools and know-how, you could probably just swap the motherboards of a Japanese 3DS with that of any other region’s. I can’t swear it’ll work, but I did the very same with my old DSi. Like the 3DS, it’s region locked too. It works just fine. Plus, you get to keep any previously installed software and whatnot.
Trying a CFW (Custom Firmware) might be an option. I don’t know how far the mod scene has come with the Japanese version though. You’ll have to do a great deal of digging on Google.
I was able to change area and version by Good Mode
You can’t change it. Also, you can’t modify it to English. Even games for English or any other region cannot be play for Japanese. You can only play japanese version of games.
So, actually you can change the region, and play region locked games on your Japanese 3ds. However you’re going to have to void your warranty (which…. at this point you’re gonna buy it used so who cares?) go look for nintendo homebrew https://3ds.hacks.guide/ (there’s the link) and the guys in the discord server will walk you through anything you don’t understand! very nice community.
I am will to use the Japanese 3ds games > only need to change lanuage to english. Can I change the lanuage to English for a region locked Japanese 3ds?
