Will the GBA have regional locks?

[minus1972]

will you be able to play American games on a japanese Game Boy Advance? Thx.

 

[minus1972]

ack! 200th post was on Gameboy...oh well. Senior Member, w00t!

 

[JayPatel]

doubtful....any gameboy color game can be played on any gameboy color system regardless of where it was bought....

 

[minus1972]

cool, thx. I'm having one imported and I don't know Japanese; so I figured it would be good to check.

 

[JayPatel]

Ripped blatantly from pocket.ign.com

Will the Game Boy Advance released in Japan play US games, or vice-versa?

We won't know if there is territory lock-out on the Game Boy Advance until the system is released in all areas. But keep in mind this ? any Game Boy Color game will work in any Game Boy Color system, regardless of what country it was released in. It's a good bet that Nintendo will continue this on the Game Boy Advance.


yeah it takes 201 posts to become senior.

 

[dcpsoguy]

I dont beleive there will be a regional lock on GBA. I dont think any handheld has ever had a regional lock...just consoles. Dont quote me on that though

 

[ArkAoss]

nintendo is good to us isn't it....
now if only they'd release a 5.25 bay device to plug the contorllers and cartridges of the old 8 bit into....

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the GBA and even the GB color and regular GB used a different architecture from the old 8-bit NES, right? It's not as simple as the adapter to plug Master System Games into a Game Gear. (The GG was a handheld Master System - thats why that worked)