Question about imported games

This may sound stupid, but say a game is imported to another country and I have a DS but am in America. If I bought the game over there or had it shipped here, would it still run on my DS?

Yup, thankfully, the DS isn't region-locked.

The short answer: Probably.

The long answer: There's a handful of games that will be region-locked if you try playing them on an out-of-region D Si (XL), most notably Pokemon B/W. If you have a DS Phat or Lite, you won't have a problem.

In case anyone else is wondering about anything else: of the other current systems, the Playstation 2 and Wii are always region-locked, the Playstations 3 and Portable are never region-locked, and the Xbox 360 is, I believe, sometimes region-locked, depending on the game.

edited 6th Mar '11 12:32:19 AM by SuperDimensionman

You can't really call the PS 2 "current" anymore...

I can and do! I don't find anything at all improbable about the idea of someone wanting to import a Playstation 2 game, even if it has most likely been out of print for several years.

edited 6th Mar '11 9:06:01 AM by SuperDimensionman

And P S2s are still being manufactured and sold, aren't they?

Importing on PS 2 is easy—all you need is either a mod chip, or an imported PS 2 (I've heard of other tricks but never tested them). For my money, the imported PS 2 is better because mod chips can cause wonky behavior, including the PS 2 suddenly not recognizing games it actually can play.

There are VERY FEW region-free 360 games right now.

I ended up getting a Japanese 360 just to play a few games I really want to play. It's quite worth it for me, although your mileage may widely vary.