Im off to new york in a few weeks and was going to pick up my cousin a nintendo DS and take advantage of the exchage rate- my question is- would the games over here work when you plug them in??

I know some makers use different software for different continents but i wasn't sure what nintendo did :)

Nintendo DS consoles and games are region free, so even if you bought a game from as far away as Japan, it'd still work on an English console (it'd be near un-playable though unless you could read Japanese text).

Nintendo DS consoles and games are region free, so even if you bought a game from as far away as Japan, it'd still work on an English console (it'd be near un-playable though unless you could read Japanese text).

would they not be a language select thing i know i can change the language on my psp so it should be possable to change it on a ds :confused:

would they not be a language select thing i know i can change the language on my psp so it should be possable to change it on a ds :confused:

You can change the language of the console, but if the game was written in Japanese theres not a lot you can do about it.

You can change the language of the console, but if the game was written in Japanese theres not a lot you can do about it.
oh yah forgot about the games :hihi: quite a few japanese games can be played without know what it means i have a few that i've played once you get past the what the hell im i doing and remember what symbol does what usally they turn quite playable :)

its ok- im only going to the states- i know they talk funny over there but i think i will be able to figure out the game language :D :D

Thanks people :D

The games will work just fine.
however, if you plan on doing any link games, there might be some incompatibility.

we bought 1 last year from usa all the games are ok .. the only problem is the fact that you get a US charger so when you return you will need to purchase a UK charger for it.. other than that exactly the same. :)