i am thinking about buying a game from america and would like to know if it will work on my nintendo ds here in the uk. this is the info it gives on the website:
Platform: Nintendo DS & DS Lite Genre: Action, Adventure
Rating: E - Everyone Sub-Genre: --
Condition: New Format: NTSC (US, Canada)
UPC: 785138361192 Release Date: 19 Sep 2006
2006-09-07 05:22:16 · 10 answers · asked by angel 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The game will more than likely work, but dont forget the plug adapter to be able to plug into wall.
2006-09-07 05:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by ldog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do, no problem.
DSs, like GBAs before them, are completely universal.
(Edited - some people don't seem to know what they're talking about! Someone mentioned the TV won't work! What TV?! It's a DS! The thing is, NTSC and PAL are television standards that are simply irrelevant when you're talking about a handheld console because they have LCD screens. The only way to stop games from regions different to that of the console from playing is by software checking, and the DS has no such checks)
2006-09-07 12:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by reddragon105 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. The Nintendo DS system is Region Free. All systems launched, whether in Japan or the UK, are the same system. This is the same for the game cartridges (of course, they come in different languages but the region system is the same). So this means any DS game with work with and DS system.
2006-09-07 12:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by Vic Kulinski 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your nintendo DS is a UK PAL machine then NO it won't play NTSC games.
The reason companies created different formats (NTSC/ PAL/ JAP etc) is to stop imports in the black market!
Its not advised- but if you do correctly chip your DS then yes you will be able to play other formats!
Enjoy!
2006-09-07 12:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by Minxy_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you take your console with you and have a dual standard tv or video in the uk yes if not no tv system in UK is PAL I
2006-09-07 16:27:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my bro got a playstation 2 gam frm th us and brought it back 2 th uk but then it wouldnt work at all. I havent tried ds but it might be the same.
2006-09-07 12:29:06 · answer #6 · answered by tonnage 17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100% no problem as, being a handheld and not dependent on connection to a monitor, regional broadcast restrictions don't apply. Game On!
2006-09-07 19:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Cal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Games yes. System no. The TV system is different.
2006-09-07 12:28:35 · answer #8 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-09-07 12:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by PonderousPork 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hope so, or i'm out of pocket when my mate comes back
2006-09-07 12:25:56 · answer #10 · answered by SIMON T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋