Vic George 2K3 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Just wondering if there are any, if anyone's bothered checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 There aren't supposed to be any, actually. Japanese games work fine on American units and vice versa. I can't speak for European games, but I suspect it's the same deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 The only lockout on GBA is that the e-reader has a region code, so you can't use foreign e-Reader cards on your e-Reader. Yeah... I don't care about that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Like everyone else said there shouldnt be any lockouts on Japanese games on USA GBAs and vice-versa.Its always been like that as fars as i know from the days of the first GameBoy. I wonder why there are no lockouts on the handhelds like there "Big Brothers"(NES,SNES,GameCube,ect)?Always curious about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I wonder why there are no lockouts on the handhelds like there "Big Brothers"(NES,SNES,GameCube,ect)?Always curious about that. There's no TV-Format issues with handhelds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonmasterDan Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I wonder why there are no lockouts on the handhelds like there "Big Brothers"(NES,SNES,GameCube,ect)?Always curious about that. There's no TV-Format issues with handhelds. Yeah, but that's mainly due to PAL and NTSC differences, with the US and Japan both countries use NTSC. So that was never the issue. The primary reason there are no lockouts on handhelds is unlike a regular system, going back to the original GameBoy the manufacturers have guessed that travelers are likely to bring along their handheld game system (GameBoy, Lynx, Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket, Game Boy Advance, PSP etc) and might be more likely to buy software for it when traveling since the handheld system is more likely to be accompanying them. As a result regional lockouts were generally left out where in a regular console they are left in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 There aren't supposed to be any, actually. Japanese games work fine on American units and vice versa. I can't speak for European games, but I suspect it's the same deal. I have the European Kuru Kuru Kururin and it plays great on the GBA, GBA SP, DS, and GBP. No region protection at all on the GBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 I've finally got Revenge Of The Smurfs for the GBA, though labeled as The Smurfs, from an Australian game distributor. So far it plays without any problems on my GBA and DS systems. Thanks for the feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcfrick2112 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 @ Vic George 2K3: Imports are a big draw for me as far as GBA games go... Aside from getting Super Mario Advance 9 months before any of my friends... there's Zoids Saga, others I can't remember.. Also, some decent GBC imports, as well.. Super Robot Wars Pinball comes to mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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