I purchased a brnad new Nintendo DS Lite for my daughter last October
on Ebay from Hong Kong. We are Austraian residents. It came
with 5 games (game boy advance games my daughter tells me) and we
bought some other ones here in Australia, All seemed well until
about two months ago when all games except those for Gameboy Advance,
stopped playing on the DS. We asked out local games store who
said it was because the machine was from Hong Kong and the area is not
compatible with Australia.
How can it be that games that we purchased in Australia for the DS,
that played fine for a few months will now not play? What is the
region protocol with DS Lite?
Any solutions for this problem?
Any tips on waht may be going wrong?
From Wikipedia:
"The Nintendo DS is region free
in the sense that any console will run a Nintendo DS game purchased
anywhere in the world; however, the Chinese version games can only be
played on the Chinese iQue DS, whose larger firmware chip contains the
required Chinese character
glyph images. Although Nintendo DS of other regions cannot play the
Chinese games, iQue DS can play games of other regions. Also, as with
Game Boy games, some games that require both players to have a Nintendo
DS game card for multiplayer play will not necessarily work together if
the games are from different regions (e.g. a Japanese Nintendo DS game
may not work with a North American Nintendo DS game, though some
titles, such as Mario Kart DS, are mutually compatible). With the addition of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, certain games can be played over the Internet with users of a different region game."
In simple world your Nintendo DS has a different firmware version, installed on a different chip, and is not compatible with many games from the rest of the World.
This happens with Chinese Nintendos, and to some extent (only few games don't work) with japanese DSs.
All you can try is installing a patch or a different firmware version, being the chinese chip different, I do not know if the firmware update will work or will damage your DS.
You need to do the operation at your risk.
Registering here you can get a patch for your firmware.
Here is more on upgrading firmware:
FlashMe - DS FirmWare Patch / HackAnd more:
How To: FlashME, Wi-FiME, DLDI and More - Neoseeker Forums
You should be still bale to play many non-Chinese game on your DS, the problem is that you do not know which ones before trying the games. Try renting the games before buying.
An alternative solution is buying games for Chinese Nintendo DS on Ebay or on the Internet.
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The Nintendo DS is region free in the sense that any console will run a
Nintendo DS game purchased anywhere in the world. However, the Chinese
version games can only be played on the Chinese iQue DS, whose larger
firmware chip contains the required Chinese character glyph images.
Although Nintendo DS of other regions cannot play the Chinese games,
iQue DS can play games of other regions. Also, as with Game Boy games,
some games that require both players to have a Nintendo DS game card
for multiplayer play will not necessarily work together if the games
are from different regions (e.g. a Japanese Nintendo DS game may not
work with a North American Nintendo DS game, though some titles, such
as Mario Kart DS, are mutually compatible). With the addition of the
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, certain games can be played over the
Internet with users of a different region game.
Some
Wi-Fi enabled games (e.g. Mario Kart DS) allow the selection of
opponents by region. The options are "Continent" and "Worldwide", as
well as two non-location specific settings. This allows the player to
limit competitors to only those opponents based in the same
geographical area. It is unknown whether this is based on the region
code of the console in use, the region of the game card, or geolocation
of the IP address.
Nintendo DS Lite - Troubleshooting and Repair
Troubleshooting and repair options will vary depending on where you live. Please select your
region
click the region and troubleshooting guide will show:
Nintendo - Customer Service | Nintendo DS Lite - Troubleshooting ...
http://kevinhaag.ca/2008/02/19/fix-a-nin...
Good luck..
check the fuse;
You need to do the operation at your risk.
Registering here you can get a patch for your firmware.
Here is more on upgrading firmware:
FlashMe - DS FirmWare Patch / HackAnd more:
How To: FlashME, Wi-FiME, DLDI and More - Neoseeker Forums
Nintendo - Customer Service | Nintendo DS Lite - Troubleshooting ...
http://kevinhaag.ca/2008/02/19/fix-a-nin...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PEY5qefoAK...
http://www.consoledoctor.co.uk/
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The game cards may have been abused and or broken.
maybe corrupt or somehow damaged.
Then it would seem like a problem in the ds lite itself, possibly the game card reader is faulty. Service required.
I'm sorry about s4u311
have a look over here
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/repair/...
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I have not received the advice i need for my problem with my Nintendo Ds Lite - all I got were postings to buy a new one!! What is this?
I purchased a DS Lite brand new via Ebay from Hong Kong last October. It played gams from there and also some we purchased in Australia until about 2 months ago. Now it will only play games for Gameboy Advanced - the others will not play at all - can anyone tell us what the problem may be - not try to sell us a new DS please?
How could all the DS games be affected this way and not the gameboy advacned games - it does not make sense and the games were well looked after adn will play on other people's machines
I have not received the advice i need for my problem with my Nintendo Ds Lite - all I got were postings to buy a new one!! What is this?
I purchased a DS Lite brand new via Ebay from Hong Kong last October. It played gams from there and also some we purchased in Australia until about 2 months ago. Now it will only play games for Gameboy Advanced - the others will not play at all - can anyone tell us what the problem may be - not try to sell us a new DS please?
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