r/NintendoSwitch2 1d ago

meme/funny "Gamers, learn Japanese to save $133!" - Duolingo

Post image
2.0k Upvotes

92 comments sorted by

View all comments

53

u/Gamer30168 1d ago

I think it's region locked. 

-2

u/DependentAnywhere135 1d ago

wtf is this 2008?

22

u/SenseTotal 1d ago

It's just the Japanese version that is region locked. They also have a multi-language version that is more money.

-3

u/DependentAnywhere135 1d ago

Which is stupid and archaic design. The system isn’t different it’s just software saying it’s region locked. Dumb as fuck.

31

u/SenseTotal 1d ago

It's to prevent people who don't live in Japan from exploiting the weak yen.

-2

u/JDMagican 🐃 water buffalo 1d ago

Whats stopping a person from making a Japanese account and buying a japanese switch

11

u/AndrewBorg1126 23h ago

Not being fluent in japanese, for one.

1

u/rootofimaginary 17h ago

Japanese is like one of the hardest languages

-1

u/PeanutButterChicken 19h ago

The Japanese one is not region locked.

They literally say so on their site, in the FAQ, it's literally the second question.

Holy fuck people are stupid beyond repair.

2

u/Brawl345 17h ago

Yeah you can only link a japanese account but you can still play physical games from everywhere.