Portable Game Formats

[Polygon]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but NTSC and PAL do not apply to portable systems.

[todesengel]

Nope NTSC and PAL don't apply to handhelds.

[Polygon]

Awesome!

I'm looking to buy a Game Boy game from Australia and the seller is arguing with me that it won't work. I had thought it only applied to T.V. resolutions but wasn't sure.

Thanks for the confirmation.

[Aussie2B]

Regional lockouts are beginning to become an issue with handhelds, though. If you ever start importing more modern stuff like for DSi or 3DS, then it's a problem. DSi games, assuming they're not DSi-only, will run on any region of the older DS, though.

[Polygon]

Regional lockouts are beginning to become an issue with handhelds, though. If you ever start importing more modern stuff like for DSi or 3DS, then it's a problem. DSi games, assuming they're not DSi-only, will run on any region of the older DS, though.

Really?

I didn't know that. That's pretty lame. Good thing I'm not interested in the DS. For now anyways.