The following information comes from a Play-Asia email…

“We got the first units of Pokemon Black / White in and confirmed, that the games are indeed region-locked on Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL consoles. Please understand that we are not able to accept returns due to region lock issues. We are sending you this email to keep you informed and to ask you to make a decision based on this information. First off, if you have a Nintendo DS or DS Lite Console from any region then there is no problem. However, if you have a Non-Japanese DSi / DSi XL console then the title doesn’t not work at all on your console. The console simply will say: ‘no game cartridge’.”

Well there goes any plan for exporting the Japanese version when it comes out. Well..unless you have a DSi from Japan.

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