quickie question for Nintendo DS expert

sillygoose

Hi,
I have seen on ebay a seller of cheap new Mario Kart cartridges for the DS, only catch is they are USA not UK versions, he claims they will work fine in a UK DS. He has a big happy feedback list of people buying these but one odd person left feedback saying it didn't work because it was USA version.

Generally do USA cartridges work in a UK DS lite or is there a region system? any other likely differences?

Many thanks.

Bowling_4_Gold

3 seconds on Google tells me:

Yes, Nintendo DS games are REGION FREE.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/ds-dsi/358215-us-nintendo-ds-games-compatible-uk-nintendo-dss.html

geewhiz

DS games are region free so they should work.

sillygoose

Bowling_4_Gold wrote: »

3 seconds on Google tells me:



http://www.avforums.com/forums/ds-dsi/358215-us-nintendo-ds-games-compatible-uk-nintendo-dss.html

Thanks, sometimes when Googling its easy to get too carried away with narrowing the question and lose the simple answer, its great when an expert in being simple can show you the way....;)

BillScarab

Bear in mind although it will work I'm pretty sure you won't be able to link up with another DS if that is running the UK version of Mario Kart. If that won't be an issue then go ahead and get the US version.

EDIT: just to say US Mario Kart will work wirelessly with UK Mario Kart. Some games don't however, e.g. Nintendogs. So if you buy US games check each one before buying.