Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem & DSi region locking

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem & DSi region locking

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

My wife got me Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem for Christmas, but inadvertently bought from a UK seller on Amazon.com. So I have the European game, and a US DSi. The package says the game will only work on the European DSi. Then I read somewhere online that the game might work, other than the "DSi enhanced" features, whatever those are. Does anyone know if the game will work on my DSi? It's still in shrink wrap, so I don't want to open it if it won't work.
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Re: Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem & DSi region lock

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Duane Dibbley wrote:Merry Christmas, everyone!

My wife got me Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem for Christmas, but inadvertently bought from a UK seller on Amazon.com. So I have the European game, and a US DSi. The package says the game will only work on the European DSi. Then I read somewhere online that the game might work, other than the "DSi enhanced" features, whatever those are. Does anyone know if the game will work on my DSi? It's still in shrink wrap, so I don't want to open it if it won't work.
The one that tends to be the issue is the wifi connectivity - most DS games only allow WEP connections. A few late ones (like Pokémon Black and White) use in game coding to allow WPA2 and the likes. Those games won't work on a foreign DSi from what I've heard, even if you don't use the wifi (which you can't now anyway).

They will work 100% fine on an original model DS or on a DS Lite though, guaranteed.
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