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Nintendo's first 3DS handheld device released February 2011, identified by model number CTR-001.

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3ds region chip part

what chip or part causes the 3ds to be region locked also can it be switched between two different 3ds systems of different regions.

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Actually, I believe the region encoding is merely programming. I'm not an expert with this stuff, so I don't know the proper terms, but I do know it isn't contained in a specialized chip. Without hacking the firmware (apparently) or swapping out the motherboard, the region encoding won't be able to be changed.

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