Can you play Japanese DS games on European 3DS?

No. The DS and 3DS family of consoles are region-locked. You can't play American games on a European DS console either.
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Can you play different region DS games on 3DS?

Yes, you will be able to play most Nintendo DS games on your Nintendo 3DS. Exceptions are games that use the GBA Slot. Note that some Nintendo DSi games bought outside the PAL region may not be playable on a Nintendo 3DS from the PAL region.
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Can you play American DS games on a UK 3DS?

Yes: The same 3DS can play most DS games from any region. There are exceptions as some DSi enhanced and DSi Exclusive games are region locked.
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Can Japanese 3DS games be played in English?

Nintendo 3DS are region locked, so if you bought a Japanese 3DS it will only offer a select number of languages, excluding English. The Switch, however, is not region locked, and you can switch back and forth from Japanese to English as much as you'd like.
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How do I get my Japanese 3DS to English?

How to Change the System Language on Nintendo 3DS Family Systems
  1. Select the System Settings icon on the HOME Menu (looks like a wrench), and tap Open.
  2. Tap Other Settings in the lower-right corner.
  3. For the original Nintendo 3DS family systems, tap 4 at the top of the screen. ...
  4. Tap Language.
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Do Japanese 3DS games work on a US Nintendo 3DS?

Can you play Japanese DS games on American DS?

Nintendo DS/Nintendo DS Lite game cards

Older Nintendo DS and DS Lite software is region-free, so you can play most of that software on a Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL from any region. It's possible, however, that future Nintendo DS software will incorporate region encoding.
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Is the 3DS region locked for DS games?

DS games (which are playable on 3DS) are by and large region free, so you can buy any DS game from anywhere and play them on any 3DS machine. There are few exceptions, such as DSi Enhanced games like Pokemon gen 5 games, although the western version of those are region free for some reason.
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Can European 3DS play US games?

Can I play Nintendo 3DS software bought outside the PAL region on my Nintendo 3DS? No, this is not possible. A Nintendo 3DS bought in the PAL region only plays software from that region.
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Are 3DS cartridges region locked?

Yes, the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS XL, and New Nintendo 2DS XL systems are region locked. Region locking enables Nintendo to include parental controls and more efficiently deliver region-specific system and menu updates to users.
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Are Japanese Pokemon DS games region locked?

The Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite are not region-locked, with the exception of the iQue DS, which can play Nintendo DS games, but its games cannot be played on other region systems.
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Can I play Heartgold on 3DS?

You can play any Pokémon games on your 2DS as long as they are in the Nintendo DS or 3DS family of systems. Titles include Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon.
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Can you change the region on a 3DS?

This is done by installing the 11.15. 0 CTRTransfer image for the region you want to switch to. After installing the image, you can update your console normally to the latest firmware (11.17. 0).
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Do 3DS games work on old DS?

No, of course not. The 3DS is not just a new kind of DS like the DSi was. It is a completely different system with much better and more powerful hardware, and the 3DS games are made specifically for that more powerful system. The DS can't handle what the 3DS can.
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Is SoulSilver region-locked?

Worry not you can play Pokemon Diamond \ Pearl \ Platinum \ Heart Gold \ Soul Silver from any region on a Nintendo 3ds but not for Black and White as they are Nintendo DSi Enhanced Games and have region lock.
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Is Black 2 region-locked?

Pokemon Black and White have DSi features that cause them to be region-locked on DSi, DSiXL, and 3DS. So no, Pokemon Black 2 from Japan won't play on your US 3DS. You would need to use a DS Phat or DSLite to play.
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Can I play Japanese 3DS games on my US 3DS?

Answers. Yes, 3DS games are region locked and you won't be able to play it on a North American 3DS. There is an exception however, if you hack/mod your 3DS it can play region locked games.
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Can you play European 3DS games on American 3DS?

All 3DS XLs are region-locked. Japanese games and European games do not work properly on a North American 3DS XL, if at all.
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Will Japanese 3DS play US games?

And the 3DS consoles have region locking, you can only play Japanese games on a Japanese console. Japanese 3DS can play any DS game (as in backwards compatibility with the old DS) as those are not region locked. For some reason, 3DS games ARE region locked.
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What is a PAL 3DS?

Well first PAL doesn't apply to 3DS, they all use the same display. PAL is the signal used for European broadcast TV, while the US and Japan used NTSC (and a few outliers like France used SECAM). They used the same screen in every country's 3DS so there's no issue with video standards.
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What does region code mean on 3DS?

The end character of the firmware version is the region. 4.2. 0-10U -> means a US region. 4.2. 0-10E -> PAL region.
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Can you change a Japanese DSi to English?

On the Nintendo DSi Menu, use the stylus to select the Settings (wrench) icon. Select the right arrow thee times to go to page 4, then select Language. Select from the options options on the screen: English.
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Can I play Japanese GBA games on my DS?

Yep, you can play them, but if you have a Japanese game that was supposed to have an extra effect on a DS game, the DS game has to be the SAME region as the GBA game to get the effect... That is the only negative.
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