What region is 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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Can US 3DS play PAL 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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What is PAL region Nintendo?

On the Wii, channels from other regions will refuse to load with the message "This channel can't be used." The coded regions are: NTSC-U (The Americas and Asia) PAL (Europe and Oceania) NTSC-J (Japan) NTSC-K (South Korea)
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What does PAL mean in 3DS?

PAL means that the game in question is coming from Europe, Australia or New Zealand.
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How do I know if my 3DS game is PAL?

And yes, it is on the box. Flip the box over to the back and then look at the Important part in the left bottom side of any box, it will start off by saying it is for European/Australian 3DS systems only.
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Are PAL 3DS region-locked?

The 3DS is unfortunately region-locked.
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Is the Nintendo 3DS PAL or NTSC?

There is no such thing as a PAL 3DS or an NTSC 3DS. PAL and NTSC are standards for transmitting television signals, and the 3DS does not use a television screen. If you're asking about a European 3DS vs. an American 3DS, there really is no difference, hardware-wise.
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Are PAL 3DS games in English?

In most cases the game reads your OS language (which can be changed at any time in the settings menu) and sets the language of the game based on that, sometimes you can change the language in the actual game's options menus. While most PAL game have French and Spanish, many don't and only come in English.
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Is Japan PAL or NTSC?

NTSC countries include: USA, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Burma, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greenland, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, ...
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How do you know if a game is PAL?

Usually the NTSC games have an oval shaped ”Official Nintendo Seal of Quality” and PAL games have round shaped ”Original Nintendo Seal of Quality”.
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Does PAL region work in USA?

PAL & NTSC Video Broadcast Standards

For other players: NTSC format is mainly supported in USA, Canada, South America & the Caribbean. PAL format is supported in most other countries, including UK, Europe, South Africa, Australia & New Zealand.
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Is the US in the PAL region?

The PAL region is a region of Earth that covers most of Europe and Africa along with parts of Asia, South America, and Oceania. Prior to the digital television transition, special versions of computer and video games were often released in this region.
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Is USA PAL or NTSC?

The NTSC standard is popular in places like the U.S. and Japan, while PAL is more common in countries such as the UK, Australia, and Sweden.
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Do PAL games work on American consoles?

So an NTSC hardware will output NTSC video, PAL hardware will output PAL video. The game cannot change the video system. An NTSC game will expect to run on an NTSC console and it may not work on a PAL console due to timing differences. Same goes for running a PAL game on a NTSC console.
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Will a PAL switch game work in the US?

Are Nintendo Switch game cards region-locked? With the exception of systems and game cards distributed in the Chinese region, Nintendo Switch game cards are not region locked.
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Can US Xbox play PAL games?

Was this reply helpful? No you cannot. The games are region locked. In addition most US TVs will not accept a 50hz signal if they're locked to that.
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Does PAL still exist?

Unlike NTSC, PAL encoding is still often used for over the air broadcasting in the regions in which it was adopted.
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Do PAL games run slower?

Because the NTSC standard is 60 fields/30 frames per second while PAL is 50 fields/25 frames per second, games were typically slowed by approximately 16.7% in order to avoid timing problems or unfeasible code changes.
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Is PAL better quality than NTSC?

It also produces 25 frames per second, which results in a faster image display. The total lines of resolution in PAL are 625, which is higher than NTSC. So, you can say that the picture quality of PAL is better compared to NTSC.
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Is PS5 a PAL?

PS3, PS4 and PS5 are all region free with the exception of DLC and a select few titles. PAL and NTSC aren't applicable in high definition.
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Can I change my 3DS from Japanese to 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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Can you play Japanese DS games on PAL 3DS?

Yes, as DS games simply don't have region lock in general. One more question.
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Is NTSC slower than PAL?

PAL runs 50Hz as a base, NTSC 60Hz. This means that NTSC updates the screen 16% faster than PAL. That's the field timing rate, because video was interlaced. Instead of one picture at once, only half the lines of each picture were sent at a time.
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What does NTSC-J mean 3DS?

NTSC-J or "System J" is the informal designation for the analogue television standard used in Japan.
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Can you play NTSC games on a Japanese 3DS?

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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