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Nintendo divides the parts of the world in which it currently publishes its games into four regions. All games on Nintendo's home consoles, as well as their handhelds since the [[Nintendo DS|Nintendo DSi]], are subject to [[wikipedia:Regional lockout|regional lockout]] which prevents a game from being played on a console which does not match its designated region. | Nintendo divides the parts of the world in which it currently publishes its games into four regions. All games on Nintendo's home consoles before the [[Nintendo Switch]], as well as their handhelds since the [[Nintendo DS|Nintendo DSi]], are subject to [[wikipedia:Regional lockout|regional lockout]] which prevents a game from being played on a console which does not match its designated region. | ||
The terminology used and the reasons for the regional division come from the days of analog television, where different parts of the world made use of one of several different [[wikipedia:Analog television#Standards|standards of broadcast encoding]]. Until the current generation, when analog television was still widely used, game systems were affected by this as well and releases in different regions required significant technical revision in order to work with televisions in that region. Although this is less relevant these days, with the rise of digital television, the regions defined by the analog era are still used today as the basis for separating different parts of the world. | The terminology used and the reasons for the regional division come from the days of analog television, where different parts of the world made use of one of several different [[wikipedia:Analog television#Standards|standards of broadcast encoding]]. Until the current generation, when analog television was still widely used, game systems were affected by this as well and releases in different regions required significant technical revision in order to work with televisions in that region. Although this is less relevant these days, with the rise of digital television, the regions defined by the analog era are still used today as the basis for separating different parts of the world. | ||
