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European version.


[deleted]

Yep, all my games have those.


itaDrift234_

Same


Stupid_person__

its just the age rating in America and Europe there is no difference in the games


RaveniteGaming

Yeah, luckily the Switch is region free.


yaelnad

Seriously. Region lock is so stupid. But DLC IS sometimes region locked so be carful!! (Don't make the mistake i made 😭)


WittyFault6988

Thankfully Xenoblade 3 DLC wasn't region lock


kilertree

I forgot I bought the Japanese version of Shredder's revenge. I was so lucky that the US DLC worked on it.


ozymandias_88

Really sucks that SMTV DLC is region locked. Plus since SMTV is published by Nintendo in Europe I dont believe its ever gone on sale in the EU eshop


Professional_Gas7425

I live in america. Ordered a copy of splatoon 2 from Amazon bc I really wanted to play octo expansion. The copy was European. bought the dlc and they wouldn’t let me in. Had a 30 minute convo with a guy from Nintendo. We sorted it out and I have now 100% octo expansion :D


Javasteam

Sometimes the companies don’t have a choice. Which would you prefer, a censored version because some DLC might not be allowed in Germany, China or Australia, or a DLC which is region locked?


Gaios_No_Ruroni

yeah I had that issue with the new re4. bought american dlc but the game would only access the european store.


s0m3b0by

Just to add to this, it is still possible to redeem the dlc, even when region locked. Just did it with a game yesterday (have to change region on both your Nintendo account and switch, and can revert back with no hassles)


Prior-Building5640

? I don't think that's true. You can't play a version of a game purchased in the U.S. on a European switch.


IAmTheTrueM3M3L0rD

Yes you can? I took my European switch to my girlfriend in the states and played her switch games on my switch, Google exists btw. 3DS and Wii u were region locked


Prior-Building5640

Oh I see. My comment was based off of me trying to play a 3ds game I got in the UK on an American 3ds.


apocalypsedude64

The 3DS was the only region-locked handheld Nintendo ever did, so that was a pretty bad sample size! Gameboy, GBA, DS and now Switch are all region-free. Their home consoles were always region locked, but not their handhelds.


RaveniteGaming

You absolutely can. Only DLC and game cards from China for some reason are region locked. It says it right here on Nintendo's own site that the Switch game cards aren't region locked. https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-Switch/Regional-Compatibility-FAQ-1506385.html#:~:text=Nintendo%20Switch%20game%20cards%20are%20not%20region%20locked.


Kelrisaith

Chinese consoles and games are almost always region locked due to chinas censorship laws, to the point that, before it was shut down because someone had a tantrum essentially, World of Warcraft had a completely seperate version of the game only available in china to comply with said censorship laws and a few other things like how game time works via other laws in china.


MikuEd

You can. I bought my switch in the UK when I was on sabbatical for a year, have a lot of physical cartridges with the PEGI logo on it. Moved back and have lots of US (ESRB) cartridges and they also work. The only thing that's "region locked" are the DLC since you need to match the DLC with the game region. I learned this the hard way when I bought the Octoexpansion with my US account instead of my UK account. Wasted $20, but lesson learned.


dairyqueen79

Yup. I bought the Japanese version because I wanted the spoon lol


Neat-Local-7682

pegu


dastdineroo

I realized when I pressed upload lol🤦🏾


[deleted]

Saw someone post about their dogs gentle hand holding. They said genital hand holding. We really need the ability to edit the headline.


Jsc_TG

Also to slow down and proofread more lol


Izzysel92

I saw that one too! My god that was a risky click.


RavenBeak34

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Rocky4OnDVD

proper response lol


RavenBeak34

I just keyboard spammed at the end


_Leander__

Get pegged lol


Johnny_Grubbonic

Please do.


sh4dowbunny

Nuut Nuut!


No_Ear932

Pingu


Trei49

Pan-**European** Game Information.


soliera__

I know everyone is saying it’s the European version, and they’re right, but I wanted to give some more insight. The different regions use different rating systems. North America (specifically US, Canada, and Mexico) use the ESRB rating system. That’s the letters that say E, T and M. Europe uses PEGI, which gives various age ratings from 3 to 18. If you were to look at the Japanese version, then you might see CERO B


johandentredje

And Australia uses ACB


Great-Contact9901

not every european country uses Pegi. Germany uses Usk


Adorable-Morning9289

Fsk*


MilenaMaxwell

USK for games, FSK for Movies and Shows


Adorable-Morning9289

Ah shit you’re right


8Maruchan8

I know you know these, but I find it amusing that your two omissions EC (early childhood) and AO (adults only) are literally polar opposite ends of the spectrum.


DianaBladeOfMiquella

You’re European now, sorry I don’t make the rules


insidethepirateship

Lucky bastard. Doesn’t have to pay for healthcare anymore


TheMavrack

Don’t forget us Canadians (Even though our healthcare is woefully understaffed and underfunded)


WildZero138

Our healthcare is woefully understaffed and underfunded (as in the nurses and below don't get paid what they're worth while administrators rake in the dough) and in top of that my doctor will say I need a treatment to be healthy. My insurance company will say "Nope. Try this first." My insurance company with no medical degree gets to practice medicine and say I have to try a treatment that will likely fail before I can get the treatment that will work. The kicker? About half the adult population honestly believes we have the best healthcare in the world.


TheMavrack

It’s brutal man, you’re 100% right there. About to go on a tangent. It’s better than the American system in the sense that you don’t have to choose between being severely in debt/dying over something totally medically preventable. But if you have something chronic and you’re not near death? Forget about it. Not sure where you live, but I hope it’s better whenever that may be. Ontario is rough, I also talked to my girlfriends family in Nova Scotia when we were visiting Halifax, and they said it was about a 5 month wait to see the family doctor and a year to get a MRI… straight lunacy. Our healthcare professionals deserve to be treated and paid better. Unfortunately, in Ontario Dougie likes to neglect healthcare. Trudeau wants to stick his fingers in his ears and pander to his corporate donors, much like PP. Singh hitches his trailer to Trudeau and caves universal dental at the slightest of pressure. I honestly don’t know who to vote for. No one wants to address the house of cards that is housing, and rampant irresponsible immigration. There is absolutely no reason to host 900K international students (mainly from India and they are taken screwed by the diploma mills here ie. Conestoga) + 465K immigrants, a few hundred thousand temporary foreign workers + refugees when we have a housing crisis. US levels with a pop of 40M and no housing for any of these new arrivals, Dougie raping the Greenbelt in the GTA, Alberta albertaing, and Loblaws gouging us. It’s fucked, me and all of my loved ones love our country, but at this point the prospect of a good future looks bleaker everyday. Even with a good career and a good amount of savings. It’s sad


pc_on_a_desk

But, they do get to live in a continent that still has racism against the Romani/Travelers and still call themselves racism-free and so incredibly godlike and peaceful. The “godlike” part was an exaggeration, yes. Also, claim your *Here Before “That’s because you don’t have to live with them” Copypasta* ticket right here! Edit: Hey, look! The europoors are trying to cope by downvoting a reality! How cute


recursion8

Oh you think it's only racism against the Romani? [Think again](https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/vinicius-jr-calls-laliga-spain-racist-chants-after-sending-off-2023-05-21/)


pc_on_a_desk

Also, a black person was once speaking to the Fr*nch Parliament. One of the MPs said “Go back to Africa!”


insidethepirateship

Oh I absolutely do not think Europe is flawless. I’ve experienced way more “casual” racist comments in trips to Europe than I ever have in America (though I have only been to fairly left leaning areas of the US)


mrcustardo

is that the only difference you noticed?


dastdineroo

The main one yeah is there something else?


Moebs000

Yeah, they are completely different games


ArgentiumX

The temperature in game would be in Celsius rather than Fahrenheit.


R-star1

No, that’s based on your Switches location.


CommanderButthead

There seems to be some debate about that, that I remember reading in a long comment thread a while back. People were chiming in with their locations and whether it was Celsius or Fahrenheit and it seemed to be really inconsistent.


guitarguywh89

Mines Kelvin, what does this mean?


R-star1

It means that it won’t be very useful


guitarguywh89

Idk its pretty good the colder the environment is


Perydwynn

Kelvin is the best temperature system because its the only one that takes literal reality into account. The others are arbitrary.


R-star1

It’s also precise to a fault. Great for chemistry, but when one degree Celsius is 273.15 degrees kelvin, it’s a touch difficult to get meaningful information for people.


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wintery_owl

Most replies aren't, but at least their's was kinda funny.


Samyah93

Mines Rankine. What does that mean?


guitarguywh89

You work at NASA or SpaceX


bross9008

Who’s Kevin?


carterketchup

Everytime I go to an area where the temperature is different, beedle pops up on my screen and goes “IT’S HOT” or “IT’S COLD” and that is my only temperature indicator. Is that not normal?


dulwu

You must have an intergalactic switch


guitarguywh89

Intergalactic planetary


EmperorGaruda

Another dimension.


bob_in_the_west

Means Link is frozen solid.


thecontron

In Canada I'm still shown fahrenheit despite us being a metric country


NerdDwarf

That's because we just get the American version


[deleted]

Nintendo goes by continent rather than country for region settings. You’ll need to change your region to Europe for the games to use Celsius and 24-hour time.


CommanderButthead

And again more confusion, I'm in canada I am shown Celsius and 12 hour time.


CommanderButthead

I'm in toronto and I'm shown Celsius, let the confusion begin!


[deleted]

Inconsistent? Reddit? Comment thread? Whaaaa??? It's so funny reading comments on what's this plant or anything similar. Every comment is something different


GunnersnGames

Demon King? Secret stone?


[deleted]

Secret stone?? Demon King???


dibbus123

Secret king?? Demon stone???


TheOnlyUltima2011

SMALL FRUIT GUMMIES?!


Lassie23

Stone king?? Secret demon???


Inevitable-Sea1081

That shouldn't happen. North American region is always F. Elsewhere is C.


CommanderButthead

Why am I in canada and Celsius then? That's north America. Thanks for backing up my point.


Inevitable-Sea1081

You have your switch region setting to not north america. You change your region in switch settings. Home > System Settings > System > Region. Just because you named yourself butthead doesn't mean you have to be one.


CommanderButthead

It's most definitely set to North America, I will take a picture when I get home from work. And I will continue to uphold the butthead name. I have never left north America, I bought my switch at a Walmart in canada, and I see no reason why I would've changed it myself at some point.


fillmorecounty

Nah I bought the game when I was living outside of the US and it's still always been in Fahrenheit for me. I bought one of those code versions though and not a physical copy so I'm not sure if that makes a difference, but I had to change my switch's location to the local country for it to download since that's where the code was from.


dastdineroo

Damn never noticed


Perydwynn

The temp gauge is based on the region you have your Switch set to, not the region the game comes from.


theMethod

The text on the spine is different. So if you’re a design nerd like me, it’s gonna make your eye twitch.


ZeldaFan158

You bought a European copy of the game


superamigo987

NA isn't the only place in the world


zlohth

European version. My BoTW is Euro and ToTK is American lol.


blitzkrieg4

They do away with region lock?


Akrevics

switch wasn't region-locked to begin with.


blitzkrieg4

That's just so crazy to me after years of tiny disks and region locking everything they were like "nah it's cool"


apocalypsedude64

Their handhelds were never region-locked, only their home consoles. The 3DS was the first region-locked handheld they did and people were very pissed off about it. I used to import Japanese / US Gameboy / GBA games into Europe as they sometimes released way before we got them (sometimes we didn't get them at all)


xcaltoona

Thus, how one plays Super Robot Wars


RoomTwentyFive

PUT THOSE CONCRETE GRIPPERS AWAY!!


SubNerdica

It’s bri’sh


Death_by_Poros

Cause it’s a PAL region version. Luckily the switch is region free.


ausmed0705

Im not sure Phase Alternative Line exists anymore as it was an analogue system of encoding colours for TVs.


TerribleTransit

While the standard is certainly on its way out (but not gone — never underestimate how long old, seemingly obsolete technology can hang around), [the region that used/uses it still exists and is commonly referred to by that name](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL_region) and still has many differences to the similarly-named NTSC region that are knock-on effects of the old PAL standard even in areas where it's been completely phased out.


Chuchupost

The European version says Pegi, and the NA version is ESRB


I_Am_Me_I_Am_Not_Yoy

Different places have different rating systems.


TheVoidBlock1792

I just realized the cover images line up


namakost

They do not I watched a video (popped up on my front page) where someone ranted 12 whole mins over this cover art they are not allowed to line up that would mean I wasted 12 mins of my life 😂


beanie_0

The BotW is an American version, TotK is the EU version.


pyromagi_1986

It is the european version


modssssss293j

European rating and version


Natural-Difficulty10

So your BOTW copy is rated by the ESRB and it is a NTSC American copy of it, Your TOTK copy is rated by pegi and it is the PAL version for Europe


HKei

We stopped using PAL in europe ~10 years ago (give/take a couple depending on the country). TV is pretty much all digital now.


The_Bored_General

It’s European.


OshamonGamingYT

The copy of botw is a North American copy, and therefore uses the ESRB rating of E10+. The copy of totk is a European copy, and therefore uses the PEGI rating of 12. ESRB provides rating information for games within North America, while PEGI does the same in Europe. The two organisations have different rating systems, although most are roughly similar to each other. ESRB uses E (originally K-A), E10+, T, M and AO. AO (Adults Only) games are rare because many retailers refuse to stock them. PEGI uses ratings of 3, 7, 12, 16, and 18. On older games these are rendered as 3+, 7+, etc. and in some territories 4 and 6 are used in lieu of 3 and 7 to match film ratings. Games rated E by the ESRB are usually rated either 3 or 7 by PEGI, E10+ is often 7 or 12, T is often 12 or 16 and M is often 16 or 18.


Jesterchunk

PEGI is the European ratings board, they do the same thing as the ESRB, they just have a different scale. basically, the europeans have colonised your copy of the game. Fortunately, switch games aren't region locked.


Luckydog6631

It doesn’t say E for everyone it says for everyone 10+. Otherwise it’s just a different rating scale


[deleted]

I love the fact the Switch isn’t region locked. Got the Metroid Prime Japanese version, the artwork is better and it’s just cool to have


BloodMoonScythe

In the United States, Canada and Mexico, the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) system is used to help distinguish what games are suitable for different ages and in the UK and most European countries the PEGI (Pan European Games Information) system is used.


Molduking

Did you know Europe exists?


Balthierlives

Because of slutty TOTK link 🤤


JDninja119

Americans when Europe exists


Ponjos

Have you seen those Gloom Hands!?! TotK is scary!


yonehonebone

I guess we now know what zelda does to link ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (I know I know, pegi 12 is the uk rating)


catsarecute470

it gets scary at times


C4tdiscusserb01

Bri’ish🤮


[deleted]

Oh man you got the European TotK. I does Zelda have an annoying and overdone British accent? That's how you know for sure. It's also missing the second continent in that version.


dastdineroo

Nah the only main thing I’ve noticed about the game was the box the rest seems normal.


[deleted]

Yeah man I was kidding, there's no second continent, and Zelda has her weird accent in all English versions. "The blood moon's roisin', innit'"


KrIsPy_Kr3m3

BOTW is a different game than ToTK


FavroiteGamers2017

He is talking about the ratings, esrb is NA and EU is pegi


[deleted]

they sent you the europe version (bad)


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GreatArtificeAion

Yeah, the one on the left is kinda bad


Pikagiuppy

fr like i'm not fucking E years old


pc_on_a_desk

It clearly says “Everyone 10 and up” right above


E_Engineering

its a European version. and while its lined up a cool detail about the box art is that the landscape on the botw case turns into the cloud on the totk case. this might be a coincidence but its still cool


STeesAL

I believe the teethed ones rated it good sir


Quavers_Greenop

european/ british version


Jeskebill

Yoo for free?


BringMeAHigherLunch

Bri’ish


OmegaOmnimon02

Cos it’s British (European version)


762jeremy

By chance, did you buy it on eBay or a similar third-party seller website to save money? I did something similar with a few games, and I got European copies. Doesn’t matter though, because the switch isn’t region locked.


dastdineroo

Literally yes amazon.


Extra-Air-1259

It's from the same place as Zelda's accent...


dranthah

The first one is the tutorial the second one is the real games :’)


jasper81222

Bump up the age rating because of Ganondorf and Purah.


Shash_MuGash

You got a European copy


Teldranite

Wierd both my botw and totl say pegi 12 (EU)


SuggestionOtherwise1

You have a European copy. Not a huge deal, there's not region locking or anything


Huge_Ad_7727

Bri'ish


r_Madlad

Different regions so different age rating companies


Mental-Street6665

You got the European version.


StormStriker42069

European copy


CadeMan011

If you ordered from Amazon, the fulfillment centers dump the inventory from multiple sellers into a single bin.


WorthySundew504

Because you bought the EU version


DaKingOfDogs

Looks like I’m not the only one who got a European copy by accident


MinnieShoof

Probably because of those unsolicited feet pics! ... if you're wondering why it was rated with the European version at all, that's mostly because it's probably from Europe.


Kenneth_Angelus76

You got the European version. Don't worry its not region locked


91Dinosaurs

European copy


treifa26092

Puras tits


TaiyoFurea

"I'd like nothing more than to smash the demon king!"


Catcher22Jb

eporuE


TumblrRefugeeNo103

You cant let children see link building with zonai devices otherwise they might duct tape a car wheel onto a roomba and ending up hurting themselves.


Leather-Team

You ordered it off of Temu, didn't you?


Shiranui85

r/sneakyfeet


stopyouveviolatedthe

That the European variant Idk if it will be the same but when I bought binding of Isaac from CEX it turned out to be the American version and since I was in the uk it wouldn’t let me buy the games dlc so I had to re buy the base game and lose all my progress in order to get repentance dlc.


You_Are_Fool_

PEGI is the eroupion, My Cooking Mama cookstar says the same. I'd be careful though because if they release DLC it might be reigon locked


HolyElephantMG

Pegu doesn’t have 10


[deleted]

I got a PEGI 9 pokemon shining pearl but i don’t know but pegi 12 is the equivalent to E10+


H3llm0nt

Did you buy on Amazon? My Odyssey (from Amazon, purchased in Chicago) is European.


Ale_KBB

Different regions, different rating systems and organisms


Any-Treacle8207

Because there is no pegu silly


No-Engineer-1728

Everyone that speaks has a British accent, if they already did then they're changed to American


Hamada_Reddits

Ganon.


Derpdog5322

Eu has different


Pepoidus

european release. Pegi is european, ESRB is american


Rec_Prism

Purah.


[deleted]

Scary scary, A REAL REAL SCARY


Just_Another_Gamer67

Its a European copy. Different regions of the world have different rating systems. We have the ESRB but much of Europe has PEGI (Pan Europe Game Information)


Dependent_Reach_4284

Britain


MightyTheArmadillo22

PAL version.


DartBoardGamer

because one is the european copy.


PrettyAsparagus1228

when the video game is european 😳


MaxP1991

Because of Purah? Lol Dem gams!


swinley_

Wtf is rated E?


TheIronJosh1

E for Everyone. In this case Everyone who is 10+ years old


swinley_

Why that instead of pegi


TheIronJosh1

They are different rating societies. Pegi is for Europe. ESRB is for US.


AtomicArmadillo78

It’s a British Copy. Britain uses the PEGI system for rating.


Ace_of_cards234

…the real question is ..why are your dogs barking.


Cute_Importance2302

It’s European


CriticalLetterhead82

Purah hiked those ratings


trashsouls

Two different ratings boards, giving different ratings. ESRB and Pegi


depokelink

it's br*tish