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 ====== Information about the Japan Only Switch 2 ======
-The Japan Only Switch 2 (Nintendo Switch 2 日本語・国内専用) is intended for use in Japan only with Japanese as the system language. These are two different things, so it's worth addressing them.
+The Japan Only Switch 2 「Nintendo Switch 2 日本語・国内専用」 is intended for use in Japan only with Japanese as the system language. These are two different things, so it's worth addressing them.
-**国内専用**: The console can only be set to the Japan region. This means that if you purchase this console, eShop and Nintendo Account must be set to Japan. This doesn't preclude you from playing with friends overseas. It does mean that you cannot use the eShop or link a Nintendo Account from outside of Japan. You can move a Nintendo Account to the Japan region, but this carries its own limitations (see below).
+**国内専用**: The console can only be set to the Japan region. This means that if you purchase this console, eShop and Nintendo Account must be set to Japan((This means that you have to have an address in Japan for mailing and billing, and you can only recharge using gift cards in Japan or use a Japanese credit/debit card. Nintendo does not validate the mailing address. You cannot add an overseas payment method or use payment methods from abroad. Yes, even AmEx doesn't work.)). This doesn't preclude you from playing with friends overseas. It does mean that you cannot use the eShop or link a Nintendo Account from outside of Japan. You can move a Nintendo Account to the Japan region, but this carries its own limitations (see below).
 **日本語**: The console can only be set to Japanese. The big question I had was whether or not this impacted software, and the answer is kind of. If you're living in Japan but want to play some games in English, you **sometimes** can and sometimes can't. The main deciding factor is whether or not the game developer added a language override in their own software settings.
+There is an [[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/lineup/japan-only/index.html|official documentation page on this]]. Nintendo also cautions that if you do not link a Nintendo Account at all, you can't play multiplayer or do a whole bunch of stuff, so consider it a really bad idea to purchase this outside of Japan.
 ===== Tested software with English support =====
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   * Powerwash Simulator (from Japanese eShop) (Nintendo Switch software): **Supports English language in settings.**
   * Fantasy Life i (Nintendo Switch 2 edition (from Japanese eShop): **Supports English language text and voiceover in settings. Language selection on first run.**
+  * Sonic x Shadow Generations 「ソニック × シャドウ ジェネレーションズ」: **Supports English language text and voiceover in options menu.**
 ===== Tested software without English support =====
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 ==== Region change caveats ====
-If you change Nintendo Account regions from some country other than Japan to Japan, you render your prior purchases on the other region(s) inaccessible on the Japan only switch. You can't change this Switch to a different region, and you can't link a Nintendo Account in a different region. You can only link an account in the Japan region.
+If you change Nintendo Account regions from some country other than Japan to Japan, you render your prior purchases on the other region(s) inaccessible on the Japan only Switch 2. You can't change this Switch 2 to a different region, and you can't link a Nintendo Account in a different region. You can only link an account in the Japan region.
 I have not tested linking a Japan region account and then moving to a different eShop region after linking, but I expect this to cause the console to deregister itself.
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 ==== Speculation about hacks ====
-I strongly suspect that changing the region is going to be super trivial in software once hacks are available for the system. I also suspect that if you do this, you will totally end up banned by Nintendo's online services.
+I strongly suspect that changing the region is going to be super trivial in software once hacks are available for the system. I also suspect that if you do this, you will totally end up banned from Nintendo's online services.
 ==== Speculation about overseas game carts ====
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 I don't blame Nintendo in the slightest for this.
+===== CERO PSA =====
+In Japan, the rating body that governs domestic games for consoles is CERO. If you have never owned a Japanese domestic market game, this is worth noting. Games like The Last of Us: Part 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 have extensive changes between the CERO Z release and the applicable overseas counterparts. These changes typically involve censorship or removal of uncensored genitalia in-line with standard practice around obscenity and nudity in Japan. Additionally, gore and other grotesque elements are often toned down. Sexual elements and themes are reduced or modified.
+I mention this specifically because Cyberpunk 2077 is a launch title on Switch 2. If you do what I did, you will end up with the CERO Z version. Be aware of this.