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 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.