Australia, Shantae Riskys Revenge can be yours (3DS only)

Switch your 3DS region to the UK, get Shantae and others, be warned though!

Success Australia! If Wayforward won’t bring us Shantae’s Risky Revenge, we will damn well figure out how to get it ourselves! With the launch of the Nintendo eShop today, Australians can now get their hands on the game. It’s really simple too but there’s a couple of catches.

To get Shantae and other games that haven’t been released in Australia, all you have to do is switch your Nintendo 3DS’s profile to somewhere in Europe. We used the UK for example and were able to load up the store and see the game (didn’t download it because I don’t need another copy). However it’s not that simple, first off if you switch your region and reconnect to the eShop you will lose any credits you have and you’ll lose any games in your wishlist that aren’t in the region you’re swapping too. We couldn’t do this on the Nintendo DSi as we had an Australian specific firmware.

You could potentially save even more money by switching to a region that has a favourable exchange rate to Australia. If you’re worried about how to pay, fear not as we’ve used an Australian credit card on a Japanese and American 3DS today with no problems.

So if you’re desperate for Shantae, get a switching.

Update: Switching stores wont wipe your $ or £. It seems to keep both, so if youre on the AU store your AU balance shows and if youre on the EU store, that one shows. Good news!