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While installing custom firmware on a 3DS does indeed remove the software-based region lock, it does ''not'' account for locale issues. '''Locale''' is additional data that a game will often ask the 3DS for that includes the console's current language and software region. As an example:

* The 3DS is a Japanese 3DS set to the Japanese language.

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** If enabled, it will be marked with <code>(x)</code>

== ~~Method 1 (Recommended):~~ Luma Locale Switcher ==

== Methods ==

|-|Luma Locale Switcher=

This method is generally the easiest, as it pulls from your title database and therefore does not require you to look up the title ID of each game.

# If you don't already have it, download Luma Locale Switcher from {{GitHub|Possum/LumaLocaleSwitcher/releases/download/0.04/LumaLocaleSwitcher-0.04-NIGHTLY.cia|here}} (direct download) and install the CIA file with FBI.

# If you don't already have it, download Luma Locale Switcher from {{GitHub|Possum/LumaLocaleSwitcher/releases/download/0.04/LumaLocaleSwitcher-0.04-NIGHTLY.cia|here}} (direct download) and install the CIA file with FBI

#* If you choose to get this from elsewhere (e.g. Universal-Updater), ensure that you get the build that is marked as "NIGHTLY"

# Launch Luma Locale Switcher (the Luma with translation icon)

# Select "Titles"

# Navigate to the game for which you want to change the locale

# Set the locale to what the game '''expects'''

#* For example, if it's an American game, you want to set the region to <code>USA</code> and the language to <code>EN</code>

#* For example, if it's an American game and you want it to run in English, you should set the region to <code>USA</code> and the language to <code>EN</code>

# Exit Luma Locale Switcher

~~== Method 2:~~ Luma Locale Region Auto Setter ==

|-|Luma Locale Region Auto Setter=

This application automatically creates locale files from a {{GitHub|DarkSynopsis/LumaLocaleRegionAutoSetter/blob/master/README.md|predetermined list}}. This list is not comprehensive and may not include every game that is known to have locale issues.

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{{success|text=If your game is on the list, then its locale should now be correctly set.}}

~~== Method 3:~~ Manual Locale Setting ==

|-|Manual Locale Setting=

You can also set the locale manually by creating a text file.

# Insert your SD card into your computer

# Navigate to ~~the~~ <code>/luma/titles/</code>

# Navigate to <code>sd:/luma/titles/</code>

#* Create the <code>titles</code> folder if it does not already exist

# Create a folder with the title ID of the game

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#* With file extensions enabled, the name of the file should be <code>locale.txt</code>

# Type the desired locale (based on what the game '''expects''') into the text document

#* For example, if it's an American game, you want to set the region to <code>USA</code> and the language to <code>EN</code>, so you should type <code>USA EN</code>

#* For example, if it's an American game and you want it to run in English, you should set the region to <code>USA</code> and the language to <code>EN</code>, so you should type <code>USA EN</code>

# Save your changes

# Remove your SD card and insert it into your device

</tabber>

== Extra: Extended Locale Setting ==

Some games, most notably [[3DS:Tomodachi Life|Tomodachi Life]], are known to not launch with basic locale settings because they look not only at region and language, but sub-region within that region (e.g. a country or state ~~within that country~~). You can still set the locale of such a game, but you will have to follow ~~the~~ manual locale setting ~~method since the automatic locale setters do not account for this.~~

Some games, most notably [[3DS:Tomodachi Life|Tomodachi Life]], are known to not launch with basic locale settings because they look not only at region and language, but sub-region within that region (e.g. a country/territory and/or a state). You can still set the locale of such a game, but you will have to follow manual instructions using [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Extended locale setting|Extended locale setting]].

~~The syntax of the extended~~ locale setting ~~is <code><region> <language> <country code> <state numerical ID></code>~~. ~~For example:~~

* For an American copy of Tomodachi Life, you would want to write the text <code>USA EN US 01</code>

* For a European copy of Tomodachi Life set to French, you would want to write the text <code>EUR FR FR 01</code>

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