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Nintendo of Japan Bans Foreign Payments on E-Shop, Citing “Fraud Prevention” But Really it’s to Stop Gaijins From Buying Uncensored Games (www.techopse.com)

posted 57 days ago by Telia 57 days ago by Telia +62 / -2

Nintendo of Japan Bans Foreign Payments on E-Shop, Citing "Fraud Prevention" But Really it's to Stop Gaijins From Buying Uncenso...

Nintendo of Japan has announced that, starting March 25, 2025, it will no longer accept credit cards issued outside Japan or PayPal accounts set up overseas as valid payment methods on the Japanese Nintendo eShop and My Nintendo Store. Officially, the stat...

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– Raos044 10 points 57 days ago +10 / -0

Is this actually new? It's been next to impossible to link your foreign payment details to a JP account for years now. I've always just bought JP eshop cards from places like PlayAsia.

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– Canuckistani_Refugee 7 points 57 days ago +7 / -0

You could use paypal on Nintendo's shop and they didn't care where the account was located. Now they will refuse payments from paypal accounts that aren't located in Japan.

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