The Japanese Nintendo eShop and MyNintendo Store will no longer be accepting foreign credit cards from Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
The Japanese Nintendo eShop and MyNintendo Store will no longer be accepting foreign credit cards from Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
by razorbeamz
19 Comments
razorbeamz
It never worked for me anyways. I heard before that European cards had worked in the Japanese eShop though.
serenade1
I was worried for a moment, but then I realized I bought JP Nintendo eShop cards and used those, so I think no problem for now.
ChaseCid
As long as the other countries that still accept foreign credit cards aren’t affected, we all good.
Rebatsune
Huh, that’s weird…
Molduking
I just always bought Japanese eShop cards so no problem there
Super_Bright
I’ve always just bought Japanese eshop cards rather than even trying my credit card. I just assumed my card wouldn’t work. Doesn’t really change much for me.
AtomicSymphonic_2nd
So… why is Nintendo interested in region-locking again?
Or they just don’t like *filthy gaijin with yellow fever* looking at their selection of games?
Sheesh.
CaptainTrip
To those upset at Nintendo about this, Japan has always been weird about card payments. It’s actually the norm to only accept Japanese card issuers, or only operate with Asian payment networks in Japan. So my guess here would be that they’re just aligning this part of their business with that norm, probably as part of renegotiation of their fees with whoever manages their payments.
Kimarnic
Nintendo YouTubers in shambles lmaoo
sonos82
I wonder if my “premium” travel credit card will still work.
I’ve never had an issue with using it before and it always seemed strange when people said their card would never work. I just get an international charge notification and thats it
Default_Dragon
Im really surprised this wasn’t already the case. The EU and NA e-shops were already locked to their respective region’s credit cards, and Japanese companies in general love to lock region lock credit card purchases (even when very unnecessary).
scarletofmagic
This sounds like a nothing burger for me personally. It never work for me, I tried with my Canadian credit cards, debit, PayPal and even Vietnamese ones lol. I always buy the Nintendo eshop gift card.
FluorescentShrimp
I didn’t even know that foreign credit cards worked in the first place.
ShokaLGBT
It wasn’t even working though? Always said you had to use a Japanese card so…
Remarkable-Sign-324
I understand credit cards. But paypal? That is silly.
Anyway, end of the day a large large large majority of things are worldwide releases. and things like NSO Jap don’t need a credit card.
It affects a small portion of players.
Remarkable-Sign-324
I understand credit cards. But paypal? That is silly.
Anyway, end of the day a large large large majority of things are worldwide releases. and things like NSO Japan don’t need a credit card.
It affects a small portion of players.
TheRealHFC
I never knew you could in the first place. Always used play-asia
FrozenFrac
That sucks, but the plot twist is that I never use the JP eShop. Funny that using JP accounts on Western consoles has never been easier, but every game that would have been JP exclusive 10+ years ago is getting localized.
vexorian2
Ok, cool but could you just enable the same games in all stores? and I do mean the same games.
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It never worked for me anyways. I heard before that European cards had worked in the Japanese eShop though.
I was worried for a moment, but then I realized I bought JP Nintendo eShop cards and used those, so I think no problem for now.
As long as the other countries that still accept foreign credit cards aren’t affected, we all good.
Huh, that’s weird…
I just always bought Japanese eShop cards so no problem there
I’ve always just bought Japanese eshop cards rather than even trying my credit card. I just assumed my card wouldn’t work. Doesn’t really change much for me.
So… why is Nintendo interested in region-locking again?
Or they just don’t like *filthy gaijin with yellow fever* looking at their selection of games?
Sheesh.
To those upset at Nintendo about this, Japan has always been weird about card payments. It’s actually the norm to only accept Japanese card issuers, or only operate with Asian payment networks in Japan. So my guess here would be that they’re just aligning this part of their business with that norm, probably as part of renegotiation of their fees with whoever manages their payments.
Nintendo YouTubers in shambles lmaoo
I wonder if my “premium” travel credit card will still work.
I’ve never had an issue with using it before and it always seemed strange when people said their card would never work. I just get an international charge notification and thats it
Im really surprised this wasn’t already the case. The EU and NA e-shops were already locked to their respective region’s credit cards, and Japanese companies in general love to lock region lock credit card purchases (even when very unnecessary).
This sounds like a nothing burger for me personally. It never work for me, I tried with my Canadian credit cards, debit, PayPal and even Vietnamese ones lol. I always buy the Nintendo eshop gift card.
I didn’t even know that foreign credit cards worked in the first place.
It wasn’t even working though? Always said you had to use a Japanese card so…
I understand credit cards. But paypal? That is silly.
Anyway, end of the day a large large large majority of things are worldwide releases. and things like NSO Jap don’t need a credit card.
It affects a small portion of players.
I understand credit cards. But paypal? That is silly.
Anyway, end of the day a large large large majority of things are worldwide releases. and things like NSO Japan don’t need a credit card.
It affects a small portion of players.
I never knew you could in the first place. Always used play-asia
That sucks, but the plot twist is that I never use the JP eShop. Funny that using JP accounts on Western consoles has never been easier, but every game that would have been JP exclusive 10+ years ago is getting localized.
Ok, cool but could you just enable the same games in all stores? and I do mean the same games.