Collector here , this info is for physical games . European Nintendo games are colourcoded and have region codes on the back . The colour codes are coloured triangles on the spine of the case . The region codes are on the back right above the barcode . These region codes specify the target countryregion of the PAL territory the game is meant for . More info here region codes can differ between the game cover , manual and cartridge . For example , an Italian release can have an Italian cover and manual region code ITA , for example , but a general European cartridge region code EUR . The back of the cover should also show you which languages are available ingame . Localisation is handled differently for each release . The games themselves are usually in English , or at least have English as an option . You should however be careful with textheavy games Professor Layton for example , or games targetted towards young children , as they have a higher probability of being single language only .