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The letter prefixes are a letter specifying the device, followed by one letter specifying the region in which it was sold. In some regions, a third letter is present; a current guess is that this letter distinguishes among factories for a given sales region. Note that several different sales regions' console may be considered to be the same region for region-locking purposes, such as Europe and Australia.
The letter prefixes are a letter specifying the device, followed by one letter specifying the region in which it was sold. In some regions, a third letter is present; a current guess is that this letter distinguishes among factories for a given sales region. Note that several different sales regions' console may be considered to be the same region for region-locking purposes, such as Europe and Australia.
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The current serial number system began with the DSi, hence its listing in the tables below.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Model !! Device Prefix (Retail) !! Device Prefix (Dev)
! Model !! Device Prefix (Retail) !! Device Prefix (Dev)
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| ''DSi'' || T
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| ''DSi XL'' || W
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| 3DS || C || E
| 3DS || C || E
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Device !! Product Code
! Device !! Product Code
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| ''DS'' || NTR
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| ''DS lite'' || USG
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| ''DSi'' || TWL
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| ''DSi XL'' || UTL
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| 3DS || CTR
| 3DS || CTR