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| ''DSi'' || T || V
| ''DSi'' || T || V
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| ''DSi XL/LL'' || W || ''unknown''
| ''DSi XL/LL'' || W || D
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| ''Nintendo Zone Box'' || Z || ''N/A''
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| ''Wii U'' || F || ''unknown''
| ''Wii U'' || F || ''unknown''
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| ''Wii U gamepad'' || J || J
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| 3DS || C || E
| 3DS || C || E
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| North America || North America || W
| North America || North America || W
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| Brazil || North America || B
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| Middle East / Southeast Asia || North America || S
| Middle East / Southeast Asia || North America || S
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| Europe || Europe || EF, EH, EM
| Europe || Europe || EE, EF, EH, EM
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| Australia || Europe || AH, AG
| Australia || Europe || AH, AG
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== Physical Serial ==
== Physical Serial ==
 
[Product][Retail/Demo]-[Platform]-[Type][Game ID][Region]-[Label Region]
[Product][Retail/Demo]-CTR-[Type][Identifier][Region]-[Label Region]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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| rowspan="11" |  
| rowspan="11" |  
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| A || Retail
| A || retail
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| B ||  
| B || retail
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| C || part of the default serial 'CTAP'
| C || used for N3DS exclusive retail and default 'CTAP'
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| E ||  
| E || used for card 2 type retail cartridges
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| H || used for built in applications like [[Mii Maker]]
| H || used for built in applications like [[Mii Maker]]
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| J || normal eShop Title
| J || normal eShop Title
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| K || unknown, seen in Mighty Gunvolt
| K || normal eShop Title?
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| S || usually a 3D Classics eShop title
| S || 3D Classics
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| P || used with GBA eShop titles
| P || used with GBA eShop titles
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| Identifier
| Identifier
| 2
| 2
| colspan=3 |Game name (two alphanumeric characters)
| colspan=3 |Game ID (two alphanumeric characters)
|-align=center
|-align=center
| rowspan="10" | Region
| rowspan="10" | Region
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|-
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|-align=center
|-align=center
| rowspan="9" | Label Region
| rowspan="12" | Label Region
| rowspan="9" | 3
| rowspan="12" | 3
| rowspan="9" |  
| rowspan="12" |  
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| USA || USA
| USA || United States
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| EUR || Europe
| EUR || Europe
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| CAN || Canada
| CAN || Canada (US version with additional French text added to box)
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| AUS || Australia
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| JPN || Japan
| JPN || Japan
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| TWN || Taiwan/Hong Kong
| TWN || Taiwan/Hong Kong
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| CHT || Taiwan/Hong Kong ("Chinese-Traditional")
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| CHN || China
| CHN || China
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| UKV || United Kingdom version(?) (United Kingdom)
| UKV || United Kingdom ("United Kingdom version")
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| MDE || Saudi Arabia/U.A.E./Malaysia/Singapore ("Middle East")
|}
|}


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Some eShop titles have [[NCCH#CFA|Electronic Manuals]] which store the product code at the end of the 'Health & Safety' section of the manual. However,  product codes can differ from the above format as shown below:
Some eShop titles have [[NCCH#CFA|Electronic Manuals]] which store the product code at the end of the 'Health & Safety' section of the manual. However,  product codes can differ from the above format as shown below:


CTR-[P/N/T/U]-[Type][Identifier][Region]-[Region]-[Digit]
CTR-[P/N/T/U]-[Type][Game ID][Region]-[Region]-[Digit]


CTR-[Type][Identifier][Region]-[Region]-[Digit]
CTR-[Type][Game ID][Region]-[Region]-[Digit]


* P/N/T/U - Same as in product code structure
* P/N/T/U - Same as in product code structure
* [Type][Identifier][Region] - Same as in serial structure
* [Type][Game ID][Region] - Same as in serial structure
* [Region] - A three character representation of the title region, i.e. 'EUR' (not always present)
* [Region] - A three character representation of the title region, i.e. 'EUR' (not always present)
* [Digit] - A single digit usually '1' or '0' (not always present). Possibly revision or manual revision.
* [Digit] - A single digit usually '1' or '0' (not always present). Possibly revision or manual revision.
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==Back of Card Serial==
==Back of Card Serial==
AREPY10111
AREPY10111 (example)


AAAABCDEEE (presumably)
AAAABCDEEE<br/>
'''A''' - Identifier (last 4 digits of product code)<br/>
'''B''' - Production Month (numbers, then after Sep its X,Y,Z for Oct,Nov,Dec)<br/>
'''C''' - Production Year (2010 + C)*<br/>
'''D''' - Revision/Remaster Version (should match the main NCCH's Exheader Remaster Version)<br/>
'''E''' - Production Run? (000-999)**


[Identifier]-[Production Month]-[Production Year]-[Revision]-[Production Run?]
<nowiki>* </nowiki>Or (2020 + C), if produced in that decade. Example [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcH8mK6yXj4 here] at the 2:10 mark.<br/>
<nowiki>** </nowiki>European demo/kiosk carts have "08B" or "08H"
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