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[geralds]

This hole list is inaccurate as its missing one game as most people do not know about its existence. Epic mickey 2 did actually get a physical release that was exclusive to mexico for R1.

[game_player_s]

Originally Posted by geralds

This hole list is inaccurate as its missing one game as most people do not know about its existence. Epic mickey 2 did actually get a physical release that was exclusive to mexico for R1.

While the game in question is, miraculously, in English, and a region free release, it is not a Region 1 release. The key here being "Mexico". And the key element that throws many people off being that many of the publishers operating in Mexico volantarily use the ESRB to rate video games as Mexico has no official requirement for video games to be rated, but most gamers their are familiar with said ratings system due to proximity with the U.S.A..

As seen below, The United States of America, The Dominion of Canada, and their territories are all Region 1 consists of. It is, interestingly, a region system that is based loosely on the DVD region code system.

PlayStation Region Code Map:

[geralds]

Originally Posted by game_player_s

While the game in question is, miraculously, in English, and a region free release, it is not a Region 1 release. The key here being "Mexico". And the key element that throws many people off being that many of the publishers operating in Mexico volantarily use the ESRB to rate video games as Mexico has no official requirement for video games to be rated, but most gamers their are familiar with said ratings system due to proximity with the U.S.A..

As seen below, The United States of America, The Dominion of Canada, and their territories are all Region 1 consists of. It is, interestingly, a region system that is based loosely on the DVD region code system.

PlayStation Region Code Map:

Ya they may not share the same region for dvd but all games for what ever reason are released as R1. In some cases if not alot most games are just releases of the usa version. If the game skips usa the game skips Mexico if the game is edited for what ever reason in the usa its edited for mexico. A lot of games dont even have Spanish as an option in mexico they are simply 100% in English. For what ever reason if they get a Spanish lenguage on the disc some times they will release the brazil copy in mexico. Its like in Canada were some times they will release the european french copy then make a R1 French copy. Despite all dvd region or what not if you buy a game from mexico that region code be it gamecube or ps2 for example they still work here in the USA/Canada but the movies will not.

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The region system shown in question is Sony's current PlayStation Region Code system that Sony has based loosely upon the DVD region code system. They began using it for the the PS Vita. I'll explain this in a bit more detail as I feel it will clear up this matter. The progression of Sony PlayStation region coding has been bizzare to say the least.

The old PlayStation Region Code System used for both the PS and PS2:
NTSC U/C = All of North America (+ U.S.A. & D.o.C. Territories) and most of Central and South America.
NTSC J = Japan, Korea, and most of Southeast Asia
NTSC C = China Only
PAL = All the 50hz nations of the world.

PSP Region Code:
Sony's first attempt at a region free game system. UMD Videos are region locked, game UMDs are not.

PS3 Region Codes:
Region Free... sort of. So the systems themselves are region free, but the publishers have the option of region locking the games themselves. This is interesting because with the PS3 the region code for games is the exact same three region system used for Blu-Ray, as the Blu-Ray region code identifier chip in the system is what will determine which region the system identifies itself as being to the few games which are region locked.
A/1 = Japan and Southeast Asia, and North, Central, and Souh Americas + territories
B/2 = Africa, Australia, Europe, The Middle East + territories
C/3 = Asia

PS Vita / PS Vita TV:
New region code map Sony implemented for these two system plaforms is interestingly based on the DVD region code map. Here again, Sony has left the decision of region locking games entirely up to the game publishers, and there have been quite a few games released region locked so far.
Region 1 - U.S.A. & D.o.C. + Their Territories
Region 2 - Europe/Japan/Middle East
Region 3 - Hong Kong/Asia Pacific
Region 4 - Mexico/Central & South America/Australia
Region 5 - Africa/India/Russia
Region 6 - China

PS4:
Same as PS3.


Back on specific subject, most of the games sold in Mexico are either imported from the U.S.A. or D.o.C., which is why the ESRB rating system has managed to become unofficially adopted and used there. Mexico has no official policy requiring ratings for video games, so you can figure that the parents who do actually care about the sort of content their children maybe getting exposed to likely prefer buying video games that have independant ratings on them. From a retail standpoint, that makes rated games more likely to sell than games which bare no rating or bare only a voluntary content advisory from the publisher on the packaging.

Mexico is in PlayStation Region 4. If you hunt down actual pictures of Epic Mickey 2's game case you will see that the ESRB rating on both front and backside of the game case are printed in dual-language (English & Spanish). The game is also marked clearly on the back as a region "All" release, meaning not region locked. So again, I see why this has been confusing to you and a few other people on GameFAQs, but Epic Mickey 2 is not on the Region 1 documents because this physical edition in question was specifically released in Region 4.

Divising a region system based on the spoken langauage of the majority honestly would have made a lot more sense, but this is Sony we're talking about.