|Region encoding (e.g. E for Americas/Middle East/SEA, J for Japan/Taiwan/Hong Kong)
+
|Region encoding (e.g. E for Americas, J for Japan, P for Europe, K for Korea, A for none, some titles like the Homebrew Channel don't use this for regions)
|-
|-
|'''Subsequent two characters'''
|'''Subsequent two characters'''
−
|Company code (e.g. 01 for Nintendo)
+
|Company code (e.g. 01 for Nintendo). This is not present on the DS family of systems.