Why You Should NEVER Buy Fake Pokémon Games!

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This topic is on fake Pokemon games also known as reproduction copies or repros.

[@ZaneTheDragonMaster]

Nintendo needs to keep their libraries of games alive in some capacity then.

[@yumnits2946]

Or you could just...you know. Yar Har, fiddle-tee-dee

[@TheSunIsDead]

Or hear me out. We do a lil bit of jack sparrow☠

[@Hermit__]

Just like how square enix is doing with the final fantasy 1 + 2 remakes on the ps1

[@ZaneTheDragonMaster]

@@TheSunIsDead I’ll follow my captain. :3

[@ZaneTheDragonMaster]

@@yumnits2946 A pirate’s life for me!

[@ExpandDong420]

If only there was a company with the rights to these games that could just release them digitally so people wouldn't have to worry about buying fakes or cutting off a limb to afford genuine copies...

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

HGSS sucked anyway. Not worth the money.

[@yaboilone]

​@@cyberdarkturtle6971 never seen a worse opinion

[@McZachary44]

You’ll pay 60 bucks and buy a remake of those games on the switch, and you’ll like it

[@ExpandDong420]

@McZachary if I wanted to pay 60 bucks for Diamond and Pearl I could have done that well before BDSP came along

[@drjjloveman]

​@@McZachary44 I would love it actually. I hate playing on the tiny handheld screen and for only $60 to be able to play on my 70 inch television and access pokemon home freely would be amazing.

[@tonymcmayer5944]

Start a new game, immediately restart the game as soon as you load in, and then load back in to your game, it should load again. I used to have the same issue on my fake copy and that fixed it every time for me

[@Sean_0109]

I bought a fake cartridge knowingly and hopefully this will help if I come across that issue cause I ain’t buying a real one theyre too damn expensive

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

@@Sean_0109 lemme guess… Gen 3? I picked up a reproduction (different from fake because they’re advertised as repro and not legitimate) from someone because they were VERY honest and had a good, realistic deal. Game runs perfectly fine except for a split second stutter when saving.

[@monoruns0001]

@@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy Same. I bought a repro copy, without even realizing it, and the game runs fine. It just displays a message about the save file being corrupted but the game can still be played normally.

[@kite1704]

@@Sean_0109 Did it work?

[@ExtraordinaryFate]

Or just don’t bother with fake copies. But maybe that’s just me, I always go for the official stuff

[@AdeptMusician]

To fix this issue, start a new game but don't save. Then you soft reset and continue your save file.

[@sweeneierdog5323]

But what do u do when it dosnt load into where u can move

[@blebble1190]

@@sweeneierdog5323 it only goes to a black screen after you beat the fourth gym for some reason. i have this type of cartridge and have encountered many others with it, and it always works like this. this means that starting a new game always works

[@isaacgazal3984]

Thank you so much this was happening after installing CFW and I didn’t know what to do but this was perfect. But for some reason I think I have to do this every single time a boot into the game which sucks.

[@Masuo15]

I remember having a fake Emerald, and the fun part was, the game randomly soft reset the GBA; and the savefile would be deleted. At one point I simply used it to make bet with friends who wanted to try their luck and see who would get the furthest in a single run before losing the savefile.

[@yzrakeli2022]

lol

[@phantompop3192]

Damn. I LUCKED OUT then for my real copy of Emerald that I paid like $40-50ish for. Afaik it’s legit cuz I can trade to my legit Leaf Green and Sapphire. Gonna see if it can transfer to Platinum soon.

[@punkosproductions]

@@phantompop3192fake copies can trade to real copies in the same Gen, but if it can transfer to platinum then it’s real, it’s probable you found a real copy since I found one around the same price

[@soundaholixx]

Faulty battery

[@camohere]

@@phantompop3192 you do realize fake copies can trade to legit copies, right?

[@anthonyrick9750]

When I probably about 17 I got bored and spent some time soft resetting for shinies. Long story short on my second try on my legit SS copy I got shiny cyndaquil and named him lucky. Still have to this day. Funnier story I was playing violet today and ran into a shiny killowatarrel and it’s color scheme really reminded me of when I fully evolved cyndaquil into typhlosion. Thinking about it I caught lucky 10 years ago. How time flies.

[@BriansMe]

A couple of years ago I was soft reseting for a shiny starter on my fake Heart Gold cartridge and a shiny Totodile popped up, my game crashed mid conversation with elm after I had claimed it, and I lost it permanently. Fortunately I redid the hunt on my real Soul Silver cartridge and claimed a shiny Cyndaquil which I still have to this day.

[@anthonyrick9750]

@@BriansMe nice I have a collection of about 20 shinies in my lifetime my three favorite are a legit politoad I got in y, cyndaquil, and now killowatteral.

[@latayesha]

@@anthonyrick9750 this story wasn’t even remotely funny

[@shinyskwovet]

@@latayesha It isn't supposed to be.

[@the_catstronaut7037]

I’ve never really shiny hunted, at least not a lot, and my first shiny ever was Pokémon go a mareep. Then when I started playing violet, was on my way to the first gym, and found another shiny mareep.

[@camchem]

The only reason I have a legitimate copy of SoulSilver in the first place is because I managed to realize how quickly HGSS were going up in price just in the nick of time. I was able to find a copy at a GameStop for $60-$70 in the late 2010s. Wish I went out of my way and bought all the other 4 and 5 games too.

[@kakakrabbypatty1234]

All I need to finally have all the games, are heart gold, diamond, and white 2. All I know is I spent an unreasonable amount of money on these games.

[@kakakrabbypatty1234]

That and I spent so much time checking before buying if they were legit or not

[@dragonarandom]

I was just getting into pokemon and I had asked mom for pokemon black or white (I was not picky and I didn't know any other games at the time, I was a brand new player) and she ended up getting me SoulSilver. I was a little disappointed but I was more so happy that I finally got a pokemon game. Today, I am so glad she got me SS. I ended up getting Black from a friend later on tho

[@Maringuely]

Little flex here but in elementary school i was very adamant about how much i love pokemon and some of the other kids would bring me their games they didn’t want anymore so i got my copy of heartgold for free lol

[@Chiakiandmikanarebest]

I remember when I got my copy of soulsilver it was like 4 or 5 years ago, it took me quite a bit of scouring on eBay but I was eventually able to find a legit copy for 60, and though it was a little beat up it worked perfectly and I managed to get all the way to red though never beat him because I was too underleveled and I don’t like grinding in Pokémon.

[@tom-hs1zo]

Press new save When youre in your room press the triggers and start and select at the same time. It will reset to the intro screen again, press your original save file and you will be good

[@mando2653]

Dude holy shit you just saved my 143 hour file THANK YOUUUU!!!!!

[@TedLJones]

Didnt work for me Im not crying, youre crying

[@sweeneierdog5323]

It won’t let me go into a new save after oak talks it goes blank what do I do

[@tom-hs1zo]

@@sweeneierdog5323 wait until youre able to walk around in your room. Then press the buttons i was talking about (dont save). It should take you back to the title screen then you can continue the previous save file. Not for new adventure files

[@tom-hs1zo]

​@@TedLJones try a lot its hard to get it right

[@leer6871]

When you’re talking about HG/SS The single most expensive DS-era games to get used it’s very difficult not to buy fake cartridges.

[@kingkmtso5107]

Me who has both real cartridges

[@fl3m1n9o4]

i sold my copy of soul silver like 6 years ago for like £10 😭😭 so annoying man

[@562.anthony2]

You just need to do the purple test and make sure the Letters on the back much up. But yea prices for HG/SS are ridiculous and unjustified

[@JoeMamaFromHouseparty]

I got a real copy from a thrift store

[@noahgettheark]

​@@562.anthony2 fucking $90 for a little DS game is outrageous fr.

[@Pinkeypierules]

What I did was buy those 208 in one cartridge R4 cards I’m not gonna spend $100 on the game from late 2000s

[@johndamilkman]

The multiple games in 1 cartridge games are a scam. They are usually very cheap quality and sometimes don't even save.

[@WLOVER57]

@@johndamilkman nawh bros just talking about an R4 card its just a rom loader

[@RandomJBerry]

​@@johndamilkman r4 cards are solid most modern flash carts are

[@TinnitusTuning]

I have one of those it saves on any game and had it for over 3 years now :)

[@theneedforspeeder9575]

Lol be ready to waste your time after every time they resets

[@lonelyyclone4238]

The fun apart about having fake carts is the fact you can still trade with the real ones lol, it came in handy when I wanted a Magmortor

[@ThomasPianta]

It may be able to trade with real games, but if you have a GBA Pokémon repro, it can't connect with the DS Pokémon games unless you buy another (genuine) Pokémon GBA game. And if you have a Pokémon on a repro you really want to transfer to the DS games, you'll need another Game Boy Advance (it can't be a DS since they can't trade with GBA systems through link cable) and a GBA link cable.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

This is part of the reason why I just emulate games.

[@shinyskwovet]

That is illegal.

[@Josephextreme]

​@@shinyskwovet and

[@shinyskwovet]

@@Josephextreme I don't know NINTENDO WILL PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING MERCHANDISE AND JAILTIME,FINES AND VIRUSES.

[@Josephextreme]

@@shinyskwovet True. I see a white Nintendo van outside my house right now. I'm gonna be arrested for Pokemon blue. I regret my decision. Please help mfdkdjddhjsskssjxhcccdssss

[@Dialga6677]

@@shinyskwovet What else are we supposed to do? spend several 100 dollars to even 1000 just to risk it being fake?

[@moleahjobe]

There needs to be a follow up video showing your bank balance and why to never buy legit Pokémon games.

[@miguelzurita3216]

Tgis is for any Nintendo game just look a Super Mario 3D All-Stars, I love it but im forever reminded that people are gonna miss out on this game without eumulating an emulator

[@miguelzurita3216]

Which means i cant wait for a game to emulate a game thats an emulator

[@BoxCatBix]

My mom got us copies of Pokémon SS and Diamond/Pearl for Christmas from a bargain store. Turns out they were fake copies sadly, yet they both work fine

[@TheZodiacMaster]

At least they were not cursed

[@xxProjectJxx]

Then it's not sad at all lol. Repro carts are fine as long as they work

[@Dr-Donn]

How do you know they were not real copies?

[@miguelzurita3216]

​@@Dr-Donn a lot of it has to do with the stickera and "serial number" on the card, theres a good video to help you tell if its real or not, but often its easy to tell, if you pay attention to both copies of SS youll se what I mean

[@Dr-Donn]

@@miguelzurita3216 also if the game allows light to go through does that guarantee it's real? Not seeing any reproductions copy that,

[@sida32123]

With all these resellers and price gouging some people might not have a choice.

[@molly9582]

Oof, I had to learn this lesson the hard way as a naive eBay shopper. I thought I had just discovered a great discount on an actual original cartridge, lol.

[@sweetheartmashupsbabe]

When it arrived, I kinda knew it was fake by feeling the cartridge. I knew it was when the game corner didn’t work

[@Thugrobb1991]

Sometimes the fake games work as good as the real ones and are more accessible

[@MrFarts369]

And can still do in-game events

[@CtrlAltBacks]

That is exactly what happened with my emerald cart. It's fake, but I beat the e4. All time based events work, it trades mons, still saves perfectly. I'm even shiny hunting rayquaza now.

[@Thugrobb1991]

All heros don't were capes bro:)

[@Cacaseca6]

Bruh i bought a fake for 20 bucks and it has cheats lol

[@Thugrobb1991]

@@Cacaseca6 lmao jackpot lol

[@shadowdecidueye]

You can actually still play the game on a fake. You have to start a new game to get to the point where you can move your character DO NOT SAVE and soft reset your game. Open your save file and it should work

[@sweeneierdog5323]

What do u do if it dosnt load in where u can move and it goes blank what do I do

[@shadowdecidueye]

@@sweeneierdog5323 not sure.... You're sure you started a new games file and didn't just continue???

[@pikalopezboigaming5608]

i just realized you're the same person that gave me free shiny starters in legends arceus! what a coincidence i found you here!

[@shinyskwovet]

How do you get them from him?

[@pikalopezboigaming5608]

i just find him randomly when using the link code 1111 1111

[@omegaipodmaniac]

So basically, “don’t buy fake carts or you’ll end up becoming a shiny hunter”. Talk about incentive.

[@richardsantana731]

Lmao what's wrong with shiny hunting 🤦

[@omegaipodmaniac]

@@richardsantana731 God, there's always one, isn't there...? This short details why you should avoid buying fake copies of games, thus presenting the act of doing so negatively. At the very end he says "Be careful with buying fake games, you'll end up like me", a line which comes hot off the heels of him mentioning he was shiny hunting. Do I REALLY need to spell it out?

[@DarkestVoid]

@@omegaipodmaniac well for one your initial comment is worded poorly and two your comment literally has no relevance to the short lmao.

[@omegaipodmaniac]

@@DarkestVoid Oh look, here's another one. It's a certain style of joke, for the record. You take the meaning of a particular thing and warp the message behind it to get something else for the sake of comedy. Obviously the point of the short isn't to inform everyone the dangers of fake carts out of fear they become shiny hunters, I deliberately interpreted it wrong in this way for the sake of my joke. It's alright if jokes aren't your strong suit but you need to understand that when you try to deconstruct a joke you clearly have no understanding of, you come off looking really damn stupid. Promise you won't do it again? At least for your own sake?

[@johnaylward2015]

I had a fake Platinum version that would freeze every time I would go into the Sinnoh Underground and froze/corrupted my save data when I attempted to trade on the GTS.

[@colinakersakers44]

Maybe I got lucky, but my fake copy of soul silver has worked just fine for like 2.5 playthroughs (I kinda stopped playing soul silver for the time being)

[@sweetheartmashupsbabe]

My fake copy worked great until it just stopped working altogether. Not really a big problem tho since it was only like 16 dollars and lasted for a few years which is actually quite good. I’d say its a very good deal, you just gotta replace it after a few years, which will only be like 16 bucks anyway

[@user-px7mx2ge4e]

Or…just get a good quality fake. I have a fake black and white cartridge that has a save account from two years ago and still runs well, definitely worth it when the real ones are price gouged to the extreme.

[@Death-999]

Or just use a flash cart... Why are people buying a single fake game when you could spend a little bit extra and have all the games available to you at all times.

[@sweetheartmashupsbabe]

I had a fake SS in 2018 and my 3DS just stopped detecting it altogether around 2022. Like I put it in, it just didnt show up where the games were supposed to show up

[@YummiiKitty]

​@@Death-999Or just get an SD and jack sparrow some stuff

[@Welsh-Trials-Enduro]

Not everyone can afford an £80+ cartridge. The prices for the originals is getting ridiculous.

[@Josh_Stuchbery]

This is true. However you could put 50+ hours into a save file only to have it disappear one day. You really want to take that risk?

[@Karcha_In_SD]

Blame Pokémon/Nintendo for not making their backlog of games readily available for a fair price.

[@miguelzurita3216]

Especially on mobile, nintendo's GBA library would make some serious money on the mobile market if you ask me

[@dj_borg]

This isn't an issue nor is it a Nintendo exclusive thing as PS1, PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast have reached the same levels in price. In Japan, these old games are considered junk and are sold for extremely cheap. Just look at boxed SFC games being sold for around 1000 yen in non-tourist trap second hand shops. It's foreigners overvaluing the actual product just because it's "vintage" or just because it's Pokemon.

[@DarkestVoid]

They’re very easily obtainable just not for the price some of you whineasses would like. Buy the games when they come out and keep them then you don’t have to worry. I own the whole mainline series of games and nearly all of them were bought when they were released besides a few I missed out on. Did I shell out a bit more money for them? Yeah I did but I enjoy the series and the price for each was well worth it. An emulator is free but isn’t authentic at all. I’d rather play my shit on the original hardware. Get over yourself.

[@yb6036]

@@dj_borgJapan gets preferential treatment by Japanese companies and they get larger stocks than western countries get.

[@logant2076]

The one thing I knew as a kid was that black boarder = real deal grey boarder depends on what pokemon game but as far as mainstream goes like heartgold soulsilver or black n white as well as the second one all have black boarders n surprisingly enough I have soulsilver white 1 and white 2 and all of which have the black boarder hopefully this helps the game hunters out there

[@alexh2947]

I have platinum with a grey border iirc but I've never gotten past volkner on there due to lazyness, is it fake?

[@YoKevdog]

This only applies to HG/SS and Black/White 1+2

[@emo-nordegraf]

@@alexh2947 dppt all have grey borders dw

[@PoorPlyser]

They have the black borders because they use infared to communicate.

[@jeiku5041]

Well yes, but who has the money to shell out $90-150 for one singular Pokemon cartridge?

[@TheBlackRoseCosplay]

"don't buy the 2 dollar game buy the 120 dollar game!"

[@YoKevdog]

$20 vs 90*

[@aradia9726]

buy the 0$ game and emulate it lol, if you have a 3ds you can even load the rom directly onto it with an SD card so you dont even need an R4 or anything

[@azazelsvideos8298]

And whatever you do, do NOT try to access the Game Corner with a fake copy. You will regret it.

[@fieratheproud]

Why? What happens?

[@azazelsvideos8298]

@@fieratheproud Your save bricks on a black screen.

[@swimmia3]

That when I figured out I bought I fake copy

[@markkart]

that happend to me. luckily I didn't save so I could rescue my save file from before I went in there.

[@pool-uo9jy]

​@@azazelsvideos8298why does it do that

[@VampyreBassist]

I bought fake Digimon World games on the DS and none of them worked. That was $30 lost, but I learned a lesson: Emulate.

[@champkmaq7510]

I'm more impressed that the OG 3ds is still functional

[@sweetheartmashupsbabe]

Why wouldn’t it be? There’s people to this day that still play their gameboys lol

[@jakee.austin1012]

I’ve never personally had any issues with fake copies of the games, and there is no way I would pay for a genuine copy with the inflated prices

[@drkakkit1498]

I got mine to work by making a new save file then resetting

[@TedLJones]

How come that works for everyone but me ;-;

[@BAKERA0]

Yo bro you have a nicely edited video your on the way to success

[@YoKevdog]

Thank you! That’s really nice

[@falleneagle8294]

The only problem my fake cart is there is no game corner

[@sweetheartmashupsbabe]

I thought I was the only one who had this issue. Was so sad I couldnt rack up points for a dratini

[@iWreckzombies]

The only HG/SS og copy you’re gonna find is hundreds of dollars and you still might get shipped a fake one

[@WallyTheWagon]

This happens to me with my fake one, but all I have to to is switch it from my DS lite to my 2DS and it magically starts to work again.

[@WallyTheWagon]

@@charnalk5572 that’s so weird. It’s happening to me before the league like at the 3rd gym. But I get what your saying.

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

@@WallyTheWagonfor me it’s the other way around I decided to try my luck w bootleg HeartGold, my 2DS XL wouldn’t take it but my DS lite runs it without issue

[@Zerobasssoul]

Well considering I'm not casually dropping $150+ for a ds game ima go for this or just good ole emulation.

[@almondjoy4570]

I had a similar experience playing a fake heartgold, but my game still went up to red and I could still play the whole thing, the only problem I had was I couldn't play the casino in goldenrod. My game would soft lock everytime I played it

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

Bought fake copies of Diamond, Pearl and Platinum and somehow haven't ran into any issues. I regularly back up the saves with my 3ds in case anything happens.

[@TedLJones]

Same! I got diamond, hg and ss but only ss has done this Weird aint it? A "real" game is code crammed onto an empty cartridge. But a "fake" game is... code? Crammed onto... an empty cartridge?

[@lightfiendish]

very happy i managed to get a real copy of SS, i absolutely love that game

[@xilencered7788]

I have real copies but never had a problem with the copies. I wanted to gift some to my family and friends, and SS HG are expensive

[@ClodsireBcuzYes]

him: the left one me: **puts up left hand and makes an L**

[@Whofan06]

I only realized last year that my copy of FireRed is a boot leg. I've had it for like 10 years, played it most of the way through, never really had any problems until I wanted to use it to transfer Pokemon to Platinum, and the later refuses to recognize it was inserted. I thought it was my DS. I tried to get it fixed, I bought a whole ass new one, nothing. I even booted up FireRed only to realize my entire save file had randomly been deleted. Did some googling and sure as shit it's a fake. RIP. All of that time I seriously thought the "Save file is ok" message was a Gameboy thing. I had no idea it was covering up a piracy error.

[@topchungoid21]

Same thing happened to me with heart gold on a ds lite I just put the game in a dsi and it worked

[@retrogotgamez]

"Never buy fake pokemon games" Me originally planning to buy ONLY fake pokemon games: "God fu*king damnit"

[@alucard8433]

If your going to be playing it on a 3ds you will not encounter this problem, if your playing on a ds just start new game advance to the part where your in your room do not save, do a soft reset click continue and game will be working fine.

[@TheKickboxingCommunity]

Basically, Piracy is no Party!

[@fastlifelb4786]

I had a fake emerald, it wouldn’t even let me do the cloning glitch 😂

[@naliboi93]

That cloning glitch was mad 🤣 I remember playing Emerald via emulator on my iphone 4 way back and going crazy cloning all 3 cover legendaries.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

It's anti-piracy stuff. They really went all out with Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Even on emulators with a rom hacked version of the games (Sacred Gold/Storm Silver), there would occasionally be a black/messed up screen.

[@Ambipie]

Yes, this is the anti piracy measure

[@reachon7396]

I remember i bought a fake copy of HGSS off ebay a decade ago (didn’t know it was fake at the time) but in tiny text on the page it said it only worked on ds lite but not dsi so I couldn’t use it.

[@shirothewhitefox378]

We had a fake copy of pokemon gold when we were kids...it was amazing. Worked like the original, but all attacks had weird ass names, like slam was fork. I will never stop laughing thinking back to that blursed mess-

[@itzviiciouss6832]

After getting my shiny starter a few weeks ago I started to check if my copy was real. Tho at that point it would’ve been really sad, I came to the conclusion that I’m 90 percent sure it’s real but people say if it freezes that can mean it’s fake and mine does that occasionally but idk if it’s cause it might be fake or cause my ds falling shakes it up on the impact.

[@lonerevenant0]

I guess it really depends on how old ur cartridge is. My pokemon mystery dungeon game worked perfectly for years but after maybe like let's say 8 years it started to wear snd had issues with freezing or not being able to be read. I do believe cartridges have a lifespan and if they're used a lot it can prob wear them down but idrk. Ik my mystery dungeon game wasn't a fake tho.

[@itzviiciouss6832]

@@lonerevenant0 yea it probably does have something to do with age like how gameboy Pokémon games have the problem after a while of saying the eternal clock has run dry or sum like that. Originally I remember the game being my friends brothers and he played it back when I was in like 5th grade so that was at least 7 or so years ago and who knows how much it was used before then. The voltorb game works so I’ll just assume that’s enough to say it’s real lmao

[@Thrillin_Chillin_Drillin]

Gotta catch all that free time first

[@Haydenrwyatt]

Kinda makes me terrified of that copy of Pokémon platinum I got for 20 bucks

[@thetealturtwig5667]

i actually bought a replica copy of Heart Gold (knowingly) at a gaming store once. It was cheaper plus in a more factory new condition so i bought it. the guy at the counter said it should run normally like an actual copy but then when i reached Goldenrod and tryed playing Voltorb Flip i got the same black screen as in this video.

[@Leafynova]

That’s why you don’t waste 120$ on 40$ game just mod a 3ds for free

[@HUYI1]

Using a original DS lite in 2023? That is some retro hardcore uniqueness 😂

[@adripin13]

wait isn't that just the original normal DS? the lite i remembered quite different

[@greg4194]

Found a ruby reproduction where the time of day was stuck at midday, so berries couldn't grow, and time-sensitive pokemon couldn't be found. I come to terms with that after a while, and the the cart starts deleting my save file at random times...unusable

[@buddlust7104]

From what I’ve herd they tend to program a self destruct part to rid of the ROM over time. I wonder if this is why that happened to his copy.

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

Depends on where you buy it from I have a friend who makes fake cartridges and they work 100% through the game, it's not as easy as just flashing a rom on it but fairly straight forward

[@Ivangee87]

This guy gets one bad cartridge and assumes there all bad 😅 and makes a video about it 😂

[@YoKevdog]

You should tell that friend not to

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

@@YoKevdog I can't decide what he does with his life and time, if he wants to make them, then let him, neither me or you has the authority to stop him, just because you are a KZbinr does not mean you are better than other people

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

@@Ivangee87 Exactly thats what im thinking, im like the games are 20 years+ old at this point, surely pokemon dont care that much, especially seeing as they leaked the full rom of scarlet and violet to emulators

[@D-Vim]

​@YoKevdog why the hell would he tell him not to? Imagine that conversation lmao. "Bro, you need to stop this. Making reproduction DS carts is not ok. A youtuber told me." Smh.

[@pi_xi]

The fake cartridges also lack the IR sensor, which is required to connect to the PokéWalker.

[@goldeneyestryker]

I had a couple soul silver fake carts that crashed as soon as you got to the Snorlax scene.

[@mamodokod4613]

The issue is that for no reason soul silver and heart gold are so freaking expensive

[@bananalegs4185]

My uncle accidentally bought one of those for me a couple years ago, it would have the same problem once I get the 4th gym badge and left the game

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

"You'll end up like me" oh hell no! No shiny hunting for me please

[@isaac_aren]

This even happens with the older ones too. Got pretty far in Blue before it stopped saving

[@monkeykong2006]

Soul silver has a anti cheat system that detects fake copys, but the game on a hacked 3ds and with godmode extract the sav and nds file, you can put the sav on the real cartridge or run the game on twilight menu, it has a patch that loads when you launch the game :)

[@whuttontarnation2484]

I had a cartridge that worked fine but ended up being a fake. Didn’t know until the pokewalker I bought for it would communicate because the actual cartridges have a chip in them or something and when the Nintendo rep ram the serial number it didn’t show up as an actual copy of heart gold

[@yb6036]

The cartridge comes with an IR receiver and the Pokéwalker has an IR emitter. Same technology the wii uses.

[@ZonnexNecton]

Unfortunately most fake ones are the cheapest since the real used dirty copies are at a ludicrous price.

[@Arcademan09]

Ok. Checks eBay. Hmmm... 80$+ without the box. 150$+ minimum for a boxed copy

[@ethanwilde4716]

Well I've been told that more dark cryptid things happen if you get your hands on a Pokemon knock off.

[@Fizzymilkshakee]

Yall I'm stuck with a "500 in 1" dsi cartridge

[@phrankthetank]

You can get around that by playing on a 3DS. I got a bootleg copy of HeartGold and it went black after the 4th gym. When I put it in my 3DS, it worked perfectly

[@Reshiram543]

So, fake carts of HGSS, BW, and B2W2 are easy to spot because the originals come in a black cartridge. This is to signify that they have infrared capabilities. For HGSS, this was for the pokewalker. In BW and B2W2, it was for easier wireless gameplay, also for multi battle lines in the battle subway. Gen 5 also used IR communication for official tournaments and special event pokemon.

[@Goosaphone]

Right. I always just look for the shiny Nintendo seal.

[@miguelzurita3216]

I got twobfake copies of BW i onowbtheyvare fakebbecause in the SD card theres a smaller SD

[@markkart]

I got my copy of black 2 for £63. games good but man that is steep

[@leajunefantroy6254]

Happened to me with a fake Soulsilver!! But when I played it in my 3DS no issues. Hope this helps

[@nintendope8837]

I brought fake platinum diamond and pearl and it was fine till the other dimension just wouldn't finish

[@Jessica_Schweser]

Videos like this are really helpful for making sure I’m finding real copies of BW2, but my main problem is actually buying them cause yeah it’s still a lot

[@Radnick0024]

Game Boy bootlegs are even more risky, since sometimes the cartridge is assembled poorly. I had one for LeafGreen that worked fine, but I had to use a rubber band to keep it in the slot 😅

[@isaiahprost6361]

This is where that one friend just goes "..... Seems like a skill issue bro"

[@ZeldaNumber17]

I’ve never had a problem with a fake one. My platinum was $20 and has been played through 5 or more times. Doesn’t do anything weird or anything

[@Goosaphone]

I got ripped off with a fake cart off ebay. It was HeartGold. The more I played, the more it froze. I called it Fool's Gold

[@gv148]

This sort of thing happened to me too when i was playing on a fake cartridge but it would play normally but everytime a pokemon fainted, the game would freeze/crash

[@mrrockm4n]

This happened to my friends crystal game, he was crushed when he couldn’t open it

[@NeeNyah]

Yes the real cartridge is black, on the top lip there is an IR sensor/transmitter/receiver for communicating with the pokewalker. If you do not have a pokewalker and want to check because you aren't sure if its real, you can use your camera and actually see the infrared light

[@Kalozid]

That’s why you should always homebrew :)

[@The_WizardOfOz125]

I have a fake cartridge and it lets me play the entire game fine, and I downloaded a Pokémon file onto a ds disk of soulsilver and it plays like a charm beat all 16 gyms over 4 times caught 300+ Pokémon and some shinys included everything I had from when I was kid and was so happy to get them for $50 for me and my brother. He’s moved out and I still have them and play heart gold 💪🏻

[@LiatKolink]

Something similar happened when I bought a fake Pokémon Emerald, except it reset the game instead.

[@TheLordVyper]

I have the same odds of breaking a fake cartridge as I do a real one. Good job on doing something no one I’ve ever known has done tho.

[@kawaiipiggy9143]

I bought a fake soul silver a couple years ago and tried to shiny hunt on it. Imagine my surprise when I found out the save feature had broken somewhere in the many hours before I got the shiny, when I tried to save and the game crashed

[@azuresapphire15]

Reminds me of when I bought an Alpha Emerald cartridge ages before the real release and it was only done up until you take the ferry from Slateport. There was nothing made yet after that so the rom just crashed lol. My friends at school were insanely jealous because "Your pokemon move", but I was more interested in the added content.

[@Loknath009]

This is brand new information! The world needs to know!

[@KP_Uravity]

Sometimes specifically getting a reproduction cart is just more cost effective

[@WyattP20]

Yeah, but it’s too much of a random chance for me so I just started using emulators

[@domomitsune5920]

I accidentally did this once for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. One of them does not work in my mini DS. It still works fine, and I can trade between the two. The only difference is I can't use Action Replay on the counterfeit, and I can't play it in my XL DS without it not even showing up as the cartridge being inserted. But it works perfectly.

[@ChiefKene]

I got burned on a fake yellow cart. Every Pokémon that goes into the PC pretty much is bugged and unrecoverable

[@DrTaco]

I’ll never forget getting a used copy of SoulSilver back in 2012. Crazy enough, fake copies were a problem back in the day too and I remember when I got it, it was the gray(fake) cartridge but I was a kid so I didn’t know any better. When I put it into my DS, the game was registered as “SpongeBob: Atlantis Squarepantis” which I was super confused about but when I clicked the game to play it, the main menu was upside down and crashed into a blue screen when I would press the A button. I went back to GameStop to return it but the people working there thought I was lying when I said it was fake. I got a real copy after though but it was definitely an experience I’ll never forget lol.

[@varietygameplayandmore8189]

Aside from this, I need a system with a capture card.

[@nightmall167]

This same thing happened to me and I got it to work again when I put the fake cart in a 3DS rather than a regular DS

[@TheCreepyArchives]

Pro tip hold your cartridge up to the light. If it has an obvious red tint to it, it's legit.