I had the unfortunate lack of knowledge that there were pirated versions of FR/LG and Emerald out, and bought them on the cheap on EBay. Trouble is, I have put in plenty of hours on them and just recently found out. A few questions:
1. Will these pokes still be considered "legit" and pass things like hack checks? I'm interested in playing without cheats and such, keepin' it real or whatever.
2. Has anyone had experience with Pal parking these on a pirated cart or playing with them on a gamecube game? I have a shiny Electrode I'd really hate to lose.
Thanks in advance.
Unless the ROM's been altered they should pass hack checks. I'd call them legit.
My only experience with a pirate cart has been
failure to hold a save. For me it was only about an hour in. But it could happen at any time. (Pirate carts tend to use cheap battery-backed memory, and a cheap poorly soldered battery.)
If you get a message like the following when you start up (before you even choose Continue)
Code:
The save file has been loaded. The game can be played.
then it's pirate and is probably going to suffer the same problem.
The exact error message is important. The message
Code:
The internal battery has run dry. The game can be played. However, clock-based events will no longer occur.
is one that occurs on legit cartridges.
There are TONS of pirate Pokemon games on eBay. If it's from the first 3 generations and says it's new, it's almost certainly pirate. If the seller's selling loads, it's pirate. Get a used copy, not in a box, from a seller not selling loads of the same, and it's hopefully legit. They're a bit easier to tell in the UK because pirate ones are often the US version. I still got caught out, but I returned my game saying it wouldn't save, and got a refund.
Expect your save data to delete itself at random. Thus I suggest you get any worthwhile Pokemon onto a real cart as soon as possible. I don't know if Pal Parking will work right though.
