Pokemon and Nintendo Gameboy Advance: Can't Save, Dry Battery?

Well he could back up the sapphire save with a action replay or gameshark, then download the old save to the new gamepack using the ar/gs

Hello I have Pokemon Fire red and I want to know how i can get a Mew and the Aura Ticket on this game.

you have to get it through a nintendo event

the games are not saved on the battery is correct but the memory is the same as computer memory, no power no save. If the battery dies all saved data will be erased. Just done this myself for a friend and works fine again. You need a CR2025 (Iused a CR2032 as I had heaps and just fits) BUT BE WARNED THESE BATTERIES WILL EXPLODE IF OVERHEATED. Or take the old one to a battery pack manufacturey and they will make one up for you, If you use a CR2032 it will last about 50% longer.

i have just started red and blue versions of pokemon with my brother. the plan was to be able to trade pokemon with each other, but we cannot seem to connect at the trading center. We are playing on gameboy advanced's with a gameboy advanced link cable. Is this the problem, that you cannot link together while playing a gameboy advance with a gameboy colour game or is the link just faulty.

With the old pokemon games, I have found a way to fix the games that do not save! All you need are some tweezers, your pokemon game, and some tinfoil. First, take the tweezers and stick them around the small screw on the back of the game carton. turn the screw until it comes out. then push and slide the top of the game down. now, all of the insides are exposed. Take the tinfoil and fold it up to about the same size as the batter that you see inside. Move the battery up and down so it is disconnected from the base a little bit then leave it as how you found it. Next, take that piece of tinfoil and put it directly on top of the battery. Then put the cover back on and try to sqeeze it over the tin foil so the battery is very firmly in place. put the screw back on and your game should work! If it does not, simply buy a new battery and replace the old one.

As for getting a Pokemon game on Ebay, be careful you don't get a fake one!

Miles I love you...this worked perfectly thank you so much.

i have pokemon leaf green version and i am unable to save the game i use duracel batteries.when i put new battries then also i am unable to save the game what should i do plz answer it cause i cant complete the game

Enrique, we're talking about the little battery inside the game cartridge, not the batteries that power the system. Replacing this battery is a little more advanced than it seems.

I have an older Game Boy that had the batteries left in it while it was stored. There was white stuff in the battey compartment and now the Game Boy won't play. Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks

Sheila, you're talking about what's called corrosion with your older battery and it really can do a lot of damage to electronics. The best you can try is to take a toothbrush or similar stiff brush and carefully remove all traces of it from the battery compartment. Then put in new batteries and hope for the best. Often, unfortunately, by the time you see that, it's too late for the device.

Sounds like the same problem with both games - the internal battery has run out. You have to open up the game to replace it.

ello Dave,

Basically i've had the same problem as the chap above except on Pokemon Silver. When i save and turn the gameboy off it doesn't reload my saved game when i turn it back on etc. And this happened with my old copy of pokemon silver so i took your advice and bought a new one of amazon.co.uk. First time i played it, saved it and turned it off, come back to it and turn it on, BANG. It didn't save my file AGAIN. This makes me think that there's something wrong with my game boy??? Or am i just REALLY unlucky???

I am having the same problem with my pokemon gold as ben and the original question. Even though I save the game successfully, when I turn it back on there is no continue option. I've had the game for a while, but the problem only recently cropped up. My pokemon yellow is just as old, but it's fine *knock on wood*, so it must be the gold cartridge.

Hi! I do have a similar problem...

But, as I checked the Internet for help, I was told that to open up my cartridge, I can do the "biro pen trick" ie. use a lighter on a pen and then use the pen to open the cartridge.

Has anyone here done it before? I tried it but it just merely melted my entire pen!

Thanks!

i hav a similar problem, my game only says continue sometimes but it usually only says new game and options

some reason my megaman game cant save it says it has an error saving

HI THANK YOU IT WOKRED

what does the internal battery look like? cause i don't what it looks like at all it would be for the pokemon emarld game ok

A lot of people have already said this, but just to clarify...

If people are having problems with their gold/silver/crystal cartridges saying 'save successful' or whatever, and then they turn it on again only to find that their save is gone, and they only have a new game option, it almost certainly isn't the gameboy that's the problem.

Before going out and buying a gameboy off of ebay, or sending it to some obscure company who still sells gameboy parts, try changing the battery in your game cartridge. It's a bit of a pain to get the screw undone, but once you have, all you need to do is remove the battery (the big round silver thing, someone said they didn't know what it looked like :p) and put a new one in place. I believe it's a CR2025 battery. Then just put some stickytape over the top of the battery to ensure a good connection. Put the cover back on, and hey presto, your game should work.

Don't be too heavy handed or you might damage the other components of the game. And don't try to sue me if you stab your hand with a screwdriver or something, do this at your own risk...

Of course, you might have a problem with your gameboy, but try this first, cause it's much cheaper, and it's usually the problem. There are many more help sheets on the internet, with pictures and in-depth description if you want them, but you DON'T need a soldering iron, as half of them seem to say...Use one if you want, but sticky tape works just as well and is a lot safer.

Sorry for the long post, but I just thought I'd help people save a little money =] Some people are starting to have problems with their R/S/E cartridges, and I'll bet anything that changing the battery would solve that, too.

And the reason that R/B/G/Y still work? They don't have clocks, so they didn't need an internal battery. Providing that you treat them well, you should be able to enjoy retro monochrome graphics and tinny music for years to come :)

My internal battery to pokemon crystal will not come out is there a special way to get it out or is it hopeless?

My english is terrible because I am from Scandinavia....but I have a question about Gameboy advance games with no batteri inside will they have a longer life than games with batteri inside ?...I have a game with no batteri the name is Golden sun and it saves my data perfect after many many years

Like Golden Sun, all (or most) GBA games do not need a battery to hold a save. R/S/E Pokemon games have a battery only to keep track of its internal clock to the game, not save data.

All GB and GB Color games need a battery to keep a save file, which will eventually die after many decades, unless its Gold/Silver/Crystal, which will last roughly 3-6 years, maybe 10 if you rarely touch the game.

My crystal pokemon version won't work I turn on the game it says gameboy but the nintendo is all messe up. I cleaned it and the same thing happened. But the weird thing is that it only has that glich for my pokemon crystal version. Please help.

hi dave my name is stephanie i need some advice please help.
ok so i;ve had my game boy advance sp since i was 8 years old and i am 13 now and it keeps freezing on me and when i was playing my megaman battle network 5 team protoman my game froze while i was saving and now when i turn on the game instead of saying load game it says new game and it deleted my game data this has happened before and when i take out the game i blow into the counsul and the game and it still has my data but now it wont even pop up its only showing new game is there any way of getting my data back or will i have to start the game all over again?
Please dave help me thanks in advance

OK! so i took the advice and swapped out the battery and now my pokemon gold is saving again! thanks for the info, it saved me about $20 to buy a new one.

the battery was a little tricky to take out because it's clipped in there at the top and bottom so you have to slide it around and pry up to get it loose WITHOUT BREAKING THE SOLDERING AT THE ENDS! be careful and it should be fine. I used a 2032 battery instead of the 2025 just cuz i had one and i'm not having any problems. hope this helps